JP2016052473A - Sewing machine system, terminal device, method for synchronizing embroidery data in sewing machine system, and program for terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sewing machine system, a terminal device, a method for synchronizing embroidery data in the sewing machine system, and a program for the terminal device which enable editing work equivalent to that performed on a sewing machine to be performed on a terminal device side even if an embroidery editing application program does not include embroidery data, and which also enable the management of data to be appropriately performed.SOLUTION: A sewing machine 10 includes: a sewing machine-side wireless communication unit 12 which can perform wireless communication with a tablet terminal 20; a sewing machine-side storage unit 13 in which embroidery data is stored; and a control unit 14 which responds to an inquiry from the tablet terminal 20. The tablet terminal 20 includes: a terminal-side wireless communication unit 22 which can perform wireless communication with the sewing machine; a terminal-side storage unit 23 in which embroidery data can be stored; an embroidery data acquisition unit 24 which acquires embroidery data not stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23 from the sewing machine-side storage unit 13 and stores the acquired embroidery data in the terminal-side storage unit 23; and an editing unit 25 which edits the embroidery data stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a sewing machine system, a terminal device, a method for synchronizing embroidery data in the sewing machine system, and a program for the terminal device.

Conventionally, a technique for connecting a sewing machine to a personal computer or the like by wireless communication is known (see Patent Document 1).
In recent years, instead of a personal computer, a tablet terminal that can be used more easily has been used in various fields.
Also in the field of sewing machines, a system capable of wireless LAN connection between a sewing machine and a tablet terminal has been developed. In this conventional system, a dedicated embroidery editing application program is installed in the tablet terminal, and the embroidery editing application program can perform work equivalent to editing work performed on the sewing machine offline.
In order to realize a work equivalent to a sewing machine on a tablet terminal, the tablet terminal must also have the same embroidery data as the embroidery data incorporated in the sewing machine.

  However, the embroidery editing application program has a program configuration that includes all of the embroidery data built in the sewing machine, and the program size is large. In the conventional embroidery editing application program, the control program portion is only about a dozen percent of the total capacity, and embroidery data and image data such as selection buttons occupy most of the remaining capacity. Such a conventional large-capacity embroidery editing application program has a problem that it is inconvenient for the user, for example, it takes a long time for the user to download from an online store or the like.

  In order to make the embroidery data built in the sewing machine coincide with the embroidery data of the embroidery editing application program, it is necessary to prepare an embroidery editing application program for each model of the sewing machine. Even if you do so, if new embroidery data is added to the sewing machine using an external storage medium or the firmware of the sewing machine is upgraded, the embroidery editing application program already installed on the tablet terminal However, it was not possible to deal with it alone, and the user was forced to perform additional work such as upgrading the version of the embroidery editing application program.

  Further, the embroidery data includes data that requires copyright management, such as a character pattern (hereinafter referred to as copyright data). In the conventional embroidery editing application program, such copyright data is also copied onto the tablet terminal together with other embroidery data, which causes a problem in copyright management.

JP 2004-141471 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a sewing machine system and a terminal capable of performing editing work equivalent to a sewing machine on the terminal device side even if it is an embroidery editing application program that does not include embroidery data, and capable of appropriately managing data. An apparatus, a method for synchronizing embroidery data in a sewing machine system, and a program for a terminal device are provided.

  The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  The invention of claim 1 is a sewing machine system in which a sewing machine (10) and a terminal device (20) are connected so as to be capable of wireless communication, and the sewing machine is capable of performing wireless communication with at least the terminal device. A wireless communication unit (12); a sewing machine side storage unit (13) that stores embroidery data; and a control unit (14) that responds to an inquiry from the terminal device, wherein the terminal device includes at least the sewing machine A terminal-side wireless communication unit (22) capable of performing wireless communication, a terminal-side storage unit (23) capable of storing embroidery data, embroidery data stored in the sewing machine-side storage unit, and the terminal-side storage unit An embroidery data acquisition unit (24) for comparing the embroidery data stored therein, acquiring embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit from the sewing machine side storage unit, and storing the embroidery data in the terminal side storage unit; Terminal Comprising editing unit for editing for embroidery data stored in the storage unit (25), and a sewing machine system.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to the first aspect, the terminal-side storage unit (23) stores embroidery data in an initial state where wireless communication with the sewing machine (10) has never been performed. The sewing machine system is characterized in that the embroidery data acquisition unit (24) acquires embroidery data from the sewing machine side storage unit at least when the embroidery data acquisition unit (24) is first capable of wireless communication with the sewing machine. It is.

