Abstract: This method for imaging in real time the propagation of a mechanical wave in