JPH11253675A - Picture data processor for patchwork and medium for recording picture data processing program for patchwork - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the preparation of a patchwork by only preparing patchwork patterns so as to prepare mosaic picture data for plural mosaic pieces with a desired piece arrangement. SOLUTION: Picture data of an original color picture with a pattern is stored in an original picture data memory. On the other hand, the picture data is divided into plural pieces of picture data to make a set piece arrangement pattern. In addition, divided picture data of each piece is coverted to mosaic picture data of a set mosaic pattern, and a margin to sew up NY is additionally set at the outer peripheral part of each mosaic picture data. Thereby, mosaic picture data for plural mosaic pieces with a desired piece arrangement can be prepared by only preparing a pattern for patchwork. Then, mosaic picture data of each piece is arranged and printed to make piece arrangement patterns on a plain fabric with an ink jet printer, or the like to prepare the pattern part of each piece according to the original picture to simply and neatly prepare patchwork.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a patchwork image data processing apparatus and a recording medium on which a patchwork image data processing program is recorded, and more particularly, to a patchwork using original image data representing a pattern of a patchwork. The present invention relates to a method of dividing a piece into a plurality of pieces and generating mosaic image data representing a design portion of the pieces.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating a patchwork, a pattern pattern for the patchwork is created from a desired photographic image or pattern adopted as the patchwork, and the pattern pattern is divided into a plurality of pattern portions. Find and prepare a piece of cloth called a piece suitable for each pattern part, and sew each of these pieces sequentially with a sewing machine based on the pattern pattern to create an original and beautiful patchwork I have. by the way,
How to collect and prepare the optimal cloth used as a piece representing each of the design parts obtained by dividing the design pattern,
This is an important requirement to determine whether patchwork can be created neatly.

That is, a cloth containing a color pattern substantially similar to the pattern portion of the pattern pattern is searched for from the cloth on hand or purchased from a cloth trader. And even if you get several types of dough that you can adopt as pieces, you do not know which of these doughs to use and which part of the dough to cut out, While cutting various parts, a plurality of pieces are sequentially created.

In recent years, an image processing apparatus using a computer has been developed. An original image of a pattern to be provided to patchwork is read by an image scanner to create a pattern, and image processing for performing various image processing on the pattern is performed. As the technology has been developed, it is possible to change the color pattern, the shape of the pieces, and even the arrangement of the pieces, but the collection of cloth pieces suitable for the pieces representing the design part requires the operator's experience and Relying on knowledge.

[0005]

As described above, when a patchwork is created, how to collect a piece of cloth suitable as a piece representing a design part obtained by dividing a design pattern is determined by the necessity of cleaning the patchwork. Is a deciding factor, but especially for beginners,
Due to the lack of experience and knowledge in patchwork creation, the small number of fabrics to be used for patchwork, etc., it is extremely difficult to collect fabrics, and the cutting of piece pieces for cloth is trial and error and unfamiliar However, there is a problem that the creation of the patchwork becomes complicated and the user becomes uninterested. An object of the present invention is to prepare mosaic image data for a plurality of pieces mosaiced in a desired piece arrangement simply by preparing a pattern for patchwork, and to simplify the creation of patchwork.

[0006]

A patchwork image data processing apparatus according to claim 1 processes image data of an original image representing a design of a patchwork, divides the image data into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork, An image data processing device for patchwork that creates data representing a symbol portion of a piece, and an original image storage unit that stores image data of an original image,
Image dividing means for dividing image data into divided image data of a plurality of pieces so as to have a set piece arrangement pattern, and a mosaic pattern set to mosaic a pattern portion of the divided image data of each piece Image data converting means for converting the image data into mosaic image data.

