JP2000296281A - Sewing pattern display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To diversify input operation and increase degree of freedom of operation, when a touch panel is pressed so as to designate plural input content parts, by providing a processing means for processing other input contents different from individual contents corresponding to a designated plural input contents. SOLUTION: A control unit 25 controls each mechanism of a sewing machine based on a program stored in ROM 27 and user's selecting operation and the like of touch keys (touch panel) 24, and carries out an embroidery sewing action or a general practical sewing action. At that time, the control unit 25 displays a pattern selecting picture for displaying multiple embroidery patterns on the image plane of LCD 23 in a mode to select an embroidery pattern which a user wants to practice embroidery. The user can select one or more embroidery patterns by carrying out touch operation of the touch keys 24 on the pattern selecting picture. The selected embroidery pattern is stored as prescribed data in a predetermined memory area of RAM 28 in the selected order, and the embroidery sewing action is carried out in the selected order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sewing pattern display device in which a transparent touch panel is arranged on the front of a display screen to input the contents displayed on the display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sewing machine is provided which can form an embroidery of a predetermined pattern on a work cloth based on embroidery data corresponding to an embroidery pattern (sewing pattern) such as a picture or a character. Is coming. In such a sewing machine,
When a user performs an embroidery sewing operation of a desired pattern, for example, a large number of embroidery patterns are displayed on a display device such as an LCD provided on the front surface of the sewing machine main body, and the user looks at the embroidery pattern and looks at it. A desired embroidery pattern is selected and operated. After the pattern selection operation, when the layout editing mode is designated, for example, as shown in FIG.
Is switched to the layout editing screen 200. At this time, the arrow indicating the moving direction is a figure 2 representing the sewing area.
10, the embroidery pattern is displayed on the LCD and can be moved in the direction indicated by the arrow.

[0003] A transparent touch panel is arranged on the front of the LCD, and the touch panel is provided with a number of contacts for detecting pressure, and detects the pressure for each area surrounded by a broken line. On the LCD, a graphic indicating the area of the operation key is displayed so as to correspond to the area surrounded by the broken line, and the operation key and the specific input correspond one to one. That is, in order to make a specific input, the touch panel on the front of the operation key indicating the content of the input must be pressed.

For example, when moving the embroidery pattern to the lower left of the screen, the user presses the area 224 and operates the operation key to move to the lower left alone. In the sewing machine without the lower left operation key, the embroidery pattern is moved by operating the operation key (region 222) moving leftward and the operation key (region 226) moving downward separately. . When arranging the pattern, the user considers the arrangement balance based on his senses while referring to the graphic 210, and moves the pattern to complete the entire pattern.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional sewing machine, the pressed area (contact point) and the content input thereby correspond one-to-one, so that a specific command is input. However, it is necessary to always press a specific part, which is not enough to cope with an operation based on a user's feeling.

For example, when the lower left movement is perceived sensuously, a first method of moving the lower left itself is considered to be a movement obtained by continuously joining the left movement and the lower movement. There is a third way of thinking that the movement is a combination of the leftward movement and the downward movement. Then, in the conventional sewing machine, the first and second methods out of the three methods can be operated as described above, but the third method has not been realized. For this reason, there has been a problem that the user has to adjust the operation method to the configuration of the sewing machine.

