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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinji Ueda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 6/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/19 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37344 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41331 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45165 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a driving apparatus for driving an object. The driving apparatus includes a driving device configured to displace the object; a detector configured to detect a displacement amount of the object by the driving device; and a controller configured to control the driving device based on an output of the detector. The controller is configured to obtain a thrust characteristic of the driving device with respect to the displacement amount and to set a reference with respect to the displacement amount based on the obtained thrust characteristic.