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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Yutaka Nomura, Anjo, JP;
Hidenori Oka, Tokai, JP;
Akie Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Ichiyanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Manami Ota, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes a sewing portion, a display, a processor, and a memory. The sewing portion is configured to perform sewing on a sewing workpiece. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the sewing machine to perform processes that include determining a plurality of first positions based on embroidery data, causing the display to display an image showing an embroidery pattern and a plurality of feature points superimposed on the image, identifying one of the plurality of first positions indicated by one of the plurality of feature points displayed on the display, identifying, as a second position, an arbitrary position on the sewing workpiece, changing positions of a plurality of stitches identified by the embroidery data, and causing the sewing portion to sew the plurality of stitches based on the changed positions of the plurality of stitches.