  The invention of claim 3 is the sewing machine system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein attribute information indicating copy restriction is added to the embroidery data.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to the third aspect, the attribute information can be changed only in a direction in which the restriction is tightened.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to the third or fourth aspect, when the editing unit (25) generates new embroidery data by combining a plurality of embroidery data, a plurality of combined embroidery data are generated. The sewing machine system is characterized in that, among the attribute information added to the embroidery data, the attribute information on the more restrictive side is added to the newly generated embroidery data.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the embroidery data acquisition unit (24) is configured to acquire the individual sewing machine as a communication partner when acquiring the embroidery data. The post-edited embroidery data transmission unit (26) which can transmit the post-edit embroidery data edited by the editing unit (25) only to the sewing machine of the communication partner specified by the embroidery data acquisition unit. A sewing machine system characterized by further comprising:

  The invention of claim 7 is a terminal device (20) connected to the sewing machine (10) so as to be able to perform wireless communication, at least a terminal-side wireless communication unit (22) capable of performing wireless communication with the sewing machine, and an embroidery The terminal side storage unit (23) capable of storing data, the embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit (13), and the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit are compared. An embroidery data acquisition unit (24) for acquiring embroidery data not stored from the sewing machine side storage unit and storing it in the terminal side storage unit, and an editing unit for editing the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit (25) is a terminal device (20).

  The invention of claim 8 is a method for synchronizing embroidery data in a sewing machine system in which a sewing machine (10) and a terminal device (20) are connected so as to be capable of wireless communication, wherein the embroidery data acquisition unit (24) The embroidery data stored in the storage unit (13) is compared with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit (23), and embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit is acquired from the sewing machine side storage unit. An embroidery data synchronization method in a sewing machine system, comprising the step of storing the data in the terminal side storage unit.

  The invention of claim 9 is a program of a terminal device connected to the sewing machine (10) so as to be capable of wireless communication. The embroidery data acquisition unit (24) is stored in the computer by the embroidery data storage unit (13). The data is compared with the embroidery data stored in the terminal-side storage unit (23), and embroidery data not stored in the terminal-side storage unit is acquired from the sewing machine-side storage unit and stored in the terminal-side storage unit. It is the program of the terminal device for performing the step to perform.

  According to the sewing machine system, the terminal device, the embroidery data synchronization method in the sewing machine system, and the terminal device program according to the present invention, even if the embroidery editing application program does not include the embroidery data, Data management can be performed appropriately.

It is a figure which shows embodiment of the sewing machine system by this invention. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control configuration of the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a “pattern attribute change” screen is displayed on the sewing machine side display unit 11. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an “attribute selection dialog box” displayed on the sewing machine side display unit 11. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of embroidery data transfer operation in the tablet terminal 20. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations related to a pattern usage method and restrictions in the tablet terminal 20. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations related to a pattern usage method and restrictions in the tablet terminal 20. 3 is a flowchart relating to communication interrupt processing in the sewing machine 10; A sequence related to transmission / reception of embroidery data between the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20 is shown. This shows a sequence in the case where the embroidery pattern edited on the tablet terminal 20 is transmitted to the sewing machine, the transmission sewing machine restriction is included in the attribute information, and the transmission is going to be performed to another sewing machine 10B. A sequence in a case where an embroidery pattern edited on the tablet terminal 20 is transmitted to the sewing machine, the transmission sewing restriction is included in the attribute information, and the transmission is attempted to be transmitted to the original sewing machine 10 from which the embroidery pattern has been acquired. Is shown.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a sewing machine system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a control configuration of the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20.
Note that each of the following drawings including FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically shown, and the size and shape of each part are appropriately exaggerated for easy understanding.
In the following description, specific numerical values, shapes, operations, and the like are shown and described, but these can be changed as appropriate.

