KR20060105496A - Device for editing sewing data - Google Patents

Abstract

Improve the efficiency of editing work on the sewing data editing device.

The display means 2 for displaying the target point of the sewing data, the display control means for simultaneously displaying each target point of the sewing data M1 and another sewing data M2 to be edited, and the editing object. Corresponding to the selection input means 3 which performs the selection input of the target point to be made, and the target point P4 which has a correspondence relationship with respect to the selected target point P3 and the order of clouding with respect to another sewing data M2. Identification means for displaying the target point P4 specified as the corresponding specific means visually distinguishable from other target points among the target points of the sewing data M1 and M2 displayed by the specifying means and the display means. Doing.

Description

Sewing data editing device {DEVICE FOR EDITING SEWING DATA}

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing the entire hardware including a sewing data editing apparatus and a sewing machine according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of sewing data, in which Fig. 2A shows sewing data of the first layer, and Fig. 2B shows sewing data of the second layer.

3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a series of clouding states made based on one piece of sewing data.

4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the sewing data editing apparatus.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data input screen in the case of performing a new input by handling only one piece of sewing data.

6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of displaying one piece of sewing data on an operation screen of a plurality of pieces of sewing data.

7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example for simultaneously displaying two sewing data on an operation screen of a plurality of sewing data.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example in which a setting content of each sewing data is displayed in a list together with a drawing display.

9 is a flowchart showing processing as a corresponding specific means.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example in which two pieces of sewing data of different types are displayed simultaneously.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

2: Monitor (display means) 3: Selection input means (mouse)

4: computer 10: sewing data editing device

41: CPU 44: HD device

100: sewing machine to attach a button F: flash memory

M1, M2: Sewing data P1 to P6: Target point

F1 ~ F5: Element (Block)

The present invention relates to a sewing data editing apparatus for editing sewing data used in a sewing machine.

Conventionally, for example, in an automatic sewing machine, the sewing machine and the cloth transfer means are controlled by sewing data composed of the amount of movement of the needle between the needle dropping point and each needle dropping point. The sewing data editing apparatus used to create such sewing data displays a number of target points, such as stitching and preliminary transfer, which are set in one piece of sewing data by drawing, and designates an arbitrary target point by an external input device such as a mouse. At the same time, editing (move, add, delete) was performed.

In the sewing data editing apparatus, only one sewing data is displayed on one display screen (see Patent Document 1, for example).

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-326014

However, for example, a sewing machine for attaching a button maintains the button and the fabric separately, and determines the moving position individually, so that the needle is dropped to a predetermined portion of the fabric while the sewing needle is inserted through each button hole in turn. In order to perform the sewing to attach, the buttonhole and the cloth are moved separately to sew, so that sewing data for buttons and sewing data for cloth are provided separately.

These sewing data often include target points associated with each other, such as when the target point for determining the position of the button and the target point for determining the position of the cloth are set at the same needle drop timing.

And when the target points which are closely related to two sewing data are set, when editing the target point of one sewing data, it is necessary to also edit the target point which is related to the other sewing data. Occurs.

However, in the conventional sewing data editing apparatus, since only one sewing data can be displayed in one screen, the two sewing data had to be edited separately.

For this reason, when editing, such as moving or deleting, the target point of one piece of sewing data is found, the related target point in the other sewing data is found from the order of rolling, and then moved or deleted. There is a problem that editing must be performed, the positional relationship of the needle drop can not be accurately grasped, accurate alignment is difficult, and the editing operation is complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide a sewing data editing apparatus capable of smoothly and accurately performing editing work of different kinds of sewing data related to each other.

The invention described in claim 1 is used in a sewing machine that performs sewing by relatively positioning a sewing object and a sewing needle, and edits or newly inputs to sewing data indicating each position of a plurality of target points to perform a needle and the order of a needle. A sewing data editing input device for performing at least one sewing operation, comprising: display means for displaying specific information of a target point of the sewing data, and at least one sewing reference for the display means together with the editing target sewing data to be edited or newly inputted. Display control means for simultaneously displaying specific information of each target point with respect to the data, selection input means for selecting or inputting one of the target points of the editing target sewing data, target points of the selected sewing target sewing data, and sounding Specify the corresponding target point of the reference sewing data that corresponds to the sequence number Has a configuration including a corresponding specifying means and identification display means for visually displaying the specific information of the corresponding target point and the specific information of the other target point.

The invention described in claim 2 has the same configuration as the invention described in claim 1, and the corresponding specific means has a relationship in which the target point of the selected sewing object to be edited or input coincides with the order from the first movement. The structure which specifies a corresponding target point is employ | adopted.

