Patent ID: 7946235

Claim:
An embroidery data creation apparatus comprising: an angle data creation device that creates angle data from image data comprised of a collection of pixels and forming any image, wherein the angle data determines an angle characteristic that represents a direction in which level of color continuity is high and an angle characteristic strength that represents strength of the continuity, for each pixel of the image data; an angle information computing device that computes the angle characteristic and the angle characteristic strength for each pixel of the angle data created by the angle data creation device; an angle information storage device that stores the angle characteristic and the angle characteristic strength computed by the angle information computing device as angle information; a correction determination device that determines whether or not to correct the angle characteristic strength of the angle information stored in the angle information storage device depending on whether or not values of all pixels are lower than a predetermined threshold; a correction device that corrects the angle characteristic strength of the angle information stored in the angle information storage device, if the correction determination device determines that the angle characteristic strength is to be corrected; a corrected angle information storage control device that stores the angle information corrected by the correction device in the angle information storage device; a line segment data creation device that creates line data that represents line segments that are traces of threads to be arranged on respective pixels based on the angle information stored in the angle information storage device; a color data creation device that creates color data that represents a thread color for each line segment of the line segment data created by the line segment data creation device, based on the image data; and an embroidery data creation device that creates embroidery data for embroidering, with a sewing machine, an image based on the line segment data created by the line segment data creation device and the color data created by the color data creation device.