Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to issue a provisional code in response to receiving a setup request via an audio input-output device useable for operating a target apparatus, store, in a memory, the issued provisional code in association with first identification information identifying the audio input-output device, transmit, to the audio input-output device, audio feedback information causing the audio input-output device to output the issued provisional code as audio, in response to inputting the provisional code, which is output via the audio input-output device, into the target apparatus, receive the provisional code and second identification information identifying the target apparatus transmitted from the target apparatus, and store, in the memory, the first identification information identifying the audio input-output device and the second identification information identifying the target apparatus in association with each other when the provisional code received fro

Abstract: An enclosure for connecting a subscriber to a fiber optic network includes a rotatable cable spool disposed within a main housing. A connectorized end of a subscriber cable is routed into the main housing and plugged into an adapter disposed within the enclosure. A cover of the enclosure is closed after the subscriber cable is plugged into the adapter. Prior to connecting the subscriber cable to the adapter, an optical cable can be paid out from the cable spool. One end of the optical cable rotates in unison with the cable spool while the other end is pulled from the enclosure.

Abstract: A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable medium may store computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive an input associated with placing a piece of industrial automation equipment offline, determine whether the input corresponds to one or more regulations associated with placing the piece of industrial automation equipment offline, display a first set of instructions regarding how to place the piece of industrial automation equipment offline when the input corresponds to the one or more regulations, and display a second set of instructions regarding how to place the piece of equipment offline when the input does not correspond to the one or more regulations.

Abstract: A sit-stand desk includes a frame located on a floor surface; a panel having an upper work surface and being selectively vertically displaceable in respect to the frame; and a vertical-displacement drive mechanism mechanically connected between the frame and the panel. Activation of the drive mechanism vertically displaces the panel with respect to the frame. The sit-stand desk also includes a control circuit selectively activating the drive mechanism to vertically displace the panel according to prescribed displacement instructions in response to receipt of a trigger signal and a pressure mat located on the floor surface adjacent to the frame on which a user stands. The pressure mat includes a pressure sensor in communication with the control circuit and configured to measure a presence of the user adjacent to the desk.

Abstract: A long arm quilt and lockstitch machine assembly (1) having a framework having two rail tracks, disposed orthogonally on top of one another, wherein the sewing machine (19) is disposed so as to be displaceable on the rail track lying above. The connections between the drive belt (33, 43) to which the rail track (9) lying below and the sewing machine (19) are connected by way of an electronic control system via drive motors, include overload couplings which in the case of overloading by body parts or items of clothing that are caught between the movable elements separate the movable elements from the drive belts. Advantageously, the overload coupling is simultaneously a connection element and in the case of overloading separates the connection between the elements.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes: a status grasping unit configured to grasp an operational status; and an operational code transmitting unit configured to transmit an operational code assigned to the grasped operational status to a tablet terminal. The tablet terminal includes: a display unit; a recording unit recording an operation corresponding content corresponding to the operational code in association with operational codes of a plurality of next options; an operational code receiving unit configured to receive the operational code from the sewing machine; and a display control unit configured to display, in the display unit, the operation corresponding content corresponding to the received operational code, and a list of next option contents corresponding to the operational codes of the next options.

Abstract: A system for controlling power from an AC voltage to an induction motor to reduce surge when power is restored to a power grid is disclosed including, a device for switching power to the induction motor that has a trigger controllable to enable the device to provide a variable amount of power to the induction motor. The system includes a second device for measuring the AC voltage at the source to determine when power is available, hence determining when the AC voltage is within operating range. Responsive to the AC voltage coming within operating range, the system delays for a time period then initiates power to the induction motor by controlling the device for switching power.

Abstract: Generally the present disclosure is directed to appliances that provide a user-specific response to a received voice command. In particular, the appliance can store a plurality of voice samples respectively associated with a plurality of users. The appliance can also store one or more preferences for each of the plurality of users. For example, the preferences can be input by the user and/or learned or inferred over time. When the appliance receives a human speech signal or voice command, it can match the received speech signal against one or more of the plurality of voice samples to identify the user. The preferences stored and associated with the identified user can then be obtained and the appliance can perform any requested operations in accordance with the obtained preferences. In such fashion, the appliance can provide a user-specific response to a received voice command.

