Embroidery machine control
AssigneeViking Sewing Machines AB
InventorsAndrew Bennett Kaymer, Kelvin Maurice Cannon
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Abstract
A computer is operated to generate stitch data relating to an embroidery design. In the method of the invention, parameters of elements of the design are entered in the memory of the computer, said parameters being standard parameters for embroidering the design on a first type of material. First stitch data is then created in the memory of the computer for embroidering the design on the first type of material. Modified stitch data is then created in the memory of the computer for embroidering the design on a second type of material. The first stitch data or the modified stitch data, depending upon whether the design is to be embroidered onto the first type of material or onto the second type of material, is then written onto a storage medium.
Claims15
A method of generating stitch data relating to an embroidery design, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a computer having a memory;
- (b) specifying the type of material onto which the design is to be embroidered;
- (c) creating a set of parameters of elements of the design in the memory of the computer;
- (d) creating stitch data from said set of parameters in the memory of the computer based on the specified type of material;
- and
- (e) writing the stitch data onto a storage medium.
Apparatus for generating stitch data relating to an embroidery design, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a memory;
- b) means for creating a set of parameters of elements of the design in the memory;
- c) means for creating stitch data from said set of parameters in the memory based on a specified type of material;
- and
- d) means for writing the stitch data onto a storage medium.
A method of controlling an automatic embroidery machine to produce an embroidery design, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a computer having a memory;
- b) specifying the type of material onto which the design is to be embroidered;
- c) creating a set of parameters of elements of the design in the memory of the computer;
- d) creating stitch data from said set of parameters in the memory of the computer based on the specified type of material;
- e) writing the stitch data onto a storage medium;
- f) reading said stitch data from the storage medium;
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- g) controlling the embroidery machine using the stitch data to produce the design.
A method of controlling an automatic embroidery machine to produce an embroidery design, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a computer having a memory;
- b) specifying the type of material onto which the design is to be embroidered;
- c) creating a set of parameters of elements of the design in the memory of the computer;
- d) creating stitch data from said set of parameters in the memory of the computer based on the specified type of material;
- and
- e) controlling the embroidery machine using the stitch data to embroider the design onto the specified type of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.