Electronic controlled stitch pattern sewing machine and method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaaki Yokoe, Yoshikazu Kurono, Koji Hayashi, Tomoe Goto
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Abstract
An electronic controlled stitch pattern sewing machine for sewing a desired pattern in a predetermined sewing region by automatically adjusting the size of the pattern by a simple keyboard operation. The pattern sewing machine includes first calculation means for calculating a size of a stitch pattern area, a sewing region designation means, a second calculation means for calculating a ratio of the size of the sewing region to that of the pattern area, modification means for modifying the stitch pattern data based on the ratio and control means for controlling drive means to cause relative movement between a needle and workpiece holder based on the modified stitch pattern data.
Claims5
A stitch pattern sewing machine for sewing a stitch pattern on a workpiece comprising:
- stitch forming means including a reciprocal needle for forming a stitch on the workpiece;
- workpiece holding means for holding the workpiece;
- drive means for causing relative movement between the needle and the workpiece holding means;
- memory means for storing stitch pattern data of the stitch pattern to be sewn on the workpiece;
- first calculation means for calculating a size of a stitch pattern area (27) which is an envelope of the stitch pattern based on the stitch pattern data stored in the memory means;
- designation means for designating an optional size of a sewing region on said workpiece held by said workpiece holding means;
- second calculation means for calculating a ratio of the size of the sewing region to the size of the stitch pattern area;
- modification means for modifying the stitch pattern data based on the ratio so that the size of the stitch pattern area comes close to the size of the sewing region;
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- control means for controlling the drive means based on the stitch pattern data modified by the modification means.
A method for sewing a stitch pattern in a desired sewing region of a workpiece by a sewing machine having a reciprocal needle, workpiece holding means and drive means for causing relative movement between the needle and the workpiece holding means, the method comprising steps of:
- making stitch pattern data of the stitch pattern to be sewn on the workpiece;
- determining a size of a stitch pattern area which is an envelope of the stitch pattern based on the stitch pattern data;
- determining a size of the sewing region;
- calculating a ratio of the size of the sewing region to the size of the stitch pattern area;
- modifying the stitch pattern data based on the ratio so that the size of the stitch pattern area comes close to the size of the sewing region;
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- controlling the drive means based on the modified stitch pattern data.
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