JP2000070566A - Pattern selector for embroidery sewing machine and recording medium recording program for pattern selection - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the number of patterns stored in an external recording medium as much as possible, to improve operability for selecting the desired pattern out of plural pattern names displayed on a color display in the format of a table and to recognize it from a display color whether an expander added to an embroidery pattern is equal or not. SOLUTION: By executing pattern selection control, based on the pattern name data of plural embroidery patterns recorded on a floppy disk, the plural pattern names are displayed on the pattern name display picture of a color display in the table format of two lateral columns and eight longitudinal rows and further, the pattern name display area of these plural pattern names is displayed in color while cyclically using 'blue (showing in a figure with slanting lines downward to right)' and 'green (showing in a figure with slanting lines downward to left)' so as to make display colors different between mutually adjacent pattern names.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine and a recording medium storing a pattern selecting program, and more particularly to a pattern name of an embroidery pattern read from an external recording medium or a data storage memory. The present invention relates to a technique for displaying at least one of a pattern name and its display area in a display format on a display screen in a different display color for each pattern name or for each extension.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a home electronically controlled sewing machine is provided with an embroidery frame drive mechanism for independently moving and driving an embroidery frame in two orthogonal directions, and sewing data of a desired embroidery pattern selected via a display. By driving the sewing machine motor and the embroidery frame drive mechanism based on the above, the embroidery pattern can be colorfully sewn in a plurality of colors on the work cloth attached to the embroidery frame. Therefore, in the description of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-123471 and Japanese Patent No. 25661650 proposed by the present applicant, pattern data relating to each of a plurality of embroidery patterns is stored in a ROM or a removable ROM card provided in the control device. In addition, at the time of pattern selection, a plurality of embroidery patterns are displayed on the display as a list.

That is, the pattern data stores concrete display data consisting of dot data for displaying the specifics of the embroidery pattern, sewing data for sewing the embroidery, and the like. "Animals", "flowers" and "vehicles"
It is displayed as a list by type such as. Therefore, the operator can select a desired embroidery pattern by operating the touch keys on the front of the display, and by operating the start switch,
The selected embroidery pattern is sewn on the work cloth attached to the embroidery frame.

In an "embroidery processing system" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-76671, one embroidery processing controller and four embroidery machines are connected by communication lines, respectively, and a floppy disk provided in the controller is provided. From the floppy disk mounted on the disk drive, image data and file names of embroidery patterns to be sewn by each embroidery machine are divided and displayed on the display of the controller as shown in FIG. Then, the sewing process is executed by operating the sewing start key.

[0005] When storing concrete display data consisting of a plurality of types of concrete dot data in a ROM or ROM card of a control device or a floppy disk described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-76671, the ROM, ROM card, If the storage capacity of a storage medium such as a floppy disk increases, the ROM becomes larger or the number of ROMs increases and the cost increases, and if the storage capacity of a storage medium such as a ROM card or a floppy disk is specified, There are problems such as a decrease in the number of patterns to be performed and an increase in the unit price of the patterns.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present application has disclosed in
In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 276, a plurality of sets of original sewing data created and corresponding title and creator status data are stored in association with each other to reduce costs by reducing the amount of stored data. A sewing data processing apparatus has been proposed in which a list of embroidery pattern names stored in advance is displayed in a list on a pattern selection screen when an embroidery pattern is selected, and a desired embroidery pattern is selected from the list.

For reference, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-13958.
In the “embroidery pattern creation device” described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 7 (1995), the type of the font to be selected “Style 1 to Style 10” is displayed in a katakana table format on the menu screen 1 displayed first. In the "embroidery sewing machine" described in JP-A-4-288190, a plurality of file names in which sewing data and data of various parameters are associated are stored, and the plurality of file names are displayed on a pattern selection screen. Is displayed in table format.

[0008]

As described above, RO
The pattern name data and the corresponding sewing data are stored in a recording medium such as an M, a ROM card, or a floppy disk. As described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. When the pattern names of the embroidery patterns stored in the medium are read and displayed on a display in a table format, the pattern name display area is reduced in size, and as many pattern names as possible are displayed in a matrix on a single screen. All pattern names can be displayed by the number of screens, but only the character string is different as the pattern name,
Since all of the pattern names are displayed in the same, for example, "black", and the background color of all the display areas for displaying the pattern names is the same, it is difficult to distinguish each of the pattern names,
Since it takes time to search for the pattern name, there is a problem that the operability of the pattern name selecting operation is reduced.

