JPH01192383A - Input controller for computer name embroidering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To considerably improve the work efficiency by using the KANA (Japanese syllabary) code output from data keys as it is to set a code number validated only with a numeric code, a gap numerical value, and a radius and an angle for arc seaming in the KANA code generating state set by selection of the KANA mode in an input controller. CONSTITUTION:When a gap key 26 in a function key part 10 is depressed in the KANA mode in case of manual gap setting in the KANA mode, the key output waits for a data key because it is not a data key but is a function key. A subroutine HENKAN is calls by the input of KATAKANA (square form of Japanese syllabary) and HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary) characters 'wa', 'nu', 'fu', 'a', 'u', 'e', 'o', 'ya', 'yu', and 'yo'. to perform conversion to a numeric code. When a register key 24 is next depressed, gap setting is registered. Similarly, conversion to a numeric key is performed on demand to register setting in the HIRAGANA mode also.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an input control device for an embroidery machine controlled by a microcomputer for performing name embroidery and the like.

(Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention) It is known that a full keyboard is used as an input device in a so-called monogram machine, such as a name embroidery machine, which embroiders letters and numbers. When using the full keyboard, it is possible to display only one type of key on the full keyboard when dealing with "alphabetic characters" and "numbers", but other than "hiragana" and "katakana" for alphanumeric characters and numbers. ” and “kanji”, when dealing with
The keys on the full keyboard are ``alphabet'', ``number'' and ``
Displays three types of characters: Hiragana and Katakana.
Three types are entered by switching, and ``kanji'' are entered manually using character code numbers corresponding to each kanji.

When using a full keyboard in which the keys are switched and used manually, the following problems occur when several types of characters are mixed.

When using the data keys on the full keyboard as ``Kana mode'' for ``Hiragana'' or ``Katakana'', they cannot be used as numeric keys due to manual effort using character code numbers and numerical settings for character amount gaps, etc. You must cancel "Kana mode" and set and input it as "Alphanumeric mode".

To solve this problem, there is a method of separately providing numeric keys called a numeric keypad, but this requires a lot of additional space and parts.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) When inputting multiple types of characters as described above, without canceling the mode in which the key is set,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a human power control device including a setting means that allows input of a plurality of types of characters.

(Solution Means and Its Effects) A functional block diagram of the present invention is shown in FIG. A function key part a, a data key matrix b provided separately, various shift keys C, a key scanning unit that recognizes which key in the data key matrix b has been operated, and a recognized key. An encoder section that generates key codes and usually numeric keys from 0 to 9, alphabetic keys from A to Z, and ? The data key matrix b, which is a symbol key such as *, can be changed to the hiragana key for A~ by using the hiragana lock key in the mechanically or electrically locked shift key C, or can be changed to the hiragana key for A~ by using the katakana lock key. Katakana key or CAP
The key control part d has a built-in data key mode switching means for changing to lowercase letters by pressing the SLOCK key, the keyboard part has a key top part in which alphabetical letters or numbers and kana characters are written overlappingly, and the machine includes a needle that moves up and down. A sewing machine comprising a seam forming means for forming a seam on a cloth, a work cloth holding means for holding the work cloth, a driving means for changing the relative position between the needle and the work cloth holding means, etc. means e, information storage means f for storing a large number of pattern information groups (in this case embroidery character data) indicating the amount of relative position change, and embroidery character data for selecting a desired character from the information storage means r. Selecting means g, how to arrange the selected characters, or how many character intervals mff1
In a computer-type name embroidery machine, which is equipped with a pattern arrangement control means for controlling each of the above means, and a control means for performing various arithmetic processes to centrally control each of the above means, the selection of embroidery characters can be performed character by character. a selection mode switching operation means within the function key a for switching between a code selection mode in which an operator inputs a character code number attached to the character code number and a direct selection mode in which character selection is performed directly by character keys; , code number setting means i which is enabled in the code selection mode and sets the character code number in response to a numeric code from the data key; and a code number setting means i which sets the character code number in response to a numeric code from the data key, and a code number setting means i which sets the character code number in response to a numerical code from the data key, and a code number setting means i which sets the character code number by receiving a numeric code from the data key, and arranging the character intervals to be embroidered or the characters to be embroidered in an arc shape. a numerical value setting means j which similarly receives a numerical code from the data key and sets the radius etc. when the character is selected; and a means which can intervene in any of the character selection modes and extract from the character selection mode or inhibit character selection. numeric setting enabling means 9 which pauses with k and instead enables the numeric setting means j; and arc numeric setting means within the function key a which gives a command to the numeric setting enabling means statement. and an interval numerical value setting means, and a code converting means m for receiving a kana code when operating the numeric duplication kana character key top in kana mode when the hiragana lock key or katakana lock key is activated and converting this code into a numeric code. , the character selection mode is a direct selection mode, and the recognition means n is configured to enable the code conversion means m except under the condition that the character selection mode is valid, and converts the numerical code converted by the code conversion means m into a code. By supplying the data to the number setting means or to the numerical value setting means j, various combinations of the character selection mode, data key mode, and purpose mode of data key operation in the prior art shown by the X mark in the table of FIG. This makes it possible to set conditions under which code numbers cannot be set or various numerical values cannot be set.

