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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving device includes a movable object, a driving part for moving the object, a manual operation member, a pulse generator for generating a plurality of pulses successively according to an operation of the operation member with pulse intervals varying depending on its operation speed, a data forming part for forming a plurality of data on the basis of the plurality of pulses successively according to the pulse intervals, a storage part for storing successively the plurality of data and a reading part for reading out the stored plurality of data successively and determining a drive parameter for each of the read out data corresponding to the speed for moving the object by the driving part by using the data value. The timing for reading out subsequent data is set after completion of the movement of the object on the basis of a prior data value.