Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine in which a stitching needle and a holding frame holding an article to be sewn are positioned relative to each other based on sewing pattern data defining a plurality of needle drop positions, and sewing is performed in accordance with a sewing pattern. The sewing machine includes: an imager for capturing an image of the holding frame; a position detector for detecting, from the image captured by the imager, the position of an indicator indicating a reference position marked in an object to be imaged; and a corrector which, based on a deviation of a detected position of the indicator detected by the position detector with respect to a regular position defined in advance for the indicator, corrects a plurality of needle drop positions defined in the sewing pattern data.

Abstract: A sewing management system includes a sewing device that transmits a production management information including an identification information of an operator and an operation information of a device main body; and a management device that manages the production management information by a process unit of a product sewn in a sewing line or a component forming the product.

Abstract: A sewing apparatus, includes a display input unit including a display unit configured to display an image of an input screen, and an input detection unit configured to detect an input operation on the input screen; and a control apparatus that performs display control of the display unit in response to the input operation. The control apparatus performs display control in which a background of the input screen is set to a dark color as a whole, a sewing pattern image displayed on the input screen is set to brightness higher than that of the background, and an operation unit that receives the input operation on the input screen is set to a color lighter than that of the background.

Abstract: A production system includes: a substrate counter configured to count the number of substrates existing in a production line including a mounting device; a mark pattern acquisition unit configured to acquire a mark pattern indicating a pattern of a mark that is provided to each of the plurality of substrates counted by the substrate counter; a determination unit configured to determine whether the respective mark patterns of the plurality of substrates acquired by the mark pattern acquisition unit are the same as each other; and a detection controller configured to control a detection process of the mark pattern by the mounting device based upon a determination result of the determination unit.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a sewing system which includes a sewing machine that sews a workpiece, and a three-dimensional measurement device that measures a three-dimensional shape of the workpiece. According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately implement quality control of a product produced by sewing.

Abstract: A needle bar mechanism includes a needle bar connecting stud, two needle bars, needle bar clutches, clutch levers, needle bar clutch stoppers, and deactivating members provided two by two at the stud; a slider configured to selectively collide with one clutch lever and one deactivating member at the time of lifting of the stud; and an interlocking mechanism configured to interlock the deactivating members such that the deactivating members move opposite to each other in an upper-to-lower direction. According to the needle bar mechanism, the slider comes, at the time of lifting of the stud, into collision with the clutch lever and the deactivating member, so that one needle bar clutch can be switched from a holding state to a release state by the stud while the other needle bar clutch is switched from the release state to the holding state by the stud.

Abstract: The operation information acquisition device includes the external detection device which is provided on the outer side of the main body frame of the sewing machine and detects the state change of the operating member that performs the periodic operation at the same cycle as the up-down movement operation of the sewing needle, the operation information acquisition device acquires operation information based on detection result of the external detection device. The operation information acquisition device can acquire the operation information such as the “number of stitches”, the “operating hours”, the “sewing speed”, and the “number of times of thread cutting”.

Abstract: The sewing management system includes a sewing machine that performs sewing on a sewing line, a management server that manages various information on the sewing line, and a wearable terminal that detects physical condition management information of an operator on the sewing line. The sewing machine transmits production management information, including identification information of the operator who perform sewing operations on the sewing line and operation information of the main unit of the device, to the management server. The management server estimates a sewing skill of the operator based on the production management information and estimates the production capacity of the operator based on the physical condition management information.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes: a needle vertical movement mechanism which moves a sewing needle; a moving mechanism which holds a workpiece by a holding frame; an inner presser-foot device which moves an inner presser foot on an upper side of the workpiece held by the holding frame; a control device which controls the moving mechanism based on sewing data in which stitch positions are defined in order in a series of sewing; and a height detector which detects a height of the inner presser foot. The control device lowers the inner presser foot to an upper surface of the workpiece held by the holding frame, detects the height of the inner presser foot by the height detector, and determines suitability of a thickness of the workpiece, at one or plural stitch positions defined in the sewing data before starting the sewing in accordance with the sewing data.

Abstract: An inspection device includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images obtained by imaging, under at least two illumination conditions with different brightness, solder normally printed on a substrate, and an image processing unit configured to specify a shape of the solder based on a difference in brightness between the images acquired by the image acquisition unit, and generate, based on the shape of the solder, inspection data used for inspecting a state of the solder printed on the substrate.