In particular, when a pattern is selected by a touch key provided on the front of the display, the workability of the pattern selection by the selection operation is reduced. An object of the present invention is to improve operability of selecting a desired pattern from a plurality of pattern names displayed in a table format on a color display, and to determine whether an extension attached to an embroidery pattern is the same by a display color. What can be recognized, etc.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pattern selecting apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine, comprising a display means including a color display, wherein an embroidery pattern can be selected via the color display. A data reading means for sequentially reading pattern name data from an external recording medium in which a plurality of sets of pattern name data of the pattern and sewing data corresponding to the pattern name are recorded, and a pattern name based on the read plurality of pattern name data. A pattern name display control means for displaying in a tabular form on a color display of a display means, and a color display in which at least one of a plurality of pattern names and its display area in the color display is displayed in different colors between adjacent pattern names. And color display control means for displaying the image on the display.

Since a plurality of sets of embroidery pattern name data and sewing data corresponding to the embroidery pattern data are recorded on the external recording medium, the pattern name data is sequentially read from the external recording medium by the data reading means. Then, the pattern name display control means displays the pattern names in a table format on the color display of the display means based on the plurality of read pattern name data. At this time, the color display control means causes the color display to display at least one of the plurality of pattern names and the display area on the color display with different display colors between mutually adjacent pattern names.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine.
In the invention according to claim 1, the pattern name display control means displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and the color display control means displays a color using at least a plurality of colors cyclically in a row direction. It is characterized by the following.

In this case, when a plurality of pattern names are displayed in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns by the pattern name display control means, the color display control means controls at least a plurality of colors such as two colors or five colors in a row direction. Since colors are displayed cyclically using colors, even when a large number of pattern names are displayed in a matrix, use a small number of display colors effectively to make a pattern, and display colors for each pattern name. It can be displayed differently. Other operations are the same as those of the first aspect.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pattern selecting apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine.
In a pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine, comprising a display means including a color display and capable of selecting an embroidery pattern via the color display, pattern name data relating to the pattern name of the embroidery pattern and an extension associated therewith are provided. Data reading means for sequentially reading pattern name data from an external recording medium in which a plurality of sets of sewing data are recorded, and pattern names are displayed in a table format on a color display of display means based on the plurality of read pattern name data. The pattern name display control means to be controlled, and the plurality of pattern names displayed by the pattern name display control means and at least one of the display areas are displayed in the same color for the pattern names having the same extension and the display color for each extension. And a color display control means for causing a color display to display differently.

The external recording medium records a plurality of sets of embroidery pattern names, pattern name data relating to the extension associated with the embroidery patterns, and sewing data corresponding to the embroidery patterns. When the pattern name data is sequentially read from the recording medium, the pattern name display control means displays the pattern names on the color display of the display means in a table format based on the plurality of read pattern name data. At this time, the color display control means sets at least one of the plurality of pattern names and the display area in the color display to the same color for the pattern names having the same extension and to make the display color different for each extension, and To be displayed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine.
The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the external recording medium is a floppy disk. In this case, since the external recording medium is a floppy disk, data created by various sewing data creating / editing devices, such as a personal computer, can be easily written, and the data written on the floppy disk can be easily stored in the floppy disk drive. Can be easily read. Other claims 1-3
The same operation as in any one of the above is achieved.

The recording medium storing the pattern selection program according to the fifth aspect records a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by a pattern selection apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine having display means including a color display. A data storage memory in which a plurality of sets of embroidery pattern name data and sewing data corresponding to the embroidery pattern data are recorded; a data reading routine for sequentially reading the pattern name data from the data storage memory; A pattern name display control routine for displaying the pattern names on the color display of the display means in a table format based on the plurality of pattern name data, and at least one of the plurality of pattern names and the display area on the color display being adjacent to each other. Color display control to make the display color different for each pattern name to be displayed on the color display It is intended to include the routine.