The invention described in claim 3 has the same configuration as the invention described in claim 1, and the sewing data is configured by dividing a plurality of target points into a plurality of blocks, and the corresponding specific means includes editing target sewing data selected or inputted. A configuration for specifying a corresponding target point in which the order of the blocks to which the target points belong to and the order of the movements in the block correspond to each other is adopted.

The invention described in claim 4 has the same configuration as the invention described in claim 3, and the identification display means adopts a configuration in which the specific information of the block to which the corresponding target point belongs is distinguishable from the specific information of another block. have.

The invention according to claim 5 has the same configuration as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and the display control means includes at least one of edit target sewing data and reference sewing data for the display means. The structure which displays the specific information of each target point by drawing is employ | adopted.

The invention according to claim 6 has the same configuration as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and the display control means includes at least one of edit target sewing data and reference sewing data for the display means. In this case, a configuration for displaying specific information of each target point in a list is adopted.

The invention according to claim 7 has the same configuration as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and is an editing object among storage means for storing a plurality of sewing data and a plurality of sewing data stored in the storage means. The structure provided with the data selection means for selecting the sewing data to be edited is adopted.

The invention according to claim 8 has the same configuration as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and is associated with each other for two or more pieces of sewing data simultaneously displayed on the display means by display control means. A configuration is provided which has associated recording means for recording the information indicating that the data is to the sewing data.

Invention of Claim 9 has the structure similar to invention of any one of Claims 1-3, and employ | adopts the structure which can switch the execution presence or absence of identification display by an identification display means by setting. .

The invention according to claim 10 has the same configuration as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and the display control means determines whether or not the display means executes display of specific information of the target point of the reference sewing data. The structure which can be switched by a setting is employ | adopted.

Embodiment

(Overall Configuration of Embodiments of the Invention)

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Embodiment of this invention is described based on FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an entire hardware including a sewing data editing apparatus 10 and a sewing machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The sewing data editing apparatus 10 is for creating new sewing data used for the operation control at the time of sewing of the sewing machine 100, or for performing an editing operation such as correction on existing sewing data.

(Sewing machine)

The sewing machine 100 is a sewing machine to which a button is attached, and the cloth positioning means for determining a relative position with respect to the sewing needle by maintaining the cloth to be sewing, and to determine the position relative to the sewing needle by holding the button as the sewing object. And a button positioning means, a shank moving mechanism for moving the sewing needle up and down by the sewing machine motor, and control means for controlling the operation thereof.

And, the control means of the sewing machine 100, driving the cloth positioning means in synchronization with the up and down movement of the sewing needle to control the operation of the sewing to drop the needle by randomly positioning the cloth relative to the sewing needle, and the upper side of the sewing needle The cloth positioning means is driven in the standby state to control the operation of the preliminary feed which performs only the movement of the cloth without accompanying the needle drop.

In addition, the control means of the sewing machine 100 drives the button positioning means in synchronism with the up and down movement of the sewing needle to position the button with respect to the sewing needle, thereby controlling the operation of sewing to drop the needle into an arbitrary needle passing hole. And, by operating the button positioning means in the upper standby state of the sewing needle controls the operation of the preliminary transfer to perform only the movement of the button without accompanying the needle drop.

As described above, in the sewing machine 100, the operation control for positioning the movement of the sewing needle with respect to each of the cloth and the button as the sewing object is made, so that the sewing data for positioning the sewing needle with respect to the cloth during sewing , Sewing data for positioning of the sewing needle for the button is required.

(Sewing data)

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of sewing data, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a series of driving states made based on one sewing data.

As one sewing data is shown in Fig. 2A, the target points of the plurality of clouds made by the sewing data are divided into a plurality of elements (blocks). That is, assuming that the sewing data is made to each target point shown in FIG. 3 by the sewing data, all the rollings required for the sewing are divided into the elements F1 to F5 as a plurality of blocks, and belonging to each of the elements F1 to F5. The goal of is to be managed in units of elements.

As shown in Fig. 2B, the sewing data includes the type of the element (sewing or preliminary transfer), the total number of needles (total target score) of the element, In the case where the amount of movement to the target point and the sewing data are recorded in a storage device (memory or hard disk) which manages recording of data as an address, the storage addresses of the following elements are stored.

That is, in the present embodiment, as described above, the setting of the sewing or the preliminary feed is made in element units, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be set separately for each target point.

In addition, since the control means of the sewing machine 100 performs processing so that the sewing operation is performed according to the order of recording in the element, the amount of movement to the target point in each of the above mentioned impregnations is the order of executing the rhyme in the element. By recording the data of the movement amount, the order of each target point can be specified.

