Patent ID: 11952691
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 5:
6. The applique data management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to:
in response to determining that the pixel value of at least one pixel indicating the inner contour image and the pixel value of at least one pixel indicating the outer contour image at the same coordinate position match and have a value representing the contour, determine that the inner stitch and the outer stitch are arranged at positions overlapping each other; and
in response to determining that, for all pixels in the contour image, the pixel value of each pixel indicating the inner contour image and the pixel value of each pixel indicating the outer contour image at the same coordinate position do not match or do not have the value representing the contour, determine that the inner stitch and the outer stitch are not arranged at positions overlapping each other.