That is, the recording medium on which the pattern selection program is recorded is a recording medium on which a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display is recorded by a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. Since the medium includes a data storage memory, a data reading routine, a pattern name display control routine, and a color display control routine, these data storage memory, data read routine, pattern name display control routine, and color display control routine By attaching a recording medium storing a pattern selection program including the following to a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine provided with a display unit including a color display, the same operation as in claim 1 is achieved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium storing the pattern selection program according to the fifth aspect, the pattern name display control routine displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and performs color display. The control routine is characterized in that color display is performed using at least a plurality of colors cyclically in the row direction. In this case, on the recording medium on which the pattern selection program is recorded, the pattern name display control routine displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and the color display control routine executes a plurality of colors at least in a row direction. Since color display is performed by using a click, the same operation as in claim 2 is performed. Other operations are the same as those of the fifth aspect.

The recording medium storing the pattern selection program according to the present invention records a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by a pattern selection apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. A data storage memory in which a plurality of sets of pattern name data relating to the pattern name of the embroidery pattern and the extension attached thereto and sewing data corresponding to the pattern name are recorded; and the pattern name data is stored in the data storage memory. A pattern reading control routine for displaying a pattern name in a tabular form on a color display of display means based on a plurality of read pattern name data, and a pattern reading control routine for reading pattern names based on the plurality of read pattern name data. At least one of a plurality of pattern names and their display areas in the same color for pattern names having the same extension. One in every extension with different display color is intended to include a color display control routine to be displayed on the color display.

That is, the recording medium on which the pattern selection program is recorded is a recording medium on which a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display is recorded by a pattern selection apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. Since the medium includes a data storage memory, a data reading routine, a pattern name display control routine, and a color display control routine, these data storage memory, data read routine, pattern name display control routine, and color display control routine By attaching a recording medium storing a pattern selection program including the following to a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine provided with a display means including a color display, the same operation as in claim 3 is achieved.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to an electronically controlled sewing machine in which various embroidery patterns can be sewn in addition to practical patterns by detachably mounting an embroidery frame driving device (so-called embroidery device). It is an example. The electronically controlled sewing machine M is, as shown in FIG.
And a pillar 2 erected from the right end of the bed 1 and an arm 3 extending leftward from the upper end of the pillar 2 so as to face the bed 1.

The bed 1 accommodates a feed dog vertical movement mechanism (not shown) for moving the feed dog up and down, a feed dog longitudinal movement mechanism (not shown) for moving the feed dog back and forth, and a bobbin thread bobbin, and cooperates with the sewing needle 6. A thread catcher (for example, a horizontal shuttle) is provided.
A ROM card 40 in which pattern data (sewing data and pattern display data) of a large number of embroidery patterns to be added as an option are recorded is mounted on the pillar 2 by an internal card connector 13.
(See FIG. 2), a card slot 2a for connection to the floppy disk drive 29 is formed.
(See FIG. 2), a disk slot 2b for mounting a floppy disk (corresponding to an external recording medium) FD is formed.

The arm 3 has a needle bar driving mechanism for vertically moving a needle bar 5 having a sewing needle 6 attached to a lower end thereof, and a needle bar swinging mechanism for swinging the needle bar 5 in a direction perpendicular to the cloth feeding direction (shown in the drawing). And a balance driving mechanism (not shown) that moves the balance up and down in synchronization with the vertical movement of the needle bar 5. The feed dog vertical movement mechanism, the needle bar drive mechanism, and the balance drive mechanism are driven by a sewing machine motor 17, the needle bar swing mechanism is driven by a needle bar swing stepping motor 18, and the feed dog longitudinal movement mechanism is a feed dog. It is driven by a front-rear drive stepping motor 19 (see FIG. 2). The head 4 of the arm 3 is provided with a start / stop switch 12 for instructing start and stop of the sewing operation.

A large color liquid crystal display (hereinafter simply referred to as a color display) is provided on the front surface of the arm 3.
The color display 10 includes various stitch patterns such as a practical pattern and an embroidery pattern, various function names,
Further, a pattern name, various messages, and the like are displayed. On the front surface of the color display 10, touch keys 11 made of transparent electrodes are provided in a matrix in correspondence with the display positions of a plurality of embroidery patterns, pattern names, and function names indicating functions. That is, selection of a desired embroidery pattern and instruction of a function can be realized by pressing the touch key 11 corresponding to the embroidery pattern, the pattern name, or the function name.

