JPS5825781B2 - Stab signal input device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is an external storage device for an automatic embroidery device that performs embroidery by controlling the embroidery frame by a microcomputer based on the memory in a temporary storage device of an embroidery control circuit while forming stitches by a sewing machine. This invention relates to an embroidery signal input device for creating a magnetic tape, and in particular, the coordinate analysis section of the embroidery signal human-powered device is connected to an operating member connected to a high-frequency generator, and a design indicated by the tip of the operating member. a coordinate analysis panel for receiving the X-Y coordinates of each point, converting it into a digital coordinate signal and inputting it into the temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device; , a coordinate switch for plotting the X-Y coordinates of each point of the design on the coordinate analysis panel indicated by the operating member and inputting the plotted data as a coordinate signal to a temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device; and a discontinuous portion of the design. is operated together with the coordinate switch to move the embroidery frame to the first coordinate of the next continuous pattern while the sewing machine is stopped during automatic embroidery. The embroidery signal input device is provided with a control switch for inputting a control signal for moving the embroidery to a position where it falls and then stopping it, into a temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device, and its purpose is to The coordinates of each point for any design on the analysis panel are converted into digital coordinate signals and can be easily stored in the temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device, and the design is designed to avoid discontinuities during automatic embroidery. In the step, a control signal for moving the embroidery frame to the position where the needle should fall to the first coordinate of the next continuous pattern and then stopping the embroidery frame with the □ machine stopped is stored in the temporary storage device of the embroidery device. This makes it easier to replace the thread when it reaches discontinuous parts of the pattern during automatic embroidery, and also prevents unexpected accidents caused by the sewing machine and embroidery frame operating while replacing the thread. It is an object of the present invention to provide an embroidery signal input device configured to take safety into account during automatic embroidery so that such occurrences do not occur.

Hereinafter, an embroidery signal input device (hereinafter referred to as input device) according to the present invention and a sewing machine whose drive is controlled based on embroidery data input and stored from an external storage device such as a magnetic tape or a magnetic card created by the input device This is a brief explanation of the automatic embroidery device (hereinafter referred to as the embroidery device).

The input device causes the coordinate analysis section to store embroidery data consisting of coordinate signals for each point of the design on the coordinate analysis panel and embroidery control signals in the temporary storage device of the microcomputer of the input device, and stores the embroidery data in the temporary storage device of the microcomputer of the input device. It is configured to convert the frequency into a frequency and store it on a magnetic tape or the like.

As an external storage device, it is possible to use a magnetic card in addition to a magnetic tape, but since both can be handled in substantially the same way, the case where a magnetic tape is used will be described below.

The embroidery device is capable of normal sewing using a sewing machine and embroidery using an embroidery control circuit. During embroidery, the embroidery data on the magnetic tape created by the input device is stored in a temporary storage device of the embroidery control circuit. The machine is configured to drive and control the embroidery frame for each stitch of the sewing machine to form an embroidery pattern while operating the □ machine at a constant speed based on instructions from a microcomputer based on the memory.

The input device 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Reference numeral 2 denotes a coordinate analysis section of the input device, and a coordinate analysis panel 2 is indicated by the tip of a stylus pen 4, which is an operating member connected to a high frequency generator 3. By pressing the coordinate switch SW1, the coordinates of the pattern on the top 5 are received by the X receiving section 6 and the Y receiving section 7, and are addressed as a digital coordinate signal 8 in the order of plotting, and sent to the input device 10 to the time storage device. R.A.
A control signal 9, which will be described later, is manually input to the temporary storage device RAMI by inputting it to M1 and pressing a control switch SW2 as required for the symbol configuration.

Figure 1 shows the coordinate a of point A. This shows the state where b is being input.

The microcomputer C0M1 (hereinafter referred to as microcomputer) temporarily stores the embroidery data consisting of the coordinate signal 8 and the control signal 9 in the temporary storage device RAM1, and then
It is configured to convert the stored content into a frequency via the modulation circuit 10 of the tape creation section 63 and store it on the magnetic tape 11.

In FIG. 3, 110 is an input/output port, CPUI is a central processing unit, and ROM1 is a static storage device.