  The sewing machine system of this embodiment includes a sewing machine 10 and a tablet terminal 20 as a terminal device. The sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20 can communicate with each other by a wireless LAN via a router (not shown). It is.

For example, the sewing machine 10 can perform embroidery semi-automatically using a plurality of colors of threads according to embroidery data. In addition, normal sewing is also a multi-function sewing machine that can be sewn with various sewing patterns.
In the following description, the embroidery data is appropriately referred to as “pattern”, but “embroidery data” and “pattern” are synonymous.
The sewing machine 10 includes a sewing machine side display unit 11, a sewing machine side wireless communication unit 12, a sewing machine side storage unit 13, and a control unit 14.

  The sewing machine side display unit 11 is provided in the sewing machine 10 itself, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display device. Various information useful for the user is displayed on the sewing machine side display unit 11 corresponding to the operating state of the sewing machine. For example, when threading is in a state of being performed, a display is provided to assist the threading operation. This display content has many display contents because the sewing machine has multiple functions.

  The sewing machine side wireless communication unit 12 is connected to a wireless LAN, and can perform mutual wireless communication with the tablet terminal 20 via a router or the like (not shown).

The sewing machine side storage unit 13 is configured by a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores, for example, several hundred types of embroidery data. Attribute information is added to each embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit 13. This attribute information is set to indicate the level of copy restriction. In this embodiment, there are four types of attribute information listed below.
Attribute 1: Copying to the tablet terminal 20 is possible, editing is possible on the tablet terminal 20, and transfer to another sewing machine is permitted. That is, this attribute 1 is an attribute that can be freely copied and handled freely.
Attribute 2: Copying to the tablet terminal 20 is possible and editing is possible on the tablet terminal 20, but transfer is permitted only to the sewing machine 10 that the user owns. That is, this attribute 2 is an attribute that limits the sewing machines that can be transferred.
Attribute 3: Copying to the tablet terminal 20 is possible, but editing functions on the tablet terminal 20 are limited. This attribute 3 is an attribute that has a certain restriction on the editing operation.
Attribute 4: Copying to the tablet terminal 20 is prohibited and can be used only in the sewing machine 10. This attribute 4 is an attribute mainly added to copyright data such as a character pattern.

  In addition to the patterns (embroidery data) built in the sewing machine 10 in advance, the sewing machine-side storage unit 13 may store patterns (user-created patterns) obtained from the outside by the user. This user created pattern can also be transferred to the tablet terminal 20, and an attribute can be set for each user created pattern.

  The control unit 14 controls the overall operation of the sewing machine 10. In addition, the control unit 14 also responds to an inquiry from the tablet terminal 20. In addition, the control unit 14 can perform editing operations such as combination and deformation of patterns with the sewing machine 10 alone.

The sewing machine 10 described above can change attributes. In order to change the pattern attribute in the sewing machine 10, the touch panel of the sewing machine side display unit 11 is operated to open the “pattern attribute change” screen.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the “pattern attribute change” screen is displayed on the sewing machine side display unit 11.
FIG. 4 is a view showing an “attribute selection dialog box” displayed on the sewing machine side display unit 11.
In order to change the attribute of the pattern, the operator touches the target pattern and puts a check mark D1. After that, when the attribute change button D2 is pressed, the “attribute selection dialog box” shown in FIG. 4 is opened, so that the operator can select the attribute to be changed and press the OK button to change the attribute. However, since the attribute 3 and the attribute 4 are prohibited from changing the attribute, the attribute cannot be changed. In addition, when comrades having different attributes are combined by an editing operation, the attributes are inherited so that the restriction becomes strictest. For example, if a pattern that is prohibited from being transferred to another sewing machine is included in the pattern group that is being edited, the entire pattern is also prohibited from being transferred to another sewing machine.
In addition, the built-in embroidery data stored in advance in the sewing machine side storage unit 13 has the attribute information set in advance as described above, but the attribute information is also added to the pattern stored by the user. You can also.
Further, the attribute information of the set embroidery data is inherited even if editing and saving are repeated.
The setting and changing of the attribute information described above can be performed by operating the sewing machine 10, and the pattern copied to the tablet terminal 20 can be used within the set conditions (limitation by the attribute information).

