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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Rino Nakama, Konan, JP;
Tomoyasu Niizeki, Ichinomiya, JP;
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Rino Nakama, Konan, JP;
Tomoyasu Niizeki, Ichinomiya, JP;
Noboru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which an engraving needle is attached and is capable of executing an engraving process of forming an engraved pattern on a workpiece. The sewing machine further includes a heightwise position adjusting mechanism adjusting a mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle relative to the needle bar, a unit imaging the engraved marks formed on the workpiece by the engraving needle, thereby obtaining an image of each engraved mark, a detection unit extracting a region of each engraved mark from the image to detect a size of each engraved mark, a determination unit comparing the size of each engraved mark with a reference value stored, determining a mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle, and a unit informing of information for adjusting the mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle according to determination made by the determination unit.