# US 10,503,052 B2 · Shutter apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and control method for the shutter apparatus

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- Number: US 10,503,052 B2
- Document ID: US10503052B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/921,793
- Filed: 2018-03-15
- Published: 2018-09-20
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-16
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kazuya Karibe; Chikara Aoshima; Masahiro Takayama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503052B2

## CPC

- G03B 9/10: Blade or disc rotating or pivoting about axis normal to its plane
- G03B 9/42: with adjustable slot; with mechanism controlling relative movement of plates to form slot
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- H04N 23/73: by influencing the exposure time
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A shutter apparatus includes a motor, a cam gear, a driving member, and a blade group. A cam part includes a blade maintaining section configured to maintain one of an open state and a closed state of the blade group when a cam follower slides, and a blade driving section. Where the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section and the blade driving section in this order, the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section, and the motor is driven in the full step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade driving section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shutter apparatus comprising:
a motor configured to drive in a full step driving mode that electrifies each phase with a constant electrification amount, and a micro step driving mode that stepwise changes an electrification amount and electrifies each phase;
a cam gear connected to an output shaft of the motor and including a cam part;
a driving member including a cam follower configured to slide in the cam part; and
a blade group configured to move between an open state that opens an opening used for an exposure and a closed state that closes the opening, via the cam gear and the driving member as the motor rotates,
wherein the cam part includes a blade maintaining section configured to maintain one of the open state and the closed state of the blade group when the cam follower slides, and a blade driving section configured to move the blade group from the one of the open state and the closed state to the other of the open state and the closed state when the cam follower slides, and
wherein where the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section and the blade driving section in this order, the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section, and the motor is driven in the full step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade driving section.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shutter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the blade maintaining section includes a runup section that maintains the one of the open state and the closed state of the blade group when the cam follower slides, and a decelerating section that maintains the other of the open state and the closed state of the blade group when the cam follower slides,
wherein the cam part includes the runup section, the blade driving section, and the decelerating section in this order, and
wherein as the cam follower slides in the runup section, the blade driving section, and the decelerating section in this order, the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the runup section, and the motor is driven in the full step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade driving section and the decelerating section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shutter apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an urging member that urges the cam gear,
wherein the blade maintaining section has an accelerating section in which the urging member accelerates a rotation of the cam gear, and a non-urging section in which the urging member does not urge the cam gear, and
wherein where the cam follower slides in the accelerating section, the non-urging section, and the blade driving section in this order, the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the accelerating section, and the motor is driven in the full step driving motor when the cam follower slides in the non-urging section and the blade driving section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shutter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode with a first effective voltage and in the full step driving mode with a second effective voltage lower than the first effective voltage.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shutter apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode with a first effective voltage and in the full step driving mode with a second effective voltage lower than the first effective voltage,
wherein an effective voltage for each phase is equal to each other with a predetermined phase in the micro step driving mode, and
wherein the second effective voltage is equal to an effective voltage with the predetermined phase.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The shutter apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to control driving of the motor.

### Claim 7

An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a motor configured to drive in a full step driving mode that electrifies each phase with a constant electrification amount, and a micro step driving mode that stepwise changes an electrification amount and electrifies each phase;
a cam gear connected to an output shaft of the motor and including a cam part;
a driving member including a cam follower configured to slide in the cam part; and
a blade group configured to move between an open state that opens an opening used for an exposure and a closed state that closes the opening, via the cam gear and the driving member as the motor rotates,
wherein the cam part includes a blade maintaining section configured to maintain one of the open state and the closed state of the blade group when the cam follower slides, and a blade driving section configured to move the blade group from the one of the open state and the closed state to the other of the open state and the closed state when the cam follower slides, and
wherein where the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section and the blade driving section in this order, the motor is driven in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section, and the motor is driven in the full step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade driving section.

### Claim 8

A control method for a shutter apparatus that includes a motor configured to drive in a full step driving mode that electrifies each phase with a constant electrification amount, and a micro step driving mode that stepwise changes an electrification amount and electrifies each phase, a cam gear connected to an output shaft of the motor and including a cam part, a driving member including a cam follower configured to slide in the cam part, and a blade group configured to move between an open state that opens an opening used for an exposure and a closed state that closes the opening, via the cam gear and the driving member as the motor rotates, wherein the cam part includes a blade maintaining section configured to maintain one of the open state and the closed state of the blade group when the cam follower slides, and a blade driving section configured to move the blade group from the one of the open state and the closed state to the other of the open state and the closed state when the cam follower slides, the control method comprising the steps of:
driving the motor in the micro step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade maintaining section; and
driving the motor in the full step driving mode when the cam follower slides in the blade driving section.