US 12,344,974 B1
Circular knitting machine with real-time prompt of knitting machine status
Yu-Sheng Lin, New Taipei (TW); Chang-Lin Yang, New Taipei (TW); Po-Wei Huang, New Taipei (TW); and Wei-Fan Lai, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/743,762.
Claims priority of application No. 113116011 (TW), filed on Apr. 29, 2024.
Int. Cl. D04B 35/20 (2006.01); D04B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC D04B 35/20 (2013.01) [D04B 15/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A circular knitting machine with real-time prompt of a knitting machine status, the circular knitting machine comprising a base, a needle cylinder rotating relative to the base during a knitting operation process, and a cloth rolling machine rotating with the needle cylinder relative to the base during the knitting operation process, the cloth rolling machine comprising a cloth rolling rod and a plurality of connecting rods connected to the cloth rolling rod, the connecting rods being displaced relative to the base when the cloth rolling machine rotating, the circular knitting machine comprising:
a main camera module, fixed on the base, the main camera module comprising a first central axis, the main camera module taking pictures of a tubular fabric rotating with the needle cylinder; and
an auxiliary camera module, fixed on the base and disposed close to the main camera module, the auxiliary camera module comprising a second central axis intersecting with the first central axis, the auxiliary camera module and the main camera module facing a same side of the tubular fabric, a startup timing of the auxiliary camera module only occurring when one of the plurality of connecting rods passing between the main camera module and the tubular fabric;
wherein a status of the circular knitting machine is determined by data generated by the main camera module and the auxiliary camera module.