JP2006271880A - Data editing device for processing machine, data editing device for sewing machine, data editing method for processing machine, data editing method for sewing machine and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the certain recognition of the overlapping point data when point data such as needle location data or the like overlap each other on a display screen. <P>SOLUTION: An embroidery data editing device 11 includes a control device 20, a display 13, a keyboard 14 and a mouse 15. The control device 20 judges whether the needle location data exist to overlap each other in an indication range indicated by a marker on a display screen of the display 13 or not and displays the data information of the overlapping needle location data and selects the overlapping needle location data as an object of confirmation or edit on the basis of the preset operation when the overlapping existence of the needle location data is judged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a data editing device for a processing machine, a sewing data editing device for a sewing machine, a data editing method for a processing machine, and sewing data for a sewing machine, which are suitable for checking and editing processing data and sewing data on a display screen. The present invention relates to an editing method and a recording medium.

For example, in a sewing machine, in a computer system in the sewing machine or a computer system outside the sewing machine, sewing data including a large number of needle entry data is displayed on the display device, and the sewing data is checked and edited on the display screen. There is something. Although not directly related to the present invention, there is Patent Document 1 as a sewing data editing device.
JP 2002-102561 A

  In this case, a plurality of needle entry data may overlap at the same point. For example, sewing data D as shown in FIG. 17 includes line data D1 shown in FIG. 18 and line data D2 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the point W where the needle entry data D1-6 of the line data D1 and the needle entry data D2-6 of the line data D2 overlap is indicated by the mouse pointer P linked to the mouse. When clicked, one of the needle entry data D1-6 and D2-6 is selected. In this case, since neither of them is displayed on the display screen, which needle entry data is selected is unknown to the user. For example, when the line data D2 is created after the creation of the line data D1, the latter needle entry data D2-6 is often selected. However, it is difficult (unrecognizable) to determine which needle entry data is selected by the user.

Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to check the needle entry data or the editing is wrong.
Such a problem was also true when processing data (drawing data, cutting data, etc.) in another processing machine was displayed on the display screen for confirmation or editing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and the object thereof is to reliably recognize the duplicated point data even when the point data such as the needle drop data is duplicated on the display screen. It is to be able to select and be sure to confirm and edit.

  The processing machine data editing apparatus according to claim 1 displays processing data for a processing machine including a plurality of point data on the display screen of the display means, and the processing data is displayed on the display screen based on the operation of the operation means. A data editing device for a processing machine that performs confirmation or editing, a determination unit that determines whether or not point data overlaps in an instruction area indicated by an index on the display screen, and a point by the determination unit Duplicate data display control means for displaying the data information of the duplicated point data when it is determined that there is duplicated data, and the duplicated point data is selected for confirmation or editing based on a preset operation And point data selection means.

  According to this, when the determination unit determines that the point data is duplicated, the duplicate data display control unit displays the data information of the duplicated point data, so that the user can duplicate the point data. And the data information can be recognized with certainty, and the point data selection means selects the point data that is duplicated for confirmation or editing. You can definitely select one, and you can definitely check and edit.

  The sewing data editing device for a sewing machine according to claim 2 displays sewing data including a plurality of needle entry data on the display screen of the display means, and confirms or edits the sewing data on the display screen based on the operation of the operation means. A sewing data editing device for a sewing machine that determines whether or not there is overlap of needle drop data in the designated area indicated by the indicator on the display screen, and the needle drop data by the determination means When it is determined that there is an overlap, the overlap data display control means for displaying the data information of the overlapped needle drop data and the overlapped needle drop data as a target to be checked or edited based on a preset operation And needle drop data selecting means for selecting.

  According to this, when the determination unit determines that the needle entry data is duplicated, the duplicate data display control unit displays the data information of the overlapped needle entry data. It is possible to surely recognize that the data is duplicated and the data information, and the needle entry data selection means selects the overlapped needle entry data for confirmation or editing, so the needle entry data is duplicated. In this case, one of them can be definitely selected, and the sewing data can be confirmed and edited without fail.

  The sewing data editing device for a sewing machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the sewing data editing device for a sewing machine according to the second aspect of the invention, wherein the code information relating to the sewing control is attached to the needle entry data selected as the object to be confirmed or edited. Code information display control means for displaying code information is provided. According to this, in addition to the effect of claim 2, code information related to sewing control attached to needle drop data is added. This is useful when checking and editing this code information.