Here, as an example of a pattern for embroidery, the pattern shown in Figure 4 is taken as an example, and the microcomputer COMI of the embroidery data is
This section explains how to input the information into the .

In the pattern of Figure 4, between B and C, between D and E, and F' (one round)
are continuous pattern parts independent of the respective patterns, and the areas between C and D and between E and F are discontinuous parts of the pattern.

Temporary storage device RA of input device 1 for coordinate signals of each point of the design
When inputting to M1, the signals at each point of the symbol are meaningless if they are continuous signals.

That is, during automatic embroidery by the embroidery device 20 (Fig. 9), if the embroidery frame 29 (Fig. 9) is moved independently of the rotation of the upper shaft of the sewing machine, a problem will occur. It is required that the signal be a discontinuous signal that is divided by

The coordinate switch SW1 addresses the coordinates of arbitrary points in the pattern on the coordinate analysis panel 5 one after another in the order of plotting, and outputs a discontinuous signal in the form of dividing the coordinates by the upper axis synchronization pulse. The coordinate signal 8, which is input to the temporary storage RAM 1 of the microcomputer C0M1 as the coordinate signal 8, is plotted by the coordinate switch, and is input and stored in the embroidery device 20, and then used for embroidery work. The embroidery frame 29 is configured to be driven and controlled for each stitch of the sewing machine in synchronization with the sewing machine using an axis synchronization pulse.

The control switch SW2 is used together with the coordinate switch SW1 to temporarily store the control signal 9 together with the coordinate signal 8 in the microcomputer COM1 at the last coordinate of the continuous pattern before the first coordinate of the discontinuous part of the pattern. The control signal is for inputting into the device RAM 1, and the control signal is input to the embroidery device 2.
During automatic embroidery using 0, after stopping the sewing machine at the first coordinate of the discontinuous part of the pattern, only the embroidery frame 29 is moved to the first coordinate 1 of the next continuous pattern, and then the embroidery frame is stopped. At the same time, the sewing machine and the embroidery frame 29 do not operate at the coordinates unless the controller operation section 41 of the sewing machine controller C0NT (FIG. 9) is once released and then pressed again.

In other words, the sewing machine does not rotate at discontinuous parts of the pattern,
The needle bar is stopped at the top dead center of the needle bar and only the bare embroidery frame 29 is moved, but in this case, as soon as the embroidery frame 29 has finished moving, the stopped sewing machine resumes operation and starts stitching the next pattern. It's dangerous if you start to lose control, and you may lose the timing to replace the paternal lineage.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in the discontinuous portion of the pattern, the embroidery device 20 is operated based on the control signal 9 from the control switch SW2.
Based on the command from the microcomputer C0M2 (Fig. 11), the sewing machine is stopped after only the embroidery frame 29 moves to the first coordinate position of the next continuous pattern, and at that coordinate position, the microcomputer C0M2's command based on the control signal The flip-flop 47 of the embroidery device 20 is controlled by the command,
In order to embroider the subsequent continuous pattern, the embroidery speed control circuit 48 of the embroidery control circuit 24 must be released and then pressed again. 48 is not operated, and the embroidery frame 29 is not driven and controlled accordingly.

Temporary storage device RA of input device 1 for coordinate signals of each point of the design
Of course, it is possible to input the coordinate signal for each stitch of the sewing machine when inputting it to MI, but for patterns that require a large number of stitches, the input process requires a lot of effort. The cut pattern shown in Figure 6 was created by plotting the pattern in Figure 5 in detail for each stitch and manually applying amplitude to the sewing machine during the embroidery process. It is required that the degree of density of each part be plotted nearly uniformly, and the intervals between adjacent discontinuous coordinates that can be determined by the middle column analysis panel 5 are required between the plot points. If the spacing between the coordinates is too large, problems will arise.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a method is adopted in which the coordinates of every 16 stitches are plotted and input as coordinate signals to the input device 1.

That is, for example, for the pattern in Fig. 5, divide the area between GH and H into appropriate plot points as shown by &1 to A]5 as shown in the figure, and sequentially press the coordinate switch SW1 at each plot point. Enter it and go.