Returning to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the tablet terminal 20 can use a general-purpose product that is generally commercially available. In order to use the tablet terminal 20 as the terminal device in the present embodiment, the sewing machine system program (application program) is installed in the tablet terminal 20 and executed. The program may be recorded on a recording medium such as a flash memory device, or may be available for download through various known networks.
The tablet terminal 20 includes a terminal-side display unit 21, a terminal-side wireless communication unit 22, a terminal-side storage unit 23, an embroidery data acquisition unit 24, an editing unit 25, and an edited embroidery data transmission unit 26. Yes.

  The terminal-side display unit 21 is configured to function as a touch panel, and can perform various inputs in addition to displaying information.

  The terminal-side wireless communication unit 22 is connected to a wireless LAN and can perform wireless communication with the sewing machine 10 via a router (not shown).

  The terminal-side storage unit 23 includes a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like, and stores embroidery data acquired from the sewing machine 10. Immediately after installing the system program on the tablet terminal 20, no embroidery data is stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23. That is, the program for this system does not include embroidery data, and only the control program portion.

  The embroidery data acquisition unit 24 compares the embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit 13 with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit 23 and stores the embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit 23 on the sewing machine side. Acquired from the storage unit 13 and stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23, that is, copied. However, even if the embroidery data is not stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23, the embroidery data acquisition unit 24 does not acquire the embroidery data for the embroidery data whose copy is restricted by the attribute information. Further, when acquiring the embroidery data, the embroidery data acquiring unit 24 acquires a MAC address and associates it with the acquired embroidery data in order to identify the individual machine 10 that has transmitted the acquired embroidery data. This MAC address may be acquired only in the case of attribute 2.

The editing unit 25 operates so that various editing can be performed on the embroidery data stored in the terminal-side storage unit 23 according to the operation of the operator. As the contents of editing, for example, a plurality of different patterns can be combined. Here, also for the embroidery data that has been edited by combining a plurality of patterns on the tablet terminal 20 by the function of the editing unit 25, the same attribute information management as that performed when the sewing machine 10 performed the editing is performed. In other words, when comrades having different attributes are combined by an editing operation, the attributes are inherited so that the restriction becomes strictest.
When the editing operation is limited as in attribute 3, the editing unit 25 operates so as not to be able to perform limited editing operations such as pattern enlargement and reduction.

  The edited embroidery data transmission unit 26 transmits the edited embroidery data edited by the editing unit 25 to the sewing machine 10. Therefore, the sewing machine 10 can execute embroidery based on the embroidery data edited on the tablet terminal 20 by the editing unit 25. Here, when the edited embroidery data transmission unit 26 transmits the edited embroidery data to the sewing machine 10, the edited embroidery data transmission unit 26 confirms the above-described attribute information and confirms whether there is a transmission sewing machine restriction. Here, in the case of the attribute 2, transfer is permitted only to the own sewing machine 10. Therefore, the embroidery data after editing is not transmitted to other sewing machines other than the sewing machine 10 (hereinafter referred to as another sewing machine 10B). A MAC address is used to distinguish (specify) the sewing machine 10 from the other sewing machine 10B. As described above, since the embroidery data acquisition unit 24 acquires the MAC address when acquiring the embroidery data, the edited embroidery data transmission unit 26 transmits the sewing machine (sewing machine 10,. Alternatively, whether or not transmission is possible is determined by confirming the MAC address of another sewing machine 10B). In this manner, the edited embroidery data transmission unit 26 can transmit the edited embroidery data only to the communication partner sewing machine 10 specified by the embroidery data acquisition unit 24 in the case of the attribute 2.

