JPH0739663A - Pattern selecting device for embroidery sewing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply sew each element of selected pattern with a thread of a desired color by providing an embroidery sewing machine with a means for displaying separately the elements of pattern at the time when a color change mode is selected, a means for accessing sewing data of a designated element, and a means for reading out the accessed sewing data. CONSTITUTION:A storage medium 27 is constituted of a pattern data storage means for storing pattern data, and a second display data storage means for storing display data for these patterns. In the pattern data storage means, sewing data and color data of elements of pattern are stored. A pattern element selecting means 28 corresponds to a pattern element displayed on a display 17, the pattern element is displayed on a laminated plate of a transparent touch panel with a liquid crystal plate, and for instance, by pressing it with a finger, the pattern element can be designated. In such a way, only by executing an operation for selecting a color change mode and selecting the element of the pattern, sewing can be executed singly in the case of the pattern element is one, and by combining them in the case it is two or more.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine, and more particularly to a pattern selecting device for embroidery sewing machine which enables individual elements of the embroidery pattern to be individually selected or combined with each other. Regarding selection device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional sewing machine having a sewing machine pattern selection device. In the figure, 1 indicates a computer sewing machine equipped with a sewing machine pattern selection device,
A display unit 2 formed of a laminated plate of a transparent touch panel and a liquid crystal plate or the like is arranged on the front surface thereof. This display 2
Is composed of a basic menu display area 2a and an optional display area 2b, and a predetermined basic menu is fixedly displayed in the basic menu display area 2a. On the other hand, in the optional display area 2b, the basic menu display area 2a
Display data associated with the basic menu selected by the operator is displayed. An IC card 3 stores data of a plurality of types of patterns.

In a conventional sewing machine having such a structure,
When selecting a pattern, when the operator selects a pattern selection mode in the basic menu display area 2a of the display unit 2, a plurality of pattern selection screens are displayed on the arbitrary display area 2b. Here, when the operator selects a desired pattern and then selects the color changing mode, a screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. That is, the selected pattern 30 is displayed on the upper left of the screen, and the pattern is
It is disassembled into 5 elements and displayed. For example, in the upper left corner of the screen, the selected pattern "pattern of a bouquet with a ribbon" is displayed. Yellow petals, 2. Green leaves and stems, 3. Pink ribbon, 4.
Small petals of orange 5. A red rose flower is displayed. The selection pattern can be switched by pressing the pattern switching key at the lower right of the screen.

According to this conventional method, the operator can sew a pattern desired to be sewn by using threads of plural kinds of colors. For example, when the pattern shown in the above example is sewn, the pattern shown in FIG. 8 can be sewn with threads of five colors.

[0005]

However, since the conventional function of the color change mode display is supposed to complete only one predetermined pattern, for example, it is desired to sew only the small petals in step 4. In this case, it was necessary to move the data to the beginning of the fourth step and sew with the frame advance key, which is one of the function keys. Therefore, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and takes time when the pattern elements are sewn independently.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to embroider a sewing machine in which elements of a selected pattern can be easily sewn individually or in combination with a thread of a desired color. To provide a pattern selection device.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pattern selection device of an embroidery sewing machine having means for selecting a desired pattern from a plurality of patterns, and a color change mode is selected. Sometimes, the means for individually displaying the elements of the pattern, the means for accessing the sewing data of the designated element when any one of the elements is designated, and the reading of the accessed sewing data It is characterized by having means.

[0008]

According to the present invention, when an element of the individually displayed pattern is designated by pushing with a finger, the sewing data for the element is directly accessed and read out from the pattern data storage means. Therefore, the operator can easily read the sewing data of the pattern element and perform sewing.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the hardware configuration of the sewing machine of the present invention.

In the figure, 9 is a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the entire operation of the sewing machine, 10 is a pattern selecting means consisting of a symbol mark displayed on the display 2, and 1
1 is a start / stop key for instructing the sewing machine to start and stop, 12 is a manual sewing key, 13 is an embroidery width dial for setting the embroidery width, and 14 is a feed direction dial for setting the width in the feed direction. , 15 are stitch setting keys. Further, 16 is a display control circuit, 17 is display means, 18 is a sewing machine motor drive circuit, 19 is a sewing machine motor, 20 is a stitch forming mechanism including a sewing machine needle, 21 is an X, Y motor drive circuit, 22 is an X, A Y motor, 23 is an X and Y drive mechanism, and 24 is an embroidery frame.

