Device for producing embroidery data on the basis of image data
US6004018A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD05B19/08
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a device for producing embroidery stitch data on the basis of image data, wherein an image is read in by use of an image scanner and is divided into a plurality of latticed sections. The latticed sections are all searched through one after another and discriminated if each of the sections is stitched or not. Unit stitch patterns are selected to be stitched in the sections respectively which have been discriminated to be stitched, the selected unit stitch patterns including at most two patterns which have different initial stitch points and different end stitch points and are located in predetermined sections respectively.
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