Next, a method for synchronizing embroidery data in the sewing machine system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the embroidery data transfer operation in the tablet terminal 20.
Note that the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20 are connected via a router (not shown) and are in a state in which encryption methods are matched in advance, passwords are set in both sides, and communication can be performed via a wireless LAN. .

  When the embroidery editing application of the tablet terminal 20 is activated, in step (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, the tablet terminal 20 determines whether the pattern built in the sewing machine 10 has already been stored in the tablet terminal 20. Confirmation is made in S2. If the pattern built in the sewing machine 10 has not yet been stored in the tablet terminal 20, the process proceeds to S3, and a pattern list request command is transmitted to the sewing machine 10.

In S <b> 4, the tablet terminal 20 waits for a pattern list sent from the sewing machine 10.
In S5, the tablet terminal 20 receives the pattern list and temporarily stores it.
In S <b> 6, the tablet terminal 20 requests embroidery data in order to copy the pattern in the pattern list from the sewing machine 10 to the tablet terminal 20.

In S7, the tablet terminal 20 waits for the embroidery data to be transferred from the sewing machine 10, and if it can receive one pattern, saves it as a file in the storage area of the tablet terminal 20 (S8).
At the same time, the tablet terminal 20 performs registration of the pattern attribute (S9) and registration of the MAC address indicating the origin (S10).

  In S11, the tablet terminal 20 draws the image of the selection button from the embroidery data, creates a pattern icon, and registers it on the selection screen. The tablet terminal 20 repeats S6 to S12 until all the patterns registered in the pattern list are received. This process is executed only once when the pattern is not copied to the tablet terminal 20. If the embroidery data not stored in the tablet terminal 20 is included in the embroidery data built in the sewing machine 10 even if the pattern is copied to the tablet terminal 20, the tablet terminal 20 Only the embroidery data is newly acquired.

6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the flow of operations related to the pattern usage method and restriction in the tablet terminal 20.
In S21, the tablet terminal 20 arranges the icons of the patterns copied from the sewing machine 10 to the tablet terminal 20, and displays the pattern selection screen.
In S22, the tablet terminal 20 selects one pattern by the user.
In S23, the tablet terminal 20 adds the pattern image selected by the user on the editing screen.

In S24, when the attribute of this pattern is “editing restricted”, the tablet terminal 20 skips S25 and proceeds to S26, and prevents the operations of enlargement / reduction and rotation (S25).
In S <b> 26, the tablet terminal 20 moves the pattern in accordance with the user's operation and performs positioning.
In S27, the tablet terminal 20 registers the synthesized new attribute information. The setting of the new attribute information is performed according to the rules described above.

In S <b> 28, the tablet terminal 20 determines whether or not editing is complete according to the user's operation. When further adding a pattern, the tablet terminal 20 returns to the process from S28 to S22, and selects the next pattern. Repeat this process as many times as necessary.
When the editing operation is completed, the process proceeds to S29, and the tablet terminal 20 determines whether or not the transmission pattern restriction is included in the attribute information of the created pattern. If the attribute of the created pattern is “transmission sewing machine restricted”, the tablet terminal 20 requests the status information of the sewing machine 10 in S30, proceeds to S31, and acquires the MAC address of the sewing machine 10.

  In S <b> 32, the tablet terminal 20 compares the MAC addresses. If they do not match, the process proceeds to S <b> 35, displays a message, and stops transmission to the sewing machine 10. If the MAC addresses match, or if it is a pattern that there is no transmission restriction in S29, the tablet terminal 20 proceeds to S33, transmits the edited embroidery data (pattern) to the sewing machine 10, and completes the communication. wait.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart relating to communication interrupt processing in the sewing machine 10.
When a command arrives from the tablet terminal 20, an interrupt process is started. In S41, the sewing machine 10 receives the command.

