Patent ID: 8256363

Claim:
An embroiderable sewing machine, comprising: an embroidery frame that is configured to hold a workpiece cloth; an embroidery frame transfer mechanism that is configured to horizontally transfer the embroidery frame; a display device that is capable of displaying an image of an embroidery pattern to be sewn on the workpiece cloth as an embroidery pattern image; a zoom rate specifier that is configured to specify a zoom rate for enlarging or shrinking the embroidery pattern image displayed on the display device; an input section that is configured to receive inputs of instructions for moving a location of the embroidery pattern to be sewn within an embroiderable area defined by the embroidery frame, the instructions including a movement direction and a movement amount; a movement amount modifier that is configured to modify the movement amount inputted by the input section for the embroidery pattern image displayed on the display device based on the zoom rate specified by the zoom rate specifier; a display controller that is configured to transfer the embroidery pattern image displayed on the display device based on the movement amount modified by the movement amount modifier in response to the input from the input section, and a drive controller that is configured to control driving of the embroidery frame transfer mechanism, the drive controller transferring the embroidery frame based on the movement amount modified by the movement amount modifier in response to the input from the input section; wherein the movement amount modifier modifies the movement amount of the embroidery pattern image displayed on the display device and the movement amount of the embroidery frame transferred by the drive controller so that the movement amounts appear to be relatively smaller as the zoom rate increases.