At the left end of the bed 1, a free bed called a free arm is formed, and an embroidery frame drive mechanism (embroidery device) 30 is detachably mounted on the free bed. The embroidery frame drive mechanism 30 includes a main body case 30a and an embroidery frame 3 for detachably mounting a work cloth.
1, a Y-direction drive unit 32 having a built-in Y-direction drive mechanism for driving the embroidery frame 31 in the Y direction (front-back direction), and an X-direction drive mechanism for driving the Y-direction drive unit 32 in the X direction (left-right direction) And an X-direction driving mechanism housed in the main body case 30a. The X-direction driving mechanism is driven by the first stepping motor 33, and the Y-direction driving mechanism is driven by the second stepping motor 34 ( (See FIG. 2).

When the embroidery frame drive mechanism 30 is mounted on the free bed, the first and second stepping motors 33 and 34 are provided.
Is electrically connected to the control device C of the sewing machine M via the connector 14, the first and second stepping motors 33 and 34 are drive-controlled by the control device C, and the embroidery frame 31 on which the work cloth is set is moved to X. The embroidery sewing can be performed while independently moving and driving in the direction and the Y direction. Next, a control system of the electronically controlled sewing machine M will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control device C comprises an input interface 21, a CPU 22, a ROM 23 and an R
A computer including an AM 24 and an electrically rewritable nonvolatile flash memory 25; a floppy disk controller (FDC) 28 for driving a floppy disk drive (FDD) 29; an output interface 26; Bus 27 such as
And The input interface 21 is connected to the start / stop switch 12, the touch key 11, the timing signal generator 16 for detecting a plurality of rotational phases of the main shaft of the sewing machine, and the like.

The output interface 26 includes the motors 17 to 19 and the color display (LCD) 10
A display controller (LCDC) 20 for
First and second stepping motors 3 of embroidery frame drive mechanism 30
3 and 34 are connected via the connector 14.

The ROM 41 of the ROM card 40
Is connected to the bus 27 via the connector 13, and the FDC 28 is also connected to the bus 27. The RO
M23 includes, in addition to a general control program for sewing control and display control for sewing a practical pattern, an editing process for performing an editing process such as enlargement, reduction, rotation, and the like on the selected embroidery pattern via the color display 10. In addition, a control program for pattern selection editing sewing control including an embroidery sewing process for embroidering the selected embroidery pattern, a control program for later-described pattern selection control unique to the present application, and the like are stored in advance.

Further, the ROM 23 has an alphabet having a vertical dimension of 10 pt (about 3.6 mm) in order to display the pattern name of the embroidery pattern and the accompanying data such as the "number of stitches" and "the number of colors". Display font data and vertical size is 15pt
The font data for alphabet display of about 5.4 mm (about 5.4 mm) and the font data for alphabet display of about 27 pt (about 10 mm) in vertical dimension are stored in association with the code data of the alphabet characters.

Further, the pattern data memory 23 of the ROM 23
As shown in FIG. 3, a includes a character pattern data composed of display data relating to each of the character patterns of numbers and alphabets and sewing data thereof, and a practical pattern composed of display data relating to each of a plurality of practical patterns and the sewing data thereof. Pattern data and pattern data of a large number of relatively frequently used embroidery patterns (first embroidery pattern, second embroidery pattern, third embroidery pattern ...) are stored. The embroidery patterns are grouped by type and stored with a pattern number.

That is, since the pattern data of each embroidery pattern has the same configuration, the pattern data of the first embroidery pattern will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the pattern data includes the embroidery pattern and a plurality of embroidery patterns included in the embroidery pattern. Starting with pattern display data for displaying a color-specific pattern portion, sewing data for embroidery sewing, and display information for screen display related to pattern selection shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, and as shown in FIG. The auxiliary information display data for displaying additional information such as display information at the time of sewing including characters, numerals, and symbols other than the selected embroidery pattern and the embroidery area for each color is stored separately. .

The pattern display data of the first embroidery pattern includes
For example, in the case of the embroidery pattern of "elephant" shown in FIG. 11, the bit data (dots) of the rectangular frame are displayed in order to display the first to third color-specific pattern portions and the rectangular frame surrounding the outer peripheral portion of each color-specific pattern portion. Data) and bit data of the first to third color-specific pattern portions. For sewing data, for example, for three colors, sewing data for three colors of the first to third color-specific pattern portions is stored. As display data of the accompanying information, display data for characters and function names to be displayed on various display screens is stored. Here, the stop data SC for thread change and the data of the sewing time are stored in the sewing data for each color-specific pattern portion, respectively, and the end code EC is additionally stored in the final sewing data. I have.

