JPH07313760A - Sewing data preparing device for automatic sewing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a sewing data preparing device for automatic sewing machine capable of easily selecting functions while displaying position data on a display means. CONSTITUTION:A function area 10b formed on a CRT 10 displays plural functions including at least an inclination correcting function for correcting the inclination of position data displayed on the CRT 10 and a reduction scale changing function for changing the reduction scale of position data displayed on the CRT 10. In function selecting areas 61-66 formed on an input range 6a of an input board, the respective functions can be selected by performing prescribed inputs to the positions corresponding to the indications of respective functions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic sewing machine sewing data creating apparatus for creating sewing data for controlling an automatic sewing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sewing needle that reciprocates up and down in conjunction with a sewing machine motor, a work holder provided below the sewing needle to hold a work cloth, and the work holder in a two-dimensional direction (X And a moving mechanism for moving the work holder in accordance with the sewing data stored in advance in a storage medium such as a floppy disk or a semiconductor memory. An automatic sewing machine has been put into practical use that automatically sew a work cloth in a predetermined sewing pattern by lowering it to form a stitch.

Sewing data for controlling such an automatic sewing machine is usually created as follows. For example, an original drawing such as a paper pattern is placed on input means such as an input board (tablet digitizer), and position data according to the original drawing is input using a device such as a mouse.
Then, the sewing data is created by directly or converting the position data input in this way into predetermined control data and storing the data.

Such position data input operation is performed while displaying the input position data on a display means such as a display. Therefore, it is considered that the work efficiency is further improved by correcting the inclination of the position data displayed by the display means or changing the scale.
For example, there has been considered an apparatus in which a function selection area is set at one corner of an input board and a predetermined input is applied to the area so that the tilt correction function or the scale change function can be selected. Further, in this type of device, a display is provided for each function on the surface of the function selection area to show which function each area corresponds to.

[0005]

However, in this type of device, since the function is displayed on the input board, the function cannot be selected without looking at the input board.
For this reason, when selecting the above function while performing work such as editing position data while looking at the display, it is necessary to focus on the input board each time the function is selected, and workability can be improved sufficiently. There wasn't.

Further, the above function is displayed on the display, the mouse or the like on the input board is moved while looking at the display, the cursor is moved to a position corresponding to a desired function, and then a predetermined input is performed to perform the function. An apparatus configured so that can be selected is also considered. However, in the sewing data creation device, when the above inclination correction is performed, the correspondence between the position on the input board and the position on the display changes, so it is difficult to always display the function and the position data at the same time. . Therefore, there has been considered an apparatus configured to switch between the position data display screen and the function display screen by operating the ESC key or the like.

However, in this type of device, the screen switching may have to be repeated many times, and the workability cannot be sufficiently improved. Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a sewing data creating apparatus for an automatic sewing machine in which the function can be easily selected while displaying the position data on the display means.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is, as illustrated in FIG. 1, position data representing a position where an automatic sewing machine forms a stitch on a material to be sewn. Position data input means capable of inputting along the original drawing, and display means for displaying the input position data,
In a sewing data creating apparatus for an automatic sewing machine, the tilt correction function for correcting the tilt of the position data displayed by the display means and the scale change for changing the scale of the position data displayed by the display means in the display means. A function display area for displaying a plurality of functions including at least a function is formed, and the position data input means is associated with the display of the function display area at a predetermined inclination and a predetermined scale to display each function. It is characterized in that a function selection area for selecting each of the above functions is formed by applying a predetermined input to a position corresponding to.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that a position data input area for inputting the position data on the position data input means and the function selection area are provided adjacent to each other. The gist is the sewing data creating device of the automatic sewing machine according to claim 1.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the position data input area is enlarged or reduced in accordance with a change in the scale of the position data displayed by the display means, and the position data input area is enlarged or reduced. The sewing data creating device for an automatic sewing machine according to claim 2, wherein the function selection area moves without changing the inclination.

[0011]

In the invention according to claim 1 having such a configuration, the function display area formed in the display means displays the tilt correction function for correcting the tilt of the position data displayed by the display means and the display means. A plurality of functions including at least a scale changing function for changing the scale of the position data is displayed. Further, in the function selection area formed in the position data input means, each function can be selected by performing a predetermined input at a position corresponding to the display of each function.

