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Motor control device
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1988-03-25
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Granted: 1990-01-30
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Expires: 2008-03-25
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a motor control device comprising a motor; an apparatus for entering the number of revolutions of the motor; a detector that detects the number of revolutions of the motor; and a microcomputer for entering the output from the detector and a controlling the motor according to predetermined programs, wherein the microcomputer comprises a counter to which a count value is set according to a circuit from the input to form a reference frequency signal and a circuit for forming a phase error signal according to the reference frequency signal and the output of the detector and outputs a signal for driving the motor based on the phase error signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuki Miyamoto
- 👤 Yutaka Komiya
- 👤 Masato Ishida
- 👤 Shinichi Nakamura
- 👤 Masanori Miyata
- 👤 Masayuki Hirose
- 👤 Masahiro Tomosada
- 👤 Hideki Adachi
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-05 16:33
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P7/00; H02P7/06; H02P7/18; H02P7/24; H02P7/28; H02P7/285; H02P7/29; H02P7/2913; H02P23/00; H02P23/0077; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S388/00; Y10S388/90; Y10S388/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; a microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and outputting a phase comparison signal in accordance with the reference frequency signal and the output of said detection means; means for generating a predetermined speed control signal according to the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means; and drive means for driving said motor on the basis of said phase comparison signal and said speed control signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor drive signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; a microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and outputting a phase comparison signal in accordance with the reference frequency signal and the output of said detection means; means for generating a predetermined speed control signal according to the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means; and drive means for driving said motor on the basis of said phase comparison signal and said speed control signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor drive signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A motor control device according to claim 1, wherein said microcomputer controls said adjusting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A motor control device according to claim 2, wherein said microcomputer controls said adjusting means when said motor has not gained a predetermined number of revolutions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
175 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means, generating a predetermined speed control signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means, and outputting said reference frequency signal and said speed control signal; means for outputting a phase comparison signal according to said reference frequency signal and the output of said detection means; and drive means for driving said motor on the basis of said phase comparison signal and said speed control signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
175 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means, generating a predetermined speed control signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means, and outputting said reference frequency signal and said speed control signal; means for outputting a phase comparison signal according to said reference frequency signal and the output of said detection means; and drive means for driving said motor on the basis of said phase comparison signal and said speed control signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A motor control device according to claim 4, wherein said microcomputer controls said adjusting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A motor control device according to claim 4, wherein said microcomputer controls said adjusting means when said motor has not gained a predetermined number of revolutions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
183 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; a microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means, generating a phase error signal in accordance with the reference signal and the output of said detection means, generating a predetermined speed control signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means, and outputting said phase error signal and said speed control signal; drive means for outputting a drive signal for driving said motor on the basis of said speed control signal generating by said microcomputer and said phase error signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor drive signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
183 words
A motor control device comprising: a motor; means for instructing a rotation speed of said motor; means for detecting the rotation speed of said motor; a microcomputer for controlling said motor according to a predetermined program by using an input of said instruction means and an output of said detection means, said microcomputer generating a reference frequency signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means, generating a phase error signal in accordance with the reference signal and the output of said detection means, generating a predetermined speed control signal in accordance with the input of said instruction means and the output of said detection means, and outputting said phase error signal and said speed control signal; drive means for outputting a drive signal for driving said motor on the basis of said speed control signal generating by said microcomputer and said phase error signal, wherein said drive means supplies a motor drive signal to said motor and includes means for adjusting a level of the drive signal, said adjusting means comprising means for manually adjusting the level of the drive signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A motor control device according to claim 7, wherein said drive signal is a pulse width modulation signal formed based on said phase error signal and said speed control signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A motor control device according to claim 7, wherein said microcomputer controls said adjusting means when said rotation speed of said motor is below a predetermined rotation speed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
64 words
A motor control device according to claim 7, wherein said drive means comprises adding means for adding said speed control signal and said phase error signal to produce a total signal, means for generating a pulse width modulation signal in accordance with an output of said adding means, and means for outputting said drive signal on the basis of said pulse width modulation signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A motor control device according to claim 10, wherein said device means further includes means for adjusting each of said speed control signal, said phase error signal and said total signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A motor control device according to claim 11, wherein said adjusting means is controlled by an output from said microcomputer.
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