Device and method for acquiring and processing measurement quantities in a sewing machine
AssigneeFritz Gegauf Aktiengesellschaft Bernina-Nahmaschinenfabrik
InventorManfred Schweizer
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Abstract
A method and the device for acquiring and processing measurement quantities in a sewing machine (1) using at least one camera (25), situated on a sewing machine (1), for the acquisition and processing of image data for sewing machine elements and sewing elements. An image processing unit connected downstream from the camera (25) processes the images supplied by the camera (25), taking into account data stored in a target quantity memory, and influences the behavior of the machine control unit dependent on the result of the processing.
Claims19
Device for acquiring and processing measurement quantities in a sewing machine (1) before, during, or after the processing of an article being sewn (67), the sewing machine (1) comprising a machine control unit (47) for controlling a needle bar drive, and comprising at least one camera (25) and an image processing unit (43) connected to the camera (25), a target quantity memory (45) being allocated to the image processing unit (43), information concerning at least one feature of at least one sewing machine element can be stored and/or is stored in the target quantity memory (45) as a target quantity.
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