Abstract: A sewing machine operating device includes a base, a connection unit which is connectable to a sewing machine body, an output unit which is configured to generate and deliver an operation signal according to an action of a user's foot, a placement pedestal that is configured to receive the user's foot, a support unit which supports the placement pedestal so that the placement pedestal is movable in any direction on a plane that includes an upper surface of the base, and a detection unit which is configured to detect whether the placement pedestal or user's foot is located at any one of different predetermined positions when the placement pedestal is moved with the user's foot being placed on the placement pedestal.

Abstract: A sewing machine operating device includes a plurality of operating members configured to be operated by a user with his/her foot, the operating members having respective detectors which each detect an action of the foot in a contact or non-contact manner and include at least two detectors mounted so as to be opposed to each other while the foot placed on the base is interposed between the detectors from sides of the foot, a signal output unit configured to generate an operation signal according to operation of each operating member and deliver the operation signal via a connecting mechanism to the sewing machine body, and a position adjusting mechanism configured to change a position of at least one of the operating members mounted on the base, the position adjusting mechanism including a distance adjusting mechanism adjusting a distance between the at least two detectors in an increasing or decreasing direction.

Abstract: A sewing machine operating device includes a base, a connecting mechanism which electrically connects the sewing machine operating device to a sewing machine body, a plurality of operating members which is mounted on the base and operated by a user with his/her foot, a signal output unit which generates an operation signal and delivers the operation signal via the connecting mechanism to the sewing machine body, the operation signal being according to operation of each operating member, and a position adjusting mechanism which changes a position of at least one of the operating members mounted on the base.

Abstract: A balancer is fixedly attached to a rotary input shaft of a crank mechanism that converts rotary drive of a needle bar drive source to up-and-down motion of a needle bar. The balancer is caused to rotate at substantially an opposite phase with respect to up-and-down motion of the needle bar with the rotary drive of the needle bar drive source. When the balancer is driven at substantially the opposite phase with respect to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar, inertia force in an up-and-down direction of the needle bar, generated due to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar is negated, whereby it is possible to reduce vibration generated in the up-and-down direction. Sewing heads paired with each other by being arbitrarily combined are controlled so as to be rotationally driven to cause rotational directions of the needle bar drive sources to become opposite directions to each other.

Abstract: A sewing machine including a needle bar that has a sewing needle attached in a lower end thereof; a needle-bar vertical drive mechanism that vertically moves the needle bar by a sewing machine motor via a sewing machine motor main shaft; an imaging unit that captures image of at least the sewing needle and a moving object that is in close proximity of the sewing needle; a distance calculating portion that calculates a distance between the sewing needle and the moving object based on image data captured by the imaging unit; a judging portion that makes a judgment that the distance calculated by the distance calculating portion is equal to or less than a predetermined distance; and a control portion that controls execution of a predetermined safety operation based on a judgment result of the judging portion.

Abstract: A sewing apparatus that includes a sewing device that performs sewing on a sewn object, a first operating device that is operative to input a command to execute an operation of the sewing device, a first detecting device that detects a preliminary operation state that is an operation state with respect to the first operating device that precedes an executing operation state, the executing operation state being an operation state for inputting the command to execute the operation of the sewing device, a notifying device that represents any one of at least two states that include a first state that corresponds to the preliminary operation state, and a control device that puts the notifying device into the first state in a case where the preliminary operation state is detected by the first detecting device.

Abstract: A stitcher is provided that includes a needle to stitch a workpiece, a motor to operate the needle, and a stitch regulator in communication with and capable of controlling a speed of the motor. A controller is in communication with the stitch regulator. The stitcher also includes at least one accelerometer in communication with the controller to determine an acceleration of the stitcher with respect to the workpiece. A signal representing the acceleration of the stitcher with respect to the workpiece is utilized to adjust the operation of the needle as necessary.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a sewing machine motor that vertically drives a sewing needle via a main shaft; a sewing speed commander that produces a command sewing speed determined by rotational speed of the sewing machine motor; a stitch-pitch specifier that specifies a stitch pitch to be applied to manually fed sewing operation; a consumed thread amount detector that detects a consumed needle-thread amount in each ongoing sewing cycle; a sewing speed controller that controls sewing speed at the command sewing speed when the command sewing speed is equal to or less than a predetermined reference sewing speed, and that controls sewing speed at a target sewing speed calculated based on the consumed needle-thread amount and the stitch pitch when the command sewing speed is greater than the reference sewing speed.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a sewing needle mounted to the needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar, a needle bar up-and-down movement mechanism that raises and lowers the needle bar and a sewing machine motor for driving the needle bar up-and-down mechanism. The sewing machine further includes an operation device that is provided separately from a body of the sewing machine including at least one operation member to be operated by a user that outputs an output signal corresponding to an operation state of the operation member. The sewing machine also includes a command determination device that determines a command which corresponds to the output signal output by the operation device as a determined command and a drive control device that controls a predetermined operation of the sewing machine in accordance with the determined command determined by the command determination device.

