Sewing machine
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMika MATSUSHIMA
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Abstract
The sewing machine includes a projector and a controller. The controller determines a sewing area inside an embroidery hoop such that the sewing area is greater than a projection area where the projector projects a projection image. The controller determines an embroidery pattern and a posiotn of the embroidery pattern located relative to the sewing area. The controller determines, in the sewing area, a target area corresponding to the projection area. The controller generates projection image data representing a part or a whole, which falls in the target area, of the embroidery patter relative to the sewing area, and controls the projector to project a projection image based on the projection image data after moving the embroidery hoop.
Claims10
A sewing machine, comprising:
- a bed;
- a moving mechanism configured to move an embroidery hoop;
- a projector configured to project projection images;
- and
- a controller configured to control the moving mechanism and the projector,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- control the moving mechanism to move the embroidery hoop along a movement path, the movement path being set such that, during movement of the embroidery hoop is between a start position and an end position along the movement path, a plurality of projection images each representing a different part of an embroidery pattern are projected;
- determine a current position of the embroidery hoop during movement of embroidery hoop is between the start position and the end position along the movement path the embroidery hoop;
- and
- control the projector to project, based on the current position, one of the plurality of projection images representing a part of the embroidery pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.