Sewing Machine Data Generating Device for Pattern Combination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sewing data generating devices do not allow users to effectively utilize generated sewing data for creating new patterns, as they lack functionality for selecting and combining patterns based on user intentions.
Innovation Solution
A data generating device and sewing machine with a selection portion, acquisition portion, arrangement setting portion, and first sewing data generating portion that allows users to select patterns, acquire sewing data, set arrangements, and generate combined sewing data for sewing a pattern by controlling the feed mechanism and needle bar swing mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If sewing data is generated using a touch panel interface, then the device can accept user input for pattern creation, but the generated sewing data may not match user intentions due to lack of pattern selection and combination functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the pattern creation process into distinct functional modules: a selection portion for choosing patterns from storage, an acquisition portion for retrieving sewing data, an arrangement setting portion for configuring pattern layouts, and a sewing data generating portion for creating combined sewing data. This segmentation allows users to work with pre-defined pattern building blocks rather than creating patterns from scratch, improving both ease of operation and accuracy of user intention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing multiple pattern templates and their corresponding sewing data in the storage portion. Users can select from these pre-prepared patterns and combine them according to their needs, rather than generating all pattern data from scratch during each operation. This preliminary preparation significantly improves usability while ensuring patterns match user intentions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the device stores multiple patterns in storage portion, then users can select and combine patterns, but the device complexity increases with additional functional portions
Solution Approach 1:
The control portion serves multiple functions: it stores pattern data, manages the selection process, handles data acquisition, controls arrangement settings, and generates combined sewing data. By making the control portion universal and multi-functional, the patent achieves high adaptability for pattern combination while minimizing the addition of separate dedicated components, thus managing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where the selection portion, acquisition portion, arrangement setting portion, and sewing data generating portion are functionally nested within the control portion. Each functional portion operates as a sub-function of the control portion, allowing the system to provide complex pattern combination capabilities while maintaining a compact organizational structure that doesn't linearly increase device complexity.
3Productivity
If the device generates combined sewing data from selected patterns, then users can create complex patterns efficiently, but the processing time and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing the sewing data for individual patterns in the storage portion. When users want to create complex patterns, the system only needs to retrieve, combine, and coordinate these pre-processed data sets rather than generating all sewing data from scratch. This significantly improves pattern creation efficiency while reducing the real-time processing time required.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by retrieving and reusing existing sewing data from the storage portion for selected patterns. Instead of regenerating sewing data each time, the system copies proven, pre-validated pattern data and combines them according to user specifications. This approach dramatically improves productivity while minimizing additional processing time, as the computational work has already been done during the initial data creation and storage phase.
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AI summary
A data generating device includes a selection portion that selects a plurality of patterns from among patterns that are to be sewn based on sewing data stored in a storage portion, an acquisition portion that acquires first sewing data that are sewing data for sewing the plurality of patterns selected by the selection portion, an arrangement setting portion that sets an arrangement of the plurality of patterns selected by the selection portion, a first sewing data generating portion that generates second sewing data based on the first sewing data that are acquired by the acquisition portion, and a first storage control portion that causes the second sewing data generated by the first sewing data generating portion to be stored in the storage portion such that it can be acquired by the acquisition portion.