Here, the function selection area is associated with the display of the function display area at a predetermined inclination and a predetermined scale. That is, even if the position data is subjected to tilt correction or scale reduction, the tilt or scale of the function selection area does not change. Therefore, it becomes possible to always display the position data and the function display area on the display means at the same time, and the correspondence between the position on the function selection area and the position on the function display area does not change regardless of the tilt correction. Becomes

According to a second aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, a position data input area on the position data input means capable of inputting position data and the function selection area are adjacent to each other. Are provided. Therefore, the position data input means can be immediately transferred between both areas.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the invention according to claim 2
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, the position data input area is enlarged or reduced, and accordingly, the function selection area moves without changing the inclination. Therefore, the function selection area is adjacent to the position data input area regardless of whether the position data input area is enlarged or reduced. For example, when the position data input area is enlarged, the function selection area is moved to the edge of the position data input means, and when the position data input area is reduced, the function selection area is also moved to the center accordingly. You can As described in the operation of the invention described in claim 1, even when the function selection area is moved in this way, its inclination and scale are not changed.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 2 is an external view showing the configuration of the sewing data creation apparatus of the embodiment. The sewing data creation apparatus of the present embodiment includes a sewing needle that reciprocates up and down in conjunction with a sewing machine motor,
Sewing data for controlling an automatic sewing machine, which is provided below the sewing needle and holds the work cloth, and which is moved by two pulse motors in a two-dimensional direction (X axis, Y axis direction), is provided. It is for creating.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sewing data creation apparatus of this embodiment inputs a numerical data or character data to the computer main body 2 for executing a sewing data creation program prepared in advance. Keyboard 4 for inputting, and an input board 6 as position data input means for inputting coordinates representing a position (needle drop position) where the automatic sewing machine lowers a sewing needle on a work cloth to form a stitch, and is connected thereto. As a display means for displaying a mouse 8 and an image image of position data such as a needle drop position input to the device, a menu image for selecting various functions included in a program executed by the computer main body 2, and the like. It is composed of a CRT 10.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the computer main body 2 is configured as a well-known personal computer having a CPU 12, a ROM 14, a RAM 16, an interface circuit 18, and a floppy disk drive 20, and within the computer main body 2. , The respective parts are connected to each other by a common bus 22.

The keyboard 4, the input board 6, and the CRT 10 are connected to the computer main body 2 via the interface circuit 18. On the other hand, the input board 6 and the mouse 8 are the input range 6a of the input board 6.
(Fig. 1) When the confirm button 8a of the mouse 8 is operated,
The coordinates corresponding to the position are output to the computer main body 2. Then, in the present embodiment, for example, by placing an original drawing such as a pattern on the input board 6, moving the mouse 8 so as to trace the original drawing, and operating the confirm button 8a as appropriate, The coordinates representing the needle drop position for each needle of the automatic sewing machine are input. Then, the computer main body 2 displays the input position data on the CRT 10. Further, the computer main body 2 creates the sewing data of the above-mentioned automatic sewing machine by storing the position data thus input directly or after converting it into predetermined control data.

Next, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the CRT 10 and the input range 6a when the position data is input in the same size. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the screen of the CRT 10 includes a data area 10a for displaying an image of position data input by the input board 6 and the mouse 8, and a computer for enlarging, reducing, and correcting the image image. Function area 10b as a function display area for displaying a menu image for selecting various functions of the main body 2
It is divided into and. Also, the input range 6 of the input board 6
a is a plurality of function selection areas 61 (only six are shown here) set corresponding to the function area 10b,
62, 63, 64, 65, 66 and the data area 10a
Is divided into a position data input area 69 capable of inputting position data displayed in.

Here, each of the function selection areas 61 to 66 individually corresponds to the function area 10b. For example, when the function displayed at the position of the point A in the function area 10b is selected, the function selection area is selected. Area 61
The points A1, A2, A3, A4, which are individually set to
Place the mouse 8 on either A5 or A6,
The confirmation button 8a may be operated. Further, since the function selection areas 61 to 66 are arranged vertically and horizontally, when the mouse 8 is moved on the function selection areas 61 to 66, a CRT is displayed.
The cursor (not shown) on 10 moves as follows. For example, when the mouse 8 is moved from the function selection area 61 to the function selection area 62, the cursor once moves to the right end of the function area 10b, and the mouse 8 moves to the function selection area 6
The moment the cursor moves up, the cursor appears at the left end of the function area 10b. Similarly, when the mouse 8 is moved from the function selection area 61 to the function selection area 66, the cursor once moves to the lower end of the function area 10b and then appears at the upper end of the function area 10b. Therefore, the initial position of the mouse 8 is the function selection areas 61 to 66.
The mouse 8 can be moved to a position corresponding to a desired function very quickly regardless of the position of the mouse, and the workability of function selection and the workability of position data input work can be improved satisfactorily. Can be made.