Abstract: A sewing machine is constructed to receive the transmission of one or more of wireless switches, said one or more switches being used to transmit simultaneously. Sewing machines are transmitted to in various start and stop sewing operations by one individual operator and or a group of individual operators using their allocated sewing machines. A rechargeable battery is used. The speed controller is attached to the machine body. The receiver box supplies the voltage to recharge the battery for the transmitter.

Abstract: In a control equipment for an industrial sewing machine, it being possible, via switchgears such as switches, probes, sensors or the like, to switch on or off functions and connection states, by a certain voltage level being applied to an input circuit of the control, the input circuit generating an output signal, it is provided that upon the application of varying input voltages Ue, the output voltages Ua generated are the same in each case.

Abstract: In a method of wirelessly controlling a sewing machine, a wireless receiver module receives an initial signal transmitted wirelessly and continuously from a speed control module in response to a treading action thereon, and stores a preset security code portion of the received initial signal therein. Thereafter, the wireless receiver module receives an incoming control signal transmitted wirelessly from the speed control module in response to a treading action thereon, and controls operation of a motor unit in accordance with a speed control code portion of the received incoming control signal upon detecting that an identification code portion of the received incoming control signal matches the security code portion stored therein.

Abstract: A thread winder unit, which is capable of winding thread of spools set on spool bars, is removably attached to a machine body. The sewing machine includes a feed motor for feeding the thread during sewing, an upper thread state detecting sensor disposed between the feed motor and the thread winder unit for detecting tensed thread, and a CPU for controlling thread winding operations based on a signal from the upper thread state detecting sensor. The sewing machine intermittently drives the feed motor in a reverse direction to that in the sewing to feed the thread toward the thread winder unit, every time the upper thread state detecting sensor detects the tensed thread, and the thread winder unit winds the fed thread around the spool. The CPU, recognizing the thread wound by a given amount, stops winding.

Abstract: An engagement groove provided near a comer of a sewing cartridge is engaged with a pin shaft protruding from a free end side of an oscillating arm oscillatably provided on the front of an engagement plate. A tip of an engaging member rotatably provided to the oscillating arm is engaged with an engagement portion provided on a right side of the sewing cartridge to maintain a posture of the sewing cartridge. An operating member rotatably supported by the engagement plate is used to disengage the engaging member from the engagement portion of the sewing cartridge. A thread cutting device disposed on the back of the engagement plate is actuated in conjunction with the disengagement of the sewing cartridge using the operating member. With the movement of the operating member after thread cutting operation is completed, a limit switch provided on the engagement plate is turned off, so that a signal is not outputted.

Abstract: An embroidery sewing machine is disclosed, the sewing machine having a stitch forming device including a needle (71) vertically reciprocated to form stitches on a work to be stitched, an embroidering frame (21) for holding the work and being moved relative to the needle in synchronism with the needle, and the stitch forming device being operated to decide a maximum speed of the vertically reciprocating needle (71) in dependence upon the type and weight of the work and the size and weight of the embroidering frame (21) and being further operated to reduce the speed of the vertically reciprocating needle (71) as the weight of the work and embroidering frame (21) increases and as the embroidering frame (21)is partly moved away from the body of sewing machine in the Y-direction.

Abstract: A sewing machine (1) with an overload clutch in the form of a friction clutch in the region of the handwheel (44), with a positioning motor (57), including a motor part (56) and a control part (55), and with a position transmitter (51) connected to the arm shaft (5). In the event of a blockage of the arm shaft (5), the control part (56) causes the positioning motor (57) to stop immediately and a fault warning to be output on an indicator panel (68) of the control apparatus (66). After the fault has been eliminated and the power supply has subsequently switched off and switched on again, the sewing machine (1) is ready for operation again.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention comprises a sensor and a control circuit. The sensor is disposed near a needle drop portion of a needle plate and detects the quantity of light transmitted through cloths passing over the needle plate. The control circuit determines defective sewing from increase and decrease of said light quantity. The control circuit comprises means for storing the averaged value of the light transmitted in a few stitches of initial sewing operation, and means for determining defective sewing continuously from the initial sewing operation by comparing the average value with the value of the light transmitted and detected each time. Thus, it is possible to immediately start the practical sewing operation without taking time for test sewing or other extra jobs even when every cloth to be sewn is different in properties.

