JP5530107B2 - Sewing machine that can embroidery - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a sewing machine capable of embroidery sewing.

Conventionally, various embroidery stitches are generally performed by combining a plurality of pattern stitch data in a sewing machine capable of embroidery stitching to form one overall pattern.
Also, the colors of the patterns are diversified, and it is common to use multiple colors in one pattern. When multiple patterns composed of multiple colors are combined, the overall pattern has a more complicated color structure. It becomes the pattern.
However, when embroidery sewing is performed on an entire pattern formed by combining a plurality of patterns composed of a plurality of colors, it is necessary to change the thread every time the color changes.
For this reason, there has been proposed a data processing device configured to collect pattern stitch data for each color at the stage of creating pattern stitch data. (Reference 1, Reference 2)
Further, there has been proposed an embroidery sewing machine configured to perform embroidery for each color when embroidering. (Reference 3)

JP-A-64-37993 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 08-266759 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-45087

However, in a sewing machine that can be embroidery stitched, a plurality of patterns already created as pattern stitch data are combined, and it is required to be able to sew for each color when actually sewing with the sewing machine. There are cases where a plurality of pattern stitch data grouped for each color as shown in Reference 1 and Reference 2 are combined, and when sewing with a sewing machine, it is required to be able to further sew for each color. Yes.
The sewing machine shown in Document 3 can detect the color change code and sew the same color parts together, but cannot select whether or not to sew together for each same color and cannot arrange the pattern. There was a problem that could not be controlled. In addition, since the pattern stitch data of each pattern is not edited to create new pattern stitch data for each color, there is a problem that sewing cannot be reproduced and repeated.
The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art.

To achieve the above object, the present invention is an embroidery sewing machine capable of sewing an entire pattern obtained by combining a plurality of pattern stitch data having a plurality of colors, and stores the pattern stitch data. A pattern stitch data storage device, a pattern stitch data selection device for selecting a plurality of pattern stitch data to be embroidered from the pattern stitch data stored in the pattern stitch data storage device, and the pattern stitch data selection and pattern placement apparatus constituting an entire pattern by determining the arrangement of a plurality of pattern stitch data selected by the device, among the plurality of patterns stitch data determining the arrangement by the pattern arrangement device, the same color composition have a, and a grouping device for grouping as the same group sewing sequence identical pattern stitch data about color, same glue grouped by the grouping device Select the pattern stitch data summarized for each color from a plurality of pattern stitch data of the internal, so as to be capable of continuous stitching together a pattern stitch data selected for each color, pattern sewing to edit the該模like stitch data An eye data editing device and an edit pattern stitch data storage device for storing stitch data edited by the pattern stitch data editing device as one pattern stitch data.
As the pattern stitch data, various data such as those provided by the sewing machine manufacturer, those generated by the pattern stitch data generation device, or commercially available data can be used. It is possible to create an overall pattern by combining and arranging at an arbitrary position. Further, by grouping and editing pattern stitch data for each color, continuous stitching for each color can be performed. The edited pattern stitch data is stored in a storage device and can be reproduced a plurality of times.
With the above configuration, even if the entire pattern has a complicated color configuration made up of a plurality of pattern stitch data, there is no need to change the thread associated with the color change, and the embroidery efficiency is improved.
Further, the grouping device has a plurality of pattern stitch data have the same color arrangement, and the sewing order of the colors is configured to group the same pattern stitch data.
The pattern stitch data includes data for performing overlap stitching. When performing overlap stitching, the pattern itself may change if the sewing order changes. Therefore, by grouping the same sewing order regarding colors, it becomes possible to perform continuous stitching for each color without changing the sewing order regarding colors, and even patterns with multiple stitches are appropriate. There is an effect of embroidering.
It is also possible to include further yarns switching data addition device for adding Itosetsu data in the pattern stitch data the editing, it is possible to reduce the cross-over yarn by this arrangement.

  The sewing apparatus capable of embroidery sewing according to the present invention has an effect of reducing the number of times of thread change.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a sewing machine equipped with an embroidery device of the present invention, and a central processing unit 1 performs overall control by a stored program. The central processing unit 1 controls the sewing machine motor 51 through the sewing machine motor control device 50 and drives the sewing mechanism 52 to form the stitches. Further, the XY motor 54 is controlled via the XY motor control device 53, and the embroidery frame and the like of the sewing mechanism 52 are moved in the xy direction to perform embroidery sewing.
The central processing unit 1 also causes the display device 56 to perform various displays via the display control device 55. The display device 56 is provided with a touch panel 57 so that an operator can input various commands to the central processing unit 1.
The central processing unit 1 further controls the thread trimming device 61 via the thread trimming control device 60 so that the thread trimming is performed appropriately.
The pattern stitch data is stored in the pattern stitch data storage device 3, and the pattern stitch data selection device 2 can select any single or plural pattern stitch data. The pattern arrangement device 4 can determine the arrangement of the pattern. The pattern stitch data storage device 3 and the pattern placement device 4 can constitute an entire pattern combining pattern stitch data.

