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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirotomo Tanaka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Kodama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masafumi Furuyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Toshiyuki Takahara, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/101 ;
Abstract
A motor control apparatus and a motor control method that instruct deenergization of a motor a predetermined period of time after an arrival of a subject to be driven by the motor at a speed measuring position. The predetermined period of time corresponds to a current speed of the motor upon arrival of the subject to be driven at the speed measuring position, and the speed measuring position is at a predetermined distance before a target stop position of the subject to be driven.