ROTATION DETECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230008381A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17854777

    申请日:2022-06-30

    IPC分类号: H02P6/16 H02P21/22

    摘要: A rotation detector includes a motor, a current detector and a hardware processor. The motor includes coils of two or more phases and a rotor. The current detector detects currents flowing in coils of at least two phases among the coils of two or more phases. The hardware processor estimates an initial position of the rotor based on current values of the currents detected by the current detector to start the motor, controls an energization pattern on the phases to rotate and start the motor based on the estimated initial position, and determines whether the rotor stops or is rotating before completing the estimation of the initial position.

    STIFFNESS MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STIFFNESS MEASURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240036503A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18220300

    申请日:2023-07-11

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    摘要: [Problem] To provide a stiffness measuring device capable of highly accurately measuring the stiffness of a recording material such as a sheet, and an image forming system equipped with the stiffness measuring device.
    [Solution] A stiffness measuring device includes a holding portion that holds a recording material so that a recording surface of the recording material is substantially parallel to a vertical direction, a pressing portion, and a stiffness acquiring section. The pressing portion presses a measurement point located on a lower side in the vertical direction than the portion of the recording material held by the holding portion. The stiffness acquiring section measure a reaction force obtained when the measurement point is pressed by the pressing portion and acquires the measured reaction force as the stiffness of the recording material.

    CONTROLLER FOR PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180076750A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-15

    申请号:US15682652

    申请日:2017-08-22

    IPC分类号: H02P21/18

    摘要: A controller for a permanent magnet synchronous motor having a rotor using a permanent magnet includes a drive portion configured to apply a current to a winding to drive the rotor; an estimating portion configured to estimate a position of magnetic pole of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the drive portion to cause the rotating magnetic field based on the estimated position of magnetic pole and to control the drive portion to stop the rotor in response to a stop command inputted. The control unit controls, as the control to stop the rotor, the drive portion to determine a current for generating a magnetic field vector which draws the position of magnetic pole of the rotor to a stop position to stop the rotor based on a latest estimated position of magnetic pole, and to keep applying the current determined to the winding.