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Sewing machine input device having scaling prohibit function
Assignee: Juki Corp
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Filing: 1985-07-30
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Granted: 1987-02-24
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Expires: 2005-07-30
Abstract
Abstract An input device for an electronically controlled sewing machine is effective for inputting stitch patterns which are partially prohibited from scaling up or scaling down. A control circuit is signalled that points of a stitching pattern are not to be scaled. A check bit added to the coordinate value of prohibited-scaling stitch points flags the scaling prohibition condition.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoaki Kinoshita
- 👤 Kunio Takano
- 👤 Osamu Tachikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 23:38
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/42; G05B19/4202; G05B19/4205; D; D05; D05B; D05B19/00; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/35; G05B2219/35554; G05B2219/36; G05B2219/36542; G05B2219/45; G05B2219/45195; G05B2219/49; G05B2219/49221
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
An input device for recording stitching patterns for an electronically controlled sewing machine, comprising inputting means for inputting the coordinates of a stitching pattern; electronic storage means for storing stitching pattern coordinate values control means capable of distinguishing between first and second operating modes; associating means responsive to said control means for associating a scaling prohibition signal with selected stitch pattern coordinates; and activating means for switching between said first and second operating modes; wherein during said first operating mode, input coordinates are written by said control means to said storage means without ordering the association of a scaling prohibition signal with the input coordinates and wherein during said second operating mode, said control means orders the association of a scaling prohibition signal with the input coordinates prior to writing said coordinate values to said storage means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
An input device for recording stitching patterns for an electronically controlled sewing machine, comprising inputting means for inputting the coordinates of a stitching pattern; electronic storage means for storing stitching pattern coordinate values control means capable of distinguishing between first and second operating modes; associating means responsive to said control means for associating a scaling prohibition signal with selected stitch pattern coordinates; and activating means for switching between said first and second operating modes; wherein during said first operating mode, input coordinates are written by said control means to said storage means without ordering the association of a scaling prohibition signal with the input coordinates and wherein during said second operating mode, said control means orders the association of a scaling prohibition signal with the input coordinates prior to writing said coordinate values to said storage means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inputting means comprises a digitizer and a stylus.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said scaling prohibition signal is added as a flag bit to coordinate values which are not to be scaled.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, wherein said activating means includes a console having prohibit, write and input function keys.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
An input device, as recited in claim 1, further comprising means for generating a stitching pattern number and means for associating said stitching pattern number with said stitching pattern prior to storage.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
An input device as recited in claim 1 wherein said storage means is selected from the group comprising: magnetic tape, magentic disk, floppy disk, and random-access-memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
80 words
In an electronic inputting device, a method for inputting and storing sewing machine stitching patterns, comprising the steps of: (a) electronically signaling a control circuit that a stitching pattern skip portion will follow which is not to be scaled in final format; (b) electronically reading the stitching pattern input coordinates from a digitizer; (c) associating a scaling prohibition flag with the particular input coordinates which are not to be scaled; and (d) writing the input coordinates to a storage device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
80 words
In an electronic inputting device, a method for inputting and storing sewing machine stitching patterns, comprising the steps of: (a) electronically signaling a control circuit that a stitching pattern skip portion will follow which is not to be scaled in final format; (b) electronically reading the stitching pattern input coordinates from a digitizer; (c) associating a scaling prohibition flag with the particular input coordinates which are not to be scaled; and (d) writing the input coordinates to a storage device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of: (c)(1) associating a pattern number with said stitching pattern.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for inputting, storing and selectively prohibiting the scaling of a stitching pattern portion, comprising the steps of: (a) inputting said stitching pattern using an indicating pen depicting the pattern's coordinate values on a digitizer; (b) selectively prohibiting the scaling of a portion of said stitching pattern by prompting a Control circuit means to add a check bit to the coordinate values of said portion of said stitch pattern; (c) selecting a pattern number to be associated with said stitching pattern; and (d) writing the pattern corresponding to said pattern number into a storage address associated with said pattern number.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for inputting, storing and selectively prohibiting the scaling of a stitching pattern portion, comprising the steps of: (a) inputting said stitching pattern using an indicating pen depicting the pattern's coordinate values on a digitizer; (b) selectively prohibiting the scaling of a portion of said stitching pattern by prompting a Control circuit means to add a check bit to the coordinate values of said portion of said stitch pattern; (c) selecting a pattern number to be associated with said stitching pattern; and (d) writing the pattern corresponding to said pattern number into a storage address associated with said pattern number.
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