[0007] Displaying operation keys in an oblique direction in addition to up, down, left, and right as described above requires a large display area and leads to an increase in the size of the LCD. And the visibility and operability are reduced. Furthermore, since there are many operation keys for movement, there is a possibility that information on the embroidery pattern to be moved cannot be displayed. Conversely, if the number of operation keys for movement is minimized, that is, if there are only four directions, up, down, left, and right, the movement in the oblique direction is a movement of the second perception, and is a two-step movement of left and down There is a problem that operation is required and it is inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sewing pattern display device having an improved degree of freedom in operation.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display apparatus for displaying a plurality of input contents for performing an input relating to sewing on the same screen, and a display means. What is the transparent touch panel arranged in front of the input content displayed by and the individual content corresponding to the specified multiple input content when the touch panel is pressed to specify multiple input content parts Processing means for processing different and different input contents. Therefore, when the touch panel is pressed to specify individual input contents, the processing means processes the individual input contents, and when the touch panel is pressed to specify a plurality of input contents, the processing means Perform another process different from the input contents. As described above, input operations are diverse.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device, comprising: a selection means for selecting a sewing pattern to be sewn by a sewing mechanism; a pattern display means for displaying the sewing pattern selected by the selection means; Arrow display means for displaying a plurality of arrows indicating the moving direction of the sewing pattern on the same screen, a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the arrow displayed by the arrow display means, and a plurality of arrow portions to be designated. Control means is provided for controlling the sewing pattern to move in a different direction from the individual directions corresponding to the designated arrows when the touch panel is pressed. Therefore, when the touch panel is pressed to specify each direction, the control means moves the pattern in each direction, and when the touch panel is pressed to specify a plurality of directions, the control means The sewing pattern is moved in another direction different from the sewing pattern. Thus, the operation of moving the sewing pattern is diversified.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device, comprising: a selection means for selecting a sewing pattern to be sewn by a sewing mechanism; a pattern display means for displaying the sewing pattern selected by the selection means; Arrow display means for radially displaying eight arrows indicating the moving direction of the sewing pattern on the same screen, a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the arrow displayed by the arrow display means, and the touch panel specifies a plurality of arrows Control means for controlling the sewing pattern to move in a direction different from the individual directions corresponding to the plurality of arrows when the sewing pattern is pressed.
Therefore, when the touch panel is pressed to specify one of the eight directions, the control means moves the pattern in each direction, and when the touch panel is pressed to specify a plurality of directions, the control unit performs control. The means moves the pattern in another one of eight different directions than the individual directions. In this way, all the movable directions that can be moved are notified,
The operation of moving the sewing pattern is diversified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing pattern display device, when the sewing pattern is gradually moved, and another direction is additionally specified while the sewing pattern is moving in one direction, the other direction is selected. And a control means for continually moving the sewing pattern in one direction ignoring the designation of the sewing pattern. Therefore, while the sewing pattern is moving, the moving direction of the sewing pattern is constant even if a new moving direction is added.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device, comprising: an arrow display means for displaying an arrow indicating the opposite direction together; and a touch panel for moving the selected sewing pattern from an initial position and designating the opposite direction together. And control means for returning the sewing pattern to the initial position when pressed. Therefore, when the touch panel is pressed so as to specify both the opposite directions, the sewing pattern automatically returns to the initial position by the control device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device in which four arrows are radially displayed, and information related to the selected sewing pattern is displayed near the arrow instead of displaying the location of the input operation key. It has display means. Therefore, the display indicating the location of the input operation key and the information related to the selected pattern are displayed close to each other.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device comprising a display means for displaying a plurality of sewing patterns on the same screen, and a processing means for specifying the sewing pattern. Therefore, there is a specification of a sewing pattern according to the specification of a single input content and a specification of a sewing pattern according to the specification of a plurality of input contents, and the operation of specifying the pattern is diversified.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device, comprising: display means for displaying a figure corresponding to a sewing area; a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the figure displayed by the display means; And processing means for processing the position designated by pressing the position as a designation of another position different from the position in each figure corresponding to the plurality of places. Therefore, there are a designation of a position accompanying the pressing of a single portion and a designation of a position accompanying the pressing of a plurality of portions, and the operation of designating the position is diversified.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing pattern display device, comprising: a display means for displaying a plurality of input contents on the same screen based on data in an external storage device; a transparent analog touch panel disposed on a front surface of the display means; When the touch panel is pressed so as to specify the input content, processing means for processing the input as a different input specification different from the individual inputs corresponding to the plurality of input contents. Therefore, when the touch panel is pressed to specify individual input contents, the processing means processes the individual input contents, and when the touch panel is pressed to specify a plurality of input contents, the processing means Perform another process different from the input contents. As described above, input operations are diverse. Further, the input to the display format of various input contents is detected by pressing.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A sewing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. still,
In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a household embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the appearance of an embroidery sewing machine according to the present embodiment. A sewing machine main body 11 is integrally formed with an arm 13 above a sewing bed 12. . A needle bar 15 having a needle 14 is provided at the distal end of the arm 13, and a cloth presser 16 is provided. On the other hand, on the upper surface of the sewing machine bed 12,
A needle plate 17 is provided corresponding to the needle bar 15, and a shuttle mechanism (not shown) is provided on the lower surface side of the needle plate 17. Although not shown, the needle bar 15, the shuttle mechanism, the presser foot 16 and the like are synchronously driven by a sewing machine motor via a drive mechanism, thereby executing a sewing operation.

The sewing machine bed 12 is provided with an embroidery frame 18 for holding a work cloth at the time of embroidery sewing operation, and the embroidery frame 18 and thus the work cloth are freely movable in the horizontal direction on the sewing machine bed 12. A horizontal movement mechanism 19 is provided for the movement. In this case, the embroidery frame 18 has a substantially rectangular frame shape, is composed of an outer frame and an inner frame, and holds the work cloth stretched inside the frame by sandwiching the work cloth therebetween. It has become.

Although not described in detail, the horizontal moving mechanism 19 is configured to move the embroidery frame 18 freely in the Y-axis (front-back) direction by a Y-axis direction drive motor 19b (not shown). Is freely moved in the X-axis (left-right) direction by an X-axis direction drive motor 19a (not shown). Thus, the work cloth held by the embroidery frame 18 is moved by the horizontal moving mechanism 19 to an arbitrary position based on the unique XY coordinate system.
The embroidery sewing operation is performed by driving the needle bar 15 and the like by the driving mechanism while moving the work cloth by the horizontal moving mechanism 19.

A start / stop switch 21 is provided on the front surface on the distal end side of the arm portion 13, and a power switch (not shown) is provided below the right wall surface of the sewing machine body 11.
Is provided. In addition, the embroidery sewing machine according to the present embodiment can execute various general sewings (such as straight stitching, zigzag stitching, and overcasting) in addition to embroidery. The horizontal moving mechanism 19 is detachably attached to the sewing machine bed 12, and when the embroidery sewing is not performed, this part is moved to the embroidery frame 1.
8 and can be replaced with a flat table for general sewing.

A monotone (binary) LCD 23 for displaying various embroidery patterns and messages on the screen is provided on the front surface of the arm 13. The LCD 23 displays a pattern selection screen (see FIG. 4 and the like) and a layout editing screen (see FIG. 6 and the like) when the user performs embroidery as described later. Further, on the surface of the LCD 23, a transparent touch panel 24 (shown only in FIG. 2) constituting a selection operation unit is provided. The touch panel 24 is formed of a transparent electrode surface, on which electrodes are arranged. When the user presses the surface of the touch panel 24 with a finger, the pressed position can be detected. Then, the touch panel 2 is specified so that the input command is specified by the pressing.
An operation key display indicating a function at each position on the LCD 4 is displayed corresponding to each position on the LCD 23. In addition, this touch panel 2
4 is configured to produce a predetermined initial value if no position is pressed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a control device 25 for controlling each mechanism is provided in the sewing machine main body 11. The control device 25 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and includes a CPU 26, a ROM 27, an R
The AM 28, various controllers (not shown), and an input / output interface 29 are mutually connected by a bus 31. The sewing machine motor (drive mechanism), the X-axis direction drive motor 19b and the Y-axis direction drive motor 19a of the horizontal movement mechanism 19 are controlled by the controller 2 via the controller.
5 is controlled. The LCD 23 and the touch panel 24 are connected to the input / output interface 29. The control device 25 corresponds to the control means or the processing means of the present invention, and the LCD 23 controlled by the control device 25 corresponds to the display means, the pattern display means, and the arrow display means of the present invention.
An arrow indicating the moving direction of the embroidery pattern on the screen is displayed. The input content of the present invention is an arrow indicating the moving direction of the embroidery pattern on the screen.

The ROM 27 has a control program for controlling the embroidery sewing operation and the practical sewing operation of the sewing machine.
A control program for display control of the CD 23, a data processing program for performing various data processing such as reading and editing of embroidery data, and data of an initial position for arranging an embroidery pattern described later are stored. The LCD2
By executing the control program for display control of No. 3, the control device 25 functions as means for controlling various displays as described later.

At the same time, the ROM 27 stores pattern data for determining the shapes of a large number of embroidery patterns for embroidery sewing. In this case, the pattern data stored in the ROM 27 includes, for example, embroidery patterns of characters and symbols such as kana, alphabets, and numbers, and decorative embroidery patterns of relatively simple shapes.

In the present embodiment, the pattern data is embroidery data necessary for an embroidery sewing operation, and display data consisting of bitmap data necessary for displaying each embroidery pattern on the LCD 23 (pattern selection screen). And accompanying data (such as thread color data). In this case, the embroidery data is ultimately data indicating the movement amount (needle drop position) of the work cloth for each stitch in the X and Y directions, but the embroidery data to be stored is the embroidery pattern. The data is data indicating the outer shape, and the final data is created from the data at the time of execution of the embroidery sewing operation. It is also possible to share embroidery data and display data, or to store only one of the data and create the other data from the data.

