Abstract: A belt and electrocardiographic measurement device, the belt including a belt body windable around an upper arm in a circumferential direction of the upper arm, and an electrode array including a plurality of electrodes fixed to an inner surface of the belt body and arranged side by side in a direction, which is a longitudinal direction of the belt body, the plurality of electrodes being more than N+2 in number, where N is a number of electrodes required for obtaining electrocardiographic information, the electrodes, counted from a first electrode located at a first end in the direction (X) by counting including the first electrode, to the (N+1)th electrode in the direction (X) being arranged at equal intervals that are predetermined intervals, and intervals between each of the (N+1)th and subsequent electrodes being greater than the predetermined interval.

Abstract: A biological information measurement device adapted to be attached on an upper arm of a human body and used thereon includes a belt portion adapted to be wound around the upper arm, electrocardiographic measurement means including a plurality of electrodes for detecting an electrocardiographic signal of the human body, pulse wave measurement means including a pulse wave sensor for detecting a pulse wave of the human body, heartbeat vibration measurement means including a vibration sensor for detecting vibration caused by beating of a heart of the human body, and an analysis processing unit configured to calculate a pre-ejection time and a pulse transit time of the heart based on time series data of the electrocardiographic signal, time series data of the pulse wave, and time series data of the vibration caused by the beating of the heart.

Abstract: A dispersant composition for an electrochemical device contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. Upon measurement of the polymer contained in the composition by dynamic light scattering, a value (A) detected for volume-average particle diameter D50 is not less than 50 nm and not more than 800 nm, and one or more peaks are detected in a particle diameter range of not less than 5 ?m and not more than 30 ?m.

Abstract: A biological information measurement device includes a sensor unit that detects predetermined biological information related to an organ of a living body, an A/D conversion unit that converts a measurement signal output from the sensor unit into a digital signal, a storage unit that stores information including a digital signal related to the measurement signal output from the A/D conversion unit, an analysis processing unit that determines presence or absence of a suspicion of an abnormality in the organ by analyzing the digital signal, and a measurement control unit that changes a sampling frequency related to A/D conversion of the measurement signal under a predetermined condition when the analysis processing unit has determined that a suspicion of an abnormality is present in the organ.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an active energy ray-curable lithographic printing ink set that is excellent in superimposition of inks, and a method for producing a printed material using the same. The present invention is an active energy ray-curable printing ink set including at least one ink of black or chromatic color including at least any one of a black pigment, a cyan pigment, a magenta pigment, and a yellow pigment, and a white ink including a white pigment, wherein at least one of the ink of black or chromatic color is the black/chromatic ink (1) having a tack value of 5.0 or more and 12.0 or less at 400 rpm measured with an inkometer at 38° C., and the white ink has a tack value of 1.0 or more and 5.0 or less at 400 rpm measured with an inkometer at 38° C.

Abstract: A load drive system includes a communication bus; a controller; and a driver. The controller has a CAN transceiver and a CAN controller that transmit an instruction message instructing a drive state of a solenoid of an automatic transmission via the communication bus. The driver has (i) a CAN transceiver and a CAN controller that receive the instruction message via the communication bus, and (ii) a drive circuit that drives the solenoid according to the received instruction message. The controller transmits a first periodic message in a first cycle and a second periodic message in a second cycle, respectively as the instruction message.

Abstract: A load drive system, capable of providing certainty about instructions transmitted from a load control device to a load drive device as well as suppressing an increase of processing load, includes an ECU, a drive device, a communication bus to which the ECU and the drive device are connected, and a third signal line different from the communication bus connecting the ECU and the drive device. The ECU generates a frame including a drive instruction message, and transmits the message to the drive device via the communication bus. The drive device receives the frame via the communication bus, and extracts the drive instruction message from data of data field in the received frame. The drive device converts the drive instruction message into a load drive signal, and notifies the converted load drive signal to the ECU via the third signal line.

Abstract: To provide a belt that can be closely attached to an upper arm, and an electrocardiographic measurement apparatus. A belt includes a belt body formed in a band shape, and an electrode including a plurality of electrode pieces disposed on a main surface of the belt body, located side by side in a short direction of the belt body, and connected in series by a signal line.

Abstract: To provide an electrocardiographic measurement apparatus that can prevent a variety of subjects from having discomfort when the apparatus is attached to the subjects. The electrocardiographic measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of electrodes that has a length along a circumferential direction of an upper arm, the length being variable in accordance with a length in the circumferential direction of the upper arm, and detects an electric potential from the upper arm that is brought into contact with the electrodes; and a device body that generates electrocardiographic information based on the electric potential detected by the plurality of electrodes.

Abstract: A belt used in an electrocardiographic measurement apparatus includes a belt body to be wrapped around a living body, three or more base electrodes disposed in a longitudinal direction of the belt body, and two or more cap electrodes detachable and attachable to the base electrodes and smaller in number than the number of base electrodes.

Abstract: An electrode-equipped band includes a first band section and a second band section extending along a longitudinal direction. The second band section includes a first stretchable section, an electrode, a second stretchable section, a ring member, a fold-back section, and a joining section. The first stretchable section has first stretchability along the longitudinal direction. The electrode is provided on a first surface of the first stretchable section. The second stretchable section overlaps with the first stretchable section on a side of a second surface of the first stretchable section, and has second stretchability that allows greater stretch along the longitudinal direction than the first stretchable section. The ring member is provided at a position corresponding to a band end along the longitudinal direction of the second band section, and may be connected to the first band section.