Sewing data editing device

As shown in Fig. 1, the sewing data editing apparatus 10 includes a keyboard 1 for inputting a command or a numerical value for editing or inputting a target point belonging to the editing target sewing data and a new value of the editing target sewing data. The monitor 2, which is a color CRT as the display means for displaying the input screen, the edit screen, the specific information of the target point (for example, the position information of the target point) of the sewing data to be edited, and the pointer displayed on the monitor 2, The mouse 3 which performs various input by operation, and the computer 4 which perform arithmetic and a process in the editing or input of the target point which belong to editing object sewing data are provided.

4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the sewing data editing apparatus 10. Further explanation will be made with reference to the main hardware configuration of the computer 4.

The computer 4 includes a ROM 42 in which a process program or process data for executing each process described below relating to new input and editing of sewing data is written, and a CPU which executes each process according to the process program ( 41, a RAM 43 for storing various processing data of the CPU 41, an HD (hard disk) device 44 for continuously storing various processing data, sewing data or various programs even when the main power is cut off; The R / W (read) device 45 of the nonvolatile flash memory F for exchanging sewing data between another editing device or the sewing machine 100, the HD device 44 and the R / W device ( 45 and an interface (not shown) for connecting the CPU 41 to the keyboard 1, the mouse 3, and the monitor 2, respectively.

The RAM 43 is provided with various work memories, counters, and the like, and is also used as a work area during processing.

The HD device 44 and the flash memory F also function as storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of sewing data.

(Data entry)

Fig. 5 shows an example of a data input screen when a new input is performed with one piece of sewing data as editable sewing data. The following describes the input operation of the sewing object to be edited.

The data input screen mainly includes various commands and switch groups CS arranged intensively along the top and left edges of the screen, and the target point and the fingertips that serve as positions of the fingers that occupy almost the entire area other than the top and left edges of the screen. It consists of the drawing screen DP which draws and displays a trace. In the drawing screen DP, the sewing possible range display line D1 indicating the sewing possible range of the sewing machine, the one-dot chain line, and the coordinate position display lines D2 and D3 serving as the absolute coordinate origin of the sewing machine where the intersection is used are displayed. It is. The configuration of the data input screen is stored in the hard disk (HD) device 44 as screen data, and the CPU 41 executes the data input program in the ROM 42 so that the display on the monitor 2 can be performed. It is. Therefore, the sewing shape position displayed in the sewing possible range display line D1 corresponds to the coordinate position with respect to the sewing range of the actual sewing machine.

In addition, the CPU 41 performs a process of moving the display position of the pointer (not shown) on the data input screen by the data input program in accordance with the movement input operation of the mouse 3, and the pointer is moved to any of various switches. Is positioned, and when the selection is determined by the left button of the mouse 3, a process of executing the command assigned to the selected switch is executed.

In addition, at the time of new input of the sewing object to be edited, the position is determined by moving the pointer in the drawing screen DP by the operation of the mouse 3, and an arbitrary input is determined by the decision input by the left button of the mouse 3. A shape point can be set in a position.

Such a shape point is a point for determining the trajectory of a cloud, for example, by inputting two shape points to perform a roughening along a part connecting them, or to perform a roughening along a circular arc centered on the contouring point. Say

Which trajectory is drawn for the shape point is determined by appropriately selecting the switch on the left side of the screen. For example, when the shape of a broken line, an arc, a circle, and a spline is selected by operation of the said mouse, and the position of each shape point is specified, CPU41 will follow the line segment selected by the predetermined program. The point divided by the preset pitch is calculated and displayed as a needle drop point.

For example, referring to the data input screen of FIG. 5, the user may select the broken line input switch W1 from the switch group on the left side of the screen and move the mouse 3 to the position of the point P1 or P2 of the desired line segment L1 on the screen. When the pointer of () is moved and the left button of the mouse 3 is clicked, the coordinates on the scales of the respective positions P1 and P2 are read and taken as the shape points of the line segment L1 and displayed on the screen.

In addition, the input line segment L1 is displayed as a black dot at a point calculated by dividing at a predetermined pitch, and displayed as a moving needle position (needle drop position). That is, in this case, the positional information of the sleeping position is displayed by the point arrangement in the coordinates. In addition, in this drawing display, while displaying the point shape which shows the positional information of each target point, the line segment which connects each point according to the order of sewing is displayed, and each line segment is sewing which is specific information of each target point. Sequence number information is shown.

When the shape point is sequentially input and the right button of the mouse 3 is input at any one of the shape points, up to the shape point is stored as the division of the element of the sewing object sewing data described above.

That is, the movement amounts of the respective target points obtained by the division calculation by sequentially inputting the shape points by the respective operations described above are recorded in the RAM 43 in order as the movement amounts to the target points in each movement of the editing target sewing data. The next element is switched by input of the right button of the mouse 3.

In addition, before inputting each of the shape points, by selecting whether the sewing input or the preliminary feed is input from the switch group in advance, the type is recorded in the sewing target sewing data for each element.

