JP3218147B2 - Sewing data creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sewing data creating apparatus provided with a display, and
The present invention relates to a method in which external figure information and external numerical value information of a work cloth to be sewn are collectively displayed on the same screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating sewing data for sewing the cloth ends of two superimposed work cloths, generally, a notch (V-shaped) which is a mark of superposition is provided on the cloth end of the work cloth. A number of notches are formed for each of the important points of superposition, sewing sections are divided into a plurality of sections between these two notches, and sewing data for each of these sewing sections is sequentially created. The sewing data includes a plurality of types of data including a cloth feed amount, the number of stitches, a sewing speed, and the like. In particular, when sewing is performed while irrigating either one of these two work cloths, the feed amount is set in accordance with the shim amount, and the sewing data is displayed on a display. At the same time, it can be modified as needed.

For example, the international publication number “WO86 / 026”
No. 73 "discloses that the outer peripheral length of the sleeve crest of the sleeve paper, which is one of the layers to be sewn, and the outer peripheral length of the arm hole of the body paper, which is the other, is divided into a plurality of notches provided in the paper pattern. For each section, measure with the pattern input device, calculate the shirring amount for each sewing section, and further calculate the cloth feed amount for each stitch for each pattern, and create the sewing for each sewing section created. The data is stored on a floppy disk or the like. The sewing data is read from the floppy disk, and a part of the data is scroll-displayed on a small display, and if necessary, numerical values such as the shirring amount and the number of stitches can be corrected for each sewing section. A control device is described.

[0004]

The above-mentioned "WO86 / 02"
No. 673 ", only a part of the sewing data is displayed on the display. Therefore, when the sewing data is corrected through this display, the displayed sewing data is used to sew the sleeve. There is a problem that it is not known which sewing section of the cloth or the body cloth corresponds to the sewing section. Also, in order to make the displayed sewing sections correspond to the sewing sections of the sleeve cloth or the body cloth, for example, write down the correspondence between each of the plurality of sewing sections and refer to the memo. Since the sewing data is corrected after confirming the sewing section of the cloth to be corrected, the work of correcting the sewing data is complicated, and there is a problem that the corrected portion is easily mistaken.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a sewing data creating apparatus for speeding up a correction work by displaying sewing figure information and outline figure information and numerical value information of a work cloth at a time. It is in.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing data creating apparatus including display means including a display, and creating sewing data for forming a stitch on an outer peripheral portion of a work cloth. In the device, the outer shape input means for inputting outer shape information defining the outer shape of the work cloth, and the outer peripheral length and the curvature value of each of the plurality of sewing sections based on the outer shape information input by the outer shape input means. Outer numerical value information calculating means for calculating the outer numerical value information including the outer numerical value information; sewing information calculating means for calculating sewing information of each of the plurality of sewing sections based on the outer numerical value information obtained by the outer numerical value information calculating means; Data storage means for storing information, outer shape numerical information, and sewing information; outer shape graphic information, outer shape numerical information, and sewing information read from the data storage means; And shape graphic information display region, those having the external shape numerical information display area, and a display control means for respectively displayed on the sewing information display area.

Here, the outer shape input means may be constituted mainly by an image reading device for reading outer shape information of a figure.

[0008]

In the sewing data creating device according to the first aspect, since the outer shape graphic information defining the outer shape of the work cloth is input by the outer shape input means, the outer shape numerical information calculating means is input by the outer shape input means. Based on the outer shape figure information, outer numerical value information including an outer peripheral length and a curvature value of each of the plurality of sewing sections is calculated, and the sewing information calculating means is based on the outer numerical value information obtained by the outer numerical value information calculating means. Then, the sewing information of each of the plurality of sewing sections is calculated. Then, since the data storage means stores the external figure information, the external numerical value information, and the sewing information, the display control means stores the external figure information, the external numerical value information, and the sewing information read from the data storage means. An external figure information display area on the same screen of the display of the display means, an external numerical value information display area,
The sewing information is displayed in the sewing information display area.

