IP Library Granted Patent US 10,876,238
Granted Patent B2
US 10,876,238 · App. 15/967,618 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Sewing machine

Inventor: Takeshi Kongo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
D05C7/00D05B3/04D05B19/006D05B19/08D05B19/16D05B35/12D05B69/12D05C9/06D05C9/22D05D2205/085
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,876,238
App. No.
15/967,618
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (17)

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.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 7, 2022
From: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
To: JANOME CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060613/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2018
From: KONGO, TAKESHI
To: JANOME SEWING MACHINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045691/0890 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-118341 · Jun 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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