JPH11207064A - Embroidery sewing machine of electronic control type - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select an embroidery pattern to embroider, to designate a desired pattern part for restarting sewing after suspending sewing and simply designate the selection and designation through a touch panel by providing the touch panel, a pattern selecting means and a program-searching designating means. SOLUTION: Control is started by the operation of the card key of an operation panel and all the pattern parts of the embroidery pattern are displayed on a display 10. Next, a leading address indicated by a pointer is set and embroidery data is read from a ROM card 27 to drive a stepping motor based on the read embroidery data to execute embroidery. When some trouble occurs at this time and a stopping command is inputted, a proper measure is taken and at the time of operating a program searching key 9a, a 'program searching' message is displayed. Then, in order to embroider over again, the touch key 11 of a desired pattern part is operated to restart embroidery from the beginning of a selected embroidery pattern.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine, and more particularly to an embroidery sewing machine capable of selecting an embroidery pattern to be embroidered, and designating a desired pattern portion to resume sewing after interrupting sewing. And that can be easily specified through a touch panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A recent electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine includes an embroidery frame for removably attaching a work cloth, a drive mechanism for independently moving and driving the embroidery frame in X and Y directions, and an embroidery data. A control device for driving and controlling the driving means, a ROM card storing a large number of embroidery data of embroidery patterns, etc., reading out the embroidery data of the selected embroidery pattern, and controlling the drive mechanism based on the embroidery data. By doing
The selected embroidery pattern is configured to be embroidered.
Each of the embroidery patterns is usually composed of a plurality of unit pattern portions. Since each unit pattern portion (hereinafter, referred to as a pattern portion) is embroidered in the same color with the same thread, a plurality of pattern portions are sewn in the embroidery data of the embroidery pattern. The order is set in advance.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11, an embroidery pattern of an elephant mark includes a face portion 100, an ear 101, a hat 10
2. The embroidery data of this embroidery pattern is composed of the data of the respective parts 100 to 104, and the sewing order is from the face part 100 to the top part 103 of the hat and the eyes, eyebrows, and contour lines 104. The pattern portions 101, 10 on the right side of the figure in order
2, 103 and 104 are embroidered.
For embroidery patterns, 30-60 for embroidery stitching for large patterns
It takes minutes. Here, if the needle thread breaks during sewing with the embroidery sewing machine, the thread breakage detector operates and the sewing machine stops automatically, but the sewing of about 10 stitches progresses until the sewing machine stops. Therefore, in many cases, when sewing is restarted after the needle thread is changed, the embroidery sewing is restarted from the embroidery data returned by a predetermined number of stitches (for example, about 100 stitches) from the time when the sewing machine stops.

When the sewing machine is stopped by operating the start / stop switch after recognizing the wrong color of the thread or running out of the bobbin thread, and then resuming sewing, the embroidery data is returned from the embroidery data returned by the predetermined number of stitches as described above. Or by operating a cue key, the sewing is restarted from the beginning of the embroidery pattern. On the other hand, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-19271 discloses an electronically controlled pattern stitch sewing machine which includes a one-point signal for designating a pattern unit and a stop signal indicating a stop of the sewing machine in order to omit a pattern selection operation when sewing is interrupted. It is described that the sewing is restarted from the head of the sewing interrupted pattern in response to the start command signal.

[0005]