In automatic embroidery work using a magnetic tape into which a coordinate signal based on plot points is input, the microcomputer C0M2 of the embroidery device 20 receives the signal,
Connect A2, A2-A3, and each plot coordinate with a straight line, divide each into n equal parts, and divide each coordinate by 1/
Set the embroidery hoop 2 so that the stitches advance by n steps.
9 is driven and controlled.

In this embodiment, n=16. When embroidering, the size of the original design is not always the optimal size for each stitch, and in many cases the original design is enlarged or reduced. A need arises.

In this embodiment, the enlargement of the pattern corresponds to the reduction, and the origin of the coordinates of the pattern is selected at the center of the coordinate analysis panel 5, and the coordinates are made to match the coordinates of the center of the frame 29 to be stitched. The enlargement and reduction of the embroidery control circuit 24 is performed with respect to the coordinate signals of the magnetic tape 11 configured in this way.
The multiplication constant α is determined by manual operation of the reduction volume 55, the constant is converted into a digital signal by the A/D converter 56, and the operation to obtain (αX, αY) is performed by the microcomputer C0M2 according to the program in the static storage device ROM2. The enlarging process creates a reduced embroidery pattern.

When creating the magnetic tape 11 for external storage of the automatic embroidery device 20, the number of plot points required varies greatly depending on the type of embroidery design. Automatic stabbing IJ"5 device 2
If the temporary storage device RAM 2 of 0 has a capacity that can store all of the plot points, it is often used that does not require that much capacity due to the frequency of use, which increases the cost of the automatic embroidery device 20. It's connected to the old days.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the embroidery data on the magnetic tape 11 is read into the temporary storage device RAM2 of the automatic embroidery device 20, and when the capacity of the temporary storage device becomes full, reading from the magnetic tape is temporarily stopped, and the embroidery data stored in the temporary storage device 20 is temporarily stopped. R
A system is adopted in which the contents of AM2 are sequentially output, the embroidery work is performed at step 1, and then the contents are read again.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when creating a magnetic tape using the input device 1, the embroidery data of each point of the design is incremented by the address counter of the input device 1 while referring to the flowchart of FIG. When the amount of embroidery data reaches the full capacity of the temporary storage device RAM2 of the embroidery device 20,
After applying a control signal to be described later to the magnetic tape 11 by the program in the static storage device ROMI of the input device 1, it acts on the tape creation unit 63 of the input device to read from the temporary storage device RAMI to the magnetic tape 11. The microcomputer C0M1 outputs a signal for temporarily stopping the magnetic tape and forming a signal blank area on the magnetic tape.

The control signal is transmitted to the embroidery device 200A force section 21.
(FIG. 12), when inputting embroidery data from the magnetic tape 11 to the temporary storage RAM 2 of the embroidery device, the amount of embroidery data is stored in the temporary storage RAM 2.
2 becomes full, it acts on the microcomputer C0M2 to stop driving the cassette reader 22 and stop reading from the magnetic tape, and automatic embroidery is performed using the embroidery data that has been input up to that point. This is a signal for temporarily stopping the sewing machine and embroidery frame 29 after the embroidery frame 29 has finished, and during this time the cassette reader 22 is driven again, and subsequent embroidery data is input to the temporary storage RAM 2 in the same way as the previous time.

Next, the automatic embroidery device 20 will be explained.

This embroidery device reads the embroidery data on the magnetic tape 11 created in advance by the input device 1 using the input section 210 and the cassette reader 22 of the automatic embroidery device, demodulates the data by the demodulation circuit 23, and stores it in the temporary storage device RAM 2 of the automatic embroidery device. The embroidery drive circuit 24 is driven by the microcomputer C0M2 to perform automatic embroidery based on the information stored in the storage device.

To further explain the embroidery device 20 with reference to the drawings, in FIGS. 8 and 9, 25 is a sewing machine table, 26 is a suitably sized housing in which the main parts of the automatic embroidery device 20 are assembled, and the sewing machine The housing is attached to the cloth support surface 27 of the table 25 so as to be openable and closable, and the housing includes an embroidery frame drive mechanism 28 (see FIG. 10), which will be described later, and an embroidery control circuit 24 (see FIG. 10) for driving and controlling the mechanism. The main parts in Figure 12) have been assembled to the appropriate dimensions.

Reference numeral 21 is a 200 Å power section of the embroidery device, and it is possible to use a magnetic tape on which automatic embroidery data is stored.