Abstract: A push-button on a sewing machine is provided with a bracket rigidly connected to a sewing machine housing. A key member is mounted axially displaceably in a hole of the bracket with a stop for limiting its outwardly directed displacement and with a switch. The switch may be arranged on the bracket and can be actuated by the key member. The key member has a key stop for limiting its displacement directed toward the interior of the housing. An elastic hook-shaped holding mechanism extends into the displacement path of the key stop and fixes the switch supported on the bracket. The elastic hook-shaped holding mechanism is arranged on the bracket.

Abstract: An electronically controlled sewing machine indicates which of the basic operations for the machine is possible or impossible in a readily identifiable manner to a user, thereby improving the ease of operation of the machine. A start/stop button is illuminated with steady green light, that is, a first illuminated state, when a presser foot is at a pressing position and a needle bar is within a threading possible range. When the presser foot is at a withdrawn position and the needle bar is within the threading possible range, the start/stop button is illuminated with red flicker, that is, a second illuminated state. When the presser foot is at the pressing position and the needle bar is out of the threading possible range, the start/stop button is illuminated with green flicker, that is, a third illuminated state.

Abstract: A waistband attachment system (10) for sewing an elastic waistband into the waist portion of a garment is disclosed. The waistband attachment system includes a sewing head assembly (16), a puller roller assembly (24), a waistband expansion assembly (44), a bottom edge guide assembly (64), a folder wire (102), a top edge guide assembly (128), and a folder assembly (148) about which the elastic waistband and the unfolded waist edge of the garment are passed. The unfinished waist edge of the garment is folded about the elastic waistband by the folder wire and finish folded by the combination of a folder tongue/finish folder so that a top ply of the waist portion of the garment overlies an opposed bottom ply to enclose the elastic waistband therein.

Abstract: A sewing or embroidering machine with an electronic control device including a microcomputer. Access authorization for the individual modes of operation of the sewing and embroidering machine can be changed by the buyer of the machine. The assignment of access authorization to individual modes of operation of the sewing machine is stored in a first write-read memory in the form of a table, access authorization table. The first write-read memory is connected with the microprocessor and with a first input device such that after a corresponding operating function is called up or requested by a person authorized to do so, the access authorization can be correspondingly changed for the mode of operation in question by the input means.

Abstract: A sewing machine controller comprises sewed cloth (107) moving in a plurality of sewing directions, a sewing machine motor 11 for moving a sewing machine needle (5) up and down for sewing the sewed cloth (107), direction change detection means for detecting a sewing direction of the sewed cloth (107) being changed, operation time detection means for detecting the operation time of the sewing machine motor (11), when the direction change detection means does not detect a change in the sewing direction, stop time detection means for detecting the stop time of the sewing machine motor, when the direction change detection means detects a constant sewing direction, stop time comparison means for comparing the stop time value with a first preset time value, when the sewing direction is constant, operation time comparison means for comparing the operation time value with a second preset time value, when the sewing direction is constant, and display means (35) for displaying the results of the stop time comparison me

Abstract: A needle bar stopper is provided in a sewing machine having a main shaft and a needle bar which moves vertically upon reception of a driving force from the main shaft. The needle bar stopper comprises a transmission prohibiting unit, including a needle bar stopping solenoid, which prohibits transmission of the driving force from the main shaft to the needle bar and a braking unit, including a needle bar stopping solenoid, which applies a braking force to the needle bar when transmission of the driving force is prohibited by the transmission prohibiting unit. The needle bar stopper can stop the needle bar reliably by use of the braking unit.