Abstract: A device can be used for a long period of time without increasing the size and weight, and a biological signal is surely measured. An aspect of the present invention includes acquiring, from a first sensor, a first biological signal related to a heartbeat of a subject, acquiring, from a second sensor, a second biological signal related to the heartbeat of the subject, detecting a first feature from the first biological signal acquired, setting a light emission control pattern based on a detection timing of the first feature and information indicating time correlation between the first biological signal and the second biological signal, and driving a light emitting element of the second sensor to perform intermittent light emission based on the light emission control pattern set.

Abstract: While power consumption is suppressed, biological information is measured without fail when a condition of a subject changes. An aspect of the present invention is configured to acquire a biological signal related to a beat of a heart of the subject from a biometric sensor, detect a feature of the biological signal from the biological signal acquired, determine an abnormal change in the feature based on the feature detected and first threshold information set in advance, set an operation mode of the biometric sensor to a continuous operation mode when the abnormal change in the feature is determined, and set the operation mode of the biometric sensor to an intermittent operation mode in a period without the abnormal change.

Abstract: A load drive system, capable of providing certainty about instructions transmitted from a load control device to a load drive device as well as suppressing an increase of processing load, includes an ECU, a drive device, a communication bus to which the ECU and the drive device are connected, and a third signal line different from the communication bus connecting the ECU and the drive device. The ECU generates a frame including a drive instruction message, and transmits the message to the drive device via the communication bus. The drive device receives the frame via the communication bus, and extracts the drive instruction message from data of data field in the received frame. The drive device converts the drive instruction message into a load drive signal, and notifies the converted load drive signal to the ECU via the third signal line.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device according to one aspect includes: a blood pressure measurement unit configured to measure blood pressure at a measurement target site of a measurement target subject; a pulse transit time measurement unit configured to measure a pulse transit time at the measurement target site of the measurement target subject; a blood pressure value calculation unit configured to calculate a blood pressure value, on the basis of measurement results of the pulse transit time and a relational expression representing a correlation between the pulse transit time and the blood pressure; a posture instruction unit configured to instruct the measurement target subject to assume a plurality of postures in which height positions of the measurement target site with respect to a heart of the measurement target subject are different from each other; and a calibration unit configured to calibrate the relational expression, on the basis of the blood pressure measured by the blood pressure measurement u

Abstract: A drive device includes: a control storage unit of a current value of a control signal indicating a drive state of each of loads; a drive unit of the switches according to the current value; an acquisition unit of a current drive state of each load; a determination storage unit of a transition determination value; and a determination unit that compares a correlated drive state of each load correlated with the current value with the transition determination value, and determines that the current value is abnormal when the correlated drive state and the transition determination value satisfy a predetermined corresponding relationship.

Abstract: A drive device includes a driver, a determination storage, a comparator, and at least one of a control storage and a monitor storage. The control storage stores a control pattern that includes a signal instructing a conduction state of each of loads. The driver control semiconductor switches respectively corresponding to the loads according to the control pattern. The determination storage stores a determination pattern. The monitor storage stores a monitor pattern that is a result of monitoring the conduction state of each of the loads. The comparator compares the determination pattern with a comparison pattern that is at least one of the control pattern and the monitor pattern, and determine that an abnormality of the comparison pattern has occurred in response to that the determination pattern and the comparison pattern satisfy a predetermined correspondence relationship.

Abstract: A drive device includes: a receiving unit of a load control signal indicative of a drive state of each load; a control storage unit of the load control signal; a drive unit of the switches according to the load control signal; an acquisition unit of a current drive state of each load at a present time, or a current vehicle state; a determination storage unit of a transition determination value; and a determination unit that compares a correlated drive state of each load correlated with the load control signal with the transition determination value, and determines that the load control signal is abnormal when the correlated drive state and the transition determination value satisfy a predetermined corresponding relationship.

Abstract: A load drive system includes a communication bus; a controller; and a driver. The controller has a CAN transceiver and a CAN controller that transmit an instruction message instructing a drive state of a solenoid of an automatic transmission via the communication bus. The driver has (i) a CAN transceiver and a CAN controller that receive the instruction message via the communication bus, and (ii) a drive circuit that drives the solenoid according to the received instruction message. The controller transmits a first periodic message in a first cycle and a second periodic message in a second cycle, respectively as the instruction message.

Abstract: A pulse transit time measurement device according to an aspect includes: a belt unit; a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes provided on the belt unit; a third electrode provided on the belt unit; a first electrocardiographic signal acquisition unit that acquires a first electrocardiographic signal of a user using the plurality of first electrodes; a second electrocardiographic signal acquisition unit that acquires a second electrocardiographic signal of the user with the second electrode and the third electrode; a feature amount parameter calculation unit that calculates a feature amount parameter related to a waveform feature point of the first electrocardiographic signal on the basis of a waveform feature point of the second electrocardiographic signal; a pulse wave signal acquisition unit that acquires a pulse wave signal representing a pulse wave of the user; and a pulse transit time calculation unit that detects a waveform feature point.