Sewing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876238-B2
Application number	US-201815967618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A sewing machine that sews an embroidery pattern on a sewing object includes an embroidery frame horizontally moving along a direction which a frame surface extends, a needle bar supporting a needle for inserting a thread, and reciprocally moving toward an internal space of the embroidery frame, a memory unit storing image data of the embroidery frame, and embroidery data of the embroidery pattern, and a display unit displaying an image of the embroidery frame, an image of the embroidery pattern within the image of the embroidery frame, and a feature point with a positional relation between the embroidery pattern, and the embroidery frame when actually sewn in accordance with the embroidery data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sewing machine sewing an embroidery pattern on a sewing object, the sewing machine comprising:
an embroidery frame horizontally moving along a direction which a frame surface extends;
a needle bar supporting a needle for inserting a thread, and reciprocally moving toward an internal space of the embroidery frame;
a memory unit storing image data of the embroidery frame, and embroidery data of the embroidery pattern; and
a display unit displaying an image of the embroidery frame, an image of the embroidery pattern within the image of the embroidery frame, and a feature point, in accordance with a positional relation between the embroidery pattern, and the embroidery frame when actually sewn in accordance with the embroidery data.

2. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a selecting unit receiving a selection of the feature point by a user,
wherein the embroidery frame is horizontally moved until the needle points out a position in the embroidery frame corresponding to the feature point with the selection of the feature point by the user being a trigger.

3. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the feature point is a symbolic location which is easy to grasp a position and size of the embroidery pattern.

4. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the feature point is a leftmost end, a rightmost end, an uppermost end, or a lowermost end of the embroidery pattern.

5. The sewing machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

6. The sewing machine according to claim 2 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

7. The sewing machine according to claim 3 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

8. The sewing machine according to claim 4 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

9. The sewing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the feature point is a symbolic location which is easy to grasp a position and size of the embroidery pattern.

10. The sewing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the feature point is a leftmost end, a rightmost end, an uppermost end, or a lowermost end of the embroidery pattern.

11. The sewing machine according to claim 9 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

12. The sewing machine according to claim 10 , further comprising a feature point extracting unit extracting the feature point.

Assignees

• Janome Sewing Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kongo Takeshi

Classifications

• D05B19/08 Primary

  Arrangements for inputting stitch or pattern data to memory {; Editing stitch or pattern data} · CPC title

• D05C9/22

  Adjusting or registering devices for the base fabric, e.g. for alignment with respect to the needles · CPC title

• D05B19/006

  Control knobs or display means (D05B19/085, D05B19/105 take precedence) · CPC title

• D05C9/06

  Feeding arrangements therefor, e.g. influenced by patterns, operated by pantographs · CPC title

• D05B35/12

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