Abstract:
The brushless motor includes a coil array, a magnet array, a magnetic sensor, a drive control circuit for driving the coil array, and a temperature sensor for detecting a detection target temperature associated with either the coil temperature or the driving element temperature. The drive control circuit reduces the effective value of driving voltage supplied to the coil array when coil temperature detected by the temperature sensor has exceeded a prescribed threshold value.
Abstract:
The specific phase position detection circuit detects first and second temporal positions which have respective desired phase offsets from an upper peak position and an lower peak position of an analog signal having periodicity. The specific phase position detection circuit then outputs phase signals indicating the detected first and second temporal positions.
Abstract:
To provide a technique to prevent an occurrence of flicker due to overlap periods during display of moving pictures. A display device includes: a plurality of light outputting elements; and a plurality of element controllers corresponding to the plurality of light outputting elements. In response to a predetermined signal provided to the plurality of element controllers at same timing, each of the plurality of element controllers supplies the light outputting element with pixel data included in image data that represents an image to be displayed by the display device, and controls an operating status of the light outputting element.
Abstract:
A spread range control apparatus of the present invention controls a clock generator, which generates a spread spectrum clock based on setting of spread data, so as to regulate a spread range of the spread spectrum clock. The spread range control apparatus includes: a loading quantity detection module that detects a loading quantity of a loading device, which is driven in response to a clock output from the clock generator; and a spread range setting module that sets spread data, which represents a spread range corresponding to the loading quantity detected by the loading quantity detection module, in the clock generator. This arrangement effectively protects a device having operations controlled in response to a clock from adverse effects possibly arising due to spread of the clock.
Abstract:
Provided is a motor having a combination of a plurality of coil pairs and a permanent magnet, wherein these coil pairs are supplied with an excitation signal from a drive circuit so as to be excited at alternate opposite poles, and the permanent magnet is constituted such that the plurality of polar elements is disposed to become alternating opposite poles; the drive circuit is constituted to supply an excitation signal having a prescribed frequency to the coil pairs, and relatively move the coil pairs and permanent magnet with the magnetic attraction—repulsion between the coils and permanent magnet; and the drive circuit is constituted to supply to the coil pairs a waveform signal corresponding to the pattern of the back electromotive voltage to be generated in accordance with the relative movement between the coil pairs and permanent magnet.
Abstract:
A brushless motor stator comprising a lamination body in which conductive layers and insulating layers are formed alternately. A plurality of sets of coils of wound conductive patterns are formed on each conductive layer and the coils of the conductive layers adjoined via the insulating layers are connected to each other via through holes formed on the insulating layers.
Abstract:
The electric machine of the present invention comprises a first coil group containing a plurality of coils and a magnet group. The first coil group is classified into M phase sub coil groups, with the coils of the sub coil groups aligned one at a time in sequence at a specified sub coil group interval Dc from the first phase sub coil group to the M-th phase sub coil group. A sub coil group interval Dc is set to a value of K/M times a magnetic pole pitch Pm (K is a positive integer excluding an integral multiple of M) where the distance corresponding to an electrical angle of π is defined as the magnetic pole pitch Pm. The adjacent sub coil groups are driven at a (K/M) π phase difference. Each coil have substantially no magnetic material core.
Abstract:
A discharge lamp controlling apparatus includes a detector for detecting a discharge condition of a discharge lamp; a frequency changing unit for gradually changing a frequency of a voltage to be applied to the discharge lamp until the discharge condition reaches a predetermined lighting condition; and a voltage controller for controlling the voltage to be applied to the discharge lamp on the basis of the frequency changed by the frequency changing unit.
Abstract:
As a result of applying a surplus signal that is outside the recognizable area of a person but within the recording sensitivity range of a recording apparatus to a recording object, this surplus signal is added to the image or sound from the recording object, and the recording medium affected by this surplus signal will not be able to record the image or sound from the recording object correctly.
Abstract:
The projector comprises a light source that emits illuminating light, a single modulation panel, a projection optical system, a color filter mechanism, a converging optical system that converges the illuminating light on a filter surface of the color filter mechanism, and a controller for controlling the color filter mechanism and the single modulation panel. The color filter mechanism includes a rotatable filter rotor having a plurality of color filters and a plurality of light-blocking mask bands provided at the boundaries of the color filters, and a filter driver that rotates the filter rotor. The converging optical system converges the illuminating light such that the size of the illuminating light spot on the filter surface is smaller than the individual color filters.