Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controller capable of stopping control target in short time, vibration actuator, image capture apparatus, and control method
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Application No.: US16920932Application Date: 2020-07-06
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Publication No.: US11621653B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Hiromitsu Morita
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-132793 20190718
- Main IPC: H02N2/00
- IPC: H02N2/00 ; G03B13/34 ; H02N2/14 ; H02N2/06 ; G03B3/10

Abstract:
A controller is capable of reducing time required to stop a control target at a target stop position as a final stop position. The controller drives a vibration element including a piezoelectric element by an AC signal to thereby move a contact body, in contact with the vibration element, relative to the vibration element. The controller controls a pulse duty cycle of a signal converted to the AC signal based on a difference between a target stop position, which is a final stop position of the contact body, and a current position of the contact body, and an actual speed of the contact body.
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