Further, in the present embodiment, the control device 25
, An external ROM card 32 as an external storage device is detachably connected. This external ROM
As shown in FIG. 4, the card 32 includes pattern data (embroidery data, display data, and associated data such as color separation) corresponding to a picture pattern that is a relatively complicated embroidery pattern. It is remembered. Therefore, in the present embodiment, both the ROM 27 and the external ROM card 32 function as storage devices of the sewing machine. As shown in FIG. 1, the external ROM card 32 is connected to the control device 25 through a card insertion hole 33 provided in the right side wall of the sewing machine main body 11 by the user.
This is performed by detachably inserting the card 32.

Thus, the control device 25 stores in the ROM 2
Based on the program stored in 7 and the selection operation of the touch panel 24 by the user, each mechanism of the sewing machine is controlled to execute an embroidery sewing operation and a general practical sewing operation. At this time, as will be clear from the description of the operation later, in the mode in which the user selects an embroidery pattern to be embroidered, the control device 25 performs various types of display of a large number of embroidery patterns on the screen of the LCD 23. A pattern selection screen is displayed. The user can select one or more embroidery patterns by performing a selection operation (touch operation on the touch panel 24) on the pattern selection screen. In the selected embroidery pattern, predetermined data is stored in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 28 in the selected order, and the embroidery sewing operation is executed in the selected order.

When the pattern is selected and the mode is shifted to the layout editing mode, the control device 25
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a layout editing screen is displayed on the screen D23. In the layout editing screen, a layout area A, which images the embroidery forming area (embroidery frame 18) of the work cloth, is surrounded by a frame on the left side of the screen of the LCD 23, and the layout area A is displayed. At least one selected embroidery pattern is displayed.

The layout area A is provided for confirming the interval between the embroidery patterns and the completed embroidery pattern. The layout area A corresponds to the sewable area of the embroidery frame 18 and has the size of each embroidery pattern and the embroidery pattern. The distance between the two corresponds to the relative size and distance to the sewable area. Various key displays E are provided outside the layout area A to indicate the operation position of the touch panel 24 with operation button images.

The user operates the key display E on the touch panel 24.
By touching the portion, editing processing such as moving, rotating, changing the size (enlargement or reduction from the standard) of the selected embroidery pattern in the layout area A, and changing the character spacing can be performed. Then, the display of the embroidery pattern is changed according to the operation. As a result, in the layout area A, a display matching the image when the embroidery is formed on the work cloth is made, and the user looks at the display and forms the embroidery of the selected embroidery pattern. In this case, a desired layout can be set. That is, the user can freely determine the balance of the entire embroidery pattern based on the sense.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. When the user mounts the external ROM card 32 on the sewing machine main body 11 and turns on the power switch, the control device 25 automatically displays a menu selection screen (not shown) on the LCD 23. Here, when the user wants to execute the embroidery sewing operation, the user operates the touch panel 24 to select a pattern selection item. Then, the control device 25 displays a pattern group selection screen on the LCD 23. In this selection screen, first, as shown in FIG. 3, a group (8 pieces) in which a large number of embroidery patterns are classified
When the user selects “card” by touching the touch panel 24, the screen of the LCD 23 is switched to a pattern selection screen for selecting a picture as shown in FIG. Here, based on the display data stored in the external ROM card 32, “panda”,
Many picture patterns such as "elephant", "giraffe", etc. are displayed.

The user looks at this pattern selection screen and selects an embroidery pattern (in this case, a picture pattern B showing the shape of "elephant") to be formed. This selection is performed by directly touching the portion of the screen (the touch panel 24) of the LCD 23 where the picture B to be selected is displayed with a finger. It should be noted that the pattern selection screen related to the picture pattern exists over a plurality of pages, and is configured so that the user can turn the page when the desired embroidery pattern does not exist on the displayed page. I have.

