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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082866 | Sewing machine and computer readable medium storing sewing machine control program A sewing machine capable of sewing a manually moved workpiece cloth in free motion includes a carrier that carries the workpiece cloth and being manually moved to move the workpiece cloth; a support element that movably supports the carrier; a movement amount detect... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074590 | Method and system for freehand and realtime quilting with a computer-controlled quilting machine A computer-controlled quilting machine uses a hand held stylus to create the patterns which are sewn into a quilt. The machine can quilt in real time, following the movement of the stylus as a user traces any desired object or design. The machine allows a user to ea... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061287 | Sewing data processing apparatus, sewing machine equipped with sewing data processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium with recorded sewing data processing computer program A sewing data processing apparatus which may be used to attach an IC tag to a work cloth without impairing a design of the work cloth. The processing apparatus may acquire an IC tag area on the basis of a size and shape of the IC tag and subsequently may determine w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033232 | Embroidery data processing apparatus, sewing machine equipped with the embroidery data processing apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium with recorded embroidery data processing computer program An embroidery data processing apparatus which may be used to attach an IC tag to a work cloth without impairing a design of the work cloth. The embroidery data processing apparatus may determine an IC tag area based on a size and shape of the IC tag, and may determi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7882790 | Sewing machine A sewing machine includes a display device, a display data storage device storing pattern display data for displaying each sewing pattern on the display device and pattern group display data for displaying on the display device a pattern group indication mark indica... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878133 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine operation program A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar and a sewing machine motor for driving the needle bar up-and-... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7493867 | Sewing machine A continuous line is set on a display region of an operation panel provided in a sewing machine M and a plurality of sewing patterns is automatically arranged along the continuous line based on sewing data selected from a ROM. Integrated sewing data related to a con... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7386361 | Embroidery data creation device, embroidery data creation method, and embroidery data creation program Coordinates and a pen-stroke strength are input from a stylus. A section between the input coordinates is interpolated and needle fall points are determined such that the stitch width varies in accordance with the pen-stroke strength. Moreover, the stitch angle and ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367274 | Darning width adjusting device for sewing machine A darning width adjusting device for a sewing machine includes a lower knife holder supported by a sewing machine frame such that a moving position of the lower knife holder is adjustable in a direction orthogonal to a cloth feeding direction, a thread-sliding piece... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325502 | Method and device for controlling the movement of a needle in a sewing machine A method and device for controlling movement of the needle in a sewing machine (1) based on a detection device (27), which detects the movements of the visible surface of the manually displaceable article to be sewn (3) is provided. The stitch f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302114 | Methods and apparatuses for generating composite images Methods and apparatuses for generating composite images are disclosed. A first image is selected via a Web interface presented on a browser and a second image is selected via a Web interface presented on the browser. The second image is positioned relative to the fi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278362 | Pattern data producing device for sewing machine and pattern data producing control program A pattern data producing device incorporated in a sewing machine which comprises a sewing mechanism including a needle swing mechanism and a display and in which the sewing mechanism is operated so that a pattern sewing can be carried out, thereby producing pattern ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7212880 | Embroidery data processing device and computer program product The invention presents an embroidery data processing device and a computer program product capable of easily forming images of finished state of applique even if the fabric for applique is a pattern fabric. A selected fabric image of fabric for applique is displayed... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191145 | Method and system automatically to price a promotional product A computer-implemented method to price a promotional product includes the generation of a user interface that facilitates input of specification information concerning the promotional product, the specification information including product information identifying a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7134877 | Demonstration system of electronic equipment and demonstration method for electronic equipment A demonstration system of an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes first and second operation units which are arranged on a front panel of the electronic equipment. In the first operation unit, there are provided display device, various operation k... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131030 | Method and system for storing field replaceable unit repair history information A method for tracking repair histories includes providing a field replaceable unit having a memory device, generating a repair history record associated with a repair request for the field replaceable unit, and storing the repair history record in the memory device.... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7096806 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7028626 | Sewing apparatus using thread cassette A sewing apparatus such as a sewing machine includes a sewing mechanism in which a needle thread is used, a cassette mount to which a thread cassette, while in a closed state, holding the needle thread used in the sewing mechanism is detachably attached, a determini... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003369 | Real time design, development and delivery collaborative apparel solution digital platform A real time design, development and delivery collaborative apparel solution digital platform is provided. The platform includes a virtual design library module, a technical designer network module, an eCAD module for facilitating design collaboration between a label... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973889 | Overlock sewing machine An overlock sewing machine includes: a main body; a needle bar mounted to reciprocate in an axial direction; plural needles positioned at the needle bar; a main feeding mechanism adjusted to control a cloth feeding amount of a main feed dog; a differential feeding m... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963790 | Embroidery data producing device and embroidery data producing program stored on a computer-readable medium An embroidery data producing device includes an offset line producing device for producing data of an offset line obtained by offsetting an outline defining an embroidery area inside an embroidery area by a previously set offset width, based on data of the outline d... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948438 | Sewing machine Disclosed is a sewing machine having a pattern selecting device including a pattern selecting dial and an electronic indicator for indicating a pattern selected by the pattern selecting device. More particularly, the pattern selecting device includes a mode switch | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945183 | Yarn feed system for tufting machines A yarn feed system, enabling the control of individual yarns to the needles of a tufting machine, and which system can be manufactured as a substantially standardized unit or attachment that can be removably mounted to a tufting machine. The yarn feed unit includes ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947993 | Providing a network communication status description based on user characteristics Methods and systems for providing a network communication status description based on user characteristics. The techniques receive a status indication from a first networked computer in response to a user's request for information and determine one or more character... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932005 | Frame movement command devices for embroidery machine In a frame movement command device for an embroidery machine, which device can control the movement of an embroidery frame based upon signals that are outputted from a frame drive means when a frame movement command switch is operated, the frame movement command swi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6889622 | Programmable tucking attachment for a sewing machine and method A tucking attachment for a sewing machine having a tucking blade with one end positioned adjacent material and a tucking blade drive with an output shaft mechanically coupled to the tucking blade. A control, connected to the tucking blade drive, is operable to comma... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889111 | Sewing pattern supply system Type information on sewing machine types and identification information for specifying a sewing machine are stored in a control unit and computer of the sewing machine. A server transmits display data for displaying a pattern selection edit screen to the sewing mach... | 05/03/2005 |
| RE38718 | Embroidery data creating device Disclosed is an embroidery data creating device for creating an embroidery data to be used by a sewing machine. In the embroidery data creating device, an image data, which consists of a plurality of pixel data, corresponding to a line-drawn image is converted into ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6755139 | Buttonhole sewing machine A buttonhole sewing machine for producing buttonhole seams with seam end sections of various shapes in a work piece comprises an input equipment for feeding buttonhole parameters; and a computer for calculating, from the buttonhole parameters, sewing data that deter... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742467 | Apparatus and method for controlling feed quantity and direction in sewing machine Disclosed is an apparatus and method for controlling feed quantity and direction in a sewing machine, in which feed quantity and direction of a workpiece is controlled by a motor, thereby not only allowing various patterns to be produced by stitches made up of upper... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739273 | Sewing machine and the system thereof A sewing machine and is connected to an external environment device having a display such that additional pattern information transmitted to the external environment device may be confirmed at the display irrespectively of internal and external information, the sewi... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6681707 | Sewing machine having a means for setting a sewing working device to a predetermined optimum set value A sewing machine 100 comprises a nonvolatile memory 43, and it is possible to select two kinds of set modes including a normal mode and an initial set value changing mode when starting up the sewing machine 100. The initial set value changing mode is sele... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6637358 | Method of sewing supplementary parts on a workpiece In a method of sewing at least one supplementary part on a workpiece, a workpiece identification is fed into a computer and a program is activated thereby, which indicates, on the display screen, the respective supplementary part that is to be sewn on nex... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6564734 | Method for operating a sewing machine for joining a first part of a sewn article to a second part of a sewn article and integrating excess width at the same time In a method of operating a sewing machine for joining a jacket part (38) to a sleeve part (39), a sewing machine is employed, which has an operating and control unit. The desired stitch length and the length (la1 to ld1) of sections (a1 to d1) of the jack... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6457429 | Display apparatus for sewing machine The display apparatus for a sewing machine of the invention includes a display that displays a stitch pattern thereon, and a sewing order indicator that indicates a sewing order of substantially an entire stitch pattern. Therefore, even when the operator ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6439142 | Embroidery sewing machine The invention has been made to provide an embroidery sewing machine which may be automatically operated to withdraw the embroidering frame to a predetermined inoperative position. More particularly, in case the power source switch is turned off, the power... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6408775 | Sewing or embroidery machine A sewing or embroidery machine with a microprocessor (10), which is connected to an entry device (6, 19-22) for entering commands to a display screen (5), and to at least one memory (9, 13). A rapid and understandable explanation of certain operating proc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6352043 | Sewing machines having multiple-individually controllable needle bars A sewing machine includes a plurality of needle bars. One of the needle bars can be selected and reciprocally driven so as to stitch a desired embroidery pattern. The sewing machine has a common setting mode and an individual setting mode, which permits v... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6321670 | Display apparatus and display controlling method for a sewing machine In a sewing machine, a plurality of patterns are displayed on a pattern selection area of a display. Then, when one of the patterns displayed on the pattern selection area is selected, the selected pattern is displayed in a realistic manner on a pattern d... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311097 | Fault diagnosis system and method for diagnosing a fault of an embroidery machine A method for diagnosing a fault of a embroidery machine, includes the steps of: (a) indicating that an embroidery operation is stopped by the fault of the embroidery machine and displaying a web-browser drive guide message; (b) displaying a fault diagnosi... | 10/30/2001 |
