Sewing machine and a recording medium for use in combination with the same
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomo Inoue, Takashi Hirata
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Abstract
Stitching data including reference point data specifying a reference point in an embroidery pattern is used when embroidering the pattern included in one or more patterns which are formed on a workpiece. A mark indicating the reference point is stitched on the workpiece or the location of the reference point is stored in a storage memory. The mark indicating the reference point or the storage of the location of the reference point enables the efficient, accurate determination of the positions of the one or more patterns on the workpiece being embroidered.
Claims26
A sewing machine for stitching patterns on a workpiece, comprising:
- a stitching means for forming stitches, said stitching means comprising a needle capable of vertical reciprocation;
- a workpiece moving means for longitudinally and laterally moving a workpiece relative to said needle;
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- a control means for reading pattern data representing a stitching pattern and controlling said stitching means and said workpiece moving means to perform a stitching operation in which said stitching pattern is formed on said workpiece and a stitching operation in which a reference mark for said stitching pattern is formed on said workpiece at a position which indicates an initial position of said workpiece moving means.
A sewing machine comprising:
- a stitcher;
- a workpiece mover;
- a controller which controls said stitcher and said workpiece mover for forming stitches according to a stitching pattern on a workpiece;
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- means for forming a reference mark which indicates an initial position of said workpiece mover.
A method of sewing, comprising:
- operating a workpiece mover and a stitcher, said stitcher comprising a needle, to form stitches on a workpiece according to pattern data of a first stitching pattern;
- operating said workpiece mover and said stitcher to form a reference mark for said first stitching pattern on said workpiece, said reference mark being made at a position which indicates an initial position of said workpiece mover.
A data storage medium for use in combination with a sewing machine for stitching a pattern on a workpiece, the sewing machine comprising a stitching means having a needle capable of vertical reciprocation, a workpiece moving means for longitudinally and laterally moving the workpiece relative to said needle, and a control means for controlling said stitching means and said workpiece moving means;
- said data storage medium comprising stored data to be used by said control means for controlling said stitching means and said workpiece moving means, said stored data comprising pattern data representing a stitching pattern and data for forming a reference mark for said stitching pattern, said reference mark being located at a point on said workpiece which is directly below said needle when said stitching pattern is initiated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.