Abstract: A method for sewing a slide fastener includes forming end edge portion needle drop points in at least two positions, within an overlapped portion in which the work piece is folded, within a range more toward a tip side of an end edge portion of the work piece than half of an overlapped width, and within a range on an inner side of a width of a leg portion of an interlocking element. Sewing is performed with sewing thread passing from a head portion needle drop point to the end edge portion needle drop point of one end portion and sewing thread passing from the end edge portion needle drop point of another end portion to the head portion needle drop point of an adjacent interlocking element each passing either side of the leg portion.

Abstract: In a hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes: a head for capturing hair ends of the flocking hairs; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head; and a control device that controls an operation control of the feeding operation, in which the head includes a nozzle that suctions the hair ends of the flocking hairs, a gripping member that grips the flocking hair suctioned by the nozzle, and an actuator that gives a gripping pressure to the gripping member.

Abstract: In a hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes: a feeder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs and separates hair ends of a plurality of the flocking hairs in a direction different from that of the bundle; a head configured to hold the hair ends of the flocking hairs; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head; and a control device configured to perform an operation control of the feeding operation, and the feeder includes a bundle holder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs, and a separator configured to separate a plurality of the flocking hairs from the bundle of flocking hairs held by the bundle holder in a state where the hair ends are oriented in a direction different from that of the bundle.

Abstract: A hair feeding device configured to perform a feeding operation for pulling out flocking hairs one by one from a bundle of flocking hairs, the device includes a feeder configured to hold the bundle of flocking hairs and separates hair ends of a plurality of the flocking hairs in a direction different from that of the bundle, a detector configured to detect three-dimensional positions of the separated hair ends of the plurality of flocking hairs, a head for capturing the hair ends of the flocking hairs, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the head to any three-dimensional position, and a control device that controls the conveyance mechanism so that the head captures the hair ends of the flocking hairs at three-dimensional positions of the hair ends of one flocking hair among the plurality of hairs detected by the detector.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a controller and a thread cutter which cuts an upper thread passed through a sewing needle and which has a fixed knife, a moving knife, and a driving source to drive the moving knife. The moving knife cuts the upper thread by guiding the upper thread. The moving knife has a through-hole into which the sewing needle is loosely insertable and includes a thread cutting portion in an inner edge portion of the through-hole. By controlling the driving source, the controller makes a stitch point of a first stitch of the sewing needle with respect to the through-hole of the moving knife, and moves the moving knife to a position where the fixed knife and the moving knife cut a sewing start end portion of the upper thread after a stitch point of a second stitch of the sewing needle.

Abstract: A seam inspection device includes an imaging device and a processing device. The imaging device shoots a sewing object supported by a throat plate of a sewing machine and having seams formed therein. And the processing device detects an abnormality of the seam based on an image of the sewing object acquired by the imaging device.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a feed mechanism which feeds a workpiece by a feed dog partially protruding out upward from an upper surface of a throat plate and moving along a predetermined feeding direction; a presser foot which presses the workpiece on the upper surface of the throat plate from above; a feed guide which has an abutting surface along the feeding direction and guides feeding of the workpiece; and a control device. The feed mechanism includes a lateral feed mechanism which adds a moving component in a direction along the upper surface of the throat plate and orthogonal to the predetermined feeding direction, to the feed dog. The control device controls the feed mechanism to feed the workpiece by adding a moving component to a side of the abutting surface of the feed guide by the lateral feed mechanism, in addition to the feeding along the regulated feeding direction.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes an upper feed mechanism, a presser foot mechanism and a control device. The upper feed mechanism feeds a workpiece on a throat plate from above by an upper feed dog. The presser foot mechanism includes a presser foot for pressing the workpiece on the throat plate from above. The control device controls a driving source of the presser foot mechanism. The upper feed mechanism supports the upper feed dog to be vertically movable between an upper retreat position and a lower feed position. The upper feed mechanism includes a detection unit that detects a downward movement of the upper feed dog from the retreat position. The control device controls the driving source to pull the presser foot upward by a detection of the detection unit.

Abstract: A production management system includes a sewing machine and a production management device. The sewing machine records chronological operation data. The production management device communicates with the sewing machine, and acquires and stores the operation data. The sewing machine includes a time acquisition unit that acquires a time at the time of the communication from a clock of the production management device at the time of the communication with the production management device and grants time information based on the time at the time of the communication to the operation data recorded at the time of the communication.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a movement amount detector which is configured to detect a movement amount of a workpiece, a motor which is a rotation driving source of an upper shaft configured to provide a vertical motion to a needle bar, and a control device which is configured to control the motor based on detection of the movement amount detector to maintain a constant stitch length. The movement amount detector is supported to be capable of being raised and lowered around a stitch position. The sewing machine includes a pressing unit configured to provide an upward elastic force such that a detection surface of the movement amount detector protrudes from an upper surface of a throat plate.