Title:
ファン制御装置及び画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4492715
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A fan controller and an image forming apparatus are provided. The fan controller includes a rotational frequency instructing unit configured to output driving instructions to a fan driving unit that is configured to control a rotational frequency of a fan, the driving instructions including a target value of the rotational frequency of the fan; a rotational frequency detection unit configured to detect an actual measurement value of the rotational frequency of the fan; a storage unit configured to store consecutively at given time intervals a plurality of parameters indicating a correspondence relationship between the driving instructions output by the rotation frequency instructing unit and the rotational frequency detected by the rotational frequency detection unit; and a notification unit configured to notify a condition of the fan on the basis of the plurality of parameters. The image forming apparatus includes a fan, a fan driver and the fan controller.
Inventors:
Tomoya Ito
Application Number:
JP2008050263A
Publication Date:
June 30, 2010
Filing Date:
February 29, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Brother Industries, Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G21/20; B41J29/38; B41J29/46; F04D27/00; G03G21/00; H02P29/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11252990A | ||||
| JP1234082A | ||||
| JP2000184771A | ||||
| JP2003148726A | ||||
| JP2002333129A | ||||
| JP9072539A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nagoya International Patent Service Corporation