As will be described later, when the housing 26 is in the open state (as shown in FIG. 9), it is possible to attach the embroidery frame 29 to the embroidery frame drive mechanism 28 and perform automatic embroidery together with the sewing machine, and in the closed state (as shown in FIG. 8). state), it is possible to perform normal sewing using a sewing machine.

The embroidery frame drive mechanism 28 built into the housing 26 will be explained with reference to FIG. 10.

In the figure, 31 is an X drive member, 32 is a Y drive member, and racks 33 and 34 are formed respectively, and these are connected to a pinion 37 and a pinion 38 attached to an X control motor 35 and a Y control motor 36 in this order. The X control motor 3
5 and Y control motor 36 are driven and controlled by a microcomputer C0M2O command, and output ends 39 and 40 are positioned and driven for automatic embroidery.

Although not particularly shown in the drawings, the embroidery frame 29 can be attached to the output ends 39 and 40 with one touch using a general method.

The control circuit for automatic embroidery and normal stitching of a sewing machine will be explained by means of a block diagram.

In Fig. 12, ■ is an AC power supply, M is a sewing machine, a driving sewing machine motor, and C0NT is a controller. During normal sewing machine work, when the controller operating section 41 is depressed, the sewing machine motor M together with the sewing machine speed control circuit 42 is operated.
During automatic embroidery, the controller operating section 41 acts as an open/close switch for the embroidery speed control circuit 48 of the embroidery control circuit 24, which is activated by commands from the microcomputer C0M2.

The input section 21 is for converting the embroidery data stored on the magnetic tape into a digital signal in the temporary storage device RAM2 of the microcomputer C0M2 and storing it in advance before performing automatic embroidery.

CPU2 is the central processing unit of the microcomputer.

The closed state of the housing 26 is a normal sewing state, and as will be described later, the connector 45 is not connected, so the changeover switch section 43 has its contact piece connected to the a side, and is controlled by the controller C0NT. Can be used with regular stitches on a sewing machine.

The open state of the housing 26 is the embroidery sewing state, and the upper shaft pulse generator 44 attached to the upper shaft of the machine is connected to the connector 45.
When connected to the microcomputer C0M2, the contact piece of the changeover switch section 43 is connected to the b side, and automatic embroidery becomes possible under the control of the embroidery control circuit 24.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
A changeover switch section 43 is provided on the side of the changeover switch section 43, and its operation piece 60 is activated by an operation piece 61 formed on the connector 45 on the embroidery device side when the connector is connected to the connector receiver 62. The contact piece is configured to be connected to the side b in FIG. 12.

When the contact piece of the changeover switch section 43 is connected to the b side,
The controller operating section 41 acts as a switch for operating the embroidery control circuit 24 of the embroidery device 20, and the speed of the sewing machine motor M is output from the microcomputer C0M2 according to a prewritten program in the static storage device ROM2. The first drive control signal 4 is controlled by an embroidery speed control circuit 48 which is controlled by a drive control signal 46.
6 acts on the flip-flop 47, and determines whether or not to rotate the sewing machine motor M via the embroidery speed control circuit 48 together with the command from the controller operating section 410.

At the same time, the microcomputer C0M2 temporarily uses the magnetic tape 11 for each upper shaft synchronizing pulse output from the upper shaft pulse generator 44 which generates pulses in synchronization with the rotation of the upper shaft of the sewing machine driven by the sewing machine motor M. Storage device RAM
2, the automatic embroidery data written in advance and sized appropriately is outputted as an X drive command 49 and a Y drive command 50, and is sent to the X drive circuit 53 via D/A converters 51 and 52 in this order.
and the Y drive circuit 54, and the X control motor 35
and Y control motor 36 are configured to perform positioning control in a closed loop.

Next, the operation of the embroidery device 20 using the magnetic tape 11 produced by the blade device 1 of this embodiment will be explained.

To perform automatic embroidery, remove the housing 2 of the embroidery device 20.
6 is in the open state as shown in FIG. 11 is loaded, first, the embroidery data stored in advance on the magnetic tape is read by the cassette reader 22, demodulated by the demodulation circuit 23,
The coordinate signals and control signals are sequentially input into the temporary storage device RAM2 of the embroidery device 20.

