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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Yutaka Nomura, Anjo, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Satoru Ichiyanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Nomura, Anjo, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Satoru Ichiyanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine that includes a sewing device that includes a needle bar configured to attach a sewing needle, and a transport device configured to move a work cloth, a processor, a plurality of detection devices that are configured to detect ultrasonic waves, and a memory that is configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the sewing machine to execute steps comprising specifying, when an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmission source of the ultrasonic wave is detected by the detection devices, a position of the transmission source of the ultrasonic waves, based on the detected ultrasonic waves, specifying a sewing position on the work cloth based on the specified position of the transmission source, and moving the work cloth by the transport device in accordance with the specified sewing position.