Patent ID: 8169171

Claim:
A drive apparatus comprising: a magnet rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are magnetized; a stator including a magnetic pole portion that opposes each pole of the magnet rotor, and a coil configured to excite the magnetic pole portion; a position detector configured to detect a position of the magnet rotor; a lead angle circuit configured to output a signal having a lead angle relative to an output of the position detector; a first driver configured to switch an electrification state of the coil in accordance with a preset time interval; a second driver configured to switch the electrification state of the coil in accordance with an output of the lead angle circuit; and a controller configured to change driving by the second driver to driving by the first driver, wherein prior to changing the driving by the second driver to the driving by the first driver, the controller adjusts a lead angle amount of the signal output from the lead angle circuit within a range that does not cause step out in the driving by the first driver.