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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuji Yamanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakajima, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekine, Aichi, JP;
Kiyoshi Okamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuji Yamanaka, Ibaraki, JP;
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Chiba, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakajima, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekine, Aichi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A driving apparatus includes a plurality of driving devices, a plurality of detectors for detecting a malfunction of the driving devices, and a controller, which is responsive to a detection result of the detectors, for decreasing a driving speed of a driving device at which a malfunction is detected and increases a driving speed of another driving device.