Then, by finally inputting the confirmation switch, a series of inputs are determined as sewing data and written in the HD device 44 or the flash memory F. FIG. At this time, the total number of each sleeping position obtained by dividing operation for each element is obtained, and is recorded as the total number of needles for each element in the sewing data for editing. When the sewing target sewing data is written to the HD device 44 or the flash memory F, the write address of the data at the head of each element is recorded in the data of the previous element.

In addition, it is also possible to perform editing such as moving, deleting, adding, etc. to the target point of each movement, in which the input of the already-confirmed sewing target sewing data is completed.

In addition, it becomes possible to select whether to edit the object in units of target points or in units of elements. In other words, editing operations such as moving, deleting, and adding can be performed in units of target points and elements.

In the editing operation, when moving, the target point of interest is designated (drag) by the mouse 3, and the target point of interest is moved to a new designated point by inputting (dropping) the position to be moved by the movement operation of the mouse 3. Can be. At the time of such an operation, the CPU 41 updates, by the processing program, the value of the amount of movement from the stitching in the sewing data to the target point based on the position coordinate of the new designated point moved.

In the editing operation, when the target point of interest is designated by clicking the left side of the mouse 3, the target point of interest can be deleted by inputting the deletion from the switch group by operating the mouse 3 next. At the time of such an operation, the CPU 41 deletes and updates the value of the movement amount to the target point in the movement with respect to the deleted target point by the processing program. In addition, the value of the number of needles in the element is added and updated.

In the editing operation, a new target point is added by designating with the mouse 3 one target point of the target point to be added and moving and inputting the setting position of the target point to be added. can do. At the time of such an operation, the CPU 41 inserts and updates the value of the movement amount to the target point on the fly with respect to the added target point by the processing program. Furthermore, the value of the number of needles in the element is subtracted and updated.

(Various processing in editing of multiple sewing data)

6 and 7 show a display example of a plurality of sewing data operation screens composed of editing target sewing data and reference sewing data. Here, the sewing data for positioning the sewing needle in button sewing sewing relative to the button and the sewing data for positioning the sewing needle in button sewing sewing relative to the fabric will be described on the same screen.

Fig. 6 is a display example of the needle indication data M1 for dropping the needle into the button hole of the button, and Fig. 7 shows the needle indication M1 for dropping the needle into the button hole of the button and the needle for dropping the needle into the fabric. This is an example of displaying the sound indication (M) at the same time. In addition, since the indications of the stitches M1 and M2 correspond to the sewing data, they will be described as sewing data for convenience. In addition, one side to edit is used as sewing object sewing data, and the other side not to perform editing is referred to as sewing data for reference. In addition, on the display screen, a button display line BD indicated by a dotted line for recognizing the outer periphery of the button, and a button hole display line BH indicated by a dotted line for recognizing the button hole shape on which the needle falls on the button are displayed. .

When editing the two pieces of sewing data, the CPU 41 stores the two pieces of sewing data read out from the HD device 44 or the flash memory F by the predetermined processing program, respectively, on the first and second layers. Assign to the hierarchy.

On the operation screen of the plurality of sewing data, in addition to the screen configuration of the data input screen described above, a layer operation dialog LD is displayed in which a plurality of switches to which commands for handling two sewing data are assigned are displayed. In this layer operation dialog LD, an editing object window W2 indicating which sewing data of each layer is selected as the editing object sewing data, and sewing data selected as the editing object sewing data are selected from the other. Edit sewing switch W3 for switching to hierarchical sewing data, positioning switch W4 for adjusting the position of the sewing data displayed on the drawing to a predetermined position, sewing sewing data for reference and sewing data for reference. Switch between the display of the two-layer simultaneous display switch (W5) for simultaneously displaying data and the execution of the identification display of the target point corresponding to the target point of interest in the simultaneous display state of the two sewing data of the editable sewing data and the reference sewing data. Relation point display switch W6 is displayed.

(Editing multiple sewing data: processing as data selection means)

In the display state of the plurality of sewing data operation screens, if a command for reading sewing data (not shown) is selected by clicking operation of the mouse 3, the CPU 41 causes the HD device 44 to respond to a predetermined processing program. Alternatively, any one piece of sewing data is read out of a plurality of pieces of sewing data stored in the flash memory F. FIG. This sewing data is assigned to the first layer.

Further, when arbitrary sewing data is assigned to the first layer, when the editing object changeover switch W3 is input (clicked) by the operation of the mouse 3, the CPU 41 causes the HD device 44 or flash to be executed. Arbitrary sewing data can be read from the memory F. FIG. Moreover, not only reading the existing sewing data but also inputting new sewing data is possible. The CPU 41 then executes a process of assigning the read sewing data or the sewing data on which the new input has been made to the sewing data on the second layer.

