Patent ID: 6298276
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
An embroidery data processing apparatus for receiving and processing embroidery data which is an aggergation of snitch position data for moving a cloth constituting an object of sewing independently in two orthogonal directions for embroidery sewing, said embroidery data processing apparatus comprising:a stitch position concentration detector that detects, by analyzing the embroidery data, a stitch position concentrated portion where sewing operation in which moving amounts of the cloth become predetermined small amounts is repeated; andan embroidery data change processor that processes a change in the sewing operation based on stitch position data at the stitch position concentrated portion detected by the stitch position concentration detector such that stitch position concentration is changed,wherein the embroidery data change processor provides the stitch position data at a second or subsequent stitch of the stitch position-concentrated portion with moving amounts such that a sewing needle returns to a stitch position of a first stitch of the stitch position data.