In a conventional embroidery sewing machine, there is generally no problem if embroidery sewing is resumed from embroidery data returned by a predetermined number of stitches when sewing is resumed after sewing is interrupted due to breakage of a needle thread. If the used up of the bobbin thread is overlooked for a few minutes, the incomplete sewing progresses over 100 stitches. Therefore, the embroidery sewing is restarted from the beginning of the embroidery pattern by operating the cue key. Therefore, the embroidery stitches sewn before the interruption are completely wasted.
In particular, the loss is large when the embroidery stitching of the embroidery pattern is interrupted after progressing more than halfway. In the pattern sewing machine disclosed in the above publication, when the pattern sewing is resumed after the interruption, the sewing can only be resumed from the head of the pattern unit being sewn or the head of the continuous pattern. It cannot be a countermeasure. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic control in which an embroidery pattern to be embroidered can be selected, and a desired pattern portion for resuming sewing after interrupting sewing can be specified, and the selection and specification can be easily performed via a touch panel. It is to provide a type embroidery sewing machine.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to the present invention comprises a stitch forming means including a vertically driven sewing needle and a needle thread catcher cooperating with the sewing needle. The embroidery data of a plurality of embroidery patterns made up of a plurality of pattern parts is operated based on information stored in an embroidery data storage unit that stores the embroidery data in a predetermined order for each embroidery pattern and each pattern part,
In an electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine for performing embroidery on cloth, display means including a display capable of displaying the plurality of embroidery patterns, and a touch panel including a plurality of touch keys provided to overlap at least a part of a display area of the display. ,
A pattern selection unit capable of selecting an embroidery pattern to be sewn via the display and the touch panel; To specify
The display is provided with a cueing designating means for displaying a plurality of pattern portions on the display and designating any one of them via the display and the touch panel.

[0007] When selecting an embroidery pattern to be sewn, the embroidery pattern is selected from a plurality of embroidery patterns displayed on the display via a touch panel by a pattern selection means.
In this case, the selection can be made by a simple operation of pressing a desired embroidery pattern on the screen of the display. During sewing of the embroidery pattern, when sewing is temporarily stopped for some reason and then restarted, a plurality of pattern parts displayed on the display are designated through the touch panel by cueing designation embroidery. In this case, designation can be made by a simple operation of pressing a desired one pattern portion on the screen of the display.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the electronic control type embroidery sewing machine according to the first aspect, of the embroidery data of the embroidery pattern being stored in the embroidery data storage unit and being sewn, Data reading means for reading embroidery data of a designated pattern portion in response to a sewing start command is provided. When the sewing start command is input, the embroidery data of the designated pattern portion is read from the embroidery data storage means by the data reading means, so that the embroidery sewing is performed based on the embroidery data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic control embroidery sewing machine according to the first or second aspect, when displaying a plurality of pattern portions of the embroidery pattern on a display, a number corresponding to the pattern portion is displayed. Is displayed together with the pattern portion. Therefore, when designating a pattern part or specifying the sewing order of a plurality of pattern parts,
The pattern portion can be specified via the numeral.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the pattern section selecting means determines a pattern section to be sewn via a number corresponding to the pattern section. It is characterized by specifying. As described above, the pattern portion to be sewn can be designated via the number corresponding to the pattern portion, so that the input for designating the pattern portion is easy and the display space may be small.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the display means changes a display mode of the pattern according to the pattern being sewn. It is assumed that. Therefore, it is easy to confirm the pattern portion being embroidered. An electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to a sixth aspect is the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the display means comprises:
A color display capable of displaying a plurality of colors is provided, and the pattern portion is displayed in a color set for each pattern portion. Therefore, it is easy to grasp the color in a state where the pattern portion is embroidered.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the display means, the touch panel, the pattern selecting means, the cueing designating means and the like are provided, so that the embroidery pattern to be sewn can be easily selected via the display and the touch panel. In addition, when resuming from the sewing interruption, the pattern portion for which sewing is to be resumed can be easily designated via the display and the touch panel, and the operation for selection and designation becomes very easy.
The configuration of the operation unit other than the display is simplified. Then, when the embroidery sewing is interrupted, an incomplete stitch can be unwound to easily specify a pattern portion that needs to be resewn, and the specified pattern portion can be sewn. The embroidery stitching work efficiency can be greatly improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, of the embroidery data of the embroidery pattern being sewn and stored in the embroidery data storage means, the embroidery data of the pattern portion designated by the cueing designating means is included in the sewing start command. Since the data reading means for reading in response is provided, the embroidery data of the designated pattern portion can be read and embroidery sewing can be performed. The other effects are the same as those of the first aspect.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when displaying a plurality of pattern portions of the embroidery pattern on a display, the display means displays the numbers corresponding to the pattern portions together with the pattern portions. When designating or designating the sewing order of a plurality of pattern portions, the pattern portion can be specified via the numeral. The other effects are the same as those of the first or second aspect.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the pattern portion selecting means specifies the pattern portion to be sewn via the numeral corresponding to the pattern portion, the input for designating the pattern portion is simple. Thus, the display space may be small. Other effects similar to those of any one of the first to third aspects are exhibited. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the display means changes the display mode of the pattern portion according to the pattern portion being sewn, it is easy to confirm the pattern portion being embroidered. Other effects similar to those of any one of the first to fourth aspects are exhibited.

