Patent ID: 7836837
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: D05B,D05C

Abstract:
1. An embroidery data processing apparatus that generates embroidery sewing data for sewing an embroidery pattern, the apparatus comprising: a main data loading device that loads main data, which is original data of a principal pattern; a main data disposition device that disposes in an embroidery sewing region the main data loaded by the main data loading device; a sub-data loading device that loads sub-data, which is original data of one or more patterns other than the principal pattern; a sub-data disposition determination device that determines a position and a size of the sub-data loaded by the sub-data loading device, in accordance with a position and a size of the main data disposed by the main data disposition device; an embroidery sewing data generating device that generates embroidery sewing data based on the main data disposed by the main data disposition device and the sub-data determined by the sub-data disposition determination device; and an overlap number setting device that sets a permitted number of overlaps of each of the main data and the sub-data, wherein the sub-data disposition determination device determines the position and the size of the sub-data in accordance with the overlap number set by the overlap number setting device.