Further, an edit pattern stitch data storage device 5, a grouping device 6, a pattern stitch data editing device 7 and a thread trimming data adding device 8 are connected to the central processing unit 1.
The grouping device 6 groups patterns having the same color configuration. As shown in FIG. 2, when the pattern stitch data 10 to 14 is selected by the pattern stitch data selecting device 2 and appropriately arranged by the pattern arranging device 4, the grouping device 6 The pattern stitch data 10, the pattern stitch data 11, and the pattern stitch data 12 having the same color configuration composed of red, blue, and yellow colors are grouped as a group 1.
The grouping device 6 can also group patterns having the same color configuration at the same time and having the same sewing order (color order) regarding colors. In FIG. 2, the arrows indicate the sewing order, and in this example, the data is configured so that the patterns 10, 11, and 12 are sewn in the order of red, blue, and yellow. This sewing order regarding colors is called a color order. The patterns 10, 11, and 12 have the same color configuration and the same color order. In this embodiment, the grouping device 6 groups patterns having the same color configuration and the same color order. .
In a pattern to be overlaid or the like, if the color order is changed, the pattern itself may change or a part of the pattern may be hidden. Therefore, by adopting the color order as one of the requirements for grouping and grouping the colors so as not to change the color order, there is an effect that the deformation of the pattern can be prevented.
In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the grouping device 6 also groups the pattern stitch data 13 and the pattern stitch data 14 having the same color configuration and color order composed of red and green as group 2. It has become.
The pattern stitch data to be grouped can also be determined by the operation of the operator.

The pattern stitch data editing device 7 edits the pattern stitch data in the same color order in the same color configuration or the same color configuration grouped for each color.
FIG. 3 illustrates an example of group 1 grouped by the grouping device 6. The pattern stitch data 10, 11, and 12 are pattern stitch data having the red, blue, and yellow portions as described above, and each pattern stitch data 10, 11, and 12 are independent pattern stitch data. Therefore, sewing is usually performed in the order of the pattern stitch data 10, the pattern stitch data 11, and the pattern stitch data 12 in the order of red, blue, and yellow. However, when sewing is performed in this way, it is necessary to change the thread three times for each pattern, and a total of nine thread changes are required.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pattern stitch data editing device 7 edits the pattern stitch data of red in the pattern stitch data 11, red in the pattern stitch data 11, and red in the pattern stitch data 12. The stitch data 20 is configured. Similarly, blue stitch data 21 and yellow stitch data 22 are formed, and these are combined into one pattern stitch data.
Thus, the pattern stitch data edited into the red stitch data 20, the blue stitch data 21, and the yellow stitch data 22 only needs to be changed for each color. You only have to do it three times. As a result, the number of thread changes can be greatly reduced. In addition, the edited pattern stitch data maintains the color order of red, blue, and yellow, so even if there are over stitches, the pattern is not deformed or part of the pattern is not hidden. .
The pattern stitch data to be edited can be determined by the operation of the operator.

In this embodiment, the thread trimming data adding device 8 is further configured to add the thread trimming data 25 to the data of each pattern stitch data 10, 11, 12 for each color. With this thread trimming data 25, thread trimming is performed when the pattern changes, so that it is possible to prevent stitching of the transition thread.
It is also possible to add a function for causing the thread trimming data adding device 8 to determine whether or not to insert the thread trimming data 25 according to the length of the crossover thread. Further, whether or not to insert the thread trimming data 25 may be determined by the operation of the operator.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the pattern stitch data 10 ′ and 11′12 ′ having the same color configuration but different color order are grouped and the colors are grouped. As shown in FIG. 4, the pattern stitch data editing device 7 edits the pattern stitch data of red of the pattern stitch data 10 ′, red of the pattern stitch data 11 ′, and red of the pattern stitch data 12 ′. Thus, red stitch data 20 ′ is formed. Similarly, blue stitch data 21 ′ and yellow stitch data 22 ′ are formed, and these are combined into one pattern stitch data. Similarly, the edited pattern stitch data only needs to be changed for each color, so that the number of times of changing the threads can be greatly reduced. In this embodiment as well, the thread trimming data adding device 8 is configured to add the thread trimming data 25 ′ to the data of each pattern stitch data 10 ′, 11 ′, 12 ′.
In the case of this embodiment, the color order of the pattern 11 ′ and the pattern 12 ′ is not maintained and the sewing order is changed. Should.

  The pattern stitch data edited by the pattern stitch data editing device 7 and added with the thread trimming data 25 by the thread trimming data adding device 8 is stored in the edited pattern stitch data storage device 5 so that it can be used repeatedly. It has become. Also, other sewing machines can be used.

The operation will be described with reference to FIG.
The pattern stitch data to be embroidered is selected by the pattern stitch data selection device 2 (step S1), the pattern is arranged by the pattern placement device 4 (step S2), and the entire pattern is configured. It shows an example of the display device 56 in FIG. In this example, pattern stitch data 10 to pattern stitch data 15 are selected and arranged as shown in the figure to constitute the entire pattern.