The position data input area 69 is the function selection area 6
1, 66 are provided in common with one side, and an original drawing is placed in the position data input area 69, and the mouse 8 is moved so as to trace the original drawing, and the position data representing the needle drop position is input. When inputting at the same magnification without performing tilt correction, the moving direction X of the mouse 8 on the position data input area 69 and the moving direction Y of the cursor on the data area 10a match, and their moving speeds also match.

Here, when the original drawing is placed in the position data input area 69 with an inclination, the inclination can be corrected by performing a predetermined input in any of the function selection areas 61 to 66. In this case, The position data input area 69 is also tilted according to the correction, and one vertex comes into contact with the function selection area 61 or 66. Further, in this case, the moving direction X of the mouse 8 and the moving direction Y of the cursor also differ depending on the tilt correction. However, the positions of the function selection areas 61 to 66 and the correspondence between the movement of the mouse 8 on the function selection areas 61 to 66 and the movement of the cursor on the function area 10b do not change before and after the tilt correction.

Next, if the original drawing is smaller or larger than the position data input area 69, the function selection areas 61-66.
The position data input area 69 can be reduced or enlarged by performing a predetermined input with any of the above. When the position data input area 69 is reduced, the position data input area 69 becomes smaller while sharing one side with the function selection area 61 as illustrated in FIG. 5, but the positions and sizes of the function selection areas 61 to 66 change. do not do. At this time, the moving speed of the cursor on the data area 10a becomes faster than the moving speed of the mouse 8 on the position data input area 69, but the movement of the mouse 8 on the function selection areas 61 to 66 and the function area 10b. The correspondence with the movement of the cursor above does not change before and after the reduction of the position data input area 69.

When the position data input area 69 is enlarged, as shown in FIG. 6, the position data input area 69 is enlarged while sharing one side with the function selection areas 61 and 66, and the function selection areas 61 to 66 are enlarged. Along with that, it moves to the end of the input range 6a. However, also at this time, the function selection areas 61 to 66
Of the function selection areas 61 to 6 remains unchanged.
The correspondence between the movement of the mouse 8 on 6 and the movement of the cursor on the function area 10b does not change before and after the expansion of the position data input area 69. With this enlargement, the moving speed of the cursor on the data area 10a becomes slower than the moving speed of the mouse 8 on the position data input area 69.

As described above, in the sewing data creating apparatus of this embodiment, the function area 10b is formed in the CRT 10 along with the data area 10a, and the function selection areas 61 to 66 are provided in the input range 6a of the input board 6. Can be formed. Further, the inclinations and sizes (scales) of the function selection areas 61 to 66 do not change even if inclination correction / reduction / enlargement is applied to the position data input area 69. Therefore, the CRT
It becomes possible to always display the position data and the function of the computer main body 2 simultaneously on the position 10, and the correspondence between the movement of the mouse 8 on the function selection areas 61 to 66 and the movement of the cursor on the function area 10b is as follows. It does not change before and after the above tilt correction / reduction / enlargement. Therefore, CRT1
The function can be easily selected while displaying the position data at 0, and the workability of inputting / editing the position data can be favorably improved.

In the present embodiment, the position data input area 6
9 and the function selection areas 61 to 66 are provided adjacent to each other.
Therefore, the mouse 8 can immediately move between both areas. Therefore, the workability of inputting / editing position data can be further improved. Further, in the present embodiment, the function selection area 61 is expanded as the position data input area 69 is enlarged.
~ 66 moves. Therefore, the position data input area 69
When expanding, the function selection areas 61 to 69 can be moved to the edges and expanded as much as possible, and the position data input area 6
When using 9 in the same size or reduced size, the function selection area 6
The workability can be improved by disposing 1 to 69 near the center of the input range 6a. The function selection areas 61 to 6
Even when 6 is moved, its inclination and size do not change, and the above-mentioned effect is still obtained. Further, in the above description, the six function selection areas 61 to 66 are illustrated on the input range 6a of the input board 6, but as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, empty spaces are provided on the right side of the function selection areas 61 to 66. If so, more function selection areas may be formed therein. When the position data input area 69 is further expanded, only one or two function selection areas may be formed. In this way, the number of function selection areas can be arbitrarily increased or decreased as needed.