When the original image data is stored in the original image storage means, the image dividing means divides the image data into a plurality of pieces of divided image data in a set piece arrangement pattern. On the other hand, the image data converting means converts the divided image data of each piece received from the image dividing means into mosaic image data of a mosaic pattern set to mosaic the design portion. That is, by arranging and printing the mosaic image data of each piece on a plain fabric using an inkjet printer or the like so as to form a piece arrangement pattern, a patchwork conforming to the original image can be easily and neatly created. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image data processing apparatus for a patchwork according to the first aspect of the present invention, a mosaic image data of each piece is received from the image data converting means, and a seam margin having a predetermined width is provided on an outer peripheral portion of each piece. The mosaic image data with seam allowance for creating mosaic image data with seam allowance is set. In this case, the seam allowance mosaic image data creating means receives the mosaic image data of each piece from the image data conversion means, and creates seam allowance mosaic image data in which a seam allowance of a predetermined width is set on the outer periphery of each piece. In addition, the sewing allowance setting work for setting the sewing allowance for each piece can be omitted, and the creation of the patchwork is further simplified. Other operations are the same as those of the first aspect.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the patchwork image data processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the image dividing means selects one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance. It has a piece arrangement pattern setting means for setting. In this case, one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance can be selected and set by the piece arrangement pattern setting means, so that a desired piece arrangement pattern suitable for the patchwork to be created is selected. it can. Other operations are the same as those of the first or second aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the patchwork image data processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the image data converting means includes one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance. A mosaic pattern setting means for selecting and setting one of them. In this case, the mosaic pattern setting means
One of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance
Since one can be selected and set, a desired mosaic pattern suitable for the patchwork to be created can be selected. In addition, the same operation as any one of the first to third aspects is achieved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the patchwork image data processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the image data converting means obtains a representative color of each unit mosaic of a symbol portion and obtains a representative color. The unit mosaic is used as the representative color. In this case, since the representative color of each unit mosaic is adopted as the color of each unit mosaic of the symbol part by the image data conversion unit, even if a plurality of colors are mixed in each unit mosaic, the representative color of the single color is used. Is adopted, and it is possible to create a beautiful patchwork that almost faithfully designs the original pattern. In addition, the same operation as any one of the first to fourth aspects is achieved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a patchwork image data processing program, which processes original image data representing a pattern of a patchwork and divides the image data into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork. A recording medium on which a patchwork image data processing program for creating data representing a design portion of the original image is recorded, and an original image storage routine for storing original image data, and image data,
An image dividing routine for dividing the divided image data of a plurality of pieces into a set piece arrangement pattern, and mosaic image data of a mosaic pattern set to mosaic a design portion of the divided image data of each piece. And an image data conversion routine for converting the image data into an image data.

A recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program is recorded processes original image data representing a pattern of the patchwork, divides the image data into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork, and a pattern portion of the pieces. A recording medium storing a patchwork image data processing program for creating data representing an original image, wherein an original image storage routine for storing original image data, and a plurality of image data are stored in a set piece arrangement pattern. And an image data conversion routine for converting the divided image data of each piece into mosaic image data of a mosaic pattern set to mosaic a design portion. Therefore, by attaching this recording medium to the patchwork image data processing device, The image storing routines and image segmentation routine and the image data conversion routine, acts similarly to the claim 1.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention receives the mosaic image data of each piece created by the image data conversion routine, and A seam allowance mosaic image data creation routine for creating seam allowance mosaic image data in which a seam allowance having a predetermined width is set on the outer peripheral portion is provided.

The recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program is recorded receives the mosaic image data of each piece created by the image data conversion routine, and sets a sewing margin of a predetermined width on the outer peripheral portion of each piece. Since the mosaic image data generation routine with the seam allowance is included in the mosaic image data generation routine with the seam allowance, the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program including the mosaic image data with the seam allowance is processed by the patchwork image data processing. By attaching to the device, it works in the same manner as in claim 2. Other operations are the same as those of the sixth aspect.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program according to the sixth or seventh aspect of the present invention, the image dividing routine is configured to execute one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance. The present invention is characterized by including a piece arrangement pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one. In this case, in the piece arrangement pattern setting routine provided in the image division routine, one of the plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance is set.
Since one of them is selected and set, a recording medium in which the patchwork image data processing program including the image division routine is recorded is mounted on the patchwork image data processing apparatus, so that the same effect as in claim 3 is obtained. Other claim 6
Or 7 has the same effect.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, the image data conversion routine includes a plurality of mosaic presets stored. It includes a mosaic pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one of the patterns. In this case, in the mosaic pattern setting routine provided in the image data conversion routine, one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance is selected and set. Therefore, the patchwork image including this image data conversion routine is set. By attaching a recording medium on which the data processing program is recorded to the image data processing device for patchwork, the same effect as in claim 4 is obtained. In addition, the same operation as in any one of claims 6 to 8 is achieved.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to any one of the sixth to ninth aspects of the present invention, in the image data conversion routine, each unit mosaic of a symbol portion is provided. It is characterized in that a representative color is determined and each unit mosaic is used as the representative color. In this case, in the image data conversion routine, a representative color of each unit mosaic of the symbol portion is obtained and each unit mosaic is set as the representative color. Therefore, a patchwork image data processing program including this image data conversion routine is recorded. By attaching the recording medium to the patchwork image data processing device, the same operation as in claim 5 can be achieved.
In addition, the same operation as any one of claims 6 to 9 is achieved.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, in order to create a patchwork by sewing and combining a plurality of pieces with a sewing machine, the image data of the pattern for the patchwork is processed, divided into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork, and the pieces are formed. This is a case in which the present invention is applied to a patchwork image data processing device that creates mosaic image data representing a symbol portion of (1). As shown in FIG. 1, the patchwork image data processing apparatus 1 basically includes a CRT display 2 capable of displaying image data and a pattern pattern of a patchwork, a keyboard 3, and a coordinate input device (so-called, A mouse) 4, an image reading device 5 such as a color image reader, a flash memory device 6 in which a RAM card 7 can be mounted, a control main unit 8 for controlling them, and mosaic image data created.
Printing device 9 that prints on fabric using an inkjet method or the like
It is composed of

The control system of the patchwork image data processing apparatus 1 is configured as shown in the block diagram of FIG. The input / output interface (input / output I / F) 27 of the control device 10 provided in the control main unit 8 includes a keyboard 3, a coordinate input device 4, an image reading device 5, a flash memory device 6, and a printing device. 9 are connected to each other. The control device 10 includes a CPU 11 and a ROM 12 connected to the CPU 11 via a bus 28 such as a data bus.
A hard disk controller (HDC) 14 for controlling a hard disk drive (HDD) 15 having a hard disk (HD) 16;
/ F27 and the like.

A bus 28 has a floppy disk controller (FDC) 29 for controlling a floppy disk drive (FDD) 30 in which a floppy disk 32 is removably mounted, and a CRT for outputting display data to the CRT display 2. A display controller (CRTC) 31 is connected to each of them. The ROM
12 stores a start-up program for starting up the patchwork image data processing apparatus 1 when the power is turned on, similarly to a general host computer.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the system control program memory 16a of the HD 16 stores various OSs (operating systems) such as an MS-DOS and a Windows system, and has an arbitrary CRT display on the system. 2, various driver software for enabling the use of the keyboard 3, the coordinate input device 4, the image reading device 5, the flash memory device 6, the printing device 9, etc. are incorporated, and various types of image creating software, image editing software, etc. An application program, and a control program for image data processing control for patchwork, which will be described later, are stored.

Thus, when various application programs are executed, the M stored in the HD 16 or the like is used.
Not only various OSs such as S-DOS, but also various application programs such as word processing software, image creation software and image editing software which can be executed on the system,
Further, a control program for controlling image data processing for patchwork is read as needed, and each memory (RAM 1
3, the HD 16, the FD 32, etc.) as appropriate, and the application program can be operated.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (f), the piece arrangement pattern memory 16b provided in the HD 16 has six types of pieces which determine the arrangement of polygonal pieces such as triangles and squares. The pattern data of the arrangement patterns P1 to P6 and the number N of pieces of each piece arrangement pattern P1 to P6 are set and stored in advance. In the mosaic pattern memory 16c, pattern data of a plurality of types of mosaic patterns for creating mosaic-like image data from divided images divided into pieces divided by the piece arrangement pattern are stored in advance. ing.

For example, regarding the piece arrangement pattern shown in FIG. 4A, as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5F, six types of mosaic patterns M1 to M6 as a set of polygonal unit mosaics are used. The pattern data is stored in advance, and the number K of unit mosaics corresponding to the minimum unit area is stored in each mosaic pattern data. Further, the seam margin memory 16d stores seam margin data of a predetermined width provided on the outer peripheral portion of the mosaic image data of each piece.

