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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Toshimasa Kawai, Yokohama, JP;
Masahito Kobayashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinya Imura, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hauling unit hauls a subject to bend or rotate the subject. A control unit outputs a control signal that corresponds to a target value that is input by an operating unit. The control unit controls a variation amount of the control signal output in a predetermined range including a position of the hauling unit in a state before the hauling unit hauls to be greater than a variation amount of the control signal output outside the predetermined range. A driving unit drives the hauling unit based on the control signal.