Patent ID: 8746161
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A sewing machine comprising: a transfer device that is adapted to move a work cloth; a sewing device that moves a needle bar, to a bottom end of which a needle can be attached, up and down; a first operation device that outputs a first output signal in accordance with an operation state of the first operation device, the first output signal specifying a type of a unit stitch formed by at least one stitch; a second operation device that outputs a second output signal in accordance with an operation state of the second operation device, the second output signal specifying a position where the unit stitch is sewn on the work cloth; a sewing data generation device that generates sewing data in accordance with the first output signal and the second output signal, the sewing data including coordinate data that specify the position where the unit stitch is sewn; a transfer control device that causes the work cloth to be moved by driving the transfer device in accordance with the sewing data generated by the sewing data generation device; and a sewing control device that causes the unit stitch to be sewn on the work cloth by driving the sewing device in accordance with the sewing data generated by the sewing data generation device.