Motor driving apparatus for a linear vibration motor

摘要

An apparatus for driving a linear vibration motor having a spring member that supports a mover so as to form a spring vibration system including the mover, which employs an accurate spring constant of the spring member corresponding to an individual linear vibration motor at position calculation for obtaining the position of the mover during the operation, thereby increasing the accuracy of the position calculation. This motor driving apparatus includes a mover force vibration unit for making the mover of the linear vibration motor freely vibrate, a relative position detection unit for detecting a timing when the freely vibrating mover passes through a fixed point (relative position) , and a natural frequency detection unit for detecting a natural frequency of the mover on the basis of output information from the relative position detection unit, thereby deciding the spring constant on the basis of the detected natural frequency.