Abstract:
A motor control device for controlling rotation of a motor by controlling a driving voltage applied to the motor is provided. The device includes a driving voltage control unit configured to control the driving voltage, and a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of the motor. The motor has operating characteristics indicative of relationship between the driving voltage and a rotation speed of the motor, where the operating characteristics have a specific dead-band range of driving voltages wherein the rotation speed of the motor is zero regardless of changes in the driving voltage. The driving voltage control unit performs a low rotation control operation including at least one alternating repetition of a first control operation and a second control operation. The first control operation adjusts the driving voltage to have a value outside of the dead-band range from a value within the dead-band range, while the second control operation adjusts the driving voltage to have the value within the dead-band range from the value outside of the dead-band range. The second control operation is performed after a specific first amount of motor rotation has been detected in the first control operation.
Abstract:
A fuel cell system including: a fuel cell supplied with a fuel gas to a fuel electrode thereof and air to an air electrode thereof; a fuel gas supplying device which supplies the fuel gas to the fuel electrode; an air supplying device which supplies air to the air electrode; a fuel gas pressure regulator which regulates fuel gas pressure at the fuel electrode; a purge valve which discharges exhaust fuel gas from the fuel electrode to the outside; and a controller. The controller continues power generation of the fuel cell, controlling the fuel gas pressure regulator to lower the fuel gas pressure at the fuel electrode, having the air supplying device continuing supplying air to the air electrode with the purge valve closed; and after the fuel gas pressure at the fuel electrode becomes equal to or lower than the atmospheric pressure, stops power generation of the fuel cell.
Abstract:
A scale is provided with a plurality of marks or slits arranged in a first direction such that a distance between centers of adjacent marks or slits in the first direction assumes a first length. An encoder is opposing the scale and includes: a photo emitter, operable to emit light; and a plurality of photo detectors, each of which has a light receiving region adapted to receive the light emitted from the photo emitter and transmitted by way of the marks or slits, and is operable to output a detection signal in accordance with a quantity of the light received by the light receiving region, so that the detection signal has a first cycle corresponding to the first length. A control signal generator is operable to generate a control signal having a second cycle which is (½n1) of the first cycle. A controller is operable to estimate a rotation speed of a motor based on a third cycle which is defined by subsequent (2n1) second cycles. Here, n1 is an integer no less than one.
Abstract:
A printing apparatus for printing on a medium to be printed includes an ink ejection section for intermittently ejecting ink while moving, wherein the printing apparatus detects a distance from the ink ejection section to the medium to be printed, and controls a timing of intermittent ejection of the ink from the ink ejection section based on the distance that has been detected. With such a printing apparatus, the timing at which ink is ejected can be controlled taking into account the distance from the ink ejection section to the medium to be printed.
Abstract:
There is provided a print control unit capable of transferring and stopping an object to be controlled at a target position when unexpected load is applied to the object. A print control unit includes: a selection control part, operating at a predetermined timing, to select and set the control parameters in accordance with the target speed, to judge as to whether the object is located within a target range, based on the output of the position detecting part, if located, the selection control part selecting and operating the third control part, while if the object is not located within the target range, the selection control part selecting and operating the first or the second control part based on the physical value corresponding to the speed.
Abstract:
A print control system according to the present invention comprises: a paper rear edge holding/driving control part for driving and controlling a paper feed motor so that the rear edge of a paper, which is fed by the paper feed motor, is held in a predetermined holding region; a usual paper feed control part for controlling the paper feed motor so as to carry out a usual paper feed operation; and a control selecting part for selecting one of the paper rear edge holding/driving control part and the usual paper feed control part on the basis of the kind and feed amount of the paper and the presence of detection of the rear edge of the paper.
Abstract:
In a video display terminal (VDT) adapter connected to a moving picture output device, inputting means inputs, from the moving picture output device, an input moving picture signal indicative of input moving pictures having brightness which changes drastically. Connected to the inputting means, picture temporal frequency attenuator means selectively attenuates a particular frequency band of the input moving picture signal to produce a smoothly-changing moving picture signal indicative of smoothly-changing moving pictures. The particular frequency band includes human sensitive frequency components. Connected to the picture temporal frequency attenuator means, outputting means outputs the smoothly-changing moving picture signal as an output moving picture signal. The particular frequency band may lie on a range not less than 7 Hz.
Abstract:
A porous body, for a solid electrolytic capacitor, is made from a combination of titanium and aluminum in order to reduce dependence upon tatalum, a material which is now in extremely short supply. First, the titanium hydride and aluminum are milled into an extremely fine micro-powder. Then, the powders are mixed with the aluminum content in the range of 45%-65%, compressed into the desired body shape, and given a three-step heat treatment. In the first step, the body is heated at a temperature of 400.degree. to 500.degree. C. for a dehydrogenation. In the second step, the dehydrogenated body is heated to an alloying temperature which is higher than 500.degree. C., but lower than the melting point of aluminum. In the third step, the alloyed body is heated to a temperature which is higher than the melting point of aluminum (about 1000.degree. C.).
Abstract:
A printing device includes: a driving motor that applies a power rotating a roll body in which a medium is rolled; a driving roller that transfers the power of the driving motor to the roll body; a transport motor that applies a power transporting the medium; a transport roller that is provided further to the downstream side than the roll body in the transport direction of the medium; and a looseness acquiring unit that acquires an looseness between the driving roller and the transport roller. When the looseness is equal to or more than a predetermined looseness, the driving motor is controlled on the basis of the looseness acquired by the looseness acquiring unit. When the looseness is less than the predetermined looseness, the driving motor is controlled on the basis of tension between the driving roller and the transport roller.
Abstract:
A fuel cell system and method of controlling a fuel cell system capable of preventing deterioration in performance when the system reinitiates a normal operation from an idle stop state. For a predetermined time after reinitiating the supply of fuel gas and oxidant gas from the idle stop state, discharge of off-gas occurs and the cessation of fuel gas and oxidant gas supply is prohibited.