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Embroidery data processing device and method
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Inventors: Futamura, Masao;
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi-ken, JP)
Primary Examiner: Nerbun; Peter
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kane,Dalsimer,Sullivan, Kurucz, Levy, Eisele and Richard, LLP
Disclosed is an embroidery data processing device. First image data representative of two-dimensionally extending areas, and second image data representative of linearly extending areas are extracted, and then processed in accordance with different algorithms. To the two-dimensionally extending areas, an edge tracing process is applied to obtain outlines thereof, and to the linearly extending areas, a thinning process is applied to obtain paths defined thereby. Different types of stitches are assigned to the extracted areas. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an improved embroidery data processing device which is capable of extracting the shape of an original picture pattern, and further, creating an embroidery data with which a beautiful and highly-qualified embroidery can be made.
For the above object, according to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an image data processing device for processing image data representing a predetermined pattern, comprising: an area discriminating system which discriminates two-dimensionally extending areas from linearly extending areas included in the predetermined pattern; and a vector data creating system which creates vector data for respective ones of the two-dimensionally extending areas and the linearly extending areas, the vector data creating system applying different algorithms to image data representing the two-dimensionally extending areas and to image data representing the linearly extending areas.
Since original image data is examined and the two-dimensionally extending areas and the linearly extending areas are discriminated and processed separately, the image data can be processed appropriately.
For example, an edge tracing process is applied to the two-dimensionally extending areas, and a thinning process is applied to the linearly extending areas.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of processing image data representing an embroidery pattern and creating embroidery data, comprising the steps of: extracting first image data representative of two-dimensionally extending areas from the image data representing the embroidery pattern; extracting second image data representative of linearly extending areas from the image data representing the embroidery pattern; and creating the embroidery data by applying different algorithms to the first image data and to the second image data.
As above, since the areas included in the embroidery pattern are discriminated and different algorithms are applied to the first and second image data, either the first or second image data is processed and an appropriate embroidery data can be created
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