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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Yutaka Nomura, Anjo, JP;
Akie Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Yutaka Nomura, Anjo, JP;
Akie Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine that includes a processor, a plurality of detection devices that is configured to be capable of changing mounting positions and configured to detect an ultrasonic wave, and a memory that is configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the sewing machine to execute steps comprising, identifying, when a first 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 first ultrasonic wave, based on information relating to the detected first ultrasonic wave, and controlling sewing based on the identified position of the transmission source of the first ultrasonic wave.