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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Hiroaki Kato, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takehiko Mayama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vibration damping apparatus includes a plurality of actuators for removing vibration of a table as an object of vibration damping, a detection device for detecting a vibration status of the table, an acquisition device for acquiring compensation amounts for a plurality of directional elements, from the vibration status detected by the detection device, and an allocation device for allocating an actuator-driving force corresponding to a compensation amount for a predetermined directional element, among the compensation amounts acquired by the acquisition device, to an actuator having a small amount of driving force, allocated based on a compensation amount for another directional element.