Patent ID: 8618754

Claim:
A motor control apparatus that controls a direct current (DC) motor, the apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect an angular speed of the DC motor; a driven member configured to be driven by the DC motor; and a control unit configured to increase, when starting to drive the DC motor, a control value for controlling driving of the DC motor from a first control value to a second control value at an increase rate, wherein the control unit detects a start-up characteristic of the DC motor based on a detection result of the detection unit, and corrects the first control value or the increase rate according to a result of comparing a detected start-up characteristic and a predetermined start-up characteristic such that the start-up characteristic of the DC motor becomes closer to the predetermined start-up characteristic, and wherein the control unit increases, when starting to drive the DC motor, a control value for controlling drive of the DC motor from the first control value corresponding to an angular speed that is less than a target angular speed to the second control value corresponding to an angular speed that is greater than the target angular speed, by the predetermined increase rate, and switches the control value to a third control value corresponding to the target angular speed in accordance with the detection unit detecting the target angular speed.