Patent ID: 9441319
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: D05B,D05C

Claim Text:
1. An embroidery data generating device comprising: a hole data acquisition portion that acquires hole data to form a hole in a sewing workpiece; an embroidery data acquisition portion that acquires embroidery data corresponding to an embroidery pattern to be arranged on the inside of the hole; a polygon acquisition portion that, based on the acquired embroidery data, acquires a minimum polygon that encompasses the embroidery pattern; a line segment generating portion that generates a line segment that joins the polygon and a peripheral edge portion of the hole, the line segment generating portion generating a plurality of line segments that join the polygon and the peripheral edge portion of the hole by generating the line segment for each of a plurality of different points on the polygon; and a bridge data generating portion that, based on the generated line segments, generates bridge data to form bridge stitches between the embroidery pattern and the peripheral edge portion of the hole.