(Editing multiple sewing data: Switching processing of selected data)

When sewing data changeover switch W3 is input while sewing data is assigned to each layer, the CPU 41 switches from the currently displayed sewing data to drawing display of another piece of sewing data and at the same time edits the window. The process of switching the layer number (W2) from 1 to 2 or 2 to 1 is executed.

In other words, the CPU 41 performs a process of allocating sewing data to two layers as described above, and then selects sewing data of any one of the two layers to be edited from among the plurality of sewing data. It functions as a "data selection means" for selecting the sewing data to be edited.

In this case, the editing object sewing data and the reference sewing data are identified by displaying each of them in a different display color so that the sewing object sewing data selected by the data selecting means can be easily distinguished from the sewing data for reference. It is desirable to display it so that it can be done.

(Editing a plurality of sewing data: processing as display control means of selected data)

In a state where sewing data is assigned to each layer, when the two-layer simultaneous display switch W5 is input by operation of a mouse, the CPU 41 executes a predetermined processing program, and the editing object switch switch W3 is executed. Drawing display of each target point of the sewing data (reference sewing data) of the layer not selected as an editing target, in addition to the drawing display which displays each target point of the sewing data (editing object sewing data) of the layer selected by Execute a process to be performed at the same time.

In addition, the drawing display of these two sewing data is made in the state which made the origin position the same, and made the display magnification coincide, About these, a setting can be changed by operation of a mouse.

That is, the CPU 41 draws and displays each target point at the same time for both the sewing target sewing data and the reference sewing data, so as to function as "display control means" for displaying the specific information (positional information) of the target point of each data. do.

In addition, when the sewing data of each layer is displayed in both the display states and the two-layer simultaneous display switch W5 is input by the operation of the mouse, the CPU 41 is selected as an editing object by executing a predetermined processing program. The process returns to the drawing display state of only the sewing data of the existing layer and stops the drawing display of the sewing data of another layer.

That is, the two-layer simultaneous display switch W5 can switch whether or not the simultaneous display between the target point of the reference sewing data and the editing target sewing data is performed.

(Editing multiple sewing data: processing as corresponding specific means)

In addition, when the sewing point display switch W6 is inputted by operation of a mouse in the sewing data of each layer in both the display states, the CPU 41 turns on the relation point display mode by executing a predetermined processing program. The processing to switch between and OFF is executed.

This relationship point display mode corresponds to a target point designated by the mouse 3 as a "selection input means" as one of the movement, deletion, addition, and new input of the editing object sewing data to be edited. In this mode, the corresponding target point of the reference sewing data is displayed so that it can be visually identified from the specific information of the other target point.

That is, in the relation point display mode, as shown in Fig. 7, the mouse 3 is moved to an arbitrary target point P3 of sewing data M1 (editing sewing data) for button positioning to be edited. When the pointer K is positioned and left clicked by the operation, the CPU 41 recognizes the target point P3 as the editing work object.

Further, by executing the predetermined processing program, the CPU 41 determines the number of the target points P3 is the target point of sewing in the whole with reference to the sewing data M1, and also refers to the sewing data M2. The processing as "corresponding specific means" for identifying the target point of the same number is executed.

In addition, when counting the order of the target point P3, the CPU 41 does not include the preliminary feed in the count. The preliminary transfer is usually performed from the start of sewing to a plurality of target points, and since it is often not performed afterwards, the sequence count of the target point P3 is achieved starting with the target point at which sewing is first performed. It is broken.

Here, the processing as the corresponding specific means described above will be described in detail according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, the structure of sewing data M1 and M2 is referred to FIG.

First, when the sewing data M1 of the first layer is the editing target sewing data, the CPU 41 refers to the sewing data M1 of the first layer (step S1).

Next, the CPU 41 refers to the type of the element in order from the first movement amount data of the first element of the sewing data M1. Then, in the case of preliminary conveyance other than sewing (step S2: NO), the object to be referred is advanced to the next movement amount (step S3), and the flow returns to step S2 again to confirm the type of the element.

In addition, as described above, since the type (sewing or preliminary feed) is usually the same in element units, when the first element is preliminary feed, the processes of steps S2 and S3 are performed for the entire movement amount data of the first element. Is repeated.

If the type of the element is determined for each movement amount data in turn from the first element, and the type of the element of the movement amount data currently referred to is stitched (step S2: YES), the target point currently being edited The designated needle counter for counting the number of needles up to (P3) is reset to zero (step S4).

Next, the CPU 41 determines whether the movement amount data currently being referred to is the target point P3 to be edited at present, and if it is not the target point P3 (step S5: NO), the target object to be referred to is determined. It advances to the next movement amount data, adds 1 to the designation needle counter (step S6), and returns to step S5.

