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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Daisuke Abe, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Ichiyanagi, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinori Nakamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshio Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Akie Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Ihira, Kakamigahara, JP;
Satoru Makino, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A sewing machine includes at least one ultrasonic wave detecting portion, a thickness detecting portion, a processor, and a memory. The at least one ultrasonic wave detecting portion is configured to detect an ultrasonic wave. The thickness detecting portion is configured to detect a thickness of a work cloth. The memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that instruct the sewing machine to execute steps that includes identifying a position, on the work cloth, of a transmission source of the ultrasonic wave, based on information pertaining to the ultrasonic wave that has been detected by the at least one ultrasonic wave detecting portion and on the thickness that has been detected by the thickness detecting portion, and controlling sewing on the work cloth based on the position of the transmission source that has been identified.