As described above, the input external figure information,
The outer shape numerical information and the sewing information are collectively displayed in correspondence with the outer shape graphic information display area, the outer shape numerical information display area, and the sewing information display area on the same screen of the display. The relationship between the external figure, the external numerical value information and the sewing information is clarified, the quality of the external numerical data and the sewing data can be easily determined, and the external numerical data and the sewing data for each sewing section can be easily, quickly, and quickly. Can definitely be fixed.

In the sewing data creating device according to the present invention, the outline input means is mainly constituted by an image reading device for reading the outline information of the figure, so that the outline figure can be obtained without using a keyboard or a mouse. Input can be performed easily, accurately, and quickly.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a sewing data creating device including a personal computer or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the sewing data creating apparatus 1 includes a CRT display 10 capable of displaying characters and symbols for a plurality of lines, a keyboard 11, a coordinate input device (mouse) 12, and an image reading device (image reader). 13
And a control body 14 for controlling these.

The keyboard 11 has a character key, a space key, and the like for inputting alphabetic characters, numbers, and symbols.
A line feed key, a cursor movement key for moving a cursor up, down, left and right, a scanner key for reading an external figure of a work cloth set on the image reading device 13, a coordinate input device 12
Notch key, seam allowance setting key,
A file key for storing the created sewing data on a floppy disk, and various correction keys for correcting external numerical value information and sewing information are provided. Here, the notch serves as a mark for superimposing two work cloths, and is a V-shaped notch formed on the outer peripheral portion of the work cloth.

Next, the control system of the sewing data creating device 1 is as follows.
It is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. The input / output interface (input / output I / F) 28 of the control device 25 provided in the main body control unit 14 has a keyboard (K /
B) 11, a CRT display controller (CRTC) 16 having a display RAM for outputting display data to a CRT display (CRTD) 10, a coordinate input device 12, an image reading device 13, and a control main unit 14. Provided floppy disk drive (FDD) 17
Disk controller (FDC) 18 for
And are connected respectively.

The control device 25 includes a CPU 26 and this CP
It comprises a ROM 27, a RAM 30, and an input / output interface 28 connected to the U 26 via a bus 29 such as a data bus. The ROM 27 stores various outline figure analysis operation programs and the like including a spline interpolation operation program and the like in order to obtain outline numerical value information from the outline figure information.

The notch / section number memory 31 of the RAM 30 stores a set notch number and a plurality of sewing section numbers set between the notches in a corresponding manner.
The external figure information memory 32 stores the external figure information of the work cloth read by the image reading device 13. The outer shape numerical information memory 33 stores outer shape numerical information including data of the outer peripheral length and the curvature value regarding the outer shape calculated based on the outer shape graphic information. The sewing information memory 34 stores sewing information, such as the number of stitches and the feed amount, related to the sewing calculated based on the external numerical value information.

Next, the control device 2 of the sewing data creation device 1
The routine of the sewing data creation control performed in step 5 will be described with reference to the schematic flowchart of FIG. Here, in this sewing data creation control, in order to create a cloth athletic shoe, sewing data is created in which the upper cloth and the insole cloth are overlapped and sewn, and the upper cloth is a lower cloth, In addition, this is a case where the inner bottom cloth is sewn as the upper cloth. still,
In the figure, reference symbols Si (i = 10, 11, 12,...) Indicate each step.

When the power is turned on to the sewing data creating apparatus 1, this control is started. After the initial setting process, the CRT display 10 displays three pieces of information "outer figure information", "outer figure numerical information" and "sewing". An information display screen for collectively displaying "information" is displayed (S10). For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the display screen of the CRT display 10 is provided with an outer shape information display area 10a in the upper half thereof, and an outer numerical information display area 10b in the lower half of the lower half thereof. A sewing information display area 10c is provided in the lower right half of the sewing information display area 10c. However, at the start of this control, the message “Create new?” Is displayed at the lower end of the display screen.
Is displayed.

