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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Shigeta, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position output unit according to the invention includes a pulse generator that generates a second pulse train signal on a basis of a first pulse train signal output from a position detector that generates the first pulse train signal including a number of pulses representing the displacement amount of a movable member. The pulse generator generates the second pulse train signal in such a way that a second total pulse number defined as a total number of pulses in the second pulse train signal corresponding to a displacement amount of the movable member over an entirety of the movable range is smaller than or equal to a first total pulse number defined as a total number of pulses in the first pulse train signal corresponding to the entirety of the movable range of the movable member.