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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akio Atsuta, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/14 (2006.01); H02N 2/10 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02N 2/145 (2013.01); H02N 2/103 (2013.01); H02N 2/142 (2013.01); H02N 2/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving apparatus of a vibration-type actuator includes a driving circuit configured to drive a vibration unit including a plurality of vibrators, a detection unit configured to detect a sum of power consumption consumed by the plurality of vibrators, and a driving frequency setting unit configured to set a driving frequency within a frequency range depending on the sum of power consumption detected by the detection unit.