In the RAM 13, as shown in FIG.
An original image data memory 13a for storing image data representing the pattern of the patchwork, a piece arrangement pattern memory 13b for storing the pattern data of the piece arrangement pattern selected and set and the number of pieces N, a mosaic set and selected A mosaic pattern memory 13c for storing the pattern data of the pattern and the number of unit mosaics K, a mosaic image data memory 13d for storing a mosaic image converted and created as described later, and an image data with a seam added to the mosaic image A mosaic image data memory 13e with a seam allowance, an arrangement memory 13f for storing print data in which a predetermined number of mosaic images with a seam allowance are arranged, and the like are provided.

Next, the patchwork image data processing control performed by the control device 10 of the patchwork image data processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. However, the reference symbol Si (i = 10, 11,
12,...) Are each step. When the patchwork image data processing control is started, first, an image data input process for inputting image data of a color original image with a pattern set in the image reading device 5 is executed (S10). .

Here, the image reading device 5 reads, for example, the image data of the pattern "sunflower" of the original color image shown in FIG. 9 with the three primary colors (R, G, B) as 256 gradation data. That is, the read color image data is a raster bitmap, and each of R, G, and B is "0" to "255" for each pixel.
And stored in the original image data memory 13a. Next, a cloth width setting process is executed (S1).
1). That is, in the cloth width setting process, the cloth width setting screen is displayed on the CRT display 2, so that the width dimension of the cloth provided for the patchwork prepared by the operator is set.

Next, a piece arrangement pattern setting process for selecting and setting a piece arrangement pattern for dividing the image data into a plurality of pieces is executed (S12). That is, in this piece arrangement pattern setting process, all of the plurality of piece arrangement patterns P1 to P6 shown in FIG.
Since it is displayed on the RT display 2, it is set by operating the keyboard 3 and the mouse 4 to designate a desired one. Next, image data division processing is performed to divide the image data into a plurality of divided image data so as to have the piece arrangement pattern set in S12 (S13). For example,
When the lattice-shaped piece arrangement pattern P1 shown in FIG. 4A is set, as shown in FIG. 10, the image data of the pattern "sunflower" is composed of 16 rectangular pieces (p1 to p).
16) is divided into divided image data.

Next, the number N of the pieces p of the piece arrangement pattern set in S12 is stored in the piece arrangement pattern memory 13b.
(S14), and a mosaic pattern setting process for selecting and setting a mosaic pattern for mosaicizing the symbol portion of each piece p is executed (S1).
Five). That is, in the mosaic pattern setting process, all of the plurality of mosaic patterns M1 to M6 shown in FIG. 5 are displayed on the CRT display 2 in a list.
The setting is made by operating the keyboard 3 or the mouse 4 to designate a desired one. Next, an initial value "1" is set as the count value I of the piece counter (S16), the I-th divided image data indicated by the piece count value I is read (S17), and the divided image data is tessellated. Conversion processing control (see FIG. 8) for converting to image data is executed (S18).

When this control is started, the unit mosaic number K of the mosaic pattern set in S15 is obtained by reading from the mosaic pattern memory 13c (S30), and the initial value "1" is set as the count value J of the unit mosaic counter.
Is set (S31), and a representative color calculation process for calculating a representative color of the unit mosaic m [J] indicated by the unit mosaic count value J is executed (S32). In the representative color calculation process, as shown in FIG. 11, for example, the mosaic pattern M1 set in S15 is superimposed on the divided image data of the piece p15 shown in FIG. Representative colors are required.

That is, with regard to the unit mosaic m indicated by the unit mosaic count value J, the three primary colors (R, G, B) of the total pixels included in the unit mosaic m are included most, that is, frequently used. A color composed of the “R” gradation value, the “G” gradation value, and the “B” gradation value is obtained as a representative color. Next, the unit mosaic m
A printable print color PC corresponding to the representative color [J] is obtained by calculation (S33). That is, in the RGB space, the distance between the representative color of the unit mosaic m [J] and each of a plurality of printable print colors (for example, 8 colors) is calculated, and the color with the shortest distance is the unit mosaic m [J]. ] Is required as the optimum printing color PC.

