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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2008
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiro Hanai, Kiyosu, JP;
Masahiko Nagai, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoyasu Niizeki, Inazawa, JP;
Masashi Tokura, Nagoya, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Nagoya, JP;
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiro Hanai, Kiyosu, JP;
Masahiko Nagai, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoyasu Niizeki, Inazawa, JP;
Masashi Tokura, Nagoya, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Nagoya, JP;
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a sewing controller that controls sewing machine components, an imaging element capable of capturing facial images of a sewing machine user; a settings storage that stores settings for preset modes, the settings comprising items pertaining to sewing machine functions; a user information storage that stores facial image data of the user captured by the imaging element with mapping to the settings of the mode registered with the user; a verifier that verifies whether or not image data that matches the facial image data captured by the imaging element at sewing operation start exists in the user information storage; and an instruction controller that reads the settings from the user information storage when receiving a positive verification result from the verifier, and that instructs the sewing controller to control the sewing machine components based on the settings read.