Driving device, image forming apparatus, and control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11201573-B2
Application number	US-201916446495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Priority date	Jun 22, 2018
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

A driving device includes: a first motor that transmits power to a rotation shaft of a conveyance roller for conveying a paper sheet; a second motor that transmits power to the rotation shaft of the conveyance roller; and a motor controller that controls rotational speeds of the first and second motors by changing a control value, wherein the motor controller controls the control value of the first motor at multiple steps at a time of acceleration or deceleration and changes the control value of the second motor according to a change range of the control value of the first motor in synchronization with a timing when the control value of the first motor is changed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving device comprising:
a first motor that transmits power to a rotation shaft of a conveyance roller for conveying a paper sheet;
a second motor that transmits power to the rotation shaft of the conveyance roller;
a motor controller that controls rotational speeds of the first and second motors by changing a control value; and
a memory that stores, regarding the control value of the first motor, a first table used for linear speed change with a constant acceleration and a second table used for non-linear speed change in a predetermined period from rotation start or a predetermined period to a target speed,
wherein:
the first motor is a motor that rotates at a rotational speed according to a wavelength of a clock signal as the control value,
the motor controller controls the control value of the first motor at multiple steps at a time of acceleration and a time of deceleration and changes the control value of the second motor according to a change range of the control value of the first motor in synchronization with a timing for inverting the clock signal when the control value of the first motor is changed, and
the motor controller changes the speed by using the first table relative to the first motor based on setting of an inflection point according to the target speed and switches to change the speed by using the second table until the speed reaches the speed at the inflection point.

2. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a counter value is described in the first table, and an acceleration value is described in the second table,
the motor controller has a timer function for generating the clock signal by counting at a reference cycle by a set counter value, and
the motor controller sets, as the set counter value of the timer function, one of (ii) the counter value in the first table, (ii) a counter value calculated based on the acceleration value and the counter value in the first table, and (iii) an immediately preceding counter value of said counter value.

3. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor controller, at a time of acceleration control to the target speed, changes the speed by using the first table and making the speed reach the speed at the inflection point with respect to the first motor so as to switch to speed change by using the second table and perform the acceleration control to the target speed.

4. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first motor is a stepping motor,
the second motor is a DC brushless motor using a duty value of a PWM signal as a control value, and
in the memory, regarding the control value relative to the second motor, a third table associated with the first table and a fourth table associated with the second table are stored.

5. The driving device according to claim 4 , wherein:
an absolute value of the duty value is described in the third table in correspondence with the first table, and
the motor controller specifies a read address obtained by shifting the third table by one at a timing when the first motor inverts the clock signal and reads the duty value as the control value of the second motor.

6. The driving device according to claim 4 , wherein:
a change rate of the duty value is described in the third table in correspondence with the first table, and
the motor controller changes the control value of the second motor by the change rate at a timing when the first motor inverts the clock signal.

7. The driving device according to claim 4 , wherein:
an absolute value of the duty value is described in the fourth table in correspondence with the second table, and
the motor controller specifies a read address obtained by shifting the third table by one at a timing when the first motor inverts the clock signal and reads the duty value as the control value of the second motor.

8. The driving device according to claim 4 , wherein:
a change rate of the duty value is described in the fourth table in correspondence with the second table, and
the motor controller changes the control value of the second motor by the change rate at a timing when the first motor inverts the clock signal.

9. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first motor is a stepping motor, and the second motor is a DC brushless motor using a duty value of a PWM signal as a control value,
the motor controller includes a register,
the motor controller makes the register hold a speed at a time of start of acceleration, the target speed, and a maximum value and a minimum value of the duty value relative to the speeds at a time of acceleration control to the target speed, and
when the control value of the first motor is changed by using the first table, a change amount of the duty value is calculated from a ratio of a change amount in the first table relative to an entire change amount and changes the control value of the second motor from the change amount of the duty value.

10. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the first motor is a stepping motor, and the second motor is a DC brushless motor.

11. The driving device according to claim 10 , wherein the motor controller starts to output a duty value of the brushless motor before outputting the clock signal to the stepping motor when driving is started.

12. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first motor is a stepping motor,
the control value of the second motor is a duty value of a PWM signal, and
in a case where the control value of the first motor is changed, the duty value that is the control value of the second motor is changed in synchronization with a timing when the clock signal of the first motor is inverted.

13. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the first motor and the second motor are stepping motors having different rotation angles relative to the clock signal.

14. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first motor is a DC brushless motor mounted with a driver for changing a rotational speed according to a cycle of the clock signal,
the second motor is a DC brushless motor mounted with a driver for changing a rotational speed according to a duty value of a PWM signal, and
the motor controller changes the control value of the second motor by a change amount of the duty value according to a change amount of the cycle of the clock signal in synchronization with a timing when the clock signal of the first motor is inverted.

15. The driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor controller is formed by a hardware circuit.

16. An image forming apparatus comprising the driving device according to claim 1 .

17. A non-transitory recording medium storing a control program readable by a computer to control a driving device, the driving device including a first motor that transmits power to a rotation shaft of a conveyance roller for conveying a paper sheet, a second motor that transmits power to the rotation shaft of the conveyance roller, and a memory that stores, regarding a control value of the first motor, a first table used for linear speed change with a constant acceleration and a second table used for non-linear speed change in a predetermined period from rotation start or a predetermined period to a target speed, and the control program being executable by the computer to perform functions comprising:
changing the control value of the first motor at multiple steps at a time of acceleration and a time of deceleration and thereby changing a rotational speed of the first motor, the first motor being a motor that

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Ogura Keigo
• Shirakuma Takumi
• Izumiya Kenji
• Mine Hidenori
• Kodama Hirokatsu

Classifications

• G03G15/80

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• G03G15/00

  Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern (G03G16/00, G03G17/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• G03G2221/1657

  transmitting mechanical drive power · CPC title

• H04N1/00912

  Arrangements for controlling a still picture apparatus or components thereof not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• H02P23/0027

  using different modes of control depending on a parameter, e.g. the speed · CPC title