(Example) Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 2, l is the embroidery frame, and the needle 2 moves up and down.
is positioned so that it fits within the frame, and is used to hold the work cloth. Reference numeral 3 denotes an X-Y axis drive mechanism for controlling the X-Y position of the embroidery frame.

The part that forms the embroidery thread into the work cloth is composed of the needle 2 that moves up and down and the bobbin thread hook. The sewing machine main body 4 has a built-in sewing machine motor (not shown) for driving the main shaft of the sewing machine. Inside the X-Y drive mechanism section 3, there are an X-axis drive stepping motor 55 and a Y-axis drive stepping motor 56, which will be described later, and mechanisms interlocked by them, as well as a power switch, a power transformer, a power circuit, and a driver for the stepping motor. It has built-in circuits, etc.

The drive devices of these embroidery sewing machines are the same as those in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-238858, which the present applicant requested earlier, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a control box for controlling and managing all operations on the side of the sewing machine main body 4, and includes a floppy disk drive section 7, a keyboard section 8, an LCD display section 114 section 9, and various electronic control circuits.

The electronic circuit receives power from the N8 circuit in the X-Y control mechanism section 3, and various signals are exchanged with the main body section 3 via the connection cable 5.

The compressed original data for embroidery is written to a normal floppy disk by a data manual device (not shown) during the original data creation stage, and the computer embroidery machine user inserts it into the floppy disk drive 7 to retrieve the necessary data. is loaded.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged explanatory diagram of the keyboard section 8, and as shown in the figure, a function key section 10, a data key section 11. Part of the shift! It should be composed of 2. Reference numeral 13 denotes an input method key for character selection using the character key 14 within the data key 11.
Select directly by operation or use number key 15
The mode can be switched indirectly using a numerical code using only the digit code.

The data key part 11 will contain alphabetic characters and characters immediately after the power is turned on.
The mode is a numerical mode, and in this mode, it is composed of alphabetic letters A-Z keys, numerical keys 0 to 9, and other symbol keys. Also, after the power is turned on, CAPS
The LED l 6a of the LOCK key 16 is lit, indicating the upper case mode. In the alphanumeric mode, for example, when the 5 key of the numeric keys 15 is pressed, 35I (hexadecimal) representing the number 5 defined by the JIS code and the ASCII code is output.

In the shift key 12, 17 is a katakana key for switching the kana mode, and when the key is pressed, the LED of the katakana key lights up and the data key 1
1's alphanumeric mode is changed to katakana mode.

This mode is electrically locked until the Katakana key or Hiragana key 18 is pressed again.

In the katakana mode (which continues), the numeric keys 15 from 0 to 9 serve as keys for each katakana character that is written overlappingly in a portion of each key of the numeric keys, as shown in FIG. For example, the part of the 5 key becomes the katakana character "K", and part of the English letter G becomes the katakana "K".If you press the 5 key, that is, the "K" key, the katakana character "K" is expressed. B 4 H is output.