Next, a conversion process of converting the color data of all the pixels included in the unit mosaic m [J] into the print color PC obtained in S33 is executed and stored in the mosaic image data memory 13d. (S34) When the unit mosaic count value J is smaller than the unit mosaic number K (S35: No), the count value J is incremented by one (S36), and S32 to S36 are repeatedly executed. Here, the unit mosaic count value J is associated with the position of the unit mosaic in the mosaic pattern, and the print color PC stored in S34 is stored as the color of the unit mosaic specified by the count value J. It is. Then, when the unit mosaic count value J becomes equal to the unit mosaic number K (S35: Yes), the control is terminated, and the process returns to S19 of the patchwork image data processing control. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the mosaic image data memory 13d stores, for all unit mosaics m included in the divided image data of the piece p15, color data converted into a print color PC that is optimal for printing. .

Next, in the patchwork image data processing control, a creation process is performed in which a seam margin having a predetermined width is set on the outer peripheral portion of the I-th mosaic image data to create mosaic image data with a seam allowance (S19). ). That is, in this mosaic image data creation processing with a seam allowance,
As shown in FIG. 12, a seam margin NY having a predetermined width read from the seam margin memory 16d is set at the outer peripheral portion of the mosaic image data of the piece p15 to create mosaic image data with a seam allowance, and the mosaic image data with seam 13e Is stored in When the piece count value I is smaller than the number of pieces N (S20: No), the count value I is incremented by one (S21), and S17 to S21 are repeatedly executed.

The piece count value I is equal to the number of pieces N.
And all the divided image data is converted to mosaic image data with a seam allowance (S20: Yes
), An arrangement process (marking process) for arranging all the mosaic image data with a seam allowance so as to be within the width of the cloth set in S11 is executed and stored in the arrangement memory 13f (S22), and the arrangement memory 13f Is transferred to the print buffer of the printing device 9 and is color-printed on a fabric (preferably a plain white color). (S23), and returns to the main routine. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, in the mosaic image data with seam allowance 13e, all the mosaic image data with seam allowance are arranged so as to fit within the width dimension W of the fabric F. However, at this time, when the total width dimension of all the mosaic image data with the seam allowance is larger than the fabric width dimension W, an error may be detected and a warning message may be displayed on the CRT display 2.

As described above, by printing on the fabric F by the printing device 9 based on the print data stored in the layout memory 13f, the cloth piece suitable for the piece is adhered to the original image without having to collect it. A pattern part consisting of a plurality of pieces p with a seam allowance can be created, and each piece is cut with scissors including a seam allowance margin, while the seam allowances provided on these pieces are sequentially stitched together with a sewing machine, so that patchwork can be performed. It can be created easily and neatly.

Here, the original image data memory 13a provided in the RAM 13 corresponds to the original image storage means, and particularly the image data input processing (S1) of the patchwork image data processing control.
The image data storage control included in (0) corresponds to an original image storage routine. In particular, S12 (piece arrangement pattern setting processing control) of the patchwork image data processing control corresponds to the piece arrangement pattern setting means, and also corresponds to the piece arrangement pattern setting routine. In addition, S12 and S13 (image data division processing control) of the patchwork image data processing control correspond to an image division unit, and also correspond to an image division routine.

In particular, S15 (mosaic pattern setting processing control) of the patchwork image data processing control corresponds to a mosaic pattern setting means, and also corresponds to a mosaic pattern setting routine. Further, S15 and S18 (image data conversion processing control) of the patchwork image data processing control correspond to image data conversion means, and also correspond to an image data conversion routine. In particular, the patchwork image data processing control S19 (seam allowance mosaic image data creation processing control) corresponds to the seam allowance mosaic image data creation means, and also corresponds to the seam allowance mosaic image data creation routine.

On the other hand, in the patchwork image data processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, a control program for controlling patchwork image data processing is stored in the hard disk 16. Floppy disk 32 and RAM card 7
, A CD-ROM, or a ROM card, or the like, and the recording medium can be used by attaching it to various patchwork image data processing devices. In this case, the floppy disk 32 and the RAM The card 7, a CD-ROM, a ROM card, and the like correspond to a recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program of the present invention is recorded.

