ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,904, issued on June 30, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Sewing machine and sewing machine control method" was invented by Takashi Nakano (Ama, Japan) and Mika Matsushima (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sewing machine includes a bed, a projector, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the projector to project a projection image onto a projection region on the bed. The projection image includes a pattern image representing a sewing pattern and a projection setting object for instructing setting of the sewing pattern. The controller is configured to, in response to selection of...