Sewing machine, method for determining embroidery frame and program

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9926656
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15461476

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The present invention provides a sewing machine for identifying the embroidery frame correctly by using the existing mechanism and embroidery frame. A photography unit photographs an attached embroidery frame from a height direction, an embroidery frame transfer unit moves the embroidery frame from a specific location within a region surrounded by the embroidery frame until the photography unit photographs an image of the embroidery frame corresponding to one of the plurality of embroidery frame images registered in the database, a calculation unit calculates a size of the embroidery frame based on a moving distance of the embroidery frame moved by the embroidery frame transfer unit, and an embroidery frame identification unit identifies the embroidery frame based on the size of the calculated embroidery frame.

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JANOME CORPORATION1463 HAZAMA-MACHI HACHIOJI-SHI TOKYO 193-0941

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kodama, Takehiro Hachioji, JP 6 31
Kongo, Takeshi Hachioji, JP 46 272

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