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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Natori, Akishima, JP;
Fumiyuki Onoda, Tama, JP;
Keijiro Omoto, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Yamashita, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Hino, JP;
Yoshitaka Umemoto, Hachioji, JP;
Takuro Onda, Sagamihara, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An insertion apparatus includes an insertion section, a motor that rotates a rotational housing, a drive control unit that supplies a driving current to the motor to control driving of the motor, a driving current detector that detects the driving current flowing through the motor, a torque limit value storage unit that stores a torque limit value, a temperature detector detects a temperature of the rotational housing, a temperature measurement unit that measures a temperature in a vicinity of the rotational housing based on a detection result obtained from the temperature detector, and a torque limit value correction unit that corrects the torque limit value in accordance with the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit.