Servo device for spindle motor

• US 5,486,744 A
• Filed: 02/16/1993
• Issued: 01/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Watanabe, Yusuke
• Primary Examiner(s): IP, SHIK LUEN PAUL
• Application Number:
  US08/018,926
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 318/560-646, 318/138, 318/254, 388/800-890, 360/720-728
• US Class Current: 318/560
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/28 Speed controlling, regulating, or indicating G11B19/24 takes precedence

Abstract

A servo device for servo controlling a spindle motor according to the invention, comprising: a unit for generating a signal with at least two cycles during one full rotation of a rotator in the spindle motor in accordance with a rotational movement of the rotator; a unit for measuring a time required for each of the two periods; a unit for storing at least two target time corresponding to the two periods respectively; and a speed controlling unit for controlling a rotational speed of the rotator at the basis of the comparison between the respective measured period and the corresponding target period. Therefore, a current error of the measurement of periods are associated with the time of half the period preceding the current period, thereby the detection with the reduced delay can be performed in comparison with the detection at the time of one half rotation.

Claims

1. A servo device for servo controlling a spindle motor, comprising:

means for generating a signal with at least two cycles during one full rotation of a rotator in said spindle motor in accordance with a rotational movement of said rotator;

means for measuring a period for at least one cycle in one full rotation of said rotator;

means for storing at least one target period corresponding to said measured period for said at least one cycle in one rotation of said rotator;

means for comparing said respective measured period with said corresponding target period stored in said storing means; and

speed controlling-means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotator in response to a result of said comparing means.

2. A serve device according to claim 1, further comprising:

judging means for judging from said measured periods whether said rotational speed of said rotator is one state or another state, said one state being that said rotational speed is out of a predetermined range and said another state being that said rotational speed is in a predetermined range;

wherein said target periods are updated to said measured periods so as to compensate an angular error associated with a magnetization of said rotator when a result judged by said judging means changes from said one state to said another state.

5. A servo device according to claim 2, wherein said device further comprises range changing means for changing said predetermined range of the rotational speed of said rotator used for the judgment conducted by said judging means.

6. A servo device according to claim 5, wherein a value equal to or more than a target rotational speed of said rotator associated with said target periods is set as an initial value for said predetermined range.

3. A servo device for servo controlling a spindle motor, comprising:

means for generating a signal with at least two cycles during one full rotation of a rotator in said spindle motor in accordance with a rotational movement of said rotator;

means for measuring a period for each of said cycles in one full rotation of said rotator;

means for computing a period for one full rotation of said rotator from said plural measured periods for each of said cycle;

means for storing a target period corresponding to each of said measured periods for said cycle in one rotation of said rotator;

comparing means for comparing said computed period for one full rotation of said rotator with a target period required for one full rotation of said rotator computed from said periods;

judging means for judging from a result of said comparing means whether said rotational speed of said rotator is one state or another state, said one state being that said rotational speed is out of a predetermined range and said another state being that said rotational speed is in said predetermined range; and

speed controlling means for controlling said rotational speed of said rotator in response to a result of said comparing means.

4. A servo device according to claim 3, wherein said plural measured periods are substituted for said target periods respectively so as to compensate an angular error associated with a magnetization of said rotator when a result judged by said judging means changes from said one state to said another state.

15. A servo device according to claim 4, wherein said device further comprises range changing means for changing said predetermined range of the rotational speed of said rotator used for the judgment conducted by said judging means.

7. A servo device for servo controlling a spindle motor, comprising:

means for generating a signal with at least two cycles during one full rotation of a rotator in said spindle motor in accordance with a rotational movement of said rotator;

means for measuring a period for each of said cycles;

means for storing at least two target periods corresponding to the measured period, or measured periods respectively;

means for computing a period required for one full rotation of said rotator from the plural measured periods;

first judging means for judging whether the rotational speed of said rotator computed from the computed time required for one full rotation of said rotator is in the predetermined range or not;

means for computing a rotational angular acceleration from the computed time required for one full rotation;

second judging means for judging whether a rotational state of said rotator is stable or not from the computed rotational angular acceleration; and

speed controlling means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotator at the basis of the plural measured periods and said target periods.

8. A servo device according to claim 7, wherein the plural measured periods being substituted for said target periods respectively when the result of the judgment conducted by said first judging means is the rotational speed is in the predetermined range anal the result of the judgment conducted by said second judging means changes from a rotational state of said rotator is not stable to a rotational state of said rotator is stable.

9. A servo device according to claim 8, wherein said device further comprises range changing means for changing said predetermined range of the rotational speed of said rotator used for the judgment conducted by said first judging means.

10. A servo device according to claim 9, wherein a value equal to or more than a target rotational speed of said rotator associated with said target periods is set as an initial value for said predetermined range.

12. A servo according to claim 7, wherein said computing means are adapted to compute the rotational angular acceleration at the basis of at least two measured periods at different rotations with each other.

11. A servo device for servo controlling a spindle motor, comprising:

means for generating a signal with at least two cycles during one full rotation of a rotator in said spindle motor in accordance with a rotational movement of said rotator;

means for measuring a period for each of said cycles;

means for storing at least two target periods corresponding to the measured periods, or measured periods respectively;

means for computing a rotational angular acceleration from the plural measured periods;

judging means for judging whether a rotational speed of said rotator computed from the rotational angular acceleration is in a predetermined range or not; and

speed controlling means for controlling a rotational speed of said rotator in response to a result of said judging means.

13. A servo device according to claim 11, wherein the plural measured periods being substituted for said target periods respectively when the result of the judgement conducted by said judging means changes from a rotational state of said rotator is not stable to a rotational state of said rotator is stable.

14. A servo device according to claim 13, wherein said device further comprises range changing means for changing said predetermined range of the rotational angular acceleration of said rotator used for the judgment conducted by said judging means.

16. A servo according to claim 11, wherein said computing means are adapted to compute the rotational angular acceleration at the basis of at least two measured periods at different rotations with each other.