Further, 25 is a ROM, and the ROM 25
Is composed of a control program storage means for storing a control program for the entire sewing machine, a stitch data storage means for storing stitch data of various patterns, and a first display data storage means for storing display data of the patterns and the like. . 26
Is a RAM, and the RAM 26 is composed of various setting storage means for storing various setting data, calculation data storage means for storing calculation data, and working memory. Reference numeral 27 denotes a storage medium such as an IC card, which is composed of pattern data storage means for storing pattern data and second display data storage means for storing display data for these patterns. The pattern data storage means stores sewing data for the elements of the pattern and color data indicating the color of the thread to be sewn. 28 is a pattern element selection means, which corresponds to the pattern element displayed on the display means 17. That is, since the pattern element is displayed on the laminated plate of the transparent touch panel and the liquid crystal plate, it can be designated by pressing with a finger, for example.

Next, the structure of the main part of the present invention will be described with reference to the explanatory view of FIG. As shown in the figure, the pattern data storage means 27 comprises a pattern element pointer section 27a and a pattern data storage section 27b. When a pattern element is designated, the pointer corresponding thereto directly accesses the address of the pattern element. It is configured to be able to.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 2 and the pattern selection screen of FIG. FIG. 3 shows an arbitrary display area when the pattern selection mode is selected in the basic menu display area 2a, a certain pattern is selected, the color change mode is selected, and then the pattern element is selected. An example of the display screen of 2b is shown.

In step S1, first, it is determined whether or not a pattern is selected on the pattern selection screen. If this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S2 to determine whether or not the color change mode is selected by the color change key 4. The decision is made. If this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S3, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S11. In step S11, the operation proceeds to the normal operation after pattern selection.

In step S3, it is determined whether a pattern element has been selected. For example, it is determined whether the small petal key in the fourth step of FIG. 3 has been pressed.
If this element is pressed, the process proceeds to step S4, and if not, the process proceeds to step S12. Step S
In 12, the process proceeds to the same operation as in the conventional color change mode, that is, the operation of sequentially sewing the entire pattern with the thread of the designated color. When step S3 becomes affirmative, the selected pattern element is displayed at the upper left of the display screen.

In step S4, it is judged whether or not the memory key 6 on the display screen is turned on. When this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S5, and the selected pattern element and thread color are stored in the memory (RAM). In step S6, it is determined whether or not the next pattern element is selected. If the determination is affirmative, the process returns to step S4 and it is determined whether or not the memory button 6 is turned on.

If the determinations in steps S4 and S6 are negative, the process proceeds to step S7 and it is determined whether the start button of the sewing machine has been pressed. When the start button is turned on, the process proceeds to step S8, and the operation of sewing the color-changing pattern element is performed. In step S9, it is determined whether or not the sewing of all the selected color change pattern elements has been completed. When this determination is negative, the process returns to step S8 and the next color change pattern element is sewn. When the above operation is repeated and the determination in step S9 becomes affirmative, the process proceeds to step S10 to stop the operation of the sewing machine.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when the color change mode is selected and the pattern element is simply operated, when the selected pattern element is one, the pattern element is independently selected. In the case of two or more, there is an effect that these can be combined and sewn.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the elements of step 1 and the elements of step 4 are selected and stored and the start button of the sewing machine is pressed, only the petals and small petals can be easily processed. You can sew. FIG. 4 shows an example of a work when only small petals are selected and sewn.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the pattern data corresponding to each element can be specified by simply designating the element of the individually displayed pattern by pushing it with a finger or the like. It is read directly from the storage device and sent to the sewing means. Therefore, the operator can sew the desired pattern elements individually or by combining a plurality of pattern elements with a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a work when sewing is performed using the selected pattern element.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a sewing machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an example of a sewing machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when a conventional color change mode is selected.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view showing the entire pattern of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 ... Central processing unit, 10 ... Pattern selection device, 27 ... Storage medium, 28 ... Pattern element selection means, 27a ... Pattern element pointer section, 27b ... Pattern data storage section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pattern selection device for an embroidery sewing machine, comprising means for selecting a desired pattern from a plurality of patterns, means for individually displaying elements of the pattern when a color change mode is selected, and the element. A pattern selecting device for an embroidery sewing machine, which comprises means for accessing the sewing data of the specified element when any one of them is specified, and means for reading the accessed sewing data. . 2. The embroidery sewing machine pattern selection device according to claim 1, wherein the pattern element is designated by pressing a display portion thereof.