Therefore, in this katakana mode, numerical codes from 0 to 9 cannot be output.

Next, when the hiragana key I8 is pressed, the katakana mode is canceled and the mode becomes hiragana mode.

In this case, the 5 key becomes the hiragana “e” and the code is 941.
1 is output. Reference numeral 19 is a CTRL key, which is one of the shift keys, and various output codes can be output by combining this key with other keys. For example, the A key in alphanumeric mode outputs 411-1, but the C
Tr (If you press the A key without pressing the L key 19, the output code will be OIH.

In this embodiment, CTRL+A is used to set the character insertion mode, which is one of the character editing modes. Similarly C
TRL+D for character deletion mode, CTrtL key+X
'? ? Character exchange mode (CTRL + C to cancel each editing mode).

The numbers θ to 9 in the alphanumeric mode are used for manual or direct selection of written code numbers and for manual setting of numerical values such as intervals. Inputting a code number or setting various numerical values in Hiragana or Katakana mode is made possible by converting a Kana code using Kana keys corresponding to numbers into a numerical code using the method described later. Among the function keys 20, the CLEAR key is a clear key, and is used to clear erroneous inputs using the character keys 14 and numeric keys 15, and to return to the sewing origin during a stop during sewing.

Reference numeral 21 is a character registration AC key, which is used to clear all selected and registered pattern numbers, etc. Reference numeral 22 denotes a frame back key, and when the key is operated while embroidery is stopped, a so-called frame back function is activated that moves only the frame back so that the needle 2 does not move up or down and stitches back the part that has already been sewn. It is done. Reference numeral 23 denotes a frame advance key, and when operated, a so-called frame forward function is executed in which only the frame moves forward without moving the needle up or down.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a registration key, which is used to register the pattern code number by pressing the registration key after designating the pattern code number when the pattern selection is in the indirect mode by code input described above. In addition, in the above-mentioned direct mode, this registration key is not accepted because the absence is directly registered by specifying the code number.

Reference numeral 25 is a storage start key, which is pressed after all the patterns to be embroidered have been registered. This key allows the embroidery data of the desired pattern, display data, characters, and patterns to be stored from the floppy disk 50 using the pattern code described above. Enlargement ratio, reduction ratio data, character frame data, and other management data are read and stored in the storage means 47 (RAM). A spacing key 26 is used to manually specify the spacing, and is used, for example, to set the spacing between characters to an arbitrary value rather than a predetermined standard value.

A character arrangement key 27 is used to select the directional arrangement of characters, etc. to be embroidered.By repeating the directional arrangement, the LEDs on each of the arrangement displays are lit in sequence. Regarding registration, by stopping the pressing operation of the character arrangement key 27 at a desired arrangement state, the arrangement state code at that time is registered.

A character size key 28 is used to change the size of characters to be sewn, and by repeatedly pressing this key, enlarged, standard, and reduced sizes can be selected.

In order to increase the degree of freedom, for example, it is better to have different enlargement, standard and reduction for Kanji Sui-shu, Kanji Gyosho, alphabet, kana, one point, etc., each character and pattern data in the floppy disk 50 has its own enlargement ratio. , the reduction rate is converted into data at the time of data creation.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a manual feed key for the embroidery frame, which allows the embroidery frame to be moved in the direction of the arrow and to a desired location by operation. Reference numeral 30 denotes an origin return key for returning a frame located at an arbitrary position to the central origin.

31 is the sewing origin key, which indicates the current needle position (marked in the diagram)
This is for specifying where to start the line for the character group (pattern group) to be sewn from now on. 3 of these
Reference numeral 2 indicates a centering mode, which is a so-called centering instruction, and when a plurality of characters are to be embroidered, they are sewn with the current needle position as the center. Reference numeral 33 is a cueing mode, in which sewing is started from the current needle position.

Reference numeral 34 is an arc centering mode in which multiple characters are sewn by dividing them into centers on an arc that includes the current needle position, and 35 is an arc centering mode in which multiple characters are sewn based on the center of an arc that includes the current needle position. are arranged on a circular arc with the center of the circular arc and sewn.