During this time, the lamp 57 indicating the completion of embroidery preparation is turned off (11).

When the input operation continues and a discontinuous part of the pattern on the magnetic tape 11 is reached, the microcomputer C0 is stored in the temporary storage device RAM2 based on the control signal from the magnetic tape.
After stopping the sewing machine according to the command from M2, embroidery frame 2
9 is moved to the first coordinate position of the next pattern and then stopped, and the flip-flop 47 of the embroidery device 20 is moved.
In order to control and embroider the subsequent continuous pattern, the embroidery speed control circuit 48 will not be activated unless the controller operation section 41, which acts as a switch for the embroidery control circuit 24, is once released and then pressed again. A signal is input.

When the input operation continues and the capacity of the temporary storage device RAM2 becomes full, a signal to stop reading from the magnetic tape 11 and a signal to stop the drive of the cassette reader 22 are output, and these signals are output. In response, the embroidery ready lamp 57 lights up in response to a command from the microcomputer C0M2, and when the upper shaft pulse generator 44 is connected to the microcomputer C0M2 through the connector 45, the contact piece of the changeover switch section 43 is switched to the b side, and the embroidery control is started. The circuit 24 becomes effective, and the operator can start embroidery work by depressing the controller operating section 41.

When the controller operating section 41 is pressed to start embroidery work, the embroidery frame 29 is driven and positioned so that the needle falls on the pattern coordinates specified by the first address, and the first stitch is formed.

From then on, the program in the static storage device ROM2 of the microcomputer C0M2 performs the calculation of connecting the coordinates specified by the next address with a straight line and dividing the space into n equal parts.
The embroidery frame 29 is driven and controlled so as to sequentially form 1/n stitches between the two points on the sewing machine and the can seal.

In this embodiment, as described above, a program for n=16 is stored in the static storage device ROM2.

The rotational speed of the sewing machine that may cause problems during automatic embroidery is such that if the speed is controlled by the controller C0NT so that the button can be pressed during lockstitching of the sewing machine, there will be a problem in the ability of the embroidery frame 29 to follow the rotational speed of the sewing machine. During automatic embroidery, the rotational speed of the sewing machine is set to a constant speed that the embroidery frame 29 can follow by the embroidery speed control circuit 48, and the function of the controller operating section 41 of the controller C0Nr is to operate the embroidery speed control circuit 48 as described above. It simply functions as a switch.

The rotational speed of the sewing machine during embroidery may be set at a constant speed, or alternatively, the maximum rotational speed that the embroidery frame 29 can follow may be set, and the speed may be varied within that range.

The embroidery work continues, and the embroidery frame 29 is moved one after another to form stitches ]/n between the pattern coordinates specified by the second address and the pattern coordinates specified by the third address. The drive is controlled, and when it reaches a discontinuous part of the pattern, the sewing machine stops rotating after forming the last stitch of the continuous pattern, and the needle bar stops near the top dead center of the needle bar.
After only the embroidery frame 29 has been moved to the first coordinate position of the next continuous pattern, the embroidery frame also stops.

In this discontinuous part of the pattern, the temporary storage device RAM2
According to the command from the microcomputer C0M2, a flip-flop is set so that the embroidery speed control circuit 48 will not operate unless the controller operating section 41 is once released and then suppressed again. 4
7 is controlled, and the operator can check the discontinuous portion vc of this pattern and replace the thread as necessary.

When you continue embroidering, if the embroidery device's temporary storage device RAM2 has a capacity problem, as described above, and the information is only being input to the temporary storage device at part 1 of the embroidery pattern, the input information will be changed. The embroidery work is performed by sequentially outputting the minutes, and once all the minutes have been output, the next minute must be input.The operation in this case will be explained.

When the embroidery continues, when all the stored contents of the temporary storage device RAM2 have been outputted, the cassette reader 22 loaded with the magnetic tape 11 is driven again, and the subsequent embroidery data are sequentially input into the temporary storage device RAM2.

At this time of re-driving, since the above-mentioned signal blank portion is formed in the magnetic tape 11, it is possible to avoid reading errors due to instability in the rising speed of the cassette reader 22 which is pressed at the time of re-driving.

