SEWING MACHINE WITH AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL

PCT No. PCT/EP90/01506 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 14, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 14, 1993 PCT Filed Sep. 7, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO91/03587 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 21, 1991.A sewing machine with a display for displaying basic patterns to be sewn and parameters associated with these patterns. The display is switchable between formats representing different sets of basic patterns and is switchable to a plurality of sequential formats, where each of the sequential formats only displays necessary sequential information for one of the basic patterns and parameters. The display includes a symbol adjacent each of the basic patterns and parameters and the same set of symbols is displayed in each display format. A key board includes a plurality of individual keys which correspond to the symbols on the display. A microprocessor reads the key board to determine which keys have been activated and then changes the display to show the next sequential format when the key corresponding to the symbol adjacent one of the basic patterns and parameters is activated. The microprocessor also modifies the parameters of the pattern and activates a control program if the symbol associated with the key is adjacent a parameter on a control program.