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US 2009/0151612 A1Published application
Method and system for freehand and realtime quilting with a computer-controlled quilting machine
OwnerArthur Bentleyinventor
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Abstract
A computer-controlled quilting machine uses a hand held stylus to create the patterns which are sewn into a quilt. The machine can quilt in real time, following the movement of the stylus as a user traces any desired object or design. The machine allows a user to easily sew a desired pattern into a quilt, and also provides greater access to quilting to those persons who are unable to operate other types of quilting machines, while retaining much of the appeal of hand quilting.
Claims19
A method of quilting comprising;
- a person selecting a computer-controlled quilting machine having:
- a sewing machine;
- a carriage having the sewing machine mounted thereto and being configured for receiving a piece of cloth and positioning the cloth so as to enable the sewing machine to sew the cloth;
- a computer, the computer being disposed in communication with the sewing machine and the carriage so as to control the operation of the sewing machine and so as to control the operation of the carriage to cause the sewing machine to sew a pattern into cloth;
- a user interface, the user interface comprising a data entry device which allows a user to trace a pattern without manually moving the sewing machine and thereby electronically transmit the pattern to the computer;
- the person using the data entry device to trace a pattern;
- the computer tracking the movement of the data entry device;
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- the computer moving the sewing machine according to the stylus movements to thereby sew the pattern in a piece of cloth.
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A computer controlled quilting machine comprising:
- a sewing machine;
- a carriage configured for holding a piece of cloth in a planar configuration and configured for holding the sewing machine and moving the sewing machine relative to the cloth so as to sew a two dimensional pattern into the cloth;
- a computer configured for operating the sewing machine and for operating the carriage so as to control the stitching of the sewing machine and to control the movement of the sewing machine relative to the cloth;
- a user input device configured for allowing a user to manually trace a pattern without moving the sewing machine and thereby automatically transfer the pattern to the computer electronically.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.