  The sewing data editing apparatus for a sewing machine according to claim 4 is the sewing data editing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the sewing data includes a plurality of line data in which needle entry data is substantially continuous, and the data information of the needle entry data includes the line information. The identification information of the data and the identification information of the needle entry data in the line data are included.

  According to this, in addition to the effect of claim 2 or 3, the identification information of the line data and the identification information of the needle entry data in the line data are displayed as the data information of the needle entry data. Therefore, it is possible to recognize which line data corresponds to which part of the needle entry data, which is convenient.

  The sewing data editing device for a sewing machine according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 4, when displaying the data information of the needle drop data, the display form of the data information of the needle drop data and the line data to which the needle drop data belongs. And the display form of the data information and the line data is different from the display form of the other needle drop data and the other line data. According to this, according to the display form of the data content of the displayed needle entry data, it can be easily understood which line data is the needle entry data.

In the data editing method for a processing machine according to claim 6, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 1 can be obtained.
In the sewing data editing method for the sewing machine according to the seventh to tenth aspects, the same effect as that of the second to fifth aspects of the invention can be obtained.

  The recording medium according to claim 11 includes a procedure for determining whether or not point data overlaps in an instruction area indicated by an indicator on a display screen, and when it is determined that there is overlap of point data. A computer-readable program storing a program for causing a computer system to execute a procedure for displaying data information of duplicated point data and a procedure for confirming or selecting the duplicated point data as an object to be edited based on a preset operation Recording medium.

  By executing the computer system using this recording medium, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first aspect of the invention.

  In the present invention, even when point data such as needle entry data overlaps on the display screen, the overlapping point data can be reliably recognized and selected without fail, and can be confirmed and edited without fail. Become.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows an embroidery sewing machine 1 capable of embroidery sewing as a processing machine. The embroidery sewing machine 1 will be briefly described. The main body portion of the embroidery sewing machine 1 has a bed portion 2, a pedestal portion 3 and an arm portion 4. The bed portion 2 is provided with a thread catcher (not shown), and the cloth holding frame 5 is placed in the X direction. A frame drive mechanism 6 that is driven to move in the Y direction is provided.

  The arm portion 4 is provided with a switch 7 for instructing the start of sewing. A main shaft which is driven by a sewing machine motor (not shown) is disposed in the arm portion 4. The main shaft is driven by a needle bar drive mechanism by the rotation of the main shaft. The bar and the sewing needle 8 at its lower end are driven up and down. Further, the arm portion 4 is provided with a presser foot 9 that is positioned in the vicinity of the sewing needle 8 and presses the cloth, and a thread cutting cutter (not shown) is provided behind the sewing needle 8 (not shown).

The pedestal 3 is provided with a liquid crystal display 10 capable of color display, and a control device 20 of an embroidery data editing device (which corresponds to a processing machine data editing device and a sewing machine sewing data editing device) 11 described later. The connector 19 of the connection cord 18 connected to is connected. When the embroidery data transmitted from the embroidery data editing device 11 is received, the X direction drive motor and the Y direction drive motor provided in the frame drive mechanism 6 are driven and controlled based on the embroidery data. The cloth holding frame 5 connected to the frame is independently moved in the X direction and the Y direction, and an embroidery pattern is formed on the cloth such as a handkerchief or a blouse held by the cloth holding frame 5.
The embroidery data editing apparatus 11 includes a personal computer 12, a display 13 corresponding to display means, a keyboard 14 corresponding to operation means, a mouse 15 also corresponding to operation means, an image scanner 16, and the like. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the personal computer 12 is provided with a control device 20 that performs overall control relating to embroidery data creation. The control device 20 corresponds to determination means, duplicate data display control means, point data selection means, and needle entry data selection means, and includes a microcomputer including a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, and a bus 24 for connecting them, A hard disk drive (HDD) 26 connected to the bus 24 and provided in the hard disk (HD) 25, an input / output interface 27, and the like. The hard disk 25 is a recording medium.

  In addition, a flexible disk drive (FDD) 28 and a removable external memory 29 are also connected to the bus 24. The external memory 29 is composed of a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory or an SD memory card. The embroidery sewing machine 1 is connected to the input / output interface 27 through the connection cord 18 and the keyboard 14, the mouse 15, the image scanner 16, the display drive circuit 30 for driving the display 13, respectively.

