Sewing machine, stitch data generating device and stitch data generating program
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoko HISHIDA, Chiyo KOGA, Masayuki HORI
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Abstract
A sewing machine which forms stitches on a first object to be sewn based on stitch data, includes an imaging unit which images an outline of an upper cloth as the first object onto a lower cloth as a second object, obtaining image data, an outline calculation unit which calculates the outline of the upper cloth from the image data obtained by the imaging unit, a determination unit which determines a stitch-forming region for sewing the upper cloth onto the lower cloth based on the outline of the upper cloth calculated by the outline calculation unit, and a stitch data generating unit which generates stitch data for the stitch-forming region determined by the determination unit.
Claims9
A sewing machine which forms stitches on a first object to be sewn based on stitch data, comprising:
- an imaging unit which images an outline of an upper cloth as the first object onto a lower cloth as a second object, thereby obtaining image data;
- an outline calculation unit which calculates the outline of the upper cloth from the image data obtained by the imaging unit;
- a determination unit which determines a stitch-forming region for sewing the upper cloth onto the lower cloth based on the outline of the upper cloth calculated by the outline calculation unit;
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- a stitch data generating unit which generates stitch data for the stitch-forming region determined by the determination unit.
A stitch data generating device which generates stitch data for a sewing machine which forms stitches on a first object to be sewn based on stitch data, the device comprising:
- an imaging unit which images an outline of an upper cloth as the first object to be sewn onto a lower cloth serving as a second object, thereby obtaining image data;
- an outline calculation unit which calculates the outline of the upper cloth from the image data obtained by the imaging unit;
- a determination unit which determines a stitch-forming region for sewing the upper cloth onto the lower cloth based on the outline of the upper cloth calculated by the outline calculation unit;
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- a stitch data generating unit which generates stitch data for the stitch-forming region determined by the determination unit.
A computer-readable medium storing a stitch data generating program on which a computer executes processing for generating stitch data for a sewing machine which forms stitches on a first object to be sewn based on stitch data, the program comprising:
- an imaging routine of imaging, by an imaging unit, an outline of an upper cloth as the first object to be sewn onto a lower cloth as a second object, thereby obtaining image data;
- a calculation routine of calculating the outline of the upper cloth from the image data obtained by the imaging unit;
- a determination routine for determining a stitch-forming region for sewing the upper cloth onto the lower cloth based on the outline of the upper cloth calculated by the outline calculation unit;
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- a stitch data generating routine for generating stitch data for the stitch-forming region determined by the determination unit.
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