| US 7,515,985 B2 | ||
| Embroidery data processing device and computer program product | ||
| Mikitoshi Suzuki, Nagoya (Japan); Masahiro Mizuno, Nagoya (Japan); Shoichi Taguchi, Nagoya (Japan); Yukiyoshi Muto, Nagoya (Japan); and Akihiro Wakayama, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/453,002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-195137 (JP), filed on Jul. 04, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0088452 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D05C 5/02 (2006.01); D05B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—138 [112/470.05] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An embroidery data-processing device comprising:
a contour-extracting device that extracts a contour line for depicting an embroidery region on a basis of pattern data;
an embroidery data-creating device that creates embroidery data in order to form an embroidery stitch within the contour line;
a judging device that judges on the basis of the embroidery data whether adjacent needle drop points separated from each other
by more than a specified distance on the contour line exist among needle drop points on the contour line; and
a stitch data-adding device that adds to the embroidery data, stitch data of a specific stitch to be formed so that a needle
drop point may be disposed nearby on the contour line between the adjacent needle drop points when the judging device judges
that adjacent needle drop points separated from each other by more than a specified distance do exist on the contour line.
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