By operating the sewing origin key 31, the LE on each mode display is
D lights up sequentially to indicate the selected position.

Registration is performed by stopping the operation at a desired finger position. In addition, when the arrangement state selected by the character arrangement key 27 is between AB-SNOW, the designation by the sewing origin key 31 can be changed within the range of the centering mode 32 or the cueing mode, and the arc clock 58 When the arc is arranged counterclockwise and 59, the arc centering mode 34 or the arc center mode 35 can be selected. Regarding the relationship between the character arrangement key 27 and the sewing origin key 31, the character arrangement key 27 has priority. Therefore, for example, when the sewing origin position is in the arc centering mode 34 in the arc sewing mode, if the arrangement is changed from the arc sewing mode to the normal sewing mode (AB, etc.) using the character arrangement key 27, the sewing origin position will be automatically changed. The centering mode 32 is entered.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a start key, which is used to enter the embroidery mode by pressing the start key 36 after selecting desired characters and patterns and reading data from the floppy disk 50 using the storage start key 25. . In order to indicate with the tip of the sewing machine needle the outer part of the embroidery range of all the characters and patterns that are fed out by pressing the start key once, only the frame is moved without moving the needle up and down.

This allows you to check whether the embroidery area to be sewn will fit within the frame. This movement data for range confirmation is created based on the character frame data held for each pattern.

After the confirmation of the frame movement range is completed, when the start key 36 is operated for the second time, for example, if the sewing origin mode is the centering mode, a centering operation is performed and then the embroidery operation is started.

When moving the frame indicating the embroidery range described above, if a calculation result that exceeds the movement limit of the X-Y mechanism of the sewing machine is obtained, the embroidery range confirmation operation will not be performed and a warning message will be displayed to notify that the limit has been exceeded. will be done. When moving the frame of the outline locus that indicates the embroidery area, for example, it pauses at each vertex of the rectangular locus to further ensure confirmation, and when it pauses at each vertex, converts compressed character data to final embroidery data. An operation is performed. At this time, it is natural to perform calculations taking into account set parameters such as enlargement and reduction.

This system converts this compressed data into embroidery data not only while moving the frame, but also during the actual embroidery operation.

To explain more specifically the calculations during operation, this system has an X
Slave computers are used to control the axes and the Y-axis, and the slave computers are responsible for pulse control of the step motors for each axis. Therefore, conversion calculations during operation can be performed not only in the phase in which the needle is at the bottom, but also in the phase in which the embroidery frame is moved, that is, in the phase in which the needle is in the top position.

In the case of a normal embroidery machine, only the main computer performs the above-mentioned conversion calculations and drive control of the X- and Y-axes, so in the phase when the needle is up, it is necessary to control the movement of the embroidery hoop by controlling the X- and Y-axes. Therefore, it was impossible to perform conversion operations.

However, in the case of this system, the main computer simply gives a command to the slave computer to move each axis in the am direction during the phase when the needle is up, and there is no need to perform specific pulse control.

Therefore, conversion calculations can be performed even while the embroidery frame is moving, which is particularly effective when performing complex conversion calculations such as arc stitching.

Reference numeral 37 is a stop key, which is used to stop the sewing machine mid-operation.

A font key 38 is used to specify a character font when selecting characters in the direct selection mode, and fonts 1 to 5 can be specified by pressing the font key 38.

For example, if you press key M among the data keys with font No. l, the selected character will be the printed alphabet rMJ, and if you press key M with font No. 093 specified, the selected character will be rMJ. The font of the letters changes, such as the cursive alphabet rmJ. This is font No.
, 1, the character code automatically generated when the M key is pressed is 1122, and the font No.
3, the automatically generated character code is 1322
This can be achieved by

Also, the selected characters are displayed on the LCD display 9 each time.

Reference numeral 39 indicates a radius/angle key, which is used to set parameters when arranging selected characters in an arc shape and sewing them out.

