Patent ID: 8553297

Claim:
A driving apparatus comprising: a single-phase motor; a two-phase motor; a first signal converter that converts a first input signal into a voltage and outputs the voltage; a second signal converter that converts a second input signal into a voltage and outputs the voltage; a single-phase motor driver that supplies power to the single-phase motor on the basis of a first converted voltage outputted from the first signal converter so as to drive the single-phase motor; a two-phase motor driver that drives the two-phase motor by supplying power to a first phase on the basis of the first converted voltage and a second power on/off signal indicating whether power is to be supplied to the first phase of the two-phase motor and by supplying power to a second phase of the two-phase motor on the basis of a second converted voltage outputted from the second signal converter; and a signal output unit that outputs, to rotate the single-phase motor and to stop the two-phase motor while supplying power thereto, a first signal that causes the single-phase motor driver to supply power to the single-phase motor, to the first signal converter; the second power on/off signal to the two-phase motor driver so as to cause the two-phase motor driver to supply to the first phase a first phase target current to be supplied thereto for stopping the two-phase motor; and a second signal that causes the two-phase motor driver to supply to the second phase a second phase target current to be supplied thereto for stopping the two-phase motor, to the second signal converter.