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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electronic apparatus which includes a power generator and a storage device for storing electric energy obtained thereby, it is detected whether a motor driven by the stored electric energy is rotating by comparing the rotation detecting voltage, which is proportional to the induction voltage generated in the motor caused by the rotation of the motor, with a rotation reference voltage. The generation state of the power generator or the charging state of the storage device is detected. The level of the rotation detecting voltage or the level of the rotation reference voltage is shifted by a predetermined amount based on the detected generation state of the power generator or the detected charging state of the storage device so that the voltage difference between the rotation detecting voltage and the rotation reference voltage is increased during the no-rotation period.