When the user selects picture pattern B,
Next, a layout editing process can be performed. First, a layout editing screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the LCD 23 (S1). On the layout editing screen, as described above, the picture B is placed at the center (initial position) of the layout area A, which is an image of the embroidery forming area (embroidery frame 18) of the work cloth.
Is automatically displayed. On the right side of the layout area A, eight arrows indicating the moving direction of the embroidery pattern on the screen are radially displayed. As described above, the layout editing screen is configured so that the graphic indicating the sewing area and the plurality of moving directions of the sewing pattern are displayed on the same screen and can be checked at a glance.

Each arrow is surrounded by another square, and the touch panel 24 on the front of the enclosed portion functions as a movement operation key E (touch key) for movement. Of the arrows, arrows indicating opposite directions are displayed on a straight line so as to face each other. Also, the diagonal arrow
It is displayed sandwiched between up, down, left, and right arrows. For example, the movement operation key 64 is displayed including a portion sandwiched between the movement operation keys 60 and 62. Furthermore, 8 surrounding the arrows
At the center of the two moving operation keys, there are displayed moving operation keys 66 (portions labeled "center") for moving the embroidery pattern to the center of the layout area A at a stretch. The movement operation keys 66 include the vicinity of the middle point between the movement operation keys indicating the opposite directions.

Next, the current position of the picture B in the layout area A is stored in the RAM 28 (S2). Next, when the user simultaneously presses the left moving operation key 60 and the lower moving operation key 62 to move the picture pattern B to the lower left, the control device 25 moves the embroidery pattern based on the pressed position. The direction (lower left) is automatically calculated, and then the pattern B is moved to the lower left (S3: NO, S4: NO, S
6: NO, S7, S9). That is, another processing different from the individual input contents (left and lower, respectively) is performed by the controller 25.
The picture pattern B moves diagonally to the left, which is another direction different from both the left and the lower. Thus, the third
The movement of how to catch is possible.

Until the user starts and releases the movement operation keys 60 and 62, the control device 25 repeats the unit movement and gradually moves the picture B to be moved to the lower left (S10: NO). , S9). When the user individually presses the eight movement operation keys, the picture B to be moved is moved in the direction indicated by each arrow. In this manner, the first and second movements, which are the individual movement directions, can of course be performed.

Then, after the user presses the moving operation key to start moving in one direction, if the user further presses another moving operation key, the control device 25 keeps the newly added moving operation key. The direction B is moved in one direction continuously without detecting the direction. In this way, once the movement of the embroidery pattern starts, the processing for detecting the movement direction is not performed, so that
It can move embroidery patterns at high speed.

Then, although the detailed description is omitted, when the selection and the layout editing of the embroidery pattern as described above are completed, the user presses the portion where "OK" is displayed (S3: YE).
S) The final embroidery data is generated by the control device 25 based on the data. The user sets the work cloth on the embroidery frame 18 and operates the start / stop switch 21 to perform the embroidery sewing operation. Is the data related to the embroidery pattern in the RAM 28, the external ROM card 32, and the R
It is executed based on OM27. At this time, the work cloth
Embroidery is formed according to the display image in the layout area A. Thus, in the above-described sewing machine, the operation is diversified, the degree of freedom of the operation is increased, and the restraint of the user by the configuration of the sewing machine is reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the embroidery pattern is moved with the selected embroidery pattern as a movement target in the placement setting operation performed subsequent to the pattern selection. The above-described control may be performed when the arrangement position of the pattern is reset.

In the above-described embodiment, two directions are combined, but three or more directions may be combined so that the embroidery pattern moves in the direction of the combined result. Conversely, as described above, simultaneously pressing the two operation keys to perform the functions of the other operation keys does not need to be performed for all the operation keys, and may be performed for some of the operation keys. good.

For example, the embroidery pattern moves in an oblique direction (lower left) obtained by combining the two directions as a third movement only when the left and lower sides are simultaneously pressed. When the keys are pressed at the same time, the movement in the third way may not be performed.

Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The screen shown in FIG. 8 is an arrangement editing screen in which the embroidery pattern can be moved in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, and includes four moving operation keys corresponding to the minimum directions of up, down, left, and right. Is displayed in. In the vicinity of the moving operation key, information to be moved is displayed in the display area where the moving operation key for the diagonal moving direction is displayed in FIGS. 5 and 6. That is, it is displayed that the coordinate value (10, 90) of the picture pattern B in the current layout area A, the sewing time is 30 minutes, the size (length 4 cm, width 5 cm), and the moving object is “elephant”. I have. In this way, the various information to be moved, the arrangement state, and the moving direction are all displayed close to the same screen, so that the arrangement can be easily performed by referring to these displays, and the narrow screen can be effectively used. are doing. Also, a left movement operation key 70,
When the downward movement operation key 72 is simultaneously pressed, the embroidery pattern moves to the lower left, which is another direction different from the left direction and the lower direction. Therefore, the oblique movement operation key as in the above-described embodiment is used. Is not necessary.

