JPH07116366A - Embroidery data display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm a stitching sequence and undertake an accurate work for data preparation and correction by applying the constitution where a stitching sequence for a plurality of stitching data with a stitching sequence display means kept in overlapped state, is directly or indirectly displayed by using data stored in a data memory means. CONSTITUTION:Stitching data from an external memory device is read into the stitching data memory area 33A of a control device 21. Then, this data is read out and divided into an area unit. Also, a counter 33E is made to perform an incremental counting process, using the number of areas as a variable, thereby preparing area data for storage in an area data memory area 33B. At the same time, the stitching sequence of the data is stored in an area data stitching sequence memory area 33C. Furthermore, a perspective view is arithmetically prepared on the basis of the data and stored in a perspective view data memory area 33D. Also, a plane for the preparation of the data is shown on a display device 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an embroidery data display device, and more particularly to an embroidery data display device for displaying the sewing order for each area so that the sewing order can be easily understood.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when confirming how the embroidery data is sewn up, or when making corrections to the data, when the data are overlapped parts, especially the sewing order and the overlapping condition, Alternatively, it was essential to check whether all overlap or some overlap. In this case, if the data is stitch data, the stitches are displayed one by one, or the cursor indicating the stitch is moved in order to check the stitching order and the overlapping condition. On the other hand, when the data is block data or area data, for example, according to the embroidery data creation device which the applicant has already implemented, the area displayed with high brightness is switched and displayed according to the sewing order by operating the mouse cursor. By doing so, it is possible to confirm the sewing order and the overlapping condition.

[0003]

However, according to the embroidery data confirmation and correction method according to the above-mentioned conventional technique,
There was a limit to how to do efficient work. That is, in the conventional method, the operator himself has to consider the vertical relationship while the display changes, or only a part of the vertical relationship can be temporarily known.

However, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a predetermined display is performed so that the sewing order of a plurality of pieces of data to be sewn in an overlapping state can be known, so that the data It is an object of the present invention to make it easy to confirm and, at the same time, to make mistakes in work such as data creation and correction as much as possible to improve work efficiency.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, an embroidery data display device of the present invention is an embroidery data display device provided with a display device for displaying data used for an embroidery sewing machine. A data storage unit for storing the data and a sewing order display unit for directly or indirectly displaying the sewing order of the plurality of data to be sewn in an overlapping state on the display device are provided.

[0006]

According to the embroidery data display device of the present invention constructed as described above, the sewing order display means is sewn in a plurality of overlapping states by using the data stored in the data storage means. The sewing order of data is displayed directly or indirectly on the display device. Therefore, the operator can easily confirm the sewing order of the data by observing the display state of the display device, and can surely and efficiently perform the work of creating and correcting the data.

[0007]

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

First, the overall hardware schematic structure will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the embroidery data creation device 20 includes a control device 21, a display device 22, a keyboard 23, a floppy disk device (FDD) 24, and a mouse 25. This embroidery data creation device 20
Creates data to be used for an embroiderable sewing machine having a vertically moving needle and an embroidery frame that moves in a plane relative to the needle in synchronization with the vertical movement of the needle.

As shown in the block diagram of the electrical control configuration of FIG. 3, the control device 21 handles a CPU 31 that handles various data and performs arithmetic processing, a ROM 32 that fixedly stores a control program and the like, and temporarily stores various data. RAM 33 that stores various data, an FDD 24 that stores a large amount of various data including embroidery data, and exchanges data with the RAM 33, an input / output interface 35 for inputting and outputting various data, and A bus 34 for connecting the CPU 31 and the like to the input / output interface 35. The input / output interface 3
Reference numeral 5 denotes an external storage device 26 for storing data and programs, a keyboard 23 provided with various keys for giving an instruction by an operator, and a cursor operated on the display screen of the display device 22 for data operation. The mouse 25 for inputting and the like and the display device 22 are connected.

The RAM 33 of the control device 21 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in, the stitch data storage area 33A that stores the stitch data for embroidery sewing, the area data storage area 33B that stores the area data created and extracted from the stitch data and other data, and the sewing order of the area data are Area data to be stored Sewing order storage area 33C
And a perspective view data storage area 33D for storing a perspective view calculated and created from these data, and a counter area 33
E and are provided.

This embodiment is constructed as described above.

Next, a processing procedure by the embroidery data display device of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 1 and other drawings.

That is, first, the stitch data stored in advance in the stitch data storage area 33A of the RAM 33 from the external storage device 26 is read from the stitch data storage area 33A (S101 and S indicate steps).
The same applies hereinafter), the data is divided into area units, and the number of areas is assigned to the variable N (S102). Here, to simplify the explanation, it is determined that the area is cut off when there is a color change code. When the area thus created is expressed in a plane, it becomes as shown in FIG. The total data area is indicated by 50, and when divided into areas, 51, 5
It is assumed that the stitch is divided into three stitching orders of 2 and 53 (in order to make it easy to see, each area is represented by a plane that surrounds the outer shape of the stitch data. It is easier to understand by coloring the inside of the area. 5 (B) is a donut type). Therefore, N = 3 here. Next, N + 1 planes for display, here four RAs
Prepare on M.

