Patent ID: 6952626

Claim:
An embroidery data producing device for use with an embroidery sewing machine sewing an embroidery pattern on work cloth using a needle thread and a bobbin thread, the embroidery data producing device producing sewing data necessary for an embroidery sewing operation of the embroidery sewing machine, the embroidery data producing device comprising: an image data obtaining unit that obtains image data of an original image of an embroidery pattern; a dot pattern data producing unit that produces dot pattern data representative of the embroidery pattern by a dot pattern, based on the image data; and a sewing data producing unit that produces sewing data for obtaining needle drop points forming the embroidery pattern by a pattern of the needle thread appearing in a form of dot on a back of the work cloth by an embroidery sewing operation of the embroidery sewing machine, based on the dot pattern data.