Patent ID: 8553842

Claim:
An X-ray apparatus comprising: a plurality of guide rails arranged along different axes; an X-ray tube mounted on at least one guide rail of the plurality of guide rails so as to be movable along a plurality of axes, the X-ray tube being moved upon receiving force applied by a user; motors provided respectively at the plurality of guide rails to provide the X-ray tube with moving force; a force detection unit to detect the user force applied to the X-ray tube; and a control unit to determine a direction of force if the force is detected, and drive the motor provided at the guide rail on an axis corresponding to the determined direction, wherein the control unit determines a magnitude of force applied in each direction if the force is applied in a plurality of directions, and drives the motor provided at the guide rail corresponding to a direction in which the greatest magnitude of force is applied while stopping the motor provided at the guide rail corresponding to the other direction.