Pressing this key enters the radius and angle setting mode for arc sewing. In this mode, parameters such as the radius for arc stitching and the position of the circle, ie, the angle 3600, on which to form the arc array are set. 40 is a symbol key, which is used to designate a so-called one-point pattern different from each key display (A, B to ?, etc.) on a full key. For example, if the key "A" is operated after the symbol key 40 is operated and then the key rAJ is operated, the letter A becomes a heart mark (Ω) instead of the letter A.

This is done by changing the automatically generated code in the same way as the font change described above.

41 is the needle position, and when the sewing origin is moved by the manual feed key 29 of the frame, etc., this needle position is
This key is used to display coordinates as digital quantities.

When the needle position key is operated, the current position of the needle on the X and Y coordinates and the total length of the selected pattern group are displayed.

Height, spacing value between patterns, and radius for arc arrays.

Angle etc. are displayed.

Reference numeral 42 is a color change stop key, and by pressing the color change stop key between characters when each desired character is selected, the sewing machine stops after embroidering one character and before embroidering the fire character. This is for setting a color change code to automatically stop serving. If you select a character with this color change code, the sewing machine will automatically stop when the embroidery of the current character is completed, and a message will be issued requesting a change of thread color.

Incidentally, the color change code is usually manually input by a pattern data machine at the pattern data creation stage.

This is done, for example, when creating a bird pattern and wanting to change the color of the bird's feathers in different parts.

In this system, the sewing machine operator can not only automatically stop the sewing machine in response to a color change code included in the pattern data itself, but also allow the sewing machine operator to specify a color change by himself as described above.

Reference numeral 43 is a sewing range omission key, which is used to designate that the embroidery range confirmation operation described above is to be omitted when the same pattern is sewn after the selected pattern has been embroidered once.

However, even if this omission designation is made, if the embroidery area has not been confirmed even once, or if there is a change in the embroidery parameters even after confirmation, this designation will be invalidated.

Reference numeral 44 is a sewing range key, which is used to execute only the embroidery range confirmation operation, which is the opposite of the sewing range omission key. The embroidery range confirmation operation using this key is the same as the embroidery range confirmation after operating the start key 36 described above, but the mode after the confirmation operation is different.

That is, after the start key 36 is operated, the actual embroidery operation is started by the next start key operation, but in the case of the sewing range key 44, the mode is such that the embroidery operation is not performed but only the embroidery range confirmation operation is performed.

Next, the control circuit block diagram shown in FIG. 4 will be explained. The CPU 45 is a general-purpose microprocessor and has an address bus terminal memory or I1 that supplies address information.
It has a data bus terminal and various control line terminals for transferring instructions and data through bidirectional communication with 0 devices, and has an instruction register and an arithmetic unit inside.

It has accumulators etc. ROMA 8 is a read-only memory, RAM 47 is a random access memory, and a memory I10 interface 49 is a programmable input/output interface, which exchanges data between peripheral devices and the CPU 45. Said C
The PU 45, ROM 48, IIAM 47, and I10 interface 49 are connected by an address data and control bus 46, respectively, as shown in the figure, and constitute the main microcomputer system in this system.

The disk 50 is an external storage medium, and is a thin disk commonly called a floppy disk. A large amount of pattern information in this system is stored in this system using a magnetic method. The FDD 51 is a floppy disk drive, and by rotating the disk 50, data can be read and written while being accessed randomly.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a slave microcomputer 1, which is an 1-chip microcomputer for X-axis control, and in this system also plays a role as a slave computer for the above-mentioned main microcomputer system. That is, the X-axis is driven by necessary steps in the necessary direction in accordance with instructions from the main computer of the plane.

53 is the slave microcomputer 2, and similarly Y
This is a one-chip microcomputer for axis control, and its purpose and function are the same as the slave microcomputer I.

Reference numeral 54 denotes a slave microcomputer 3, which is a one-chip type slave computer for controlling the sewing machine motor that drives the main shaft of the sewing machine, and starts, stops, and controls the speed of the sewing machine according to commands from the main machine.