According to the invention of claim 6, the display means has a color display capable of displaying a plurality of colors,
Since the pattern portion is displayed in the color set for each pattern portion, it is easy to grasp the color in a state where the pattern portion is embroidered. In addition, the same effect as any one of the first to fifth aspects is obtained.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to an electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine with an embroidery device capable of detachably mounting an embroidery device capable of sewing various embroidery patterns. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine M includes a sewing machine bed 1, a pillar 2 erected from the right end of the bed 1, and a bed 1 from the upper end of the pillar 2. And an arm 3 extending leftward so as to be opposed to.

The bed 1 accommodates a feed dog vertical movement mechanism (not shown) for moving the feed dog up and down, a feed dog longitudinal movement mechanism (not shown) for moving the feed dog back and forth, and a bobbin bobbin, and cooperates with the sewing needle 6. A needle thread catcher (for example, a horizontal shuttle) is provided. The arm 3 has a needle bar drive mechanism for vertically moving a needle bar 5 on which a sewing needle 6 can be mounted at a lower end, and a needle bar 5 which is orthogonal to the cloth feeding direction. There is provided a needle bar swinging mechanism for swinging the needle 7 in a moving direction, a balance driving mechanism (not shown) for vertically moving the balance 7 in accordance with the vertical movement of the needle bar 5, and the like. The feed dog vertical movement mechanism, the needle bar drive mechanism, and the balance drive mechanism are driven by a sewing machine motor 17, the feed dog longitudinal movement mechanism is driven by a feed dog drive stepping motor 19, and the needle bar swing mechanism is a needle It is driven by a rod swinging stepping motor 18.

A large-sized liquid crystal display 10 is provided on the front of the arm 3.
Various stitch patterns such as practical patterns and embroidery patterns and figures such as figurines and various messages are displayed. On the front surface of the display 10, 30 touch keys 1 made of transparent electrodes corresponding to a plurality of stitch patterns and other display items, respectively.
1, a desired stitch pattern can be selected by pressing the touch key 11 corresponding to the pattern.

The head 4 is provided with a start / stop switch 12 for instructing start and stop of the sewing operation. The pillar 2 has a ROM card (pattern card) 27 that stores embroidery data of a plurality of embroidery patterns for embroidery sewing of various concrete patterns, characters, marks, one-point marks, and the like. There is formed a card slot to be mounted on the card. Further, an operation panel 9 is provided on the front surface of the upper end of the pillar 2. The operation panel 9 has nine function keys (a practical sewing key for displaying a practical pattern, a character for displaying a character pattern). Sewing keys, a card key for starting embroidery pattern sewing, a cue key 9a, etc.).

A free arm 1a is formed at the left end of the bed 1, and an embroidery device 30 is detachably mounted on the free arm 1a. This embroidery device 30
The embroidery table 31 has a Y direction parallel to the cloth feeding direction (front-back direction) and an X direction (left-right direction) orthogonal to the Y direction.
The embroidery table 31 includes:
An embroidery frame (not shown) for detachably attaching a work cloth is detachably attached. In the main body frame of the embroidery device 30, a first stepping motor 32 (see FIG. 2) for driving the embroidery table 31 in the X direction and a second stepping motor 33 (see FIG. 2) for driving the embroidery table 31 in the Y direction. And are arranged. Therefore, the drive of both stepping motors 32 and 33 by the drive signal supplied from the sewing machine M via the connector 14 and the vertical movement of the needle bar 5 cooperate with each other.
Various embroidery patterns are formed on a work cloth mounted on an embroidery frame.