As described above, while the image data of the color original image on which the pattern is drawn is stored in the original image data memory 13a, the image data of a plurality of pieces is set so that the image data has the set piece arrangement pattern. Divided into divided image data, and further divided image data of each piece is converted into mosaic image data of a set mosaic pattern, so that mosaicing is performed in a desired piece arrangement simply by preparing a pattern for patchwork. A mosaic image data for a plurality of pieces can be created, and the mosaic image data for each piece is arranged and printed on a plain fabric using an ink jet printer or the like so as to form a piece arrangement pattern. You can easily and neatly create patchwork based on the original image without having to collect So Moteru interested in the work created.

Further, each time mosaic image data is created from the divided image data, mosaic image data with a seam allowance having a seam allowance NY of a predetermined width provided on the outer peripheral portion of the mosaic image data is created. It is possible to omit the sewing margin setting work to be set every time, and to further simplify the creation of the patchwork.

Next, a description will be given of a modified embodiment in which the embodiment is partially modified. (1) The image data of the design relating to the patchwork may be stored in the original image data memory 13a in advance, and the image data may be used. (2) Further, in the embodiment, the set mosaic pattern is commonly used for each piece of the piece arrangement pattern, but while setting a plurality of mosaic patterns,
These plural mosaic patterns may be mixed and used. (3) This patchwork image data processing device 1
Although it is configured separately as a personal computer system, it can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention, such as being configured as integrated hardware dedicated to image data processing for patchwork.

[0043]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the original image storing means, the image dividing means, and the image data converting means are provided, a desired piece arrangement can be achieved simply by preparing a patchwork pattern. The mosaic image data for a plurality of pieces mosaiced in can be created, and the mosaic image data for each of these pieces is arranged and printed on a plain fabric using an ink jet printer or the like to form a piece arrangement pattern. It is possible to easily and neatly create a patchwork that conforms to the original image without having to collect a piece of cloth suitable for the work, and becomes interested in creating a patchwork.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the same effect as in the first aspect is obtained, but the mosaic image data of each piece is received from the image data converting means, and a seam margin having a predetermined width is provided on the outer peripheral portion of each piece. Since the mosaic image data with seam allowance creating means for creating the mosaic image data with seam allowance is provided, the work of setting the seam allowance for setting the seam allowance for each piece can be omitted, and the creation of the patchwork can be further simplified. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the same effects as those of the first or second aspect are obtained, but the image dividing means is configured to store one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance.
Since there is a piece arrangement pattern setting means for selecting and setting one, a desired piece arrangement pattern suitable for a patchwork to be created can be selected.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the same effect as any one of the first to third aspects is obtained, but the image data conversion means is configured to store one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance. Since there is a mosaic pattern setting means for selecting and setting one, a desired mosaic pattern suitable for a patchwork to be created can be selected. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the same effect as any one of the first to fourth aspects is obtained, but the image data conversion means obtains a representative color of each unit mosaic of a symbol portion and converts each unit mosaic. Because the representative color is used, even if multiple colors are mixed in each unit mosaic, a single color representative color that can be printed by a printer etc. is adopted, and a beautiful patch that stylizes the original pattern almost faithfully Work can be created.

According to the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program of the present invention, the original image storage routine, the image division routine, and the image data conversion routine are included. The same effect as the first aspect can be obtained by the image division routine and the image data conversion routine.

According to the recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program of the present invention, the same effect as that of the sixth embodiment is obtained, but the mosaic image data of each piece created by the image data conversion routine is received. Since the mosaic image data creation routine with the seam allowance for creating the seam allowance mosaic image data in which the seam allowance of the predetermined width is set on the outer periphery of each piece is included, the patchwork including the mosaic image data creation routine with the seam allowance is included. 3. A patchwork image data processing device, wherein a recording medium on which the image data processing program is recorded is mounted on the patchwork image data processing device.
The same effect as described above can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 8, claim 6 or 7
The same effect as described above is obtained, but the image division routine performs one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance.
Since it includes a piece arrangement pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one, a recording medium recording a patchwork image data processing program including this image division routine is attached to the patchwork image data processing device, The same effect as the third aspect can be obtained.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, the same effect as any one of the sixth to eighth aspects is obtained, but the image data conversion routine performs one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance. Since a mosaic pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one is included, a recording medium recording the patchwork image data processing program including the image data conversion routine is mounted on the patchwork image data processing apparatus. The same effect as the fourth aspect can be obtained.