A plurality of ROM cards 40 are prepared for each pattern type, and the ROM 41 of the ROM cards 40 has a large number of relatively infrequently used embroidery patterns (first embroidery patterns) like the ROM 23. The pattern data of a pattern, a second embroidery pattern, a third embroidery pattern,...) Is stored. (See FIG. 3).

The pattern name memory 24a of the RAM 24 stores a plurality of pattern name data read from the floppy disk FD. The sewing data memory 24b stores sewing data of the selected embroidery pattern. Further, the RAM 24 is provided with memories (memory for flags, pointers, counters, etc., registers, buffers, etc.) necessary for the various controls described above. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the floppy disk FD stores various data in addition to the sewing data for the stitch pattern.

That is, in the system area, data such as “2DD” and “2HD” that define the recording format for recording various data, management data such as a volume label “FLOWER” and the number of stored patterns “22” are added. And for each embroidery pattern,
The pattern name data relating to the "pattern name" and the "extension" associated therewith, and the corresponding recording date and time, the sewing data storage address in the data area, the file length, and the accompanying data related to the stitch formation are stored. ing. Here, the extension indicates the type of the pattern name or the file name, such as “.HUS”, attached to the pattern name or another file name.

The accompanying data includes data of "number of stitches" corresponding to the number of stitches, data of "number of colors" of the embroidery thread to be used, and data of "color name" corresponding to the "number of colors". Is stored. On the other hand, the data area stores, for each embroidery pattern, sewing data for forming an embroidery pattern, that is, stitch data, from a head address designated by a sewing data storage address. Here, when the sewing data is sewn with a plurality of different thread colors, a stop code for thread change is appropriately provided.

Next, the routine of the pattern selection control executed by the control device C will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. However, the reference symbol Si (i = 1, 2,
3) indicate each step. When this control is started by turning on the power, an initialization process such as clearing each memory of the RAM 24 is first executed (S
1) A menu screen for designating the type (classification) of the pattern is displayed on the color display 10 (S2).

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, character designation keys 11a to 11d for selecting a kana character or a character pattern of an alphabet according to a typeface, a practical designation key 11e for selecting a practical pattern, and a concrete designation for selecting a concrete pattern. Key 11f-1
1h, a card designation key 11i for selecting an embroidery pattern recorded on the attached ROM card 27,
A menu screen including a floppy designation key 11j for selecting an embroidery pattern recorded on the mounted floppy disk FD is displayed.

Then, when the floppy designation key 11j is operated to select the embroidery pattern recorded on the floppy disk FD (S3: Yes, S4: No, S
5: Yes), the pattern name data is read from the floppy disk FD and written into the pattern name memory 24a (S).
Ten). Next, for a plurality of pattern names in the pattern name memory 24a, a pattern name order sorting process for arranging the pattern names in the alphabetical order is executed (S11), and the pattern names sorted in the alphabetical order are colorized in a list. The image is displayed on the display 10 (S12), and is further displayed in a different color for each display area of the pattern name (S1).
3).

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the pattern name display screen of the color display 10 displays the first 16 pattern names of the plurality of embroidery patterns recorded on the floppy disk FD. For example, for each predetermined display area arranged in a table format having two columns in the horizontal direction and eight rows in the vertical direction, for example, 15
pt is displayed in the alphabet display font. Then, the display areas of the plurality of pattern names are cyclically displayed in color in the row direction by “blue” and “green”.

That is, the display area of the pattern names "AAA", "DEA", "GEX", and "ICD" in the first column indicated by the diagonally lower right hatching, and the pattern names "CAC", "GBC", "HFI",
The display area of "JGA" is displayed in color in, for example, "blue", and the pattern names "BBB" and "FC
The display areas of "A", "HDA" and "JEX" and the display areas of the pattern names "AAB", "EEB", "HCF" and "ITC" in the second column are displayed in color, for example, in "green". You. Here, on the color display 10, a sort function name for performing sort processing in "name order" or "stitch number order" is displayed.
Etc. are displayed.