Next, an outline of a control system of the sewing machine M will be described.
A description will be given based on FIG. The start / stop switch 12, the touch key 11, the operation panel 9, and the timing signal generator 16 are connected to the input interface 21 of the control device C, respectively. The output interface 26 of the control device C is connected to a sewing machine motor 17, a needle bar swing stepping motor 18, a feed dog driving stepping motor 19, and a display controller (LCDC) 20 for the display (LCD) 10. . Further, a first stepping motor 32 and a second stepping motor 33 of the embroidery device 30 are connected to the output interface 26 via the connector 14, respectively.

The control device C comprises a CPU 23 and this CPU
23, an input interface 21 and an output interface 26 connected via a bus 22 such as a data bus.
A ROM 24 and a RAM 25 are provided. The ROM
The ROM 28 of the card 27 is connected to the bus 22 via the connector 13.

In the ROM 28 of the ROM card 27,
The embroidery data of each of the plurality of embroidery patterns is stored for each pattern type in association with a pattern code number. Each embroidery pattern is composed of a plurality of pattern portions. In the embroidery data of each embroidery pattern, the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are arranged in a predetermined order as shown in FIG. , Embroidery data is stored in the order of... Embroidery data of each pattern portion includes a plurality of coordinate data indicating a position to move the embroidery frame and a stop code designating the end of the pattern portion.

The ROM 24 has a drive control program for driving the motors 17 to 19, a display control program for displaying various display items on the display 10, and controls the first and second stepping motors 32 and 33 based on embroidery data. A control program for embroidery sewing control, a control program for later-described pattern portion designation control specific to the present application, and the like, which are attached to the control program for embroidery sewing control, are stored. However, since the control other than the pattern part designation control unique to the present application is a general control, the description thereof is omitted. The RAM 25 has a CPU
There are provided a pointer, a counter, a buffer, and the like for temporarily storing the calculation result calculated at 23.

Next, a description will be given of the pattern portion designation control executed by the control device C of the sewing machine M. First, the power of the sewing machine M is turned on, and the RO storing the embroidery data of a large number of embroidery patterns.
With the M card 27 set, the operation panel 9
By operating the card key, the first five embroidery patterns are displayed on the display 10 as shown in FIG. 3, so that the display contents can be changed by operating the touch keys 11 at the “next page” and “previous page”. When the desired embroidery pattern is displayed, the embroidery pattern can be selected by operating the touch key 11 at the desired embroidery pattern.
Next, assuming that the embroidery pattern 40 representing, for example, an elephant is selected in the display state of FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 4, five pattern portions (a face 41, ears 42,
The hat 43, the top 44 of the hat, and the eyes, eyebrows, and outline 45) are displayed.

Next, after the needle thread of the same color as the color of the first pattern portion (face 41) is hung, embroidery sewing of the first pattern portion is started by operating the start / stop switch 12, and when the embroidery sewing is completed. Since the embroidery sewing machine M is stopped based on the stop code, the color of the needle thread is changed, and the embroidery sewing of the second and subsequent pattern portions is similarly performed. Here, when the embroidery sewing is interrupted due to a trouble such as breakage of the needle thread or running out of the lower thread during execution of the embroidery sewing, when the cueing key 9a is operated, the sewing during the sewing as shown in FIG. The entire pattern portion of the embroidery pattern and the indication of "Cueing" are displayed on the display 10, and in that state, the desired pattern portion is operated by operating the touch key 11 at the desired pattern portion where embroidery sewing is to be performed again. Then, the embroidery sewing is restarted from the head of the desired pattern portion.

Next, the routine of the above-described pattern part designation control will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. However, the symbol Si (i = 10, 11, 12,...)
..) Indicate each step.
3 shows a head address memory 25a, a pointer P indicating an address of the memory 25a, and a pointer I indicating an address of embroidery data of the ROM card 27.
Are provided. As described above, the control is started by operating the card key on the operation panel 9, and then the embroidery pattern selection process is performed according to the selection of the embroidery pattern (S1).
0), all the pattern parts of the selected embroidery pattern are displayed on the display 10 (S11), and then the head of all the pattern parts is selected from the embroidery data of the embroidery pattern selected from the embroidery data of the ROM card 27. The addresses are read, and as shown in FIG. 7, the head addresses are stored in the head address memory 25a (S12), and the address Ad (the head address of the memory 25a) is set in the pointer P (S13).

