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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Hirotsugu Takahata, Nagoya, JP;
Harumi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Noriharu Tashiro, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuneo Okuyama, Inabe-gun, JP;
Hirotsugu Takahata, Nagoya, JP;
Harumi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Noriharu Tashiro, Nagoya, JP;
Tsuneo Okuyama, Inabe-gun, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An embroidery data processing apparatus that processes embroidery data includes a reference point setting unit that sets, within a sewing area, positions of at least three reference points, a reference line setting unit that sets two reference lines being straight lines that intersect each other and each pass through at least two reference points of the at least three reference points, a plane setting unit that sets a reference plane by setting two sets of a plurality of virtual lines arranged in a matrix, a position determination unit that determines the plurality of arrangement positions based on the reference plane, a pattern selection unit that selects a type for the plurality of unit patterns from at least one type of unit pattern, and an arrangement unit that arranges the plurality of unit patterns of the type in the plurality of arrangement positions.