JPH06233884A - Embroidering machine with display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set the position of the embroidery pattern to be sewn to the position of the sewn embroidery pattern easily, accurately, and efficiently. CONSTITUTION:When an embroidery pattern is selected via a pattern selecting switch and a machine motor is operated via a start/stop switch, a CPU reads the sewing data from a ROM card, and it moves an embroidery frame with an embroidery frame driving device to sew the embroidery pattern. If the CPU confirms the sewing completion of the embroidery pattern when it reads the sewing completion data from the ROM card, it stores the size and position of the circumscribed rectangular frame of the sewn embroidery pattern in a sewn area of a RAM. When a layout display switch is pushed after the embroidery pattern to be sewn is selected, a display section 52 displays the circumscribed rectangular frame 66 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn and the circumscribed rectangular frames 61-63 of the sewn embroidery pattern.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an embroidery sewing machine that can sew various kinds of embroidery patterns such as letters and patterns, and more particularly to an embroidery sewing machine that displays a position with respect to a sewing area and the size of the embroidery pattern.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 2, an embroidery sewing machine with a display is provided with an embroidery frame 32 for fixing a work cloth, an embroidery frame driving device 34 for moving the embroidery frame 32 forward, backward, leftward and rightward. . The embroidery frame driving device 34 is configured to be controlled based on the sewing data stored in the external storage device.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a display section 52 for displaying an embroidery pattern, a pattern selection switch 48 for selecting and confirming the embroidery pattern, and a pattern determination switch 50 are provided. When the pattern determination switch 50 is pressed, it is considered that the pattern selection is completed.
After the pattern selection is completed, a layout display showing the positional relationship between the selected embroidery pattern and the embroidery frame 32 is displayed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in the layout display, a sewable range (hereinafter referred to as a sewing area) 60 corresponding to the embroidery frame 32 and a circumscribing rectangular frame of an embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on. 62 and a size 64 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on are actually sewn in the vertical and horizontal directions. The embroidery frame 32 can be moved by operating the embroidery frame drive switch 44 during the layout display. At this time, the circumscribing rectangular frame 62 of the embroidery pattern in the layout display moves following the operation of the embroidery frame 32. Therefore, by looking at the layout display, the operator can determine at which position in the sewing area 60 the embroidery pattern is sewn.

[0005]

However, this layout display is only for the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on, and when the next embroidery pattern is newly selected,
It is displayed only for the selected next embroidery pattern. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when the embroidery pattern and its sewing position are first selected, the embroidery pattern is sewn, and the next embroidery pattern is selected, as shown in FIG.
The circumscribed rectangular frame 62 of the sewn embroidery pattern is erased from the display, and only the circumscribed rectangular frame 66 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn now is displayed. Therefore, since the positional relationship between the sewn embroidery pattern and the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on is not displayed, the next embroidery pattern can be shifted vertically with respect to the sewn embroidery pattern, or with an interval left or right. When sewing, the sewing position of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on must be determined by looking at the embroidery pattern selected previously on the actually sewn work cloth, and the sewing position must be determined accurately. It was very difficult to do. Further, it takes a lot of time to determine the sewing position, which causes a problem that work efficiency is reduced.

Further, after the sewing of the embroidery pattern selected last time is completed, if the sewing position is once changed for the next embroidery pattern, a circumscribed rectangular frame 62 of the sewn embroidery pattern is obtained.
Since the position of is not displayed, it is similarly difficult to embroider the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on after the sewn embroidery pattern.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by displaying the area occupied by the sewn embroidery pattern, it is possible to sew from the position of the sewn embroidery pattern from now on. It is an object of the present invention to provide an embroidery sewing machine having a display function capable of easily, accurately and efficiently setting the position of an embroidery pattern.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, an embroidery sewing machine with a display function according to the present invention having a display function is formed on a sewn object held by a sewn object holding device. The embroidery pattern is sewn at a specified position on the sewn product by relatively moving the needle that is moved up and down and the sewn product. A pattern selecting means for selecting a pattern, a storage means for storing the size and position of a range occupied by the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selecting means, and an occupying area of the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selecting means on the workpiece. Display means for displaying the size and position of the range to be sewn, sewing means for sewing the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means, and confirmation that the sewing means has finished sewing the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means You When the sewing end confirmation means confirms that the sewing of the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means is completed, the size and position of the range occupied by the embroidery pattern stored in the storage means are indicated. And a control means for controlling the display on the display means.

According to another aspect of the embroidery sewing machine with a display function, the size and the position of the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selecting means on the workpiece and the embroidery pattern stored in the storage means. A control means for controlling the display means is provided so as to distinguishably display the size and position of the occupied area.

