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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Yoshihiko Hikari, Toyohashi, JP;
Munehiro Natsume, Toyokawa, JP;
Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Tachikawa, JP;
Kouei Cho, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Hayashi, Hino, JP;
Nobuhiro Matsuo, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Hikari, Toyohashi, JP;
Munehiro Natsume, Toyokawa, JP;
Teruhiko Toyoizumi, Tachikawa, JP;
Kouei Cho, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Hayashi, Hino, JP;
Nobuhiro Matsuo, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power control method for supplying AC power to a first load and a second load is provided. The method includes supplying, to the first load, AC power corresponding to a range of a phase angle 0 to a phase angle φ1 in each half cycle; and supplying, to the second load, AC power corresponding to a range of a phase angle φ2 to a phase angle π in each half cycle, wherein φ1 is larger than 0 and not more than π, φ2 is not less than 0 and smaller than π, and φ1 is larger than φ2.