Sewing machine and computer-readable medium storing control program executable on sewing machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8522701
APP PUB NO 20120209417A1
SERIAL NO

13454898

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A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame moving device that moves an embroidery frame holding a work cloth, an image pickup device that picks up images of an upper surface of a bed portion of the sewing machine, a position information storage device that stores position information indicating predetermined positions to which the embroidery frame is to be moved, a partial image acquisition device that causes the embroidery frame moving device to move the embroidery frame to the respective predetermined positions indicated by the position information, causes the image pickup device to pick up images at the respective predetermined positions, and acquires the images picked up by the image pickup device as partial images, and a composite image generation device that generates a composite image by combining the partial images acquired by the partial image acquisition device.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA15-1 NAESHIRO-CHO MIZUHO-KU NAGOYA 467-8561

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  • 2012 Application Filing Year
  • D05B Class
  • 91 Applications Filed
  • 56 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 61.54 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tokura, Masashi Nagoya, JP 51 608

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  • 2 Citation Count
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