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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomofumi Nishida, Nobutsune Kobayashi, Shinichi Yukiura, Hideyuki Kido, Ryoji Kanoyadani
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An apparatus for moving a unit to execute scanning includes a scanning unit including a motor, an encoder for outputting a signal according to movement of the unit, a detection unit for detecting a current supplied to the motor, a speed control unit for executing a speed control of the motor according to the signal output from the encoder and the current detected by the detection unit, a movement control unit for setting a threshold value, moving the unit by driving the motor, by using the speed control unit, and a current control unit for setting a value greater than the predetermined value according to the threshold value and value of the current detected by the detection unit at a predetermined timing during a time period while the unit is moving.
An apparatus configured to move a unit to execute scanning by driving a motor, the apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an apparatus including a motor, which is a source of driving a unit, and configured to move the unit, an encoder configured to output a signal according to movement of the unit, and a acquisition unit configured to acquire a value of current to be output to the motor, the method comprising:
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