Patent ID: 7477963

Claim:
A carriage system comprising: a stop position; a detected mark; and a carriage provided with a sensor for detecting the mark and determining a position using the mark as a reference and a running control system, wherein the running control system performs speed reduction control using the stop position as a target position in accordance with the mark reference position determined in order to stop the carriage at the stop position, wherein the sensor outputs signals by a predetermined interval, wherein the carriage performs feedback control using the position detected from the mark and the position of the stop position determined using the mark as a reference, and the feedback control is a full-closed feedback control using the position detected from the mark and the position of the stop position determined using the mark as a reference; wherein the detected mark is a single continuous magnetic mark having a first end provided in front of the stop position and a second end provided at the stop position; and wherein the sensor is a linear sensor having a plurality of detection coils which are arranged along a running direction of the carriage.