When the arrangement is completed (step S3), it is determined whether or not to perform color grouping (step S4). In FIG. 7 , when the operator presses the color summary button on the touch panel 57, the color summary is selected.
When color grouping is performed, color grouping processing is executed (step S5), and then embroidery is executed (step S6). When color summarization is not performed, the process jumps from step S4 to step S6 to execute embroidery.

The operation of the color grouping process will be described with reference to FIG.
After selecting the pattern stitch data as shown in FIG. 7, the operator operates the touch panel 57 to perform the color grouping process.
First, the grouping device 6 groups the pattern stitch data having the same color configuration (step S10). Next, it is determined whether to group into the same color order (step S11). This determination may be made on the basis of information or analysis on whether or not there is an overlap in the operator's command or pattern stitch data. If not grouped in the color order, the process jumps to step S13. When grouping in a color order, patterns having the same color configuration and the same color order are grouped (step S12).
In this example, as shown in FIG. 7, the pattern stitch data 10, 11, and 12 have the same color configuration and the same color order, and the pattern stitch data 13 and the pattern stitch data 14 have the same color. The configuration and the same color order. The pattern stitch data 15 also has the same color configuration and color order as the pattern stitch data 10-12.

The grouped pattern stitch data is displayed on the display device 56 in order for each group (step S13). In FIG. 8, pattern stitch data 10 to 12 and 15 are displayed as group 1.
The operator can select which of the grouped pattern stitch data is to be color-grouped and which is not to be color-grouped, and changes the pattern stitch data for color grouping ( Step S14). In the example of FIG. 8, since the operator has excluded the pattern stitch data 15 from the target of color grouping, the display of the pattern stitch data 15 is changed to a dotted line or a halftone as shown in FIG.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the pattern stitch data editing device 7 edits the pattern stitch data, and red stitch data 20, blue stitch data 21, and yellow stitch data 22 are formed by editing. The At the same time, thread trimming data 25 is added by the thread trimming data adding device 8 (step S15). The edited red stitch data 20, blue stitch data 21, and yellow stitch data 22 are stored in the edited pattern stitch data storage device 5 as one pattern stitch data (step S16).

  Next, when all the groups have not been processed, the next group 2 is selected (step S17, step S18), group 2 is displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (step S13), and thereafter step S14. , 15 and 16 are performed. When all the groups have been processed, the operation ends.

  Embroidery stitching is executed based on the edited pattern stitch data (red stitch data 20, blue stitch data 21, yellow stitch data 22, etc.) stored in the edit pattern stitch data storage device 5. Since the pattern stitch data stored in the edit pattern stitch data storage device 5 is collected for each color, the number of thread changes is small and efficient embroidery can be performed. Further, since the thread trimming data 25 is added, the generation of the transition yarn can be prevented. In addition, since the color order is maintained, the pattern is not deformed.

1: Central processing unit, 2: Pattern stitch data selection device, 3: Pattern stitch data storage device, 4: Pattern placement device, 5: Edit pattern stitch data storage device, 6: Grouping device, 7: Pattern stitching Eye data editing device, 8: Thread trimming data adding device, 10: Pattern stitch data, 11: Pattern stitch data, 12: Pattern stitch data, 13: Pattern stitch data, 14: Pattern stitch data, 15: Pattern stitch data, 20: Red stitch data, 21: Blue stitch data, 22: Yellow stitch data, 25: Thread trimming data, 50: Sewing motor controller, 51: Sewing motor, 52: Sewing mechanism, 53 : XY motor control device, 54: XY motor, 55: display control device, 56: display device, 57: touch panel, 60: thread trimming control device, 61: thread trimming device.

Claims (2)

An embroidery sewing machine capable of sewing an entire pattern obtained by combining a plurality of pattern stitch data having a plurality of colors,
A pattern stitch data storage device for storing pattern stitch data;
A pattern stitch data selection device for selecting a plurality of pattern stitch data to be embroidered from the pattern stitch data stored in the pattern stitch data storage device ;
A pattern placement device that constitutes an overall pattern by determining the placement of a plurality of pattern stitch data selected by the pattern stitch data selection device;
Among the plurality of pattern stitch data determining the arrangement by the pattern arrangement device, it has a same color arrangement, and the grouping device sewing order of the colors to group the same pattern stitch data as the same group When,
Select pattern stitch data to be grouped for each color from a plurality of pattern stitch data in the same group grouped by the grouping device, so that the selected pattern stitch data can be stitched continuously for each color. A pattern stitch data editing device for editing the pattern stitch data ;
An edit pattern stitch data storage device for storing stitch data edited by the pattern stitch data editing device as one pattern stitch data;
A sewing machine capable of embroidery sewing. A thread trimming data adding device for adding thread trimming data to the edited pattern stitch data;
The embroidery-sewing machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

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