Next, a seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

On the screen shown in FIG. 9A, embroidery patterns "ha", "hi", "fu", "he", and "ho" are available as options.
And “゜” and “゛” attached to them are displayed, and when the user presses “ha” and “゜” simultaneously,
"ぱ" is selected, and "選 択" is displayed at the center initial position of the layout area A. Similarly "ha"
By pressing and "゛", "BA" is selected. In the other selection screens, “ぱ” itself can be selected. In the embroidery sewing machine shown in FIG. 9B, when the user simultaneously presses “ha” and “゜”,
At the initial position in the center of the layout area A, another embroidery pattern “ぱ” different from each individual embroidery pattern is similarly displayed. Then, the processing shifts to a movable processing as in the above-described embodiment. In this way, various patterns can be selected.

Further, when the user simultaneously presses the individual embroidery patterns "T" and "N" shown in FIG. 10, another embroidery pattern different from each individual embroidery pattern is placed at the initial position at the center of the layout area A. The embroidery pattern 900 is similarly displayed. On the screen shown in FIG. 11, the individual embroidery patterns 910 and 920 and the embroidery pattern 930 obtained by combining the embroidery patterns are displayed in a selectable manner. When the individual embroidery patterns 910 and 920 are pressed simultaneously, the embroidery pattern Reference numeral 930 denotes an embroidery pattern 90 at an initial position in the center of the layout area A.
0 is similarly displayed. The individual embroidery patterns 910, 9
When one of the embroidery patterns 20 is pressed, the pressed embroidery pattern is displayed at the initial position at the center of the layout area A.

In the configurations shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 described above, after selecting a pattern, any configuration shifts to a movable process. In the screens of FIGS. 9 and 10 described above, the embroidery patterns to be combined are displayed so as to be connected by a line.

Next, an eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

On the screen shown in FIG. 12, the pictures C, D, and F already arranged are displayed together with the picture B to be edited. Then, when a part of the layout area A to be arranged is pressed, the picture pattern B is arranged there. And
When the user simultaneously presses the picture patterns C and D, the picture pattern B is displayed in a region 930 indicated by a broken line between them. And
When the picture patterns C, D, and F are pressed at the same time, they are displayed in a region 933 indicated by a broken line therebetween. This area 933 corresponds to the position of the center of gravity of a triangle having the centers of the picture patterns C, D, and F as vertices.

Next, a ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Instead of a conventional digital touch panel in which a pressed position is specified for each area based on the presence or absence of a signal from a contact point, a touch panel called an analog touch panel may be used. Digital touch panels are more expensive than analog touch panels, and are not suitable for household sewing machines. As shown in FIG. 13, the analog touch panel has a structure in which electrodes (X sheet and Y sheet) on two surfaces are bonded to each other. On each electrode surface of this analog touch panel, the electrodes on the lines are arranged innumerably parallel and close to each other, and the electrodes on both electrode surfaces are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other to detect the position pressed by the user's finger. can do.

In this analog touch panel, the resistance value is generated in an analog manner according to the pressed position by the electrode, and is not a detection of an area like a digital touch panel. Then, when a plurality of locations are pressed as described above, the resistance values of the pressed locations are summed up, and the control device 25 operates as if another location was pressed.
May be configured so as to be recognized.

Further, compared to the case where a conventional digital touch panel is used, the use of this analog touch panel allows the resistance value to be changed based on the pressed position instead of the area, so that much finer and more flexible detection can be performed. Can be.
In a device that is supplied with data from an external storage device such as an embroidery sewing machine, it is necessary to change the display size of the input content in accordance with an increase or diversification of the type of the external storage device. . However, when a digital touch panel is used, the display of the input content must be adjusted to the size and shape of the detection area, and the display method of the input content is very limited. For example, when one detection area is located in front of the display of a plurality of operation keys, it is not possible to specify which operation key has been pressed. Therefore, it is necessary to display one operation key corresponding to one detection area. did not become. However, analog touch panels do not have a function of detecting each area, and input must be detected in response to the display of operation keys of small size from large to small and the display of operation keys of various shapes. Can be.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various expansions and changes as described below are possible. That is, for example, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to a household sewing machine. However, the present invention may be applied to an industrial (business) sewing device. Alternatively, for example, using a personal computer (notebook personal computer) or the like, The present invention can be applied to a processing device that processes embroidery data independently of the sewing machine.