As described above, since the display colors are displayed differently for each display area of the pattern name by "blue" and "green", the pattern name key 11 which is pressed to select the pattern name is displayed.
The key area of the rectangular key is clarified, erroneous operation of pattern name selection can be prevented, and operability is improved. Next, when the pattern name key 11 corresponding to the desired pattern name display area is pressed (S14: Yes), the operated pattern name key 11 is pressed.
Are identified and displayed (S18).

For example, as shown in FIG.
When the pattern name "FAC" is selected by 1k, the display name of the selected pattern name "FAC" is identified and displayed by reverse display in which the pattern name is outlined. Here, in addition to the reverse display, another display color may be identified and displayed by a stimulating color such as “red”, or may be displayed by blinking. By the way, when the sort key 11m such as "sort by name" or "sort by stitch number" is operated (S14: No, S15: Yes), a sort process corresponding to the operated sort key 11m is executed (S14).
19), the pattern names after the sorting are displayed in a list on the color display 10 (S20).

On the other hand, when the "return" key 11n is operated (S14 to S15: No, S16: Yes), S2 and subsequent steps are executed. When the "confirm" key 11o is operated (S14 to S16: No, S17: Yes), the embroidery pattern identified and displayed is confirmed, and the sewing data of the confirmed embroidery pattern is read from the floppy disk FD. ,
The stitch pattern is stored in the sewing data memory 24b (S21), and the stitch pattern obtained by calculation based on the sewing data is displayed on the color display 10 (S22). Here, when other function keys such as the "previous page" key and the "next page" key are operated (S14 to S17: No), processing corresponding to the operated function key is executed (S28). .

Next, when the sewing process is started by operating the start / stop switch 12 (S23: Yes), a command is issued to start the sewing process (S24). as a result,
The sewing process is executed by reading stitch data for one stitch from the sewing data memory 24b by the sewing control (S24, S25, S27: No). Then, when sewing is interrupted during sewing, when sewing is stopped by operating the start / stop switch 12, or when sewing is temporarily stopped by a stop code SC or the like for thread change (S
25: Yes), information on sewing with the next thread color is displayed on the color display 10 (S26). As this information, for example, a message “sewing the second color” or “sewing the third color” is displayed.

When the sewing processing of all the embroidery areas is completed and the sewing is completed (S25: No, S27: Yes)
), S2 and subsequent steps are repeatedly executed. On the other hand, while the menu screen is displayed, when the desired pattern classification “animal or vehicle” is selected by operating the concrete designation key 11f (S3 ·
S4: Yes), as shown in FIG. 10, a large number of patterns related to "animals" and "vehicles" are displayed as a list in a matrix (S6). For example, the pattern key 11p
Is operated to select the embroidery pattern "panda" (S
7), as shown in FIG. 11, a pattern confirmation screen having an embroidery pattern “panda” and three color-specific pattern portions included in the “panda” is displayed on the color display 10 (S8). However, when the “return” key is operated while the pattern confirmation screen is displayed, the process returns to S6.

Then, S23 to S27 are executed, and as described above, the embroidery pattern "Panda" is sewn with the embroidery threads of three colors. In this case, in S26, every time the embroidery sewing for each thread color is completed and temporarily stopped (S25: Yes
), The second color-specific pattern portion and the third color-specific pattern portion are sequentially moved to the head position and displayed. Here, color display 1
The display means is constituted by 0 or LCDC20. Further, data reading means and a data reading routine are constituted by the pattern selection control, particularly S10 and the control device, and pattern name display control means and the pattern name display control routine are constituted by the pattern selection control, particularly S12 and the control device. The color display control means and the color display control routine are constituted by the pattern selection control, especially S13 and S13A, and the control device.

As described above, the floppy disk FD in which a plurality of sets of embroidery pattern name data and the corresponding sewing data are recorded is mounted on the FDD 29, and the pattern selection control is executed. The display area of a plurality of pattern names displayed on the color display 10 in the form of a table having eight rows vertically has different display colors between the mutually adjacent pattern names, so that “blue” and “green” are displayed in the row direction. Since color display is performed cyclically, distinction of each pattern name becomes clear, and operability of pattern name selection is improved. In particular, the workability of selecting a pattern by operating a touch key provided on the front of the display is improved. Also, the data of the embroidery pattern having the pattern name data and the sewing data is stored in the floppy disk FD.
Can be recorded in large numbers.

