Sewing machine and computer readable medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8607721
APP PUB NO 20120210925A1
SERIAL NO

13372046

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The sewing machine includes an irradiation unit that irradiates a reference mark providing a basis for locating a workpiece or a sewing pattern in sewing the workpiece placed on a sewing machine bed; a relocation unit that moves the reference mark irradiated on the bed or the workpiece; an imaging unit that captures an image of a predetermined view range including the reference mark irradiated on the bed or the workpiece; a movement identifying unit that identifies a direction of movement and an amount of movement of the reference mark being specified and moved by a user based on the image including the reference mark captured by the imaging unit; and a control unit that controls the relocation unit such that the reference mark irradiated on the bed or the workpiece is moved in correlation with the direction and the amount of movement identified by the movement identifying unit.

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BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAAICHI-KEN 467-8561

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hori, Masayuki Gifu, JP 57 371
Koga, Chiyo Nagoya, JP 9 50

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