Next, when the message "new creation?" Is displayed and a new creation process is selected by operating the "Y" key on the keyboard 11 (S
11: Yes), by operating the scanner key, the outer shape information of the outer shape figure UF of the middle sole cloth set in the image reading device 13 and the outer shape information of the outer shape figure DF of the next upper cloth set next are read. A reading process is performed (S12). Next, the read outer shape information of the insole figure UF and the upper figure DF are stored in the outer figure information memory 32, respectively.
Are displayed in the external figure information display area 10a of the display screen (S13). For example, as shown in FIG. 4, these outer bottom figure UF and instep figure D are displayed in the outer figure information display area 10a.
And F are displayed respectively.

Next, regarding the displayed insole figure UF,
A designation process of designating a valid notch to be valid and a sewing section provided between the notches; and a designation process of designating a valid notch to be valid and a sewing section provided between the notches for the displayed instep figure DF. Are executed, the notch numbers are associated with the sewing section numbers, and the start positions of the sewing sections are stored in the notch / section number memory 31 (S14). That is, the specification process will be briefly described. When the notch key of the keyboard 11 is operated, the mouse pointer is displayed in the external figure information display area 10a. Therefore, the coordinate input device 12 is operated to move the mouse pointer to the middle figure UF. Is moved to the first notch and clicked, then moved to the next notch and clicked, and so on until the last notch is sequentially designated as an effective notch in the sewing order. By this designation processing, the designated effective notch and its notch number (0, 1, 2, 3,...) Are stored in the notch / section number memory 31 in correspondence with each other, and these notch numbers (0, 1, 2, , 3...) Are displayed near the corresponding effective notch, and a sewing section number is also displayed.

Further, the same operation is repeated, and the outer circumference between the effective notches is sequentially designated by a mouse pointer to designate a sewing section. The designated sewing section number is stored in the notch / section number memory 31 in association with the notch number. Further, the same operation is performed for the instep figure DF, and the notch number designated for the instep figure DF and the sewing section number are stored in the notch / section number memory 31 in association with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the notch number is displayed near the effective notch and inside the outline figures UF and DF, and the sewing section number is indicated by the outline figure UF and DF. It is displayed outside the DF.

Next, these insole figure UF and instep figure DF
For each of the sewing sections of the effective notch designated in this way, the outer numerical value information creation processing for calculating the outer peripheral length and the curvature value of the sewing section is executed (S15), and the obtained outer numerical value is calculated. The information is stored in the outer shape numerical information memory 33 and the outer shape numerical information display area 10 on the display screen.
b (S16). For example, as shown in FIG.
In the outer shape numerical information display area 10b, these insole figure UF
And the upper cover figure DF, the numerical information of the four numerical items “middle bottom length”, “middle cover length”, “middle bottom curvature”, and “middle cover curvature” are provided for each sewing section corresponding to the notch number. Displayed in table format.

The number of stitches and the amount of upper feed are determined based on the outer numerical value information of the insole figure UF, the outer numerical value information of the instep figure DF, and the preset reference stitch pitch and sewing allowance. Sewing information creation processing for creating sewing information consisting of numerical values of sewing elements such as sewing and sewing speed is executed, and the obtained sewing information is stored in the sewing information memory 34 (S17).
The created sewing information is displayed in the sewing information display area 10c of the display screen (S18). For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a sewing element "number of stitches"
Sewing information including numerical values such as “up feed amount”, “down feed amount”, and “sewing speed” is displayed in a table format. Here, the sewing element “reference upper and lower” is a reference position of a cloth edge sensor (not shown) that detects each of the cloth edges of the upper and lower work cloths, respectively. It is about.

Next, when a cursor movement key or a numeric key other than the file key is input (S19:
(Yes, S20: No), in accordance with the operated key, a correction process for correcting the numerical value designated by the cursor K is executed, and the corrected numerical value is changed and stored in the sewing information memory 34 ( S21), the corrected numerical value is displayed as a new numerical value in the sewing information display area 10c (S18). On the other hand, when the file key is operated (S19 / S20:
Yes), the sewing information is stored in the floppy disk mounted on the floppy disk drive 17 in addition to the external figure information and the external numerical value information (S22), and the process returns to S11.