In the above-described embodiment, when inputting a plurality of input contents, another input content having a different intermediate position (or a center of gravity) between two input contents located on a straight line is automatically designated. Although different input contents with different positions between two input items are automatically specified,
If different different input contents for a plurality of input contents are determined in advance, the display positions of the input contents may be in any arrangement. Further, it is not always necessary to display different different input contents for a plurality of input contents.

In the above-described embodiment, the embroidery pattern of the sewing pattern has been described. However, a similar pattern may be selected by using a practical pattern as a sewing pattern. Further, the sewing pattern may be a pattern such as a buttonhole in addition to the embroidery pattern and the practical pattern. Some buttonholes are formed by different sewing methods.For example, a substantially rectangular buttonhole is formed by a portion sewn long by a narrow zigzag and a portion sewn short by a narrow zigzag. You. If you have multiple types of choices for each of these different stitches,
An arrangement may be made in which any combination can be made for each part by simultaneous selection. That is, the present invention may be applied when one sewing pattern is created by combining a plurality of parts, and there is a caricature created by combining a hairstyle, eyes, and nose as another sewing pattern configured as such. . Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the sewing pattern is displayed in the form of a pattern, but may be displayed in characters.

In the above-described embodiment, the work cloth is moved with respect to the needle 14 by the embroidery frame 18, but the embroidery pattern is formed while the needle (needle bar) is moved with respect to the work cloth. The embroidery can be formed by moving the work cloth back and forth and right and left by needle swing and feed dog without using an embroidery frame. It can be applied to anything that does.

Further, as the storage device of the sewing machine, RO
Not only the M and the external ROM card, but also a ROM only, or a RAM, and various storage media including a readable / writable one such as a magnetic disk and an optical disk can be used as the storage means. The display device is not limited to the LCD, but may be a CRT display or the like.

[0061]

As apparent from the above description, according to the sewing pattern display device of the first aspect of the present invention, when the touch panel is pressed so as to designate individual input contents,
The processing means processes each input content, and when the touch panel is pressed so as to designate a plurality of input contents, the processing means performs another processing different from the individual input contents, and the input operation can be diversified, The degree of freedom of operation has been improved.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the second aspect, when the touch panel is pressed to specify each direction, the control means moves the pattern in each direction and specifies a plurality of directions. When the touch panel is pressed, the control means moves the pattern in another direction different from the individual directions, so that the operation of moving the sewing pattern can be diversified, and the degree of freedom of the operation is improved.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the third aspect, when the touch panel is pressed so as to designate one of the eight directions, the control means moves the pattern in each direction, and the control means moves the pattern in a plurality of directions. When the touch panel is pressed to specify a direction, the control means moves the pattern in another one of eight directions different from the individual directions, and all the movable directions are notified and In addition, the moving operation of the sewing pattern can be diversified, the degree of freedom of the operation can be improved, and the moving direction of the sewing pattern can be confirmed before the movement by the arrow in eight directions.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the fourth aspect, while the sewing pattern is moving, even if the moving direction is newly added, the moving direction of the sewing pattern is constant, and the added pattern is added. Since the moving direction does not need to be newly considered in the current moving direction, processing relating to the movement is smoothly performed without delay.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the present invention, the sewing pattern is automatically returned to the initial position by the control device at the time of input that is not suitable for the movement of specifying both directions in the opposite direction. The used operation method can also be adopted as the moving operation, and the degree of freedom of the operation is further improved.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the present invention, the display indicating the location of the input operation key and the information relating to the selected sewing pattern are displayed close to each other. Leads to a reduction in size. Further, at the time of movement, information relating to the sewing pattern can be referred to, so that movement is facilitated.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the present invention, there is identification of a sewing pattern in accordance with designation of a single input content and specification of a pattern in accordance with designation of a plurality of input contents. Are diversifying.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the eighth aspect, there are designation of a position associated with the pressing of a single location and designation of a location associated with the pressing of a plurality of locations. The degree of freedom has been improved.