Here, the floppy disk FD is
A control program for pattern selection control provided in the ROM 23 is additionally recorded, and a floppy disk FD on which the pattern selection control program is recorded can be mounted on an embroidery sewing machine or a pattern selection device for use. The FD corresponds to a recording medium that records the pattern selection program of the present invention. As a recording medium, RA
It may be an M card, a CD-ROM, a ROM card, a laser disk, or the like.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 12, S13 of the pattern selection control may be partially changed so that the color is displayed by making the display color different for each extension. That is, when the pattern names are displayed in the form of a list (S12), color display is performed by changing the display area of the pattern names having the same extension and by changing the display color for each extension (S13A). For example, as shown in FIG. 13, display areas such as pattern names “AAA”, “AAB”, “BBB”... Having the same extension “.HUS” are “blue” (shown by slanting lines to the lower right). The pattern name "EEB" with the extension ".HUS"
, GEX ”, and“ ITC ”are displayed in“ green ”(shown by slanting lines to the left).

In this case, the display area of the plurality of pattern names displayed in the table format is displayed in the same color for the pattern names having the same extension and in different colors for each extension. Pattern names can be identified and displayed by extension, and the operability of pattern name selection is improved. Also, a large number of embroidery pattern data having pattern name data and sewing data can be recorded on the floppy disk FD.

A plurality of pattern names may be displayed in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, or three to five colors may be cyclically displayed in a row direction or a column direction. Also, the display color of the pattern name itself may be different for each pattern name or extension. If various extra file names other than the pattern name are recorded with an extension on the floppy disk FD, only the pattern name is selectively displayed based on these extensions. You may. Further, a color to be displayed differently for each pattern name or each extension may be set arbitrarily.

Further, the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiment, and the present invention may be applied to the control of each part of the above-described embodiment by an existing technology or a person skilled in the art without departing from the technical idea of the present invention. Various changes may be made based on obvious techniques. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to various pattern selection devices provided separately from the embroidery sewing machine.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pattern selecting apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine which includes display means including a color display and is capable of selecting an embroidery pattern via the color display. Control means;
Since the color display control means is provided, at least one of the plurality of pattern names displayed in the table format and the display area thereof is
Colors are displayed with different display colors between the mutually adjacent pattern names, the distinction of each pattern name becomes clear, and the operability of pattern name selection is improved. In particular, the workability of selecting a pattern by operating a touch key provided on the front of the display is improved. In addition, a large number of embroidery pattern data having pattern name data and sewing data can be recorded on an external recording medium.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the same effect as in the first aspect is obtained, but the pattern name display control means displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a color display control means. Since a plurality of colors are displayed cyclically using at least a plurality of colors in the row direction, even when a large number of pattern names are displayed in a matrix, the pattern names and At least one of the display areas can be displayed with a different display color for each pattern name.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the pattern selecting apparatus for an embroidery sewing machine which includes display means including a color display and is capable of selecting an embroidery pattern via the color display, data reading means and pattern name display control means And a color display control means, so that at least one of a plurality of pattern names displayed in a table format and a display area thereof has the same color for a pattern name having the same extension and a display color for each extension. Are displayed in different colors, and the pattern name can be identified and displayed by the extension, so that the operability of pattern name selection is improved. In addition, a large number of embroidery pattern data having pattern name data and sewing data can be recorded on an external recording medium.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the same effects as in any one of the first to third aspects are obtained, but since the external recording medium is a floppy disk, various types of sewing such as a personal computer are used. The data created by the data creating / editing device can be easily written, and the data written on the floppy disk can be easily read simply by mounting it on the floppy disk drive.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium on which the pattern selection program is recorded is a pattern for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by an embroidery sewing machine pattern selection device having a display means including a color display. A recording medium on which a selection program is recorded. The recording medium includes a data storage memory, a data reading routine, a pattern name display control routine, and a color display control routine. The same effect as in claim 1 is obtained by mounting a recording medium storing a pattern selection program including a control routine and a color display control routine in a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. Play.

