Alarm generation using a motor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsPeter L. Cheng, Akihiko Hamamoto, Takao Aichi
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Abstract
A system and method for generating an audible sound in an imaging device is provided, the device having an electronic motor controllable by a first operation sequence to perform a first function. When a condition is detected for which an audible sound is to be generated as notification of the condition, a motor is rotated according to a second operation sequence so as to create the audible sound as notification of the condition, wherein the second operation sequence causes the motor to rotate in a manner, other than the motor rotation resulting from the first operation sequence, so as to cause the motor to perform only the notification function.
Claims16
A method for generating an audible sound in an imaging device, the device having an electronic motor controllable by a first operation sequence to perform a first function, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a condition for which an audible sound is to be generated as notification of the condition;
- and
- causing the motor to rotate according to a second operation sequence so as to create the audible sound as notification of the condition, wherein the second operation sequence causes the motor to rotate in a manner, other than the motor rotation resulting from the first operation sequence, so as to cause the motor to perform only the notification function.
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