In S42, the sewing machine 10 determines a command, and if a pattern list is requested, creates a built-in pattern list.
In S43, the sewing machine 10 determines the pattern attribute. If the pattern is not prohibited from being transmitted, the sewing machine 10 adds it to the pattern list (S44).
In S45, the sewing machine 10 confirms the presence or absence of the next pattern. If there is a next pattern, the process returns to S43, and if there is no next pattern, the process proceeds to S46.
In this way, the sewing machine 10 repeats S43 to S45 and creates a pattern list for all patterns.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S42 that the pattern data is requested, the sewing machine 10 advances the process to S47 to convert the binary data on the ROM of the designated pattern into file format embroidery data.
In S <b> 48, the sewing machine 10 transmits the converted embroidery data to the tablet terminal 20.
In S49, the sewing machine 10 transmits the attribute information of this pattern.

FIG. 9 shows a sequence related to transmission / reception of embroidery data between the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20.
In the embroidery data acquisition sequence, when it is determined that the internal pattern has not yet been transferred to the tablet terminal 20, a pattern list is requested (S301, S302). The sewing machine 10 lists the built-in patterns whose attributes are permitted to be transferred (S303), and sends back the pattern list (S304).
The tablet terminal 20 sequentially requests the patterns in the pattern list (S305), and registers the embroidery data file, its attributes, and the MAC address for each pattern (S306 to S313,...). The sewing machine 10 converts the embroidery data incorporated in the binary format on the ROM into a file format, and then sends it back to the tablet terminal 20.

FIG. 10 shows a sequence when the embroidery pattern edited on the tablet terminal 20 is transmitted to the sewing machine, the transmission sewing machine restriction is included in the attribute information, and the transmission is going to be performed to another sewing machine 10B. ing.
FIG. 11 shows a case where an embroidery pattern edited on the tablet terminal 20 is transmitted to the sewing machine, the transmission sewing restriction is included in the attribute information, and an attempt is made to transmit to the sewing machine 10 that acquired the embroidery pattern. The sequence is shown.

  When a pattern to which attribute information of “transmission machine restriction” is added is included (S401, S501), the MAC address of the target sewing machine 10 or another sewing machine 10B is requested before transmission (S402, S502). The MAC address is received from the sewing machine 10 or another sewing machine 10B (S403 to S404, S503 to S504). If the MAC addresses do not match (S405), a transmission interruption message is displayed (S406), and the process ends. If the MAC addresses match (S505), a pattern transmission sequence is executed (S506 to S510).

  As described above, according to the sewing system, the tablet terminal 20, the embroidery data synchronization method in the sewing system, and the program of the tablet terminal 20 according to the present embodiment, the pattern (built-in) By separating the pattern into only the control program, the program (application) does not include the pattern data or the image data of the selection button, so that the overall size can be kept small. Therefore, it takes a short time to download the program from an online store or the like. The number of built-in patterns has been increasing in recent years, and the configuration for separating embroidery data will become a more effective configuration in the future.

  In addition, since the built-in pattern data is transferred directly from the sewing machine via a communication line (such as a LAN), the contents of the built-in pattern data and the type of the pattern always match those in the sewing machine. There is no longer any need to consider differences between versions. In addition, since the same pattern is present on the sewing machine 10 and the tablet terminal 20, even if each edits separately, there is no problem such as different patterns.

  Furthermore, since it can be specified from which sewing machine the built-in pattern is received by the MAC address of the sewing machine, transmission of pattern data to other sewing machines can be restricted, and copying of the built-in pattern can be prevented.

  The processing of the tablet terminal 20 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into the tablet terminal 20 and executed to execute the embroidery data in the tablet terminal 20 and the sewing machine system of the present invention. The synchronization method can be realized. Here, the computer includes hardware such as an OS and peripheral devices.

  Further, the “computer” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW (World Wide Web) system is used. The program may be transmitted from a computer storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

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The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes are possible, and these are also within the scope of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, the example which uses a tablet terminal as a terminal device was given and demonstrated. For example, a personal computer or a game machine may be used as the terminal device as long as the terminal device can execute an application program and wirelessly communicate with the sewing machine. The form may be anything.

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which communication between the sewing machine and the tablet terminal is performed using a wireless LAN. For example, other types of wireless communication such as infrared communication and Bluetooth (registered trademark) may be used.