In addition, when the movement amount data currently referred to is the target point P3 (step S5: YES), the CPU 41 changes the value of the current needle counter to the target point P3 in the sewing data M1. The order is specified in order, and the count value is stored in the RAM 43.

Next, the CPU 41 refers to the sewing data M2 (reference sewing data) in the second layer (step S7).

The CPU 41 sequentially refers to the type of the element from the first movement amount data of the second element of the sewing data M2. Then, in the case of preliminary conveyance other than sewing (step S8: NO), the object to be referred is advanced to the next moving amount (step S9), and the flow returns to step S8 again to confirm the type of the element.

Also for the sewing data M2, the type (sewing or preliminary feeding) is usually the same in the element unit, and therefore, when the first element is preliminary feeding, the step S8 and the total movement amount data of the first element are the same. The process of S9 is repeated.

If the type of the element is determined for each movement amount data in turn from the first element, and the type of the element of the movement amount data currently referred to is stitched (step S8: YES), the needle to the target point P4 is used. The corresponding needle count counter for counting the number is reset to zero (step S10).

Next, the CPU 41 judges whether the needle count value of the movement amount data currently being referred to matches the needle count value of the target point P3, and when it does not match (step S11: NO), refer to it. The target object is advanced to the next movement amount data, 1 is added to the corresponding needle count counter (step S12), and the process returns to step S11.

Further, when the needle count value of the movement amount data currently referred to matches the needle count value of the target point P3 (step S11: YES), the CPU 41 edits the target point indicated by the movement amount data currently referred to. It is specified that it is the corresponding target point P4 which has a correspondence relationship with the target point P3 of the target.

(Editing of multiple sewing data: processing as identification display means)

By executing a predetermined processing program, the CPU 41 displays a display capable of distinguishing the display of the target point P3 to be edited from another target point, for example, the color of another target point as a black point, and the target point P3. Control is displayed as a red dot (dots minus white in FIG. 7).

In addition, the CPU 41 executes a predetermined processing program so that the corresponding target point P4 of the sewing data M2 in which the target point P3 and the sewing sequence coincide with each other can be distinguished from other target points, that is, The control as "identification display means" which displays the color of another target point by the black point, and displays the corresponding target point P4 by the red point (the point which subtracted white in FIG. 7) is performed.

Moreover, also when counting the sequence number of the corresponding target point P4, it does so that preliminary feed is not included in a count, and it implements as the head of the target point to which sewing is performed first.

The editing operation performed on one piece of sewing data M1 in both display states of sewing data M1 and M2 of each layer is executed by the same process as the editing operation made on the data input screen of FIG.

In addition, the above-described processing as the corresponding specifying means and the identification display means can be executed not only in the editing operation of the reference sewing data but also in the new input operation of the sewing data.

That is, the drawing display of the relevant reference sewing data is performed, and this is set as the background, and the target points are input one by one for the new editing object sewing data, or the shape points described in FIG. 5 are input one by one. This input operation accomplishes the same process as described in FIG. At this time, the CPU 41 calculates the order of sewing for the newest input target point, specifies the corresponding target points of the same order for the reference sewing data for which simultaneous display is made, and performs the correspondence. Perform distinctive color marking on the target point.

(Editing a plurality of sewing data: processing as related recording means)

Further, the CPU 41 performs predetermined processing when the check box of "Save data association" provided in the layer operation dialog LD is set to the ON state by the left-click operation of the mouse 3. The program executes a process of adding and writing information indicating that the two pieces of sewing data M1 and M2 are simultaneously related to each of the sewing data M1 and M2 after the editing operation is finished. Such correlation information is appended to, for example, an area which does not affect the actual storage contents of sewing of each data.

In other words, the CPU 41 functions as "associated recording means".

Accordingly, in the state where the sewing data M1 and M2 are used in the sewing machine 100 in a state where a plurality of sewing data including each sewing data M1 and M2 are stored in the storage means, The mutual information makes it easy to read the other side, so that data can be easily selected.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the use of sewing data when sewing, and even when editing is performed again, the data can be easily selected.

(Editing a plurality of sewing data: processing as list display means)

In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, both of the sewing data to be edited and the two sewing data M1 and M2 which are the reference sewing data are displayed by drawing. However, as shown in FIG. 8, in the sewing data editing apparatus 10, FIG. In addition to the drawing display, or with the drawing display, a function of opening the setting contents of the data for each sewing data M1 and M2 by text and displaying them in a list (diagram) is provided. In addition, only one piece of sewing data can be displayed in a list.

In this list display, the positional information of all target points is displayed in a line in accordance with the order of each element set in the sewing data and the order of the movement amount of the target point in each element. That is, by the list display, positional information and ordering information of sewing, which are specific information of each target point of the sewing data, are displayed.