According to the tenth aspect, claims 6 to 9 are provided.
In the image data conversion routine, since the representative color of each unit mosaic of the symbol portion is determined and each unit mosaic is set as the representative color, the image data conversion routine is executed. By mounting a recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program is recorded in the patchwork image data processing apparatus, the same effect as that of the fifth aspect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a patchwork image data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system of the image data processing device for patchwork.

FIG. 3 is a table illustrating a configuration of a control program and data stored in a hard disk 16;

FIGS. 4A to 4F are diagrams showing a plurality of types of piece arrangement patterns.

FIGS. 5A to 5F are diagrams showing a plurality of types of mosaic patterns.

FIG. 6 is a table illustrating a memory configuration provided in a RAM of the control device.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of patchwork image data processing control.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of image data conversion processing control.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of a pattern “sunflower” which is a color original image.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram in which image data is divided by a piece arrangement pattern.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram in which a mosaic pattern is superimposed on a symbol portion of a piece.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a unit mosaic formed by a mosaic pattern.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of patchwork image data including a plurality of mosaic image data with a seam allowance.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 image data processing device for patchwork 7 RAM card 10 control device 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 13a original image data memory 16 hard disk M1 to M6 mosaic pattern P1 to P6 piece arrangement pattern 32 floppy disk

Claims (10)

[Claims] An image data processing apparatus for a patchwork that processes image data of an original image representing a design of a patchwork, divides the image data into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork, and creates data representing a design portion of the pieces. An original image storage unit that stores the image data of the original image; an image division unit that divides the image data into divided image data of a plurality of pieces so as to have a set piece arrangement pattern; A patchwork image data processing device, comprising: image data conversion means for converting divided image data of a piece into mosaic image data of a mosaic pattern set to mosaic a design portion. 2. A mosaic image data generating device with a seam allowance, which receives mosaic image data of each piece from the image data converting device and generates mosaic image data with a seam allowance having a predetermined margin set on the outer periphery of each piece. The image data processing device for patchwork according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image dividing means includes a piece arrangement pattern setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance. An image data processing device for patchwork as described in the above. 4. The mosaic pattern setting means according to claim 1, wherein said image data conversion means has a mosaic pattern setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance. The patchwork image data processing apparatus according to claim 1. 5. The image data conversion unit according to claim 1, wherein a representative color of each unit mosaic of the symbol portion is obtained, and each unit mosaic is set as the representative color.
Item 14. The patchwork image data processing device according to the above section. 6. A patchwork image data processing program for processing image data of an original image representing a design of a patchwork, dividing the image data into a plurality of pieces constituting the patchwork, and creating data representing a design portion of the pieces. An original image storage routine for storing the image data of the original image, and image division for dividing the image data into divided image data of a plurality of pieces so as to have a set piece arrangement pattern. A patchwork image, comprising: a routine; and an image data conversion routine for converting the divided image data of each piece into mosaic image data of a mosaic pattern set to mosaic a design portion. A recording medium that records a data processing program. 7. A mosaic image with a seam allowance, which receives mosaic image data of each piece created by the image data conversion routine and creates mosaic image data with a seam allowance with a predetermined margin set on the outer periphery of each piece. 7. A recording medium storing the patchwork image data processing program according to claim 6, further comprising a data creation routine. 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the image division routine includes a piece arrangement pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one of a plurality of piece arrangement patterns set and stored in advance. A recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program described above is recorded. 9. The image data conversion routine according to claim 6, wherein said image data conversion routine includes a mosaic pattern setting routine for selecting and setting one of a plurality of mosaic patterns set and stored in advance. A recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program according to claim 1 is recorded. 10. The image data conversion routine according to claim 6, wherein a representative color of each unit mosaic in the symbol portion is obtained, and each unit mosaic is used as the representative color.
10. A recording medium on which the patchwork image data processing program according to any one of claims 9 to 9 is recorded.