  The control device 20 stores a program for checking or editing embroidery data in the hard disk 25. By executing this program, display control or selection of embroidery data on the display screen of the display 13 is performed. Control can be performed. Hereinafter, the control contents of the control device 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIGS. 4 to 11 showing display screens.

  For example, FIG. 4 shows a state in which a predetermined key operation on the keyboard 14 (for example, a key operation for editing embroidery data) is performed, and embroidery data for editing is read on the display screen 13A. In the display screen 13A, the embroidery data D includes line data D1 (see FIG. 5) and another line data D2 (see FIG. 6). For convenience, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show line data D1 and D2 separately. “·” (Dot) in the display screen 13A of FIG. 4 indicates needle entry data. The needle drop data of the line data D1 is indicated by symbols D1-1 to D1-11, and the needle drop data of the line data D2 is indicated by symbols D2-1 to D2-11. In this case, needle entry data D1-6 and D2-6 overlap.

  The control circuit 20 recognizes the pointing area indicated by the mouse pointer (corresponding to the index) P of the mouse 15 (step S1 in FIG. 3), and whether or not there is needle drop data (so-called needle drop point) in the pointing area. Is determined (step S2). If there is needle entry data (“YES”), the number of needle entry data is counted (step S3). If there are a plurality of needle entry data (if there is an overlap, it is determined in step S4), the overlapping needle entry data is displayed on the display screen 13A of the display 14 by the display pattern H1 (see FIG. 7) and displayed by color ( Step S5). In other words, in this display pattern H1, “Outline 1: 6 Point” (the needle entry data included in the line data D1, which is the sixth point) as the data information of one overlapping needle entry data D1-6. Meaning) and “Outline 2: 6 Point” as the data information of the other overlapping needle entry data D2-6 (meaning the needle entry data included in the line data D2 and the sixth point) Is displayed.

At this time, the display color of the data information “Outline 1: 6 Point” and the display color of the line data D1 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 7) are set to the same color, and another data information “Outline 2: 6 Point” The display color (a color different from “Outline 1: 6 Point”) and the display color of the line data D2 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) are the same color. That is, when displaying the data information of the needle entry data, the data information display form (in this case, display color) of the needle entry data is the same as the display form of the line data to which the needle entry data belongs, and these data The display form of information and line data is different from the display form of other needle drop data and other line data. Thereby, it is easily understood which line data is the needle entry data according to the display form of the data content of the displayed needle entry data. Note that the same display form may be the same display color or the same blinking form.
In addition, the display part shown with the code | symbol S of FIG. 7 shows that it is the first needle drop data of the said line data, and the display part shown with the code | symbol E shows that it is the last needle drop data of the said line data.

  Thereafter, when a preset operation is performed, a plurality of overlapping needle entry data are selected (step S6). In this case, the preset operation means that, for example, the left button of the mouse 15 is clicked (so-called left click), the display pattern H1 is fixed, and the mouse 15 is moved downward or upward. In accordance with the movement operation, first, as shown in FIG. 8, “Outline 1: 6 Point” is displayed with “enclosed line” K1 (differentiated display), and needle entry data D1-6 is selected. When the mouse 15 is further moved, as shown in FIG. 9, an “outline 2: 6 Point” portion is displayed with “enclosed line” K2 (differentiated display), and needle entry data D2-6 is selected. become. Note that the differentiated display for indicating the selected portion may be a differentiated display by a “white” display or a differentiated display by a color instead of the “border line” display.

  After that, when the user selects any needle entry data and performs a specific operation for displaying code information, for example, a left click operation (determined in step S7), the code is added to the selected needle entry data. It is determined whether there is information (step S8). If there is code information, the code information is displayed (step S9). Display examples of code information are shown in FIGS. FIG. 10 shows a display pattern H2 when the specific operation is performed in the state where the needle entry data D1-6 is selected (the state shown in FIG. 8). That is, the code information of the needle entry data D1-6 is displayed. In this display pattern H2, “Option1” and “Option2” mean option output 1 and option output 2 of “Optional Putout” in FIG. The option output controls the electrical output of the sewing machine, and the number indicates the type of electrical output.

  FIG. 11 shows a display pattern H3 when the above-described specific operation is performed with the needle entry data D2-6 selected (the state shown in FIG. 9), that is, the needle entry data D2-6. Code information is displayed. In this case, “Trim” is “thread trimming” as can be seen from FIG. 12, and “Deceleration level 4” is the deceleration level 4.