  In the present embodiment, the tablet terminal 20 has been described with an example in which a MAC address is used to identify an individual sewing machine as a communication partner. For example, the sewing machine solid number may be specified using other information such as the serial number of the sewing machine.

  In addition, although embodiment and a deformation | transformation form can also be used in combination as appropriate, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. Further, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments described above.

10 sewing machine 10B separate sewing machine 11 sewing machine side display unit 12 sewing machine side wireless communication unit 13 sewing machine side storage unit 14 control unit 20 tablet terminal 21 terminal side display unit 22 terminal side wireless communication unit 23 terminal side storage unit 24 embroidery data acquisition unit 25 edit Part 26 Edited embroidery data transmission part

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to the third aspect , the attributes are inherited when those having different attributes are combined by an editing operation .

A fifth aspect of the present invention, in the sewing machine system according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein when the editing unit (25) generates the new embroidery data by combining a plurality of embroidery data, the attribute is inherited This is a sewing machine system characterized by that.

Claims (9)

A sewing machine system in which a sewing machine and a terminal device are connected so as to be capable of wireless communication,
The sewing machine
A sewing machine side wireless communication unit capable of performing wireless communication with at least the terminal device;
A sewing machine side storage unit for storing embroidery data;
A control unit responding to an inquiry from the terminal device;
With
The terminal device
A terminal-side wireless communication unit capable of performing wireless communication with at least the sewing machine;
A terminal-side storage unit capable of storing embroidery data;
The embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit is compared with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit, and embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit is acquired from the sewing machine side storage unit. An embroidery data acquisition unit to be stored in the terminal-side storage unit;
An editing unit for editing the embroidery data stored in the terminal-side storage unit;
A sewing machine system. The sewing machine system according to claim 1, wherein
In the initial state where the terminal-side storage unit has never performed wireless communication with the sewing machine, embroidery data is not stored,
The embroidery data acquisition unit acquires embroidery data from the sewing machine side storage unit at least when wireless communication with the sewing machine is first enabled;
Sewing machine system characterized by The sewing machine system according to claim 1 or 2,
Attribute information indicating copy restrictions is added to the embroidery data;
Sewing machine system characterized by The sewing machine system according to claim 3,
Attribute information can only be changed in the direction of stricter restrictions,
Sewing machine system characterized by The sewing machine system according to claim 3 or 4,
When the editing unit generates new embroidery data by combining a plurality of embroidery data, the editing unit newly generates more restrictive attribute information among the attribute information added to the combined embroidery data. Added to the embroidery data
Sewing machine system characterized by In the sewing machine system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The embroidery data acquisition unit identifies the individual machine of the communication partner when acquiring embroidery data,
A post-editing embroidery data transmission unit that can transmit post-editing embroidery data edited by the editing unit only to the sewing machine of the communication partner specified by the embroidery data acquisition unit;
Sewing machine system characterized by A terminal device connected to the sewing machine so as to be capable of wireless communication,
A terminal-side wireless communication unit capable of performing wireless communication with at least the sewing machine;
A terminal-side storage unit capable of storing embroidery data;
The embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit is compared with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit, and embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit is obtained from the sewing machine side storage unit and An embroidery data acquisition unit to be stored in the terminal-side storage unit;
An editing unit for editing the embroidery data stored in the terminal-side storage unit;
A terminal device. A method of synchronizing embroidery data in a sewing machine system in which a sewing machine and a terminal device are connected so as to be capable of wireless communication,
The embroidery data acquisition unit compares the embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit, and stores the embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit. A method for synchronizing embroidery data in a sewing machine system, comprising the steps of: A program of a terminal device connected to the sewing machine so as to be capable of wireless communication,
On the computer,
The embroidery data acquisition unit compares the embroidery data stored in the sewing machine side storage unit with the embroidery data stored in the terminal side storage unit, and stores the embroidery data not stored in the terminal side storage unit. The program of the terminal device for performing the step which is acquired from and memorize | stored in the said terminal side memory | storage part.

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