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Sewing machine input device having scaling function
Assignee: Juki Corp
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Filing: 1985-07-30
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Granted: 1988-01-19
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Expires: 2005-07-30
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for inputting stitch patterns by way of a digitizer is effective to record stitching patterns which involve skipping and which extend beyond the digitizer board. In a method aspect, where stitch patterns involve skipping and the drawings of the patterns exceed beyond the digitizer plotting board, a method is provided including the steps of commanding scale-down input coordinate values and converting the input coordinate values to scale-up values to recover the reduced value. In an apparatus aspect, an input device is provided comprising a digitizer for drawing stitching patterns, control circuitry for performing scaling function, and command generating circuitry for commencing the scaling activity.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoaki Kinoshita
- 👤 Kunio Takano
- 👤 Masanori Nukushina
- 👤 Yoichi Okiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:40
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/18; G05B19/409; D; D05; D05B; D05B19/00; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/36; G05B2219/36325; G05B2219/45; G05B2219/45195; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
An input device for recording stitching patterns for an electronically controlled sewing machine, comprising: inputting means for inputting coordinates of a stitching pattern to control means, said inputting means including means for scaling the coordinates of at least a portion of said stitching pattern to a scale other than its actual size; said control means including means for detecting and converting said scaled coordinates back to the actual size of said stitching pattern, and writing said converted coordinates to storage means wherein said storage means stores said stitching pattern coordinates values.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
An input device for recording stitching patterns for an electronically controlled sewing machine, comprising: inputting means for inputting coordinates of a stitching pattern to control means, said inputting means including means for scaling the coordinates of at least a portion of said stitching pattern to a scale other than its actual size; said control means including means for detecting and converting said scaled coordinates back to the actual size of said stitching pattern, and writing said converted coordinates to storage means wherein said storage means stores said stitching pattern coordinates values.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
An input device according to claim 1 wherein said stitching pattern includes a skipping factor and said means for scaling only scales the skipping factor portion of said stitching pattern.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inputting means comprises a digitizer and a stylus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said storage means is a floppy disk.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said storage means is a random access memory device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
An input device, as recited in claim, 1 wherein said means for detecting and converting said scaled coordinates include means for generating a stitching pattern number and means for associating said stitching pattern number with said stitching pattern prior to storage in said storage means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
70 words
In an electronic inputting device, a method for inputting and storing sewing machine stitching patterns comprising the steps of: (a) electronically signaling a control circuit that a stitching pattern skip portion will follow in a scaled-down mode with reduced skip portion values; (b) reading stitching pattern input coordinates from a digitizer in a scaled-down mode; and (c) converting the scaled-down input coordinates to scaled-up values to recover the reduced values.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
70 words
In an electronic inputting device, a method for inputting and storing sewing machine stitching patterns comprising the steps of: (a) electronically signaling a control circuit that a stitching pattern skip portion will follow in a scaled-down mode with reduced skip portion values; (b) reading stitching pattern input coordinates from a digitizer in a scaled-down mode; and (c) converting the scaled-down input coordinates to scaled-up values to recover the reduced values.
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