As the code information, there is information shown in FIG. 12 in addition to the option output and deceleration described above.
If there is a specific operation for starting editing in the code information display state in step S9 (determined in step S10), the process proceeds to editing control (step S11). The specific operation for starting editing includes, for example, double-clicking the mouse 15 or operating the enter key among the keys. Then, after the selected needle entry data has been edited (moved, deleted, etc.) by the user, if it is determined in step S12 that an end operation has been performed, this control is terminated.

  According to this embodiment, when it is determined that the needle entry data is duplicated, the data information of the duplicate needle entry data is displayed. Can be recognized with certainty and the data information can be reliably recognized, and the needle entry data is selected based on the preset operation. Even in the case of overlapping, one of them can be selected without fail and the sewing data can be confirmed and edited without fail.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when code information related to sewing control is attached to the needle entry data selected as the confirmation or editing target, the code information is displayed by a specific operation. The code information related to the sewing control attached to the needle entry data can be recognized, which is convenient when checking and editing the code information.

  Further, the sewing data D includes a plurality of line data such as line data D1 in which needle entry data D1-1 to D1-11 are substantially continuous and line data D2 in which needle entry data D2-1 to D2-11 are substantially continuous. The data information of each needle drop data includes the identification information of the line data (in FIG. 7, the identification information of the line data D1 corresponding to the needle drop data D1-1 to D2-11 is “Outline1”, and the needle drop data D2 The identification information of the line data D2 corresponding to −1 to D2-11 includes “Outline2”) and the identification information (“6 point”, “6 point”) of the needle entry data in the line data. Since the identification information of the line data and the identification information of the needle entry data in the line data are displayed, the needle entry data corresponds to which part of which line data. That's how it becomes possible to recognize, it is convenient.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and may be modified as follows.
1) For displaying sewing data D, dots (respective needle entry data D1-1 to D1-11, D2-1 to D2-11) are displayed. Instead, only the line is displayed. May be. In this case, an arbitrary part of the line is indicated with the mouse pointer, it is determined whether or not the coordinates of each needle drop data are in the indicated area, and if it is determined, the display is as shown in FIG. good.

  2) As shown in step S1 and step S2, when the mouse 15 is moved, it is always automatically determined whether or not there is needle drop data in the designated area indicated by the mouse pointer P of the mouse 15. However, it may be determined whether there is needle drop data on condition that the mouse 15 is clicked.

3) Although the display hierarchy from FIG. 7 is one level of FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, the display hierarchy may be further deepened according to data information or code information.
4) Instead of the mouse 15, the operation means may be an arrow key of the keyboard 14, a touch pad (not shown), or a so-called input pen. Needless to say, the preset operation and the specific operation are not limited to the above embodiment.
5) The index may be an intersection of moving XY coordinate lines instead of a mouse pointer.
6) The recording medium may be an external memory 29 or a CD read by a CD drive.

  7) For example, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 16 shown as the second embodiment of the present invention, the present invention may be applied to a graphic creation machine as a processing machine. In this case, the graphic data D as the processing data includes line data Line1 indicating a parabola, and line data Line2 indicating a parabola. Line data Line1 is formed of point data L1-1, L1-2, and L1-3, and line data Line2 is formed of point data L2-1, L2-2, and L2-3. In this case, it is assumed that the point data L1-2 and L2-2 corresponding to the apex of the parabola overlap.

When the overlapping point data exists in the designated area of the mouse pointer P, line data Line1 and line data Line2 corresponding to the data information of the point data L1-2 and L2-2 are displayed as shown in FIG. In this display state, when the mouse 15 is moved downward or upward, according to the movement operation, first, as shown in FIG. 15, “enclosed line” is displayed (differentiated display) in the “line 1” portion. Then, when the point data L1-2 is selected and the mouse 15 is further moved, as shown in FIG. 16, "enclosed line" is displayed (differentiated display) in the "line2" portion, and the point data L2-2 is displayed. Will be selected.
In this selected state, the selected point data is edited (moved or the like) by double-clicking the mouse 15 or operating the enter key of the keys.
8) The sewing data is not limited to the embroidery data, and other sewing data such as a hole sewing data may be used.