Abstract: An embroidery machine having a plurality of beds and corresponding heads. In each of the heads, a plurality of needle bars supporting needles and thread take up levers are provided. Each bed contains a rotary hook drive motor provided independent of a sewing machine motor which drives a spindle extending through the heads. The rotary hook drive motor is driven in synchronization with the spindle for performing embroidery stitching, but is driven independently of the spindle at a specific rotation angle range thereof based on number of stitching. In each bed, a conventional needle thread holding mechanism is dispensed with. By controlling rotation of the rotary hook drive motor, a residual end part of the needle thread has a sufficient length capable of avoiding disengagement of the residual end part from an eyelet of the needle at a thread cutting operation.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the stopping point of a tufting machine in relation to a preset stitch pattern. The system includes a controller and an encoder to detect the current location of a tufting machine needle bar in the stitch pattern. Upon receipt of a stop signal, the controller insures that the needle bar is stopped at a preset stop step in the stitch pattern. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the controller first slows the main drive shaft of the tufting machine to a jogging speed prior to stopping the tufting machine, and stops the machine at the home position of the carpet pattern. Introducing a delay between receipt of the stop signal and deceleration of the main drive shaft minimizes the jogging time of the machine. The method is directed to stopping the tufting machine at a predetermined stop step and at a position relative to degrees of mainshaft rotation.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for speech recognition control of apparel manufacture equipment, such as a sewing machine, is provided. The invention includes a device for recognizing and translating an operator's verbal command into a digital control signal; a communication device such as a microphone for inputting the operator's verbal command into the recognizing and translating device; and interfacing means for presenting the digital control signal to the apparel manufacture equipment in a form recognized and accepted by the equipment. The method for voice control of apparel manufacture equipment according to the present invention comprises the steps of receiving an operator's verbal command; recognizing and translating the verbal command into a digital control signal; and routing this digital control signal to the apparel manufacture equipment in a form recognized by an actable upon by the equipment. An infrared light linkage may be employed to transmit commands from an operator to the machine's control circuitry.

Abstract: A sewing machine control device performs a closed loop control of an induction motor without using an encoder for detecting the motor speed. The control device includes an inverter for driving the induction motor, and controls the inverter output so that the actual speed of the motor is brought into coincidence with a target speed instructed from a speed instruction device. When the control device executes the inverter control, it uses not only the target speed fed from the speed instruction device but also a detection signal generated from a needle position detector that represents the position of a needle bar and the moving speed thereof.

Abstract: An under thread supply apparatus for a sewing machine comprises a bobbin case, a bobbin exchange device, a thread removal device and a winding device. The bobbin case is removably set to a shuttle of the sewing machine and accommodates a bobbin with the thread wound thereon. The bobbin exchange device takes the bobbin case out of the shuttle, and set the bobbin case accommodating the bobbin with the thread wound anew therearound to the shuttle. The thread removal device removes the thread from the bobbin accommodated in the bobbin case which is taken out. The winding device winds a preset amount of thread around the bobbin after the thread is removed therefrom.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a side panel for a mattress sack or a box spring enclosure. The apparatus includes a double needle sewing machine and a guide for the ends of the folded side panel which are being stitched together which aligns and guides the ends through the stitching area. Photocells are provided to start and stop the stitching process. The method includes the step of stopping the stitching process after a predetermined number of stitches if light from a second photocell in the feed direction is not interrupted within a predetermined number of stitches.

Abstract: An under thread supply apparatus for a sewing machine comprises a bobbin case, a bobbin exchange device, a thread removal device and a winding device. The bobbin case is removably set to a shuttle of the sewing machine and accommodates a bobbin with the thread wound thereon. The bobbin exchange device takes the bobbin case out of the shuttle, and sets the bobbin case accommodating the bobbin with the thread wound anew therearound to the shuttle. The thread removal device removes the thread from the bobbin accommodated in the bobbin case which is taken out. The winding device winds a preset amount of thread around the bobbin after the thread is removed therefrom.

Abstract: A toy embroidery apparatus has a needle mounted movement reciprocally within the housing. An arm is pivotally mounted on the housing for movement between an operational position and a standby position. When the arm is in the operational position, a tubular shroud encloses a tip of the needle as it reciprocates and prevents the arm from pivoting until the tip of the needle is fully retracted within the housing. A drive effects reciprocating movement of a tip of the needle in and out of the housing. A switch selectively energizes the drive. The switch is rotatable between a locked condition wherein the arm is locked in the operational position and the drive is selectively energizable and an unlocked condition wherein the arm is pivotable.

