Embroidery Data Processing Device Pattern Fit Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing embroidery technologies face challenges in ensuring that the embroidered pattern accurately fits within the sewing area, leading to potential discrepancies between the desired and actual embroidered designs, making it cumbersome for users to determine if the pattern conforms to the detected sewing area.
Innovation Solution
An embroidery data processing device and sewing machine equipped with an area defining portion, computation portion, comparison portion, extraction portion, and notification portion that computes and compares the size of the sewing area with embroidery pattern sizes, extracts suitable patterns, and notifies the user, allowing for accurate selection and sewing of patterns within the defined area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the embroidery pattern is processed to conform to the detected sewing area, then the pattern fits the sewing area, but the sewn pattern becomes different from what the user desired
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checking and extraction of suitable embroidery patterns before the actual sewing operation. By comparing pattern sizes with the sewing area in advance and notifying the user of suitable patterns, the system prevents the need for post-processing adjustments that would alter the original pattern design, thus maintaining pattern integrity while ensuring proper fit.
2Measurement precision
If the user personally determines whether the embroidery pattern conforms to the detected sewing area, then the pattern selection accuracy improves, but the operation becomes cumbersome and difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically comparing embroidery pattern sizes with the detected sewing area and identifying suitable patterns without requiring user intervention. The notification portion then presents these pre-screened patterns to the user, eliminating the cumbersome manual determination process while maintaining accurate pattern conformity assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The extraction portion acts as an intermediary between the raw pattern data and the user, filtering and selecting only those patterns that conform to the sewing area. This intermediary function simplifies the user's task by presenting only suitable patterns rather than requiring the user to evaluate all possible patterns manually.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the embroidery pattern is resized or shape-changed to fit the sewing area, then the pattern conforms to the area, but the original embroidery pattern is altered
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary extraction of patterns that naturally fit the sewing area before any sewing operation. By identifying and notifying the user of suitable patterns in advance, the system eliminates the need for resizing or shape-changing operations, thus preserving the original pattern shape while ensuring adaptability to the sewing area constraints.
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AI summary
A embroidery data processing device includes an area defining portion that defines a sewable area on the work cloth, a computation portion that computes a first characteristic quantity that specifies a size of the sewable area, a comparison portion that compares the first characteristic quantity to at least one characteristic quantity for at least one embroidery pattern that can be sewn based on the embroidery data, the at least one characteristic quantity being stored in a storage portion and specifying a size of the at least one embroidery pattern, an extraction portion that, in a case where a comparison indicates that at least one sewable pattern exists, extracts the at least one sewable pattern, the at least one sewable pattern being at least one embroidery pattern that fits within the sewable area, a notification portion that notifies a user about the at least one sewable pattern.