At the time of inputting the cut, the 1 drive control signal 46 is output from the microcomputer C0M2 by the program in the static storage device ROM2 based on the signal from the magnetic tape 11, and the embroidery speed control circuit 48 is activated. The flip-flop 47 is controlled so that the sewing machine and the embroidery frame 29 do not operate unless the controller operation section 41 is once released and then suppressed again.

In this state, the cassette reader 22 is driven again, and the pattern data stored on the magnetic tape 11 is transferred to the embroidery device 2.
0 is re-inputted into the temporary storage device RAM2.

During this time, the lamp 57 indicating that embroidery preparation is complete goes out.
After completing the re-input, it lights up and indicates that the embroidery is ready.

After that, it is possible to continue the embroidery work by pressing the controller operation section 41. In this case, the first coordinates after the interruption are retrieved and compared with the last coordinates immediately before the interruption, which were temporarily stored in the register. In the meantime, as described above, the microcomputer C0M2 performs a calculation to connect these coordinates with a straight line and divide the coordinates into n equal parts, and the embroidery hoop 2
9, the embroidery is continued by sequentially driving and controlling the coordinates by 1/n for each stitch, and in this way, the embroidery pattern is formed.

As described above, the embroidery signal input device of the present invention converts the coordinates of each point of any design on the coordinate analysis panel into digital coordinate signals and easily stores them in the temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device. and when the sewing machine is stopped during automatic embroidery, a control signal is sent to the embroidery frame to move the embroidery frame to the position where the needle should fall to the first coordinate of the next continuous pattern and then stop it. By storing information in the device's temporary storage device, it is possible to conveniently change the thread at discontinuous parts of the pattern during automatic embroidery, and the sewing machine and embroidery frame operate while the thread is being replaced. This was done in consideration of safety during automatic embroidery to prevent unexpected accidents from occurring, and it has a remarkable effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings relate to embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a coordinate analysis section, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing operating members of the coordinate analysis section, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embroidery signal input device. Figures 4 and 5 are diagrams showing the designs on the coordinate analysis panel, Figure 6 is a diagram showing an example of an embroidery pattern based on the design in Figure 5, and Figure 7 is a diagram showing some operations of the embroidery signal input device. 8 is a perspective view of the automatic embroidery device showing the lockstitch state, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the automatic embroidery device showing the automatic embroidery state, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the embroidery frame control mechanism. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the connector of the upper shaft pulse generator, and FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the embroidery control circuit of the automatic embroidery device. In the drawings, 1 is an embroidery signal input device, 2 is a coordinate analysis section, 3 is a high frequency generator, 4 is an operating member, 5 is a coordinate analysis panel, 8 is a coordinate signal, 9 is a control signal, and 11 is a magnetic tape. , 20 is the automatic embroidery device, 24 is the embroidery control circuit, 29 is the embroidery hoop, COMI is the microcomputer of the embroidery signal input device, RAM1 is the temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device, C0M2 is the microcomputer of the automatic embroidery device, and RAM2 is the microcomputer of the automatic embroidery device. A temporary storage device of the automatic embroidery device, SW1 is a coordinate switch, and SW2 is a control switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Create a magnetic tape for external storage of an automatic embroidery device that performs embroidery by controlling the drive of a microcomputer based on the memory of the temporary storage device of the embroidery control circuit and the embroidery hoop while forming stitches with the sewing machine. An embroidery signal input device that is operated independently of the automatic embroidery device in order to perform a design on a coordinate analysis panel connected to a high-frequency generator and indicated by the tip of the coordinate analysis section of the embroidery signal input device. an operating member provided with a coordinate switch for causing the coordinate analysis panel to receive the X-Y coordinates of each point during the operation; a coordinate analysis panel for receiving, converting into a digital coordinate signal and inputting it into a temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device; The needle is operated together with the coordinate switch toward the last coordinate of the previous continuous pattern, and when the sewing machine is stopped during automatic embroidery, the needle falls on the embroidery frame at the first coordinate of the next continuous pattern. An embroidery signal input device comprising: a control switch for inputting a control signal for moving the embroidery signal to a position and then stopping the embroidery signal input device to a temporary storage device of the embroidery signal input device.