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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2003
Takuji Katsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Souhei Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Wataya, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Kuronuma, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Horiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor control apparatus has a motor driver for driving a motor in accordance with an input of digital-format drive data of a predetermined length, thereby driving a mechanism using the motor as a power source. The drive data, which has been made to correspond to a plurality of drive patterns, is stored in a memory, part of the drive data, which has been read out from the memory by DMA, is replaced with other data, and the resultant data is output to the motor driver. Thus, different drive data can be generated by replacing a part of the drive data stored in the memory with other data, and the generated data can be transferred to the motor driver. This makes it possible to reduce the memory capacity needed for motor control.