[0010]

In the embroidery sewing machine having the display function of the present invention having the above structure, the sewing end confirmation means occupies the embroidery pattern after confirming that the sewing of the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means is completed. It is detected that the range has been formed on the sewing object. The storage means stores the size and position of the area occupied by the selected embroidery pattern, and the placement of the selected embroidery pattern can be continuously detected even after the sewing of the selected embroidery pattern is completed. There is. When a new embroidery pattern is selected by the pattern selection means, the control means causes the display means to display the size and position of the newly selected embroidery pattern and the range occupied by the embroidery pattern stored in the storage means. By controlling, the arrangement of the newly sewn embroidery pattern and the already sewn embroidery pattern is displayed.

Further, in the embroidery sewing machine with a display function according to a second aspect of the present invention, the control means determines which embroidery pattern is occupied by the size and position of the displayed embroidery pattern. It is possible to identify whether the position is the size and position of the range occupied by the selected embroidery pattern.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the embroidery sewing machine has an embroidery frame 32 for fixing a work cloth to be embroidered on the sewing machine bed 30.
And an embroidery frame driving device 34 that moves the embroidery frame 32 back and forth and left and right. The embroidery frame 32 is removed from the embroidery frame driving device 34, and the work cloth is fixed to the embroidery frame 32. The embroidery frame 32 is attached to the embroidery frame driving device 3
An embroidery frame detection device 35 is provided which detects that the embroidery frame is removed from the device 4.

This embroidery machine has a pedestal portion 36 standing upright from the right end of the sewing machine bed 30, and an arm 38 extending from the upper end of the pedestal portion 36 substantially parallel to the sewing machine bed 30.
And a machine head frame 42 including a head portion 40 formed at the tip of the arm 38.

The pedestal portion 36 is provided with four embroidery frame drive switches 44 for determining the moving direction of the embroidery frame 32. The embroidery frame drive switch 44 is arranged in a cross shape, and on the upper surface thereof, arrows representing front, rear, left and right directions of the sewing machine are formed, respectively. The head 40 is provided with a start / stop switch 46 for controlling the start and stop of the sewing machine. The arm 38 has a pattern selection switch 48 for selecting an embroidery pattern, and a pattern confirmation switch 50 for confirming that the embroidery pattern is an embroidery pattern to be sewn now.
And a display section 52 for displaying a layout display and a display for pattern selection, and a layout display switch 54 for switching the display of the display section 52 to the layout display.

Next, the control device of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The main body of the control device is the CPU 55 and the ROM 5
6. The ROM 57, which is composed of the RAM 57 and stores the embroidery pattern display data and the sewing data, can be input to the embroidery pattern area of the RAM 57. In addition, the control device uses the display unit 52 and the embroidery frame driving device 3 based on the display data and the embroidery data.
4, it is configured to control the sewing machine motor 59. Further, the control device is configured to receive signals from the embroidery frame detection device 35 and various switches 46 to 54.

The layout display switch 54 is effective only when the embroidery pattern has already been selected and confirmed. The embroidery frame drive switch 44 is configured to be effective only during the layout display. When the embroidery frame drive switch 44 is pressed during the layout display, the embroidery frame 32 is moved in the direction of the pressed arrow, and the sewing position of the embroidery pattern can be arbitrarily changed.

The CPU 55 is configured to output a sewing command based on the sewing data and read the sewing end data in the sewing data to end the sewing. Further, the CPU 55 is configured to store the size and position for sewing and displaying the sewn embroidery pattern in the sewn area of the RAM 57 every time the sewing of the embroidery pattern is completed. The contents of the sewn area of the RAM 57 are stored until the embroidery frame detection device 35 detects that the embroidery frame 32 has been removed.
When the embroidery frame 32 is detected to be removed, the embroidery frame 32 is automatically erased.

The ROM 56 is provided with a storage area in which a program for sewing, a program for selecting an embroidery pattern, and a program for displaying a layout are stored.

Next, when the selected three embroidery patterns have already been sewn and the embroidery pattern bar to be sewn is to be sewn to the unsewn portion, the embroidery to be sewn from now on. The operation of setting the sewing position of the pattern prick will be described.

After the pattern selection switch 48 is operated by the operator and the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now is selected, the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on is determined by the operator with the pattern confirmation switch 50. The CPU 55
The display data and the sewing data of the embroidery pattern selected and determined from the ROM card 58 are read into the embroidery pattern area of the RAM 57.

Next, when the display section 52 is laid out by the operator, as shown in FIG. 1, a circumscribing rectangular frame 66 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on is sewn in the sewing area 60 of the embroidery frame 32. The (solid line) and the circumscribed rectangular frames 61 to 63 (dotted lines) of the three sewn embroidery patterns are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 5.
It is displayed in 2. The circumscribed rectangular frames 61 to 63 of the three sewn embroidery patterns are displayed so as to correspond to the sewing positions in the embroidery frame 32, respectively.

