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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040577 | Image reading apparatus In an image reading apparatus, a retreat control device moves a conveyance target through a conveyance mechanism, when a stop operation is performed by a stop control device, in an opposite direction to an image reading direction to a position further from a restart... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033541 | Image forming apparatus and method of feeding a sheet An image forming apparatus includes a tray, a sheet conveying path through which sheets are conveyed, a sheet feeding unit including a sheet feed roller for feeding a first sheet to a sheet holding position, a sheet conveying unit having a conveyor roller that inter... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026678 | Motor control device A motor control device includes at least one operating unit that is provided corresponding to at least one motor to operate the at least one motor, and a control unit that, each time at least one control cycle arrives in which the at least one motor is operated, set... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7889400 | Image reading apparatus for determining a setback distance after reading interruption An image reading apparatus includes a driving source, a conveying mechanism, a reading control unit, an acceleration distance measuring unit, an interruption determination unit, a stop control unit, a deceleration distance measuring unit, a setback control unit, and... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884971 | Multiplied pulse generation device, multiplied pulse generation method, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus In a multiplied pulse generation device, a detection signal is outputted every time a driven object is driven by a specific amount. An actual cycle indicating a time interval between the detection signal and a previous detection signal is measured. An estimated cycl... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7821216 | Motor control method and control device When motor drive is initiated, firstly a PWM value at time of driving initiation is set to an initial setting value start_pwm1, and gradually increased by a specified amount in specified period. When an encoder edge is detected, the PWM value is reset to the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810901 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus, including a driving device which moves an object along a predetermined path; a linear encoder including a linear scale and a detector one of which is moved relatively to the other when the object is moved along the predetermined path; a control ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7766445 | Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus of a serial recording type which comprises a recording head, a carriage and a conveying device. The recording head is capable of selectively ejecting ink toward a recording medium. The carriage with the recording head mounted thereon re... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7621518 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a record unit; a first roller provided upstream of the record unit; a second roller provided downstream of the record unit; a motor which drives the first and second rollers; a first drive signal generation unit which generates ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7561829 | Motor control device, image forming apparatus, and motor control method A motor control device includes a velocity detection unit, a motor control unit, a phase difference detection unit, and a correction value calculation unit. The velocity detection unit detects each velocity of a plurality of driven bodies or of a plurality of motors... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7498760 | Drive control apparatus A drive control apparatus including a feed-forward operation amount generation device, a feed-back operation amount generation device, a feed-forward correction amount generation device and a feed-forward operation amount correction device is provided. The drive con... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7462998 | Apparatus and method for generating acceleration profile for controlling object using optimized waveform shaping A technique is disclosed for generating an acceleration profile indicative of a time history of an acceleration of a controlled object, to thereby generate at least one of a target velocity profile indicative of a time history of a target velocity of the controlled ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463000 | Motor controlling method, motor controlling apparatus, and recording apparatus A method of controlling, by an adaptive control method, an electric motor as a drive source of an operating apparatus that operates, based on a driving force produced by the electric motor, under an arbitrary one of a plurality of operating conditions, and exhibits ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7334787 | Paper feeding apparatus When the sheets are taken out sheet by sheet and started to be fed, in a first predetermined section, a driving mode is set to a fixed PWM driving mode, and a DC motor is driven in response to a PWM signal of a fixed duty to perform the sheet feed operation (S110... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7230401 | Apparatus and method for controlling an electric motor An apparatus for controlling an electric motor provided to drive a movable object such that a detected actual amount of motion of a movable portion of the electric motor or the movable object coincides with a target amount, comprising: ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7026775 | Method and apparatus for controlling speed of moving body Method and apparatus for controlling a moving speed of a moving body, wherein at least one transient target speed value in addition to a final target speed value is used to control the moving speed in an accelerating period between a moment of initiation of a moveme... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6984955 | Motor control device In a motor control device controlling a motor by a state feedback control, high control accuracy is maintained regardless of fluctuations in a motor load so as to improve control performance of the state feedback control. A control signal (manipulation amount) outpu... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6930458 | Apparatus for controlling deceleration of DC motor An apparatus for controlling deceleration of a DC motor which is driven in a forward operating direction with a forward-drive electric current applied thereto by a forward driving device, wherein the forward motor driving device applies the forward-drive electric cu... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6812668 | Apparatus, method and program for controlling an electric motor Apparatus, method and program for controlling electric motors to drive movable objects, wherein an input-rectifying device is operable, when a control signal to be applied to one of the electric motors requires the motor to be operated so as to operate the object in... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6805426 | Motor control method and apparatus Method and apparatus for controlling an operating speed of a motor provided to move an object body such as a carriage carrying a printing head in a printer, wherein a control-signal generating portion generates a control signal for controlling the speed of the motor... | 10/19/2004 |
