Embroidery data processing apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, comprising:
- embroidery-shape determining means for determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image;
characteristic-data determining means for determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the embroidery shape determined by said embroidery-shape determining means; and
sewing-attribute determining means for determining at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on said characteristic data determined by said characteristic-data determining means, said at least one sewing attribute comprising a stitch density at which the sewing machine sews the embroidery shape.
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Abstract
An apparatus for processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, including an embroidery-shape determining device for determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image, a characteristic-data determining device for determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the embroidery shape determined by the embroidery-shape determining device, and a sewing-attribute determining device for determining one or more sewing attributes each relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on the characteristic data determined by the characteristic-data determining device, the one or more sewing attributes including a stitch density at which the sewing machine sews the embroidery shape.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, comprising:
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embroidery-shape determining means for determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image; characteristic-data determining means for determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the embroidery shape determined by said embroidery-shape determining means; and sewing-attribute determining means for determining at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on said characteristic data determined by said characteristic-data determining means, said at least one sewing attribute comprising a stitch density at which the sewing machine sews the embroidery shape. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, comprising:
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embroidery-shape determining means for determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image; characteristic-data determining means for determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the embroidery shape determined by said embroidery-shape determining means; and sewing-attribute determining means for determining at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on said characteristic data determined by said characteristic-data determining means, said sewing-attribute determining means comprising a memory which stores a relationship between a plurality of values of the characteristic data and a plurality of classes of the sewing attribute which correspond to the values of the characteristic data, respectively, and a means for determining, as said sewing attribute, one of the classes of the sewing attribute which corresponds to one of the values of the characteristic data which is nearest to a value of the characteristic data determined by said characteristic-data determining means.
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22. An apparatus for processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, comprising:
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embroidery-shape determining means for determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image; characteristic-data determining means for determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the embroidery shape determined by said embroidery-shape determining means; sewing-attribute determining means for determining one of a plurality of classes of at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on said characteristic data determined by said characteristic-data determining means; an input device which is operable by a user for inputting data indicating a desired class of the sewing attribute; and a means for adopting, according to a predetermined rule, said desired class of the sewing attribute input through said input device, in place of said one class of the sewing attribute determined by said sewing-attribute determining means.
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23. A process of processing embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, comprising the steps of:
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recording, with a recording material, at least one outline defining an embroidery area in an original image, obtaining original-image data representing the original image including said at least one outline, determining, based on said original-image data, said embroidery area defined by said at least one outline, determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the determined embroidery area, and determining at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of said embroidery area, based on the determined characteristic data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A recording medium in which a control program is recorded which is readable by a computer and usable to process embroidery data according to which a sewing machine produces an embroidery on a work sheet, the program comprising the steps of:
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determining at least one embroidery shape in an original image, based on original-image data representing the original image, determining characteristic data based on a color characteristic of the determined embroidery shape, and determining at least one sewing attribute relating to sewing of the embroidery shape, based on the determined characteristic data, said at least one sewing attribute comprising a stitch density at which the sewing machine sews the embroidery shape. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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