Therefore, the layout of the embroidery patterns sewn so far can be seen at a glance, and it can be easily confirmed that the lower left part is still open. Furthermore, the size and sewing position of the four embroidery patterns are square. Since it is displayed, it is possible to confirm how the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on is arranged with respect to the three sewn embroidery patterns and whether or not they are overlapped.

Further, during this layout display, numbers are displayed at the center of the sewn embroidery pattern circumscribing rectangular frames 61 to 63 in the order in which they are sewn. The actual size 64 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now is displayed on the right side of the display unit 52.

When the operator presses the start / stop switch 46 after the sewing position of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on is set in the lower left portion by the operator, the sewing of the embroidery pattern is started. It The CPU 55
When the sewing of the embroidery pattern is completed, the embroidery pattern sewn this time,
The size and position for sewing and display are stored in the sewn area of the RAM 57.

If the size and position data of the embroidered embroidery pattern are not in the RAM 57, the layout display is as shown in FIG. 5, and only the circumscribing rectangular frame 66 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn is sewn. It is displayed in the area 60.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but an embroidery pattern is displayed instead of the circumscribing rectangular frame,
Instead of displaying all the sizes and positions of the sewn embroidery patterns, only the desired sewn embroidery patterns are displayed, or the contents of the sewn area are deleted when the embroidery frame 32 is removed. However, the contents of the sewn area may be displayed with a switch or the like. In addition, the circumscribed rectangular frame of the sewn embroidery pattern is displayed with a dotted line, but if it is displayed so that the area occupied by the sewn embroidery pattern can be understood, it may be displayed in a different display, such as by changing the hunting or light and shade. Good.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the layout display sewing area 60, the circumscribing rectangular frame 66 of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on and the circumscribing rectangular frames 61 to 63 (of the three sewn embroidery patterns). (Dotted line) and are displayed,
If it is configured to display the fine line grid scale at the same time,
Since the amount of movement is clarified, work efficiency is further improved.

Further, by displaying the last sewing end position, that is, the position for continuously arranging the patterns, even if the position is moved once, the patterns can be easily arranged continuously again. can do.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the embroidery sewing machine having the display function according to the first aspect of the present invention, the area occupied by the sewn embroidery pattern is to be sewn from now on. Since it is displayed together with the range occupied by the sewing machine, the sewn person can easily and accurately determine the position of the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on with respect to the sewn embroidery pattern. Efficiency is also improved.

Further, according to the embroidery sewing machine having the display function according to the second aspect of the present invention, the pattern to be sewn from now can be distinguished from the sewn pattern.
The embroidery pattern occupied by the embroidery pattern to be sewn from now on can be easily understood, and the embroidery sewing machine having the display function can be easily used. Even if the sewing position is once changed from the position where the pattern is continuous after the sewing is completed, it is possible to easily set the sewing position so that the pattern is continuous again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a layout display showing an embroidery sewable range, a range occupied by an embroidery pattern to be sewn now, and a range occupied by a sewn embroidery pattern.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a sewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the sewing machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a layout display showing an embroidery sewable range and a range occupied by an embroidery pattern to be sewn now.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a layout display showing an embroidery sewable range and an occupied range of a new embroidery pattern to be sewn now.

[Explanation of reference signs] 34 Embroidery frame drive device 48 Pattern selection switch 54 Pattern determination switch 52 Display unit 60 CPU 62 ROM card 66 RAM

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sewn object holding device is provided with a designating unit for designating a position of a desired embroidery pattern formed on the sewn object, and a needle which is moved up and down and the sewn object are relatively moved. In the embroidery sewing machine that sewes the embroidery pattern at the specified position of the workpiece, pattern selecting means for selecting an embroidery pattern and size of the range occupied by the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selecting means Storage means for storing the position; display means for displaying the size and position of the area occupied by the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means on the workpiece; and the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means Sewing means for sewing, a sewing end confirmation means for confirming that the sewing means has finished sewing the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection means, and a sewing selection means selected by the pattern selection means. When the sewing end confirmation means confirms that the sewing of the embroidery pattern is completed, the size and position of the range occupied by the embroidery pattern stored in the storage means are controlled to be displayed on the display means. An embroidery sewing machine having a display function having means. 2. The size and position of a range occupied by the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selection unit on the sewing object, and the size of a range occupied by the embroidery pattern stored in the storage unit by the control unit. 2. The display means is controlled so as to distinguishably display the position and the position.
An embroidery sewing machine having the described display function.