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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Naoaki Tani, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 7/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lens driving apparatus comprising: a stepping motor for driving a lens; a rotation detection sensor for detecting a rotation position of the stepping motor; and a controller which is capable of switching between open-loop control that performs position instruction in accordance with a predetermined pattern and closed-loop control that performs position instruction on the basis of follow-up delay, changes and accelerates the velocity for advancing the position of the stepping motor on the basis of a fixed velocity pattern by open-loop control when the lens starts moving, and transitions to the closed-loop control upon the velocity corresponding to the velocity pattern reaching a predetermined value.


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