Patent Document ID: 10082776
Application ID: 15089473
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for automated assisted generation, by a user, of a digitized border pattern for a border zone of a fabric article, and automated assisted sewing of the digitized border pattern using a sewing frame, the sewing frame having a fabric positioning mechanism and a sewing machine positioning mechanism, the sewing machine positioning mechanism being controlled by an actuator and providing for two dimensional positioning of a sewing machine with respect to the sewing frame, the border pattern being comprised of a plurality of border pattern segments having one or more pattern lines, the method comprising: inputting, by the user to the actuator of fabric article data; determining, by the actuator based upon the fabric article data, of digitized fabric article coordinates; displaying the border zone to the user by the actuator; presenting available digitized border pattern segments to the user by the actuator; selecting, positioning, orienting, and scaling of border pattern segments with respect to the displayed border zone, by the user through interaction of the user with the actuator, for integration of the selected border pattern segments into the digitized border pattern; performing, by the actuator, of a pattern segment analysis for determining respective pattern segment interconnection options for interconnecting one or more sets of adjacent selected border pattern segments, which pattern segment interconnection options may include options for truncating pattern segment end lines, to form a border pattern for the border zone which is continuous between the interconnected sets of adjacent selected border pattern segments, and displaying the interconnection options to the user; selecting, by the user through interaction of the user with the actuator, of preferred interconnection options, if any of the interconnection options are desired by the user; generating and displaying, by the actuator, a selected border pattern from the selected, positioned, oriented, and scaled border pattern segments, including any interconnected border pattern segments; and sewing, by the user through use of the actuator, of the selected border pattern.