Sewing machine with graphic instructions

Abstract

Abstract This invention is based on an idea of an electronic sewing machine where most controls in earlier machines have been replaced by a combined control (11,13) consisting of an arrangement for guiding a cursor on a graphic screen (10) built into the machine as well as an activation device (13). The graphic screen is the unit talking to the operator by means of pictures or texts on different menus (complete screen pictures) and describing the functions performable by the machine. The graphic screen also functions as a listener. The operator guides the cursor so that it points at a field which e.g. consists of a picture or a text and simultaneously he activates the activation device. Then the operation, particular for this very field, is carried out. Via software an arbitrary number of menus are created which consist, in their turn, of activation fields by which the operator communicates with the machine. These menus and fields, which either are pictures or texts, are thus created that they by way of the software lead and instruct the operator in a pedagogic and logical way as far as the work with the machine is concerned. Taking away hardware controls and replacing them by software ones, as described before, offer immensely great possibilities for creating a user-friendly communication between the machine and the operator.

Inventors

• 👤 Kenneth O. E. Skogward

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