Abstract: An embroidery sewing machine for producing an embroidery pattern in an embroidery area on a work sheet by filling the embroidery area with stitches, including a stitch-forming device having one or more sewing needles each of which carries a needle thread and reciprocates in an axial direction thereof, and a needle-thread catcher which cooperates with the sewing needle to form the stitches into the work sheet; a displacing device which displaces the stitch-forming device and the work sheet relative to each other; and a control device which controls the stitch-forming device and the displacing device so that a predetermined portion of the embroidery area is filled with mixed stitches formed of a plurality of color-different needle threads such that the predetermined portion is seen to have a hue of color different from a hue of color of each of the color-different needle threads.

Abstract: A thread trimming device for a lockstitch bar tacking sewing machine is equipped with a thread trimming unit comprising a detecting member which is rotatably supported by a sewing machine body and has a detecting portion, a first position detecting means which is fixedly mounted on said sewing machine body in such a way as to be capable of facing the detecting portion of the detecting member and which produces a thread trimming signal for starting thread trimming when the detecting portion approaches thereto and a driving unit for driving a thread trimming cam link in such a way as to bring the contact portion of a thread cam link in contact with the cam surface of a thread trimming cam for trimming a needle and a bobbin threads based on the thread trimming signal. As a result, the mechanical components thereof becomes simple in structure and easy in adjustment, and those relating to the thread trimming operation are improved in durability.

Abstract: A safety device for sewing machines such as an overlock sewing machine and the like including a stopper secured to the sewing machine, a lever pivoted to a looper cover, a pin, a spring provided thereon, and engageable members formed on a chip guard cover and an auxiliary bed, respectively. A switch is so mounted on the sewing machine as to render the latter actuated when it is in contact with the looper cover.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for speech recognition control of apparel manufacture equipment, such as a sewing machine, is provided. This invention allows an operator to control specific operational modes of the apparel manufacture equipment through verbal commands recognized by the equipment as distinct from other sounds in the environment of the equipment. The invention includes a device for recognizing and translating an operator's verbal command into an electronic control signal; a communication device such as a microphone for inputting the operator's verbal command into the recognizing and translating device; and interfacing means for presenting the electronic control signal to the apparel manufacture equipment in a form recognized and accepted by the equipment.

Abstract: A control unit for an electric drive motor of industrial processing machinery includes a control arrangement which drives a pair of magnets generating a magnetic flux and a Hall effect sensor disposed between the magnets so as to be swept by the magnetic flux rotatively with respect to each other; the Hall effect sensor outputs an electric signal which varies consistently with the position setting of the control arrangement and drives the electric motor accordingly; the movement of the control arrangement is resisted by springs having different degrees of stiffness from one another; proper interaction can thus be established between the operator and the machine.

Abstract: For conversion of stitch mode from one stitch shape to the other stitch shape without interference with one another, a safety device for a sewing machine, as a safeguard against malfunction of the machine when conversion is made, is equipped with a stitch forming signal generator means for associating a signal with a stitch mode, a mounting-demounting signal generator means for associating a signal with table displacement, and a circuit for rendering a motor inactive irrespective of operation of a controller for the motor.

Abstract: A control device for an automatic sewing machine in which a cloth presser unit holding a material to be sewed is moved according a predetermined pattern thereby to form a seam having a predetermined pattern. The control device controls the speed of rotation of the automatic sewing machine and the movement of the cloth presser unit with high accuracy to obtain seams which are excellent in quality.

Abstract: In a sewing machine, a judgment is made whether a needle speed is above or below a threshold speed. When the needle speed is above the threshold speed, meaning the machine is sewing normally, a constant power is supplied at a level associated with a foot pedal setting. When the needle speed drops below the threshold, the power is alternated between power on and power off states to drive the needle in a manner similar to a hammer driving a nail. The indication of needle speed may be obtained by measuring the rotating speed of the sewing machine motor, judging the load applied to sewing machine motor, or by detecting the driving current supplied to the sewing machine motor.

Abstract: A sewing machine control device for controlling the drive of a sewing machine. The sewing machine control device is provided with a monitoring device having a display device for displaying data to identify the direction of rotation and abnormal conditions of the sewing machine.

Abstract: In a sewing machine having a remote battery powered foot pedal control, that communicates with the sewing machine proper via a wireless signal, a monitoring system that periodically monitors the status of the battery and provides that information from the foot pedal control, along with speed instructions, to the sewing machine proper. A display on the sewing machine informs the operator when battery change time is approaching and when replacement is urgently needed. If the battery is not replaced when replacement is urgent, the sewing machine ceases operations.