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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Hirokazu Hirose, Chiryu, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Akie Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Shimizu, Toyoake, JP;
Kazumi Sai, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Hirokazu Hirose, Chiryu, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Akie Ukai, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Shimizu, Toyoake, JP;
Kazumi Sai, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine that enables a user to perform sewing while moving a piece of work cloth, the sewing machine including: a main shaft that drives a needle bar equipped with a sewing needle, a sewing machine motor that rotary-drives the main shaft, a detection device that detects an actual movement distance of the piece of work cloth, a target pitch storage device that stores a predetermined length as a target pitch, which is a target value of stitch pitches of the piece of work cloth, an agreement degree calculation device that calculates an agreement degree between the target pitch and a stitch pitch in actual sewing that is to be determined based on the actual movement distance of the piece of work cloth which is detected by the detection device; and a notification device that notifies of the agreement degree calculated by the agreement degree calculation device.