Embroidery sewing machine, sewing method, and program

A sewing method employed in an embroidery sewing machine comprising a storage unit, a cycle number calculation unit, a sewing length calculation unit, an adjustment unit, and a data conversion unit, and configured to perform sewing of designs arranged for a prescribed sewing length, the sewing method comprising:

• a first step in which the cycle number calculation unit calculates a number of the designs to be used for sewing for a length that is closest to the prescribed sewing length, based on information with respect to the sewing of the prescribed sewing length and the information with respect to the designs stored in the storage unit;
• a second step in which the sewing length calculation unit calculates a sewing length based on the number of the designs calculated in the first step and the information with respect to the designs;
• a third step in which the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the designs such that the prescribed sewing length matches the calculated sewing length;
• and
• a fourth step in which the data conversion unit converts data of the designs that support the sewing length thus adjusted into embroidery data,
• wherein the calculated sewing length is calculated as a length of an entirety of the designs for a single embroidery pattern made of the embroidery data.

A non-transitory recording medium that stores a program to be used to instruct a computer to execute a sewing method employed in an embroidery sewing machine comprising a storage unit, a cycle number calculation unit, a sewing length calculation unit, an adjustment unit, and a data conversion unit, and configured to perform sewing of designs arranged for a prescribed sewing length, the sewing method comprising:

• a first step in which the cycle number calculation unit calculates a number of the designs to be used for sewing for a length that is closest to the prescribed sewing length, based on information with respect to the sewing of the prescribed sewing length and the information with respect to the designs stored in the storage unit;
• a second step in which the sewing length calculation unit calculates a sewing length based on the number of the designs calculated in the first step and the information with respect to the designs;
• a third step in which the adjustment unit adjusts the length of the designs such that the prescribed sewing length matches the calculated sewing length;
• and
• a fourth step in which the data conversion unit converts data of the designs that support the sewing length thus adjusted into embroidery data,
• wherein the calculated sewing length is calculated as a length of an entirety of the designs for a single embroidery pattern made of the embroidery data.