Embroidery data processing apparatus
First Claim
1. (Amended) A system for processing embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling an embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the system comprising:
- an outline-data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines comprising a first outline and at least one second outline positioned inside said first outline; and
an attribute-data obtaining device which obtains, in connection with each of said outlines and independent of the other outlines, a set of attribute data which indicates at least one of an inside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of inside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, at least a part of an inside area of said each outline, and a part-outside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of part-outside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, a part of an outside area of said each outline.
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Abstract
A system for processing embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling an embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the system including an outline-data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines including a first outline and one or more second outlines positioned inside the first outline, an attribute-data obtaining device which obtains, in connection with each of the outlines, a set of attribute data including objective-area specifying data specifying an objective area bounded by the each outline, and embroidery-area specifying device for specifying, as the embroidery area, an objective area bounded by at least one of the outlines.
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1. (Amended) A system for processing embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling an embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the system comprising:
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an outline-data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines comprising a first outline and at least one second outline positioned inside said first outline; and an attribute-data obtaining device which obtains, in connection with each of said outlines and independent of the other outlines, a set of attribute data which indicates at least one of an inside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of inside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, at least a part of an inside area of said each outline, and a part-outside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of part-outside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, a part of an outside area of said each outline. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for processing embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling an embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the system comprising:
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an outline-data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines comprising a first outline and at least one second outline positioned inside said first outline; and an attribute-data obtaining device which selectively obtains, in connection with each of said outlines and independent of the other outlines, one of a set of sewing attribute data which indicates at least one of an inside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of inside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, at least a part of an inside area defined by said each outline, and a part-outside-area embroidery command to produce a batch of part-outside-area embroidery data to form said stitches filling, as said embroidery area, a part of an outside area defined by said each outline, and a set of non-sewing attribute data which indicates a non-embroidery command not to produce any embroidery data to form any stitches filling any of said at least part of said inside area defined by said each outline and said part of said outside area defined by said each outline. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for processing embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling a n embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the system comprising:
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an outline-data obtaining device which obtains a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines comprising a first outline and at least one second outline positioned inside said first outline; an attribute-data obtaining device which obtains, in connection with each of said outlines, a set of attribute data comprising at least one set of objective-area specifying data specifying at least one of an inside objective area and an outside objective area which are bounded by said each outline, independent of the other outlines; and embroidery-area specifying means for specifying, as said embroidery data, at least one objective area bounded by at least one of said outlines. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A medium including a memory for storing a control program which is used to control a computer, the memory being accessible by the computer to process, according to the control program stored in the memory, embroidery data which are used to control a sewing machine to form stitches filling an embroidery area and thereby produce an embroidery on at least one work sheet, the control program comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a plurality of sets of outline data each set of which defines a corresponding one of a plurality of outlines comprising a first outline and at least one second outline positioned inside said first outline; obtaining, in connection with each of said outlines, a set of attribute data comprising at least one set of objective-area specifying data specifying at least one of an inside objective area and an outside objective area which are bounded by said each outline, independent of the other outlines; and specifying, as said embroidery data, at least one objective area bounded by at least one of said outlines. specifying data specifying an objective area bounded by said each outline; and specifying, as said embroidery area, an objective area bounded by at least one of said outlines. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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