55 is an X-axis step motor SM, 5 is a driving driver;
6 is a Y-axis step motor SMI is a driving driver. The keyboard 57 of the control circuit 8 of the sewing machine motor M is the key panel section explained in FIG. 3, and the key matrix is "
and the matrix is connected to the aforementioned main computer.

DISPLAY9 is a display section consisting of an LED and an LCD.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 5 and 6.

In FIG. 5, this flow starts after the power is turned on, and in the initial initialization, the mode of the data register portion 11 is set to alphanumeric mode, and the character selection method is set to direct selection mode. After that, when no key is operated, a loop from Mloo-MIOI to M102 to M100 is repeated, and the key is in a state of waiting for human input.

When, for example, the 5 key in the data key section 11 is pressed in this state, the data key section 11 outputs 35H, which is the key code for "5", and also outputs a data key ON signal.

Therefore, the flowchart branches to M2O3 when the data key is ON, and since it is the direct selection mode, M
Branches to 2O3, JIS code 30H~ with 0~9 recognition section
Since 358 exists in 39H, it branches to M2O3, and in the code number automatic setting for M2O3, a 4-digit code number that is the embroidery character code for the number character "5", for example +105, is automatically generated. , it will be registered. Then, it returns to Mloo via M2O3 and is again in a state of waiting for key personnel. Next, when the memory start key 25 in the function keys 10 shown in FIG. Therefore, the embroidery data of the number "5" is read from the floppy disk 50 by the FDD 51 and transferred to the RAM 47.
Return to Mloo via 12. Next, when the start key 36 in the function keys 11 is pressed, the embroidery operation is executed via M1 13. When the embroidery is finished, the process passes through M112 and returns to Mloo. Part of Moekki data! ! For example, "T" 0° "K"
Select Y"0" and start memorizing using the same method as last time.
When you press the start key, TOKYO is embroidered on it.

Next, when the interval key 26 in the function key part 10 is pressed, it branches to M114 and M114 to M115 to M11.
6 to M114, the key is in a state of waiting for human power in the interval setting mode. Here, if an appropriate number key in the data key section 11 is pressed, the process branches to M117, where the subroutine HENK
Call AN. In alphanumeric mode, this subroutine IENKAN immediately returns without doing anything for reasons explained later, and the next step M118 is executed.
The manual interval value is entered at the interval setting.

It then returns to M114 and remains in the interval setting mode.

When the numerical value setting is completed and the registration key 24 is pressed,
The manual interval value is officially set and registered, and the process returns to Mloo through M119. With this manual spacing setting, it is possible to arbitrarily set the spacing between each character of TOKYO to be embroidered.

Next, when the input method key 13 is pressed, the current direct selection mode is changed to the code selection mode at M120. And the numeric key 15 in the data key part li
When pressed, the program passes from M2O3 to M121, immediately returns to subroutine 1-TENKAN for the same reason, passes through M122, and operates as manual setting of the character code number in M123. In other words, in the previous direct selection mode, for example, when selecting the number "5", pressing number key 5 immediately changes the character code +10.
5 has been registered, but in the case of this code selection mode, it is necessary to manually set the 1105 as "l", "l", "0", and "5" in sequence.This code selection method is useful when selecting kanji, etc. Become useful.

Next, a case where the data key section 11 is set to kana mode by pressing the hiragana key 18 or the katakana key 11 in the shift key section 11 shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

The explanation will be about katakana mode. In this mode, as mentioned above, they cannot be used as numeric keys, but instead become katakana character keys. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, n of the numeric keys is Wa, and ■ is Nu.

5 is engineering and 9 is yo. Therefore, it becomes impossible to set character code numbers in the code selection mode described above, to manually set intervals, and to set arc sewing radius and angle (not shown in the flowchart) using the numerical keys. Therefore, the present invention is based on the HENKAN shown in FIG.
By using this subroutine, it is possible to set the above-mentioned various numerical values in kana mode.

This subroutine is for katakana and hiragana.