Next, when the start / stop switch 12 is operated (S14, Yes), the sewing machine motor 17 is driven (S15), and the head address indicated by the pointer P to the pointer I (at first, AD1 Is set) (S1
6) Next, the embroidery data indicated by the pointer I is read from the OM card 27 (S17), and when a stop command is not input from the start / stop switch 12 (S1).
9, No), based on the read embroidery data,
The embroidery sewing process is executed by controlling the drive of the second stepping motors 32 and 33 (S19), and when it is not the stop code (S20, No), the pointer I is incremented by one (S21), and then to S17. Return, S
Steps S17 to S21 are repeated. In this way, the embroidery stitches are sequentially advanced. When the embroidery stitches of the first pattern portion are completed and the stop code is read out (S20, Yes), S20 is performed.
To S22, and the sewing machine motor 17 is stopped (S22).
22) Then, the pointer P is incremented by one (S
23).

Next, in S24, it is determined whether or not there is a head address (AD1 to AD5) specified by the pointer P. If the embroidery sewing of all the pattern portions is not completed, the process proceeds to S24.
Is determined as Yes, and the process proceeds from S24 to S14,
S14 and the subsequent steps are repeated, but the pointer P is incremented and the pointer P is stored in the address (Ad +
In order to instruct 1), the embroidery sewing of the second pattern portion is executed in the same manner as described above. By repeating the above sequentially, the embroidery sewing of all the pattern portions is completed. Control ends. Display 1
Regarding the display of 0, the display as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed during the embroidery sewing, but the first pattern is displayed so that the pattern portion being sewn is positioned on the leftmost side.
The pattern parts below the pattern part scroll sequentially.

If a stop command from the thread break detector or a stop command from the start / stop switch 12 is input when a trouble such as breakage of the needle thread or exhaustion of the lower thread occurs, the determination in S18 is made. Becomes Yes, the process proceeds from S18 to S25, and the sewing machine motor 17 is stopped (S
25). Then, after the operator eliminates the cause of the trouble and removes the incomplete embroidery stitches, the cueing key 9a
Is operated (S26, Yes), as shown in FIG.
All the selected pattern portions are displayed on the display 10 and a message of "Cueing" is displayed on the upper stage of the display 10 (S27). It is assumed that the display data is stored in the display control program.

Next, when the operator operates the touch key 11 at the desired pattern portion in order to designate a desired pattern portion to re-perform embroidery sewing (S28, Yes),
The pointer P is set according to the designation of the pattern portion (S2
9). In this case, for example, when the third pattern portion is designated, (Ad + 2) is set to the pointer P. Next, a display content return switching process is executed (S30), and the process returns to S14. Here, if the pattern portion is not designated after the cue key 9a is operated, the determination in S28 is No, and the process proceeds to S30. Therefore, the pointer P is not changed, and the address corresponding to the pattern portion where sewing is interrupted is designated. I do. For example, when the sewing machine is interrupted during the sewing of the third pattern portion, the pointer P becomes (Ad +
2). Further, if the cue key 9a is not operated after the stop of the sewing machine motor 17 in S25, No is determined in S26 and the process proceeds to S13.
In the next S14, the pointer P is set to the address Ad. That is, the embroidery sewing is restarted from the top of the selected embroidery pattern (the top of the first pattern portion).

As described above, the head address of the first pattern portion of the embroidery pattern can be designated via the pointer P and the memory 25a when the embroidery key 9a is not operated when the embroidery sewing is interrupted. When the pattern portion is not specified after the operation, the start address of the pattern portion where the sewing has been interrupted can be designated, and the sewing operation can be resumed by operating the touch key 11 at the displayed pattern portion after operating the cue key 9a. Since the start address of the desired pattern portion can be specified, the embroidery sewing can be restarted from the desired pattern portion when the sewing is interrupted. Therefore, when the embroidery sewing is interrupted, only the incomplete embroidery pattern portion is unwound. Then, the embroidery sewing can be restarted from the minimum necessary pattern portion. Therefore, the loss at the time of interruption of the embroidery sewing can be minimized, and the work efficiency of the embroidery sewing can be remarkably improved. In particular, since a desired pattern portion can be designated by operating the touch key 11 at the pattern portion displayed on the display 10, designation of the pattern portion is simplified.

