An editing apparatus displays an editing screen for editing data for a medium to be processed by processing equipment including a printer, a cutting machine, and a sewing machine on a display. The data includes print data to drive the printer, cutting data to drive the cutting machine, and sewing data to drive the sewing machine. The editing apparatus receives an operation for editing the data with the editing screen or the preview screen displayed on the display, edits the data in accordance with the operation received, and outputs the data edited to the printer, the cutting machine, and the sewing machine.

Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching. The method includes examining, by an examiner, an embroidery design, wherein the examiner is operably coupled to a controller and a sewing head, and wherein the controller comprises a memory having a capacity, and wherein the controller is operable to cause the sewing head to stitch a work piece. The method further includes determining, by the examiner, a needle drop location of each stitch of the embroidery design, and dividing, by the examiner, the examined embroidery design into a plurality of separate sections. The method still further includes transmitting the plurality of separate sections at a plurality of different times to the controller such that the controller the plurality of separate sections do not exceed the capacity of the memory at any one of the plurality of different times.

Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching. The method includes examining, by an examiner, an embroidery design, wherein the examiner is operably coupled to a controller and a sewing head, and wherein the controller comprises a memory having a capacity, and wherein the controller is operable to cause the sewing head to stitch a work piece. The method further includes determining, by the examiner, a needle drop location of each stitch of the embroidery design, and dividing, by the examiner, the examined embroidery design into a plurality of separate sections. The method still further includes transmitting the plurality of separate sections at a plurality of different times to the controller such that the controller the plurality of separate sections do not exceed the capacity of the memory at any one of the plurality of different times.

Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate 3-dimensional vision systems that may enable operations on non-flat objects and paths. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate 3-dimensional vision systems that may enable operations on non-flat objects and paths. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate patch library systems that may enable the storage and retrieval of patch configuration information. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate patch library systems that may enable the storage and retrieval of patch configuration information. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.

A data storage unit configured to store a sewing order and a coordinate data of a needle location in association with each other; a coordinate data adding unit configured to create the coordinate data of a new needle location on a line connecting three or more continuous needle locations in a sewing order stored in the data storage unit in accordance with a distance from the needle locations located at both ends of the line to the needle location located at an inside of the both ends when the three or more continuous needle locations are on the line; and an added coordinate data creating unit configured to create a new coordinate data by adding independent original values to the X-coordinate value or the Y-coordinate value in each of the coordinate data are provided.

A data storage unit configured to store a sewing order and a coordinate data of a needle location in association with each other; a coordinate data adding unit configured to create the coordinate data of a new needle location on a line connecting three or more continuous needle locations in a sewing order stored in the data storage unit in accordance with a distance from the needle locations located at both ends of the line to the needle location located at an inside of the both ends when the three or more continuous needle locations are on the line; and an added coordinate data creating unit configured to create a new coordinate data by adding independent original values to the X-coordinate value or the Y-coordinate value in each of the coordinate data are provided.

Disclosed is a guiding apparatus for use with a machine to facilitate performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate. The guiding apparatus may include a support member configured to be attached to at least a portion of the machine. Further, the guiding apparatus may include one or more of lighting units, optical sensors, controllers, and user interface components, mounted on the support member, configured to identify an object, obtain position of the object on a substrate and perform an action along a self-guided path in association with that object on the substrate.