Next, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the CRT 10 and the input range 6a when editing the already input position data mainly while watching the CRT 10. In this case, CRT
Position data input area 71 (or 72, 73, 74, 75, 76) corresponding to 10 data areas 10a and function selection area 61 (or 62, 63, 64, 65, 6)
6) and 6) are connected to each other, and a plurality (here, only 6 are shown) are further connected to the top, bottom, left and right. That is, CR
The areas arranged similarly to the display of T10 are arranged vertically and horizontally.

Therefore, the input work while looking at the CRT 10 is simplified as follows. For example, when the mouse 8 is moved to the right from the position data input area 71, the mouse 8 moves from the right end of the position data input area 71 to the left end of the function selection area 61, and from the right end of the function selection area 61 to the left end of the position data input area 72. Move to. Then, the cursor on the CRT 10 moves from the right end of the data area 10a to the left end of the function area 10b.
It moves sequentially from the right end of b to the left end of the data area 10a. The vertical movement is also the same. Therefore, no matter where the initial position of the mouse 8 is on the input board 6, the cursor on the CRT 10 can be moved to a desired position very quickly, and the workability of position data editing can be improved satisfactorily. Can be made. Needless to say, the position data editing operation may be performed with reference to the original drawing in the state described with reference to FIGS.

As described above, in the sewing data creating apparatus of the present embodiment, the workability of inputting / editing position data such as the needle drop position can be extremely improved.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
The present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0030]

As described above in detail, in the invention described in claim 1, the inclination and scale of the function selection area of the position data input means do not change even if inclination correction or scale change is performed on the position data. Therefore, it becomes possible to always display the position data and the function display area on the display means at the same time, and the correspondence between the position on the function selection area and the position on the function display area depends on the inclination correction and the like. It becomes unchanged. Therefore,
The function can be easily selected while displaying the position data on the display means, and the workability of inputting / editing the position data can be favorably improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the position data input area and the function selection area are provided adjacent to each other, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention, the position data input means is further provided. There is an immediate transition between both areas. Therefore, the workability of inputting / editing position data can be further improved.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, when the position data input area is expanded or reduced, the function selection area is moved accordingly. Therefore, even if the position data input area is expanded or reduced, the function selection area is not changed. Adjacent to it.
Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2, the position data input area can be freely enlarged or reduced. For example, when enlarging the position data input area, the function selection area is moved to the end of the position data input means to expand the position data input area as much as possible, or when reducing the position data input area, the function selection area is selected. By moving the area to the center of the position data input means, the position data input area can be reduced near the center where it is easy to operate.
Even if the function selection area moves in this way, its inclination and scale do not change, so that the effects of the invention described in claims 1 and 2 can still be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a configuration of a sewing data creation device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer main body according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT and an input range when inputting the same size of position data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a CRT and an input range when inputting reduced position data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT and an input range at the time of inputting enlarged position data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a CRT and an input range when editing position data according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Computer body 6 ... Input board 8 ...
Mouse 10 ... CRT 10a ... Data area 10b
... Function area 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 ... Function selection area 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 ... Position data input area

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Takashi Kondo 15-1 Naesehiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Brother Industries, Ltd. (72) Kaji Inoue 15-15 Naeyo-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi No. 1 within Brother Industries, Ltd. (72) Inventor Toru Takemura No. 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Within Brother Industries, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A position data input means for inputting position data representing a position where an automatic sewing machine forms a stitch on a material to be sewn according to an original drawing, and a display means for displaying the input position data. In a sewing data creation device of an automatic sewing machine provided, a tilt correction function for correcting the tilt of the position data displayed by the display means, and a scale change function for changing the scale of the position data displayed by the display means on the display means. A function display area for displaying a plurality of functions including at least is formed, and the position data input means is associated with the display of the function display area at a predetermined inclination and a predetermined scale to display each function. A sewing data creation device for an automatic sewing machine, wherein a function selection area for selecting each of the above functions is formed by applying a predetermined input to a corresponding position. 2. A position data input area for inputting the position data on the position data input means and the function selection area are provided adjacent to each other. Sewing data creation device for sewing machines. 3. The position data input area is enlarged or reduced in accordance with a change in the scale of the position data displayed by the display means, and the function selection area is tilted in accordance with the enlargement or reduction of the position data input area. 3. The sewing data creation device for an automatic sewing machine according to claim 2, wherein the sewing data creation device moves without changing.