Next, the counter C is set to 1 (S1
04), the C-th area is expanded on the C-th plane (S
105). Expanding a region on a plane here means, for example, correctly reflecting the outline of the region created by the outline of the stitch data in the plane with a fixed positional relationship, and by using the color of the region within the outline. It is to paint. Then, the counter C is incremented (S10
6) It is checked whether or not these processes have been performed for all areas (S107). If the process is in progress (S107,
N), the processes of S105 to S107 are repeated for all areas (see FIGS. 5B, 5C, and 5D).
Next, the N planes thus created are calculated so as to be viewed obliquely, and developed into the N + 1th plane (S108). FIG. 5 (E, F) is an example,
The planes are arranged in parallel with each other at appropriate intervals from the back, and the upper area is prioritized so that shadows cannot be seen. Finally, the N + 1th plane is displayed on the display device 22.
Is displayed on the display screen of and the present process is terminated.

Next, another processing algorithm is shown in FIG.
Shown in. The initial display itself is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, flat, but the display of data is changed for each region with time.

That is, first, stitch data is stored in the RAM 33.
Read from the stitch data storage area 33A (S7
01), divide the data into area units, and set the number of areas to the variable N.
To (S702). In this case, as in the above-described embodiment, N = 3 is set, and as shown in FIG. 5A, the region divided into three is expressed in a plane. Next, the counter C is set to 1 (S703), and the area C is displayed with high brightness for a fixed time, for example, 1 second (S704).
Subsequently, the counter C is incremented (705), and it is determined whether or not these processes have been performed for all areas (S706). If there is still a region to be processed (S706, N), the next incremented region is displayed with high brightness for a certain period of time. In this way, the remaining areas are sequentially processed. Then, when the processing of all the areas is completed (S706, Y), this processing is completed.

As described above, since each area is sequentially displayed with high brightness on the display screen of the display device, the operator can easily and accurately confirm the sewing order.

Further, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As in the case of the above-described mode, the display of the area is, for example, as shown in
Although it is planar as in (A), an appropriate area, for example,
When the area 52 is designated by the cursor or the like with the mouse 25, the area 51 in front of the sewing order is enlarged and displayed as indicated by the dotted line to the solid line, and the area 53 in the subsequent sewing order is indicated as shown from the dotted line to the solid line. It is displayed reduced to. Here, it is not necessary to perform such a special display for all areas other than the designated area, and only the inside and the periphery of the designated area are sufficient. That is, only the overlapping area portion is sufficient.

As described above, in the first mode, the embroidery data display device of the present embodiment divides the data for each region, shifts the display surface according to the sewing order, and makes a view of the entire body at a glance. The upper and lower relations of the seams, that is, the sewing order can be understood. In the second mode, the area is changed to a special display at a constant time interval so that the sewing order of the data can be known for each area without the operator having to specify each area.
Further, in the third aspect, by performing enlargement or reduction display in accordance with the sewing order of the regions that are overlapped with each other inside and around the designated region, the vertical relation of each region having an overlapping relation with the designated region, that is, Easy to understand the sewing order.

Therefore, the data can be easily recognized in this way, and the data can be created and modified surely and quickly.

In this embodiment, the degree of overlap for each area is displayed in a perspective view, but it may be displayed three-dimensionally, such as in a three-dimensional TV.

In the present embodiment, the perspective view is shown as viewed from the right, but this viewing direction may be changed to another direction.

Further, in the present embodiment, the areas are divided where the color changes, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be arbitrarily decided by the operator, and if it is known that the outlines are different at the data creation stage, the same. Even for the color, the area may be automatically divided for each different outline.

Further, in this embodiment, the high-brightness display is performed as the special display of the area, but the present invention is not limited to this, and another method such as blinking display may be used.

In this embodiment, stitch data is shown as an example, but other forms of data such as block data and outline data may be used.

Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the embroidery data display device which is constructed separately from the sewing machine has been described, but the embroidery data display device which is constructed integrally with the sewing machine is also described. It goes without saying that it is good.

Besides, various modes can be applied without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the embroidery data display device of the present invention, by using the data stored in the data storage means, the sewing order display means
Since the sewing order of multiple data items to be sewn in an overlapping state is displayed directly or indirectly on the display device, the operator can confirm the sewing order of the data by looking at the display state of the display device. In addition to being easy to perform, it is possible to efficiently and efficiently perform work such as data creation and correction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a data processing procedure by this device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the present apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical control configuration of the present apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various storage areas of a RAM.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of each process of data processing.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another aspect of the data processing procedure by this device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen for data processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 control device 22 display device 31 CPU 33 RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An embroidery data display device having a display device for displaying data used for a sewing machine capable of embroidery sewing, and a data storage means for storing the data, and a plurality of the data items to be sewn in an overlapping state. An embroidery data display device comprising: a sewing order display means for displaying the order directly or indirectly on the display device.