Patent ID: 8095232
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A method to instruct an embroidery machine, the method comprising: receiving image information; determining a set of line segments corresponding to the image information; determining a first polygon from a first subset of the set of line segments; determining a second polygon from a second subset of the set of line segments; determining that a first line segment in the first subset and a second line segment in the second subset are collinear; removing the first line segment from the set of line segments; subtracting the first line segment from the second line segment to form a third line segment; replacing the second line segment in the set of line segments with the third line segment; determining a path corresponding to the set of line segments; determining a set of coordinates corresponding to the path; and instructing an embroidery machine to stitch the path in a substrate using the set of coordinates.