According to the invention of claim 6, the same effect as in claim 5 is obtained, but the pattern name display control routine displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns.
Since the color display control routine performs color display using a plurality of colors cyclically at least in the row direction, the recording medium storing the pattern selection program is transferred to an embroidery sewing machine pattern selection device having display means including a color display. By mounting the same, the same effect as in claim 2 can be obtained.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a recording medium on which a pattern selection program is recorded is a pattern for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. A recording medium on which a selection program is recorded. The recording medium includes a data storage memory, a data reading routine, a pattern name display control routine, and a color display control routine. The same effect as in claim 1 is obtained by mounting a recording medium storing a pattern selection program including a control routine and a color display control routine in a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display. Play.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronically controlled sewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the electronically controlled sewing machine.

FIG. 3 is a table illustrating a data configuration of a pattern data memory.

FIG. 4 is a table for explaining a data configuration recorded on a floppy disk.

FIG. 5 is a part of a flowchart of a pattern selection control.

FIG. 6 is the remaining part of the flowchart of the pattern selection control.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu selection screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a pattern name display screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 8 when a selection pattern is determined.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a display screen of an embroidery pattern group.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of a selected embroidery pattern and its color-specific pattern portion.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a part of pattern selection control according to a modified embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display example in which color display is performed for each extension.

[Explanation of symbols]

 M Electronically controlled sewing machine 10 Color liquid crystal display 22 CPU 23 ROM 24 RAM C Controller FD Floppy disk

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An embroidery sewing machine pattern selecting apparatus comprising a display means including a color display and capable of selecting an embroidery pattern via the color display, wherein a plurality of embroidery pattern name data and corresponding sewing data are provided. Data reading means for sequentially reading pattern name data from an external recording medium in which a set is recorded; pattern name display control for displaying a pattern name in a table format on a color display of a display means based on the plurality of read pattern name data; Means, and a color display control means for displaying at least one of the plurality of pattern names and the display area thereof in the color display on a color display with different display colors between pattern names adjacent to each other. Characteristic pattern selection device for embroidery sewing machines. 2. The pattern name display control means displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and the color display control means performs a color display using a plurality of colors cyclically at least in a row direction. Claim 1 characterized by the following:
A pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine according to item 1. 3. An embroidery sewing machine pattern selecting apparatus comprising a display means including a color display and capable of selecting an embroidery pattern via the color display, wherein the pattern name of the embroidery pattern and the pattern name data relating to the extension associated therewith are provided. A data reading means for sequentially reading pattern name data from an external recording medium in which a plurality of sets of sewing data corresponding to the pattern data are recorded; and a color display means for displaying a pattern name based on the read plurality of pattern name data. Pattern name display control means for displaying in a table format on a display, at least one of a plurality of pattern names displayed by the pattern name display control means and a display area thereof, in the same color for pattern names having the same extension; Color display control means for displaying a color display with a different display color for each extension. Sewing machine for pattern selection device. 4. The pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein the external recording medium is a floppy disk. 5. A recording medium on which a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine having a display means including a color display is recorded. And a data storage memory for recording a plurality of sets of sewing data corresponding thereto, a data reading routine for sequentially reading pattern name data from the data storage memory, and a pattern based on the read plurality of pattern name data. A pattern name display control routine for displaying names in a tabular form on a color display of a display means, and changing a display color between at least one of a plurality of pattern names and a display area in the color display between adjacent pattern names. And a color display control routine for displaying the image on a color display. A recording medium recording the selected program. 6. The pattern name display control routine displays a plurality of pattern names in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and the color display control routine performs color display using a plurality of colors cyclically at least in a row direction. A recording medium recording the pattern selection program according to claim 5. 7. A recording medium storing a pattern selection program for selecting an embroidery pattern via a color display by a pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine provided with a display means including a color display, wherein a pattern name of the embroidery pattern and A data storage memory in which a plurality of sets of pattern name data relating to an extension attached thereto and sewing data corresponding to the extension are recorded; a data reading routine for sequentially reading pattern name data from the data storage memory; A pattern name display control routine for displaying a pattern name in a tabular form on a color display of a display means based on the plurality of pattern name data, and a plurality of pattern names displayed by the pattern name display control means and a display area thereof. At least one of the pattern names having the same extension is colored in the same color and the display color is different for each extension. Recording medium for recording a pattern selection program, characterized in that it comprises a color display control routine for displaying on the display, the.