Sewing machine with engraving function

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8336214
APP PUB NO 20120000082A1
SERIAL NO

13167872

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A sewing machine includes a needle bar to which an engraving needle is attached and is capable of executing an engraving process of forming an engraved pattern on a workpiece. The sewing machine further includes a heightwise position adjusting mechanism adjusting a mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle relative to the needle bar, a unit imaging the engraved marks formed on the workpiece by the engraving needle, thereby obtaining an image of each engraved mark, a detection unit extracting a region of each engraved mark from the image to detect a size of each engraved mark, a determination unit comparing the size of each engraved mark with a reference value stored, determining a mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle, and a unit informing of information for adjusting the mounting heightwise position of the engraving needle according to determination made by the determination unit.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHANAGOYA-SHI AICHI 467-8561

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawaguchi, Yasuhiko Nagoya, JP 87 506
Mizuno, Noboru Nagoya, JP 13 54
Nakama, Rino Konan, JP 4 13
Niizeki, Tomoyasu Ichinomiya, JP 39 185

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