Next, a modification of steps S25 to S30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the sewing machine motor 17 is stopped in response to the input of the stop command (S4).
0), the number N of operations of the cue key 9a operated by the operator is counted (S41), and then the pointer P is set to P
− (N−1) is set, and then the process returns to S14. That is, by operating the cue key 9a once, the head address of the pattern portion where the embroidery sewing has been interrupted can be specified, and by operating the cue key 9a N times, the pattern portion which has been moved back by (N-1) can be specified. The start address can be specified. However, it is assumed that the pointer P changes cyclically in the range of Ad to Ad + 4, and the display content on the display 10 is such that the pattern portion indicated by the pointer P is located on the leftmost side in the same manner as during the embroidery sewing. It can be switched.

By operating the cue key 9a one or more times as described above, the start address of a desired pattern is specified via the pointer P and the memory 25a, and embroidery is performed from the start of the specified pattern. Sewing can be resumed.
In the case where a numeric keypad is provided in addition to the indexing key 9a, after operating the indexing key 9a, the pattern number (1, 1) of the desired pattern for which embroidery sewing is desired to be restarted by the numeric keypad
By designating 2,... 5), a desired pattern portion may be designated.

In the above embodiment, the case where the embroidery data of the embroidery pattern is stored in the ROM card has been described as an example. However, the embroidery data may be stored in the ROM 24 of the control device C or another ROM instead of the ROM card. Further, it is also possible to configure the display 10 as a color display, to input and set the color of each pattern, and to display the pattern in that color. Note that the pattern portion designation control according to the embodiment is merely an example, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a control system of the embroidery sewing machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a display example when an embroidery pattern is selected.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a plurality of pattern portions of a selected embroidery pattern.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a plurality of pattern parts when a cue key is operated.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of embroidery data of a ROM card.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a head address memory of a RAM.

FIG. 8 is a part of a flowchart of a pattern part designation control routine;

FIG. 9 is the remaining part of the flowchart of the pattern part designation control routine.

FIG. 10 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 9 according to a modification.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a pattern portion of an embroidery pattern according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 M Electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine C Control device 9 Operation panel 9a Search key 10 Display 11 Touch key 12 Start / stop switch 27 ROM card 30 Embroidery device 32 First stepping motor 33 Second stepping motor

Claims (6)

[Claims] A stitch forming means including a sewing needle driven up and down and a needle thread catcher cooperating with the sewing needle, and embroidery data of a plurality of embroidery patterns each including a plurality of pattern portions is embroidered. An electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine that operates based on information stored in an embroidery data storage unit stored in a predetermined order for each pattern and each pattern portion to embroider a cloth, wherein the plurality of embroidery patterns can be displayed. Display means including a display; a touch panel provided with a plurality of touch keys provided at least partially on a display area of the display; and a pattern selection means capable of selecting an embroidery pattern to be sewn via the display and the touch panel. A display for designating a pattern portion to resume sewing when sewing is resumed after temporarily stopping the embroidery pattern selected by the pattern selecting means. Electronically controlled embroidery machine, characterized in that a plurality of the specified possible cue specifying means one of those optionally via a display and a touch panel pattern portion to display, the. 2. An embroidery data of a pattern portion designated by the cueing designation means among embroidery data of an embroidery pattern being sewn stored in the embroidery data storage means in response to a sewing start command. 2. An electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a data reading means for reading. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein when displaying a plurality of pattern parts of the embroidery pattern on a display, the display means displays a number corresponding to the pattern part together with the pattern part. The electronically controlled embroidery machine described. 4. The electronic control system according to claim 1, wherein said pattern section selecting means designates a pattern section to be sewn via a number corresponding to the pattern section. Embroidery sewing machine. 5. The electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to claim 1, wherein said display means changes the display mode of the pattern portion according to the pattern portion being sewn. 6. The display unit according to claim 1, wherein the display unit has a color display capable of displaying a plurality of colors, and displays the pattern in a color set for each pattern. An electronically controlled embroidery sewing machine according to item 1.