1 is a block diagram of an electrical configuration of an embroidery data editing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention. External view of embroidery data editing device Flow chart showing control contents of control device The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure Diagram showing the contents of code information The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure which shows 2nd Example of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display according to the operation procedure The figure which shows the example of a display for demonstrating a prior art example Diagram showing line data contents Diagram showing different line data contents

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 11 is an embroidery data editing device (processing machine data editing device, sewing machine sewing data editing device, 12 is a personal computer, 13 is a display (display means), 14 is a keyboard (operation means), and 15 is a mouse (operation). Means), 20 denotes a control device (determination means, duplicate data display control means, point data selection means, needle entry data selection means), and 25 denotes a hard disk (storage medium).

Claims (11)

A data editing device for a processing machine that displays processing data for a processing machine including a plurality of point data on the display screen of the display means, and confirms or edits the processing data on the display screen based on the operation of the operation means. There,
Determining means for determining whether or not point data overlaps in an instruction area indicated by an indicator on the display screen;
When it is determined by this determination means that there is duplication of point data, duplicate data display control means for displaying data information of the duplicate point data; and
A data editing device for a processing machine, comprising: point data selection means for confirming or selecting the overlapping point data as an object to be edited based on a preset operation. A sewing data editing device for a sewing machine that displays sewing data including a plurality of needle entry data on a display screen of a display means, and confirms or edits the sewing data on the display screen based on an operation of the operation means,
A judging means for judging whether or not needle entry data is duplicated in the designated area designated by the indicator on the display screen;
When it is determined by the determining means that there is duplication of needle entry data, duplicate data display control means for displaying data information of the overlapping needle entry data;
A sewing data editing device for a sewing machine, comprising: needle entry data selecting means for confirming or selecting the overlapping needle entry data as an object to be edited based on a preset operation.   The code information display control means is provided for displaying the code information by a specific operation when the code information related to the sewing control is attached to the needle entry data selected as the confirmation or editing target. Item 2. Sewing data editing apparatus for sewing machine according to item 2.   The sewing data includes a plurality of line data in which needle entry data is substantially continuous, and the data information of the needle entry data includes identification information of the line data and identification information of the needle entry data in the line data. 4. The sewing data editing apparatus for a sewing machine according to claim 2, wherein the sewing data is edited.   When displaying the data information of the needle entry data, the display form of the data information of the needle entry data is the same as the display form of the line data to which the needle entry data belongs, and the display form of these data information and line data 5. The sewing data editing apparatus for a sewing machine according to claim 4, wherein the sewing needle data is different from a display form of other needle entry data and other line data. A data editing method for a processing machine that displays processing data for a processing machine including a plurality of point data on a display screen, and allows confirmation or editing of the processing data on the display screen,
When a pointer that can be moved on the display screen is displayed by the operating means, and point data is duplicated in a predetermined area designated by the pointer, the data information of the duplicated point data is displayed, and the duplicated point is displayed. A data editing method for a processing machine, wherein data is selected for confirmation or editing by a preset operation. A sewing data editing method for a sewing machine in which sewing data including a plurality of needle entry data is displayed on a display screen, and sewing data can be confirmed or edited on the display screen.
When a pointer that can be moved on the display screen is displayed by the operation means, and there are overlapping needle entry data in a predetermined area designated by the pointer, the data information of the duplicate needle entry data is displayed, and the duplication data is displayed. A sewing data editing method for a sewing machine, wherein needle entry data to be checked is selected as an object to be confirmed or edited by a preset operation.   The sewing machine according to claim 7, wherein when the code information related to sewing control is attached to the needle entry data selected as the object to be confirmed or edited, the code information is displayed by a specific operation. Sewing data editing method.   The sewing data includes a plurality of line data in which needle entry data is substantially continuous, and the data information of the needle entry data includes identification information of the line data and identification information of the needle entry data in the line data. 9. The sewing data editing method for a sewing machine according to claim 7, wherein the sewing data is edited.   When displaying the data information of the needle entry data, the display form of the data information of the needle entry data is the same as the display form of the line data to which the needle entry data belongs, and the display form of these data information and line data 10. The sewing data editing method for a sewing machine according to claim 9, wherein the needle stitch data and the display mode of other line data are different from each other. The procedure for determining whether or not there is duplicate point data in the indicated area indicated by the indicator on the display screen, and when it is determined that there is duplicate point data, the data information of the duplicate point data is displayed. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer system to execute a procedure for displaying and a procedure for confirming or selecting the overlapping point data as an object to be edited based on a preset operation.

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