Sewing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10167584-B2
Application number	US-201715460287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2017
Priority date	Feb 5, 2015
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A sewing machine includes a sewing portion, a processor, and a memory. The sewing portion is configured to sew a pattern on a sewing object. The memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the processes. The processes include the acquiring reference data representing a relative positional relationship between a sewing position and an arrangement position. The sewing position is a position of the pattern sewn on the sewing object by the sewing portion. The arrangement position is a position of a decorative component arranged on the sewing object. The processes include displaying, on the basis of the acquired reference data, a mark that indicates the arrangement position corresponding to the sewing position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sewing machine comprising:
a sewing portion configured to sew a pattern on a sewing object;
a processor; and
a memory storing non-transitory computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform the processes of:
acquiring reference data representing a relative positional relationship between a sewing position and a plurality of arrangement positions, the sewing position being a position of the pattern sewn on the sewing object by the sewing portion, the arrangement position being a position of a plurality of decorative components arranged on the sewing object; and
displaying, on the basis of the acquired reference data, a mark that indicates the arrangement position corresponding to the sewing position,

wherein the plurality of the decorative components are arranged in the plurality of the arrangement positions in a state in which positions between the plurality of the decorative components are determined on the basis of a plurality of hole portions formed in a holding body, and wherein the reference data represents relative positional relationships between the sewing position and formation positions of the plurality of hole portions formed in the holding body.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the displaying the mark includes displaying the mark indicating the plurality of the arrangement positions corresponding to the formation positions of at least two of the plurality of hole portions formed in the holding body.

3. The sewing machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the displaying mark includes displaying the mark indicating the plurality of the arrangement positions corresponding to the formation positions of at least three of the plurality of hole portions formed in the holding body, the formation positions of the at least three hole portions having a positional relationship such that a virtual polygonal shape having each of the formation positions as an apex is a non-equilateral polygonal shape.

4. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-transitory computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further perform the process of:
acquiring formation data representing the formation positions, the formation data including first formation data and second formation data, the first formation data representing the formation positions of at least one first hole portion corresponding to the plurality of the arrangement positions of the plurality of the decorative components, the at least one first hold portion being included in the plurality of hole portions formed in the holding body, the second formation data representing, on the basis of the reference data and the formation positions of the at least one first hole portion, the formation positions of second hole portions used to indicate the plurality of the arrangement positions, the second hole portions being included in the plurality of hole portions formed in the holding body,

the sewing machine further comprises:
a formation portion configured to form the plurality of hole portions in the holding body on the basis of the acquired formation data, the formation portion forming the plurality of hole portions in the holding body on the basis of the first formation data and the second formation data,

the reference data includes the second formation data, and
the displaying the mark includes displaying the mark indicating the plurality of the arrangement positions corresponding to the formation positions of the second hole portions, on the basis of the second formation data included in the reference data.

5. The sewing machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the formation positions of the second hole portions represented by the second formation data are positioned outside a minimum rectangular area that includes all of the formation positions of the at least one first hole portion represented by the first formation data.

6. The sewing machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the formation portion configured to form the plurality of hole portions by cutting the holding body at the formation positions in accordance with a shape of each of the plurality of hole portions.

7. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an image capture portion configured to capture an image of the sewing object; and
a display portion configured to display the image of the sewing object captured by the image capture portion,
wherein
the displaying the mark includes controlling the display portion and displaying a mark image representing the mark so as to be superimposed at a position on the image of the sewing object corresponding to a display position of the mark on the sewing object.

8. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an irradiation portion configured to irradiate light toward the sewing object,
wherein
the displaying the mark includes controlling the irradiation portion and causing light representing the mark to be irradiated onto the sewing object, using an irradiated shape, at a display position of the mark.

9. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
The displaying the mark includes controlling the sewing portion and causing a stitch to be sewn as a marker representing the mark, at a display position of the mark on the sewing object.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Tashiro Noriharu
• Yamamoto Satomi

Classifications

• D05D2303/12

  Rigid objects · CPC title

• D05C7/08

  for attaching cords, tapes, bands, or the like · CPC title

• D05B81/00

  Sewing machines incorporating devices serving purposes other than sewing, e.g. for blowing air, for grinding · CPC title

• D05B35/12

  Indicators for positioning work, e.g. with graduated scales · CPC title

• D05B19/12 Primary

  characterised by control of operation of machine · CPC title