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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Yoshihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Nagatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaroh Kurosu, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Nagatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaroh Kurosu, Kanagawa, JP;
Motoharu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A motor control device includes: an electric-current detection unit configured to detect an electric current that flows through a motor at a time when the motor is not to be driven; a voltage-polarity determining unit configured to determine polarity of a voltage corresponding to the detected electric current; and an operating-state management unit configured to perform control of stopping the motor depending on the polarity of the voltage.