Pattern generating system
AssigneeKanebo, Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Kajiura, Chiaki Masaki, Masahiro Mori, Toshibumi Sakata, Haruhisa Shimoda
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Abstract
Pattern information for production of a Jacquard pattern by a knitting or a weaving machine is automatically and quickly obtained. A pattern drawn on a sheet by a designer is converted to an analog type electrical signal by a television camera, and said analog signal is converted to a digital signal according to each color of each picture element. Said digital signal is stored in a digital memory. After the edition of said digital signal in the memory, the digital signal which defines the color of each picture element is applied to a knitting or a weaving machine.
Claims10
A pattern generating system for providing pattern information to produce a Jacquard pattern for a knitting or weaving machine comprising
- a television camera for converting the pattern of an objective being analyzed to analog signals, said television camera scanning individual lines and having a flyback time between lines,
- a plurality of comparators for dividing said analog signals into a plurality of partial signals in accordance with the amplitude of said analog signals,
- a code converter connected to said comparators for converting each of said partial signals into digital signals,
- digital memory means for storing said digital signals,
- output means for providing pattern information to the knitting or weaving machine in accordance with the digital signals stored by said digital memory means,
- said digital memory means including a buffer register and a memory unit, said buffer register being connected to said code converter for storing in said buffer register digital signals corresponding to one scanned line as each line is being scanned by said television camera, and means for transferring said one scanned line digital signals from said buffer register to said memory unit during a flyback time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.