By the way, when this control is started and the message "New creation?" Is displayed and the new creation processing is not selected by the operation of the "N" key on the keyboard 11, that is, when the creation is already completed, When the displayed sewing information is displayed (S11: No), the external graphic information memory 3
The external figure information read from the external figure information display area 1
0a, the external numerical information read from the external numerical information memory 33 is displayed in the external numerical information display area 10b, and the sewing information read from the sewing information memory 34 is displayed on the sewing information memory 34. It is executed (S23).
Further, the notch number and the sewing section number read from the notch / section number memory are respectively displayed in the external figure information display area 10a (S24), and the process proceeds to S19.

As described above, the external figure information, external numerical value information, and sewing information of the input insole figure UF and instep figure DF are stored in the external figure information display area 10a on the same screen of the CRT display 10. Are displayed collectively in association with the outer numerical value information display area 10b and the sewing information display area 10c, so that the correspondence relationship between the outer shape graphic, the outer numerical value information and the sewing information becomes clear through these displays, In addition to being able to easily determine the quality of the outer shape numerical data and the sewing data, the outer shape numerical data and the sewing data for each sewing section can be easily, quickly, and definitely corrected.

The insole figure UF or the instep figure DF may be input from a keyboard or using a coordinate input device instead of the image reading device. It should be noted that various modifications may be made to the control of the above-described embodiment based on existing technology or technology obvious to those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to various sewing data creating devices including a display device and a keyboard.

[0027]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sewing data creating apparatus, comprising an outer shape input means, an outer shape numerical value information calculating means, a sewing information calculating means, and a display control means. The external numerical value information and the sewing information are displayed collectively in correspondence with the external graphic information display area, the external numerical value information display area, and the sewing information display area on the same screen of the display. The relationship between the external figure, the external numerical information and the sewing information is clarified through this, the quality of the external numerical data and the sewing data can be easily determined, and the external numerical data and the sewing data for each sewing section can be easily and quickly obtained. And it can definitely be corrected.

According to the sewing data creating device of the present invention, the outline input means is mainly composed of an image reading device for reading the outline information of the figure. Can be input easily, accurately, and quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a sewing data creation device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the sewing data creating device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a sewing data creation control routine;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a display example in which external figure information, external numerical value information, and sewing information are collectively displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 sewing data creation device 10 CRT display 10a external figure information display area 10b external numerical value information display area 10c sewing information display area 13 image reading device 25 control device 26 CPU 27 ROM 30 RAM 32 external figure information memory 33 external numerical information memory 34 sewing Information memory

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Katsuhiro Goto 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Inside the Brother Industries, Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiaki Yanagi 15-1 Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Brother Industries Inside (72) Inventor Goju Nozaki 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi Inside Brother Industries, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-4-338485 (JP, A) JP-A-4-193288 ( JP, A) JP-A-62-281993 (JP, A) JP-A-6-1121884 (JP, A) JP-A-4-26443 (JP, A) JP-A-4-1322583 (JP, A) JP-A-3-103290 (JP, A) JP-A-62-260586 (JP, A) JP-A-6-114175 (JP, A) JP-B 7-106274 (JP, B2) JP-B 4-12999 (JP, A) , B2) Tokiko 1-54070 (JP, B2) (58) key The field (Int.Cl. ^7, DB name) D05B 19/00 - 21/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sewing data creating apparatus for creating sewing data for forming stitches on an outer peripheral portion of a work cloth, comprising a display means including a display, wherein external figure information defining an outer shape of the work cloth is inputted. Contour input means for performing, based on the contour figure information input by the contour input means,
An outer numerical value information calculating means for calculating outer numerical value information including an outer peripheral length and a curvature value of each of the plurality of sewing sections; and each of the plurality of sewing sections based on the outer numerical value information obtained by the outer numerical value information calculating means. Sewing information calculation means for calculating the sewing information of the above; data storage means for storing the outer shape figure information, outer shape numerical value information and sewing information; outer shape figure information read from the data storage means; outer shape numerical information; Display control means for displaying information on an external figure information display area, an external numerical value information display area, and a sewing information display area on the same screen of the display of the display means, respectively. Data creation device. 2. The sewing data creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said outline input means is mainly configured by an image reading device for reading outline information of a figure.