At the time of editing, the CPU 41 executes display control for displaying the identification marking in the vicinity of the movement amount display of the target point P3 to be edited in the list display of the sewing target sewing data M1. Thus, the target point currently being edited is distinguished from the others.

In addition, in the list display of the reference sewing data M2, the CPU 41 executes display control for displaying the identification marking in the vicinity of the movement amount display of the corresponding target point P4 specified by the corresponding specifying means. That is, the CPU 41 is not limited to the drawing display, but also executes the processing as the identification display means for the list display.

In this way, the sewing data editing apparatus 10 also displays each target point and sewing sequence in a list display of numerical information for each sewing data, so that the state of sewing in sewing can be numerically understood. In addition, since the display is performed in a state arranged in sequence, it is possible to easily grasp the order of a predetermined target point, and to smoothly and quickly perform a new input or editing operation of sewing data.

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As described above, the CPU 41 specifies, from the sewing data M2, the target point P4 which is equivalent to the order of the rolling of the target point P3 that is being edited in the sewing data M1. Then, the CPU 41 executes a control for displaying the target point P4 with the target point P3 in a different color from the other target point, so that the target point of other sewing data related to the target point that is being edited in the editing operation. Can be quickly recognized, and even if it is necessary to work on both target points, it is possible to smoothly and quickly edit or newly input work by eliminating complicated check work.

In addition, in the operation screen of the plurality of sewing data, since the edit target switching switch W3 is provided in the layer operation dialog LD, the distinct color display is performed as related to the target point P3 currently being edited. If it is necessary to edit the target point P4 as well, it is possible to quickly switch to the edit operation to the target point P4, and the editing work is performed in parallel with the related target point between the two sewing data. This can improve the efficiency of editing work.

In addition, in the sewing data editing apparatus 10, since each target point is displayed by drawing for two pieces of sewing data M1 and M2, it is possible to easily grasp the driving state in actual sewing, and to input new data of the sewing data. Or, editing can be done more smoothly and quickly.

In addition, in the sewing data editing apparatus 10, since arbitrary sewing data can be selected from the plurality of sewing data stored in the HD device 44, the job of preparing the sewing data required for the operation is acquired from the outside of the apparatus. This can be easier than in the case of the present invention, and new input or editing of sewing data can be performed more smoothly and quickly.

In addition, when the flash memory F is used as a storage means for sewing data, there is an advantage that transmission and reception of sewing data to the outside of the apparatus can be facilitated.

In addition, since the sewing data editing apparatus 10 can select not to simultaneously display the target points of sewing data other than sewing data to be edited or newly input by the two-layer simultaneous display switch W5, If the display is unnecessary, only the sewing data can be grasped alone, and new input or editing of the sewing data can be performed more smoothly and quickly.

In addition, in the sewing data editing apparatus 10, the relation point display switch W6 allows selection not to distinguish the target points in the corresponding relationship. Therefore, when the distinction display is not necessary, only the target points of the work targets are used. In addition, new input or editing of sewing data can be performed more smoothly and quickly.

(Etc)

Moreover, although the case where only two sewing data M1 and M2 was selected in the said embodiment was illustrated, you may select more sewing data which is not an editing object, and display more more simultaneously.

In addition, the display method for making it possible to distinguish the target points P3 and P4 from other target points is not limited to color change or marking, as described above, and may be any visually discernible method.

In addition, in the editing operation description of the sewing data editing apparatus 10, sewing data M1 and M2 used for the sewing machine which attaches a button was illustrated, The kind of sewing is not limited to attaching a button, but all kinds A plurality of pieces of sewing data may be simultaneously displayed and corresponding display may be performed.

For example, FIG. 10 shows a display example in which two pieces of sewing data are simultaneously displayed. In the case where these sewing data are displayed at the same time, the CPU 41 executes distinct color display for the target point P5 to be sewn, and performs distinct color display for the corresponding target point P6.

In addition, an example in which a mouse 3 is used for the instruction input of the target point of the editing operation is shown. The instruction input is input by a movement input switch W7 (see FIG. 10) for moving the target point to be edited to another adjacent target point. May be performed.

In addition, in the sewing data editing apparatus 10, when the CPU 41 performs the processing as the corresponding specifying means and the identification display means, the corresponding target point of the reference sewing data for the target point of the editing target of the editing target sewing data. The corresponding target point is identified and identified, and instead of or in parallel with such a process, a process of identifying and displaying the target point of the entire element (block) to which the corresponding target point belongs is performed.

The invention according to claim 1 displays a plurality of sewing data at the same time and selects or inputs one of the target points for the editing target sewing data so that the specific information of the corresponding target point of the reference sewing data can be distinguished from other target points. Is displayed.