According to the sewing pattern display device of the ninth aspect, when the touch panel is pressed so as to designate individual input contents, the processing means processes the individual input contents and designates a plurality of input contents. When the touch panel is pressed as described above, the processing means performs another process different from the content of each input, the input operation can be diversified, and the degree of freedom of the operation is improved. Further, input contents can be detected in various ways with respect to data from the external storage device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an embroidery sewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration centering on a control device of the embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen when selecting a pattern group on the embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen when selecting a pattern on the embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a screen when setting the arrangement of the pattern on the embroidery sewing machine, in which the pattern is located at an initial position.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a screen when setting the arrangement of the pattern on the embroidery sewing machine, in which the pattern is moved to the lower left from an initial position.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart when the pattern of the embroidery sewing machine is moved.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen according to claim 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen for specifying a pattern according to claim 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen for specifying a pattern according to claim 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen for specifying a pattern according to claim 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen for designating a position of a pattern according to claim 8 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a touch panel according to claim 9 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a conventional embroidery sewing screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawing, 11 is a sewing machine main body, 14 is a needle, 18 is an embroidery frame,
Reference numeral 21 denotes a start / stop switch, 23 denotes an LCD, 24 denotes a touch panel, 25 denotes a control device, 27 denotes a ROM, 32 denotes an external ROM card, A denotes a layout area, and B denotes a pattern.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying a plurality of input contents for performing an input relating to sewing on the same screen, a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the input contents displayed by the display means, and a plurality of input content parts. Processing means for processing another input content different from the individual content corresponding to the plurality of specified input content when the touch panel is pressed to specify the sewing pattern display. apparatus. A selecting means for selecting a sewing pattern to be sewn by the sewing mechanism; a pattern displaying means for displaying the sewing pattern selected by the selecting means; and a moving direction of the sewing pattern displayed by the pattern displaying means. Arrow display means for displaying a plurality of arrows shown on the same screen, a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the arrow displayed by the arrow display means, and the touch panel is pressed to designate a plurality of arrow portions In this case, the sewing pattern display device further includes control means for controlling the sewing pattern to move in a different direction from the individual directions corresponding to the plurality of designated arrows. 3. A selecting means for selecting a sewing pattern to be sewn by a sewing mechanism; a pattern displaying means for displaying the sewing pattern selected by the selecting means; and a moving direction of the sewing pattern displayed by the pattern displaying means. Arrow display means for radially displaying eight arrows on the same screen, a transparent touch panel arranged in front of the arrow displayed by the arrow display means, and the touch panel is pressed so as to designate a plurality of arrows. Control means for controlling the sewing pattern to move in one of the eight different directions different from the individual directions corresponding to the plurality of arrows. Display device. 4. The control means moves the sewing pattern gradually, and if another direction is additionally specified while the sewing pattern is moving in one direction, the control means specifies the other direction. The sewing pattern display device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the sewing pattern is continuously moved in one direction, ignoring the sewing pattern. 5. The arrow display means displays an arrow indicating an opposite direction together, and the control means moves the selected sewing pattern from an initial position, and the touch panel is pressed so as to designate the opposite direction together. 4. The sewing pattern display device according to claim 2, wherein the sewing pattern is returned to the initial position when the sewing pattern is provided. 6. The arrow display means displays the arrows radially.
3. The sewing pattern display device according to claim 2, wherein information related to the selected sewing pattern is displayed in the vicinity of the arrow instead of being displayed as an input operation key. 7. The sewing pattern display device according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays a plurality of sewing patterns on the same screen, and said processing means specifies the sewing pattern. 8. A sewing pattern display device for designating a position with respect to a sewing area using a touch panel, comprising: display means for displaying a figure corresponding to the sewing area; and a display arranged in front of the figure displayed by the display means. A transparent touch panel, and a processing unit that, when pressed on the touch panel so as to designate a plurality of locations, performs processing as designation of another position different from the position in each of the figures corresponding to the plurality of locations. A sewing pattern display device comprising: 9. A sewing pattern display device for displaying input contents related to sewing based on data supplied from an external storage device, a display means for displaying a plurality of input contents on the same screen based on the data in the external storage device. A transparent analog touch panel disposed on the front of the display means, and when the touch panel is pressed to specify a plurality of input contents, another input different from the individual inputs corresponding to the plurality of input contents is provided. And a processing means for processing as input designation.