It converts the character codes of nu, fu, a, tsu, 1st grade, ya, yu, and yo into codes of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.9, respectively. . Although not shown, the code for the character "ru" is also converted to a decimal point code. If other hiragana or katakana character codes or numeric codes that do not need to be converted are received, as is clear from the flowchart in Figure 6, RET is reached immediately without branching anywhere. Return. Therefore, when the data key part 11 is in katakana mode and the character selection is code selection and the user wants to input the code number of a certain kanji, for example, the code number of that kanji is 8910, and the case where this number is registered will be explained.

First, by pressing the "U" key corresponding to "8", the data key is turned on as shown in FIG. 5, and the subroutine HENKAN is called through M2O3 to M121.

Since the data key output of the "Y" key in Katakana mode is rD5HJ, 5 is used in the HENKAN routine.
6203 at 5202 between 200 and S201
The program branches to 8204, rewrites the code rD5HJ stored in the accumulator of the computer to r38HJ, which is the code for the number "8", and returns through S201.

At Ml 24 in Figure 5, the number code has already changed to "8" r38I-IJ, so change this to M1
The number 8 is set at M123 after branching to the 22 side.

Next, by pressing the "Yo" key, the subroutine I-I E N K A N is also called, and within this subroutine, the data key output code rD6HJ of the "Yo" key in Katakana mode is changed to the code of the number "9". Rewrite to a certain r391-IJ and return, M123
The number 9 is set at . Furthermore, the "nu" key and the "wa" key are converted into numerical codes in response to similar operations, and the character code "8910" of this Kanji is set. Next, the user presses the registration key 24 to register, and presses the storage start key 25 to read out the embroidery data of this kanji from the floppy disk 50 and store it in the RAM 47.

Next, manual gap setting in kana mode will be explained.

When the gap key 26 in the function key part 10 is pressed in kana mode, the key output is data key OFF, and since it is a function key, MIO
Wait for the data key at I-M108-M109-M114.

Katakana and hiragana wa, nu, fu, a, tsu, ko 1 year old.

The subroutine HE'N K A N is called via M117 by manual input of the letters ya, yu, and yo to be converted into numeric codes. Next, by pressing the registration key 24, the gap setting is registered. These have been described for the case of ``Katakana mode'', but it is also possible to convert the settings to numeric keys and register the settings for ``Hiragana mode'' when necessary, as shown in FIG. 6, in exactly the same way.

(Effects of the Invention) As detailed above, according to the present invention, an input embroidery machine is provided which has a data key that displays kana and numeric characters, generates a kana code as a kana key by switching modes, and generates a numeric code as a numeric key. When the control device's kana mode is selected and a kana code is generated,
Setting a code number that is only valid with a numeric code,
You can set the gap value, radius and angle of arc stitching using the kana code output from the data key as is.

Therefore, in any data key mode, the operator does not have to switch to the alphanumeric mode and then set the data key mode, which greatly improves work efficiency, and also allows the operator to set the data key mode without providing separate numeric keys.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, Figures 2 to 6 relate to embodiments of the present invention, Figure 2 is an external view of an embroidery machine, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the keyboard, and Figure 4 is an illustration of the keyboard. Control circuit block diagram, Figures 5 and 6 are flowcharts, Figure 7 is
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the drawbacks of the prior art.

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[Claims] A function key, a data key with an encoder, a shift key for the data key, a code selection mode in which the embroidery character is selected by the character code number, and a character code that is valid in the code selection mode and receives the numerical code from the data key. code number setting means for setting a number; selection mode switching operation means belonging to said function key for switching between said code selection mode and a direct selection mode in which said character selection is made directly by character keys; and an interval between characters to be embroidered. numeric setting command operating means belonging to the function key that commands a numeric setting mode in which numerical settings such as "Hiragana" and "Katakana" for which it is impossible to generate the above numerical code from
a lock key for "Hiragana" and "Katakana" modes belonging to the shift key for setting the kana mode, and a code conversion means for receiving the kana code when operating the numeric and kana duplicate notation keys in the kana mode and converting it into a numeric code. An input control device for a computer name embroidery machine, characterized in that the code conversion means is enabled except for direct character selection when the numeric code generation function is disabled.