As a result, the corresponding target point of the reference sewing data corresponding to the edited or input target point of the edited sewing data can be quickly recognized, and even if it is necessary to perform work on both target points, complicated recognition work is required. This eliminates the need for the need for smooth and quick editing or new input.

In the invention described in claim 2, a target point in which the order in the ascending order or the descending order coincides with the target point in which the sewing target sewing data is selected or input is set as the corresponding target point.

Accordingly, when the sewing data of the sewing machine that performs the relevant sewing on the target point where the sequence numbers coincide using the two sewing data as the editing target sewing data, new input or editing operation is performed more smoothly and quickly. It becomes possible to carry out.

In the invention described in claim 3, even with sewing data for dividing each target point into a plurality of blocks, the corresponding target points can be identified.

In addition, the invention described in claim 4 makes it possible to identify specific information of a block to which the corresponding target point belongs, from another block.

The invention according to claim 5 displays specific information of each target point by drawing about at least one of the sewing data to be edited or the reference sewing data, so that the state of operation of the sewing data can be easily understood. New input or editing can be done more smoothly and quickly.

In addition, the specific information of the target point here is the positional information, and drawing display refers to displaying the position of the target point in a point on the coordinate plane.

The invention according to claim 6 displays specific information of each target point in a list with respect to at least one of the sewing data to be edited or the reference sewing data, so that the state of driving in sewing can be grasped numerically and sequentially. Since the display is arranged in an arranged state, it is easy to grasp the order of a predetermined target point, and it is possible to smoothly and quickly perform a new input or editing operation of sewing data.

In addition, the specific information of the target point here is the positional information, and list display means the position of a target point on the coordinate plane in sewing data by opening and displaying the character which shows positional information.

The invention according to claim 7 can select any editing object sewing data from a plurality of pieces of sewing data stored in the storage means, so that when the job of preparing the editing object sewing data required for the job is acquired from the outside of the apparatus, It is easier to compare, and it is possible to smoothly and quickly edit or input a target point of reference sewing data.

In the invention according to claim 8, since information indicating that they are related to each other is recorded in each piece of sewing data for two or more pieces of sewing data displayed on the display means at the same time, when each piece of sewing data is used for sewing, a plurality of pieces of sewing data are used. Sewing data related to each other can be easily identified.

According to the invention of claim 9, since the execution of the identification display by the identification display means can be switched by setting, when the identification mark is unnecessary, only the target point of the work target can be grasped, and new input or editing of the sewing data is possible. This will make your work smoother and faster.

The invention described in claim 10 can be switched by setting whether or not to display or not display the specific information of the target point in the reference sewing data, so that it is not necessary to display the specific information of the target point of the reference sewing data. Only the target sewing data can be grasped, and new input or editing of the sewing data can be performed more smoothly and quickly.

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It is used for sewing machine to perform sewing by positioning relative to sewing object and sewing needle, and it is sewing data editing device which edits or inputs new sewing data which shows each position of plural target points and the order of the stitches , Display means for displaying specific information of a target point of the sewing data; Display control means for causing said display means to simultaneously display specific information of each target point for at least another reference sewing data together with the editing target sewing data to be edited or newly input; Selection input means for selecting or inputting one of the target points of the sewing object sewing data; Corresponding specifying means for specifying a target point of the selected sewing object to be edited or inputted, and a corresponding target point of the reference sewing data corresponding to the order of movement; And identification display means for visually distinguishing the specific information of the corresponding target point from the specific information of another target point. The method of claim 1, The corresponding specific means, And the corresponding target point in which the target point of the edited sewing data to be selected or input and the sequence number from the first operation coincide with each other. The method of claim 1, The sewing data is configured by dividing the plurality of target points into a plurality of blocks, And the corresponding specifying means specifies the corresponding target point in which the order of the block to which the target point of the edited sewing data to be selected or input belongs and the order of the movements in the block correspond to each other. Data editing device. The method of claim 3, wherein And the identification display means displays the specific information of the block to which the corresponding target point belongs is distinguishable from the specific information of another block. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the display control means displays the specific information of each target point by drawing on at least one of the editing target sewing data and the reference sewing data with respect to the display means. Device. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the display control means displays the specific information of each target point in a list with respect to the display means for at least one of the sewing target sewing data and the reference sewing data. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Storage means for storing a plurality of the sewing data; And a data selecting means for selecting the editing target sewing data to be edited from among the plurality of sewing data stored in the storage means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And said recording control means comprising associated recording means for recording information indicating that they are related to each other for said two or more pieces of sewing data simultaneously displayed on said display means. . The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the setting data can be switched by setting whether or not the identification display is executed by said identification display means. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And the display control means allows the display means to switch whether or not to display or not display specific information of a target point of the reference sewing data by setting.

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