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US 5,323,722 AGranted
Embroidering machine
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisaharu Goto, Seiichiro Hagino
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Abstract
An embroidering machine comprises a body including a bed and an arm which is formed on the bed, a frame for holding a work, a movement device for moving the frame along the bed in the horizontal direction, an embroidering device set in the body for embroidering the work, a detecting device for detecting a pattern which is drawn on the work, and a controller for controlling the movement means based on an information which is detected by the detecting device.
Claims4
An embroidering machine comprising;
- a body including a bed and an arm positioned on the bed;
- a frame for holding a work;
- movement means for moving the frame along the bed in a horizontal direction;
- embroidering means provided on the body for embroidering the work;
- detecting means for detecting a pattern which is drawn on the work;
- and
- a controller for controlling the embroidering means to cause operation of the embroidering means every time a portion of the pattern on the work is detected by the detecting means, said detecting means comprising a camera which catches the pattern drawn on the work, and a color vision circuit which provides a position of the pattern to the controller based on the image caught by the camera.
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