Current detecting device, motor controlling system, image forming apparatus, sheet conveying device, robot, and current detecting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10472194-B2
Application number	US-201715397054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2017
Priority date	Jan 6, 2016
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A current detecting device includes: a drive signal generating unit configured to generate a control signal based on a control voltage value indicating drive force to be applied to a target; a current detecting unit configured to detect a current value output based on the control signal generated by the drive signal generating unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the current value detected by the current detecting unit, based on at least a magnitude of the control voltage value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A current detecting device comprising:
a drive signal generator, configured to generate a control signal based on a control voltage value indicating drive force to be applied to a target;
a current detector, configured to detect a current value based on the control signal generated by the drive signal generator; and
at least one processor, configured to correct the current value detected by the current detector, based on at least a magnitude of the control voltage value, wherein the current detector includes a shunt resistor, one end of the shunt resistor being connected to a power supply, configured to drive the target, and another end of the shunt resistor being connected to the drive signal generator.

2. The current detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to correct the current value detected by the current detector, based on at least the magnitude of the control voltage value relative to a certain voltage value.

3. The current detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the control signal is a pulse width modulation signal.

4. The current detecting device according to claim 3 , further comprising an averaging circuit configured to perform averaging processing on the control signal that is the pulse width modulation signal,
the at least one processor being configured to correct the current value detected by the current detector, using the control signal on which the averaging processing has been performed.

5. The current detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the current detector includes a shunt resistor having one end connected to the drive signal generator and having the other end connected to the ground.

6. A motor controlling system comprising:
a motor that is the target; and
the current detecting device according to claim 1 .

7. An image forming apparatus comprising:
at least one processor, configured to perform image processing; and
the current detecting device according to claim 1 .

8. A sheet conveying device comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a sheet; and
the motor controlling system according to claim 6 ,
the motor being configured to drive the conveyor configured to convey the sheet.

9. A robot comprising:
a rotary drive device; and
the motor controlling system according to claim 6 ,
the motor being configured to drive the rotary drive device.

10. A current detecting method comprising:
generating a control signal based on a control voltage value indicating drive force to be applied to a target;
detecting a current value based on the control signal generated at the generating; and
correcting the current value detected at the detecting, based on at least a magnitude of the control voltage value, wherein the detecting is performed by a current detector including a shunt resistor, one end of the shunt resistor being connected to a power supply, configured to apply the drive force to the target, and another end of the shunt resistor being connected to a drive signal generator generating the control signal.

11. The current detecting method according to claim 10 , wherein at the correcting, the current value detected at the detecting is corrected based on at least the magnitude of the control voltage value relative to a certain voltage value.

12. The current detecting method according to claim 10 , wherein the control signal is a pulse width modulation signal.

13. The current detecting method according to claim 12 , further comprising performing averaging processing on the control signal that is the pulse width modulation signal, wherein
at the correcting, the current value detected at the detecting is corrected using the control signal on which the averaging processing has been performed.

14. A sheet conveying device comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a sheet; and
the motor controlling system according to claim 6 , wherein the current detecting device is configured to correct the current value so that the motor is configured to accurately drive the conveyor to convey the sheet.

Assignees

• Seki Takeo
• Suzuki Haruyuki
• Murata Takuya
• Kiguchi Hiroyuki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seki Takeo
• Suzuki Haruyuki
• Murata Takuya
• Kiguchi Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G03G2215/0129

  horizontal medium transport path at the secondary transfer · CPC title

• H02P6/28

  Arrangements for controlling current (H02P6/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03G15/80 Primary

  Details relating to power supplies, circuits boards, electrical connections · CPC title

• H02P6/16

  Circuit arrangements for detecting position · CPC title

• H04N1/00904

  Arrangements for supplying power to different circuits or for supplying power at different levels (H04N1/00896 takes precedence) · CPC title