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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masatoshi Itoh, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 13/0009 (2013.01); G03G 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor control apparatus configured to control a motor, includes: a drive circuit of the motor including a semiconductor device and being installed on a different substrate from a substrate of the motor; a load switching unit configured to set a load of the motor in a first state as a first load, and set a load of the motor in a second state as a second load that is smaller than the first load; and a control unit configured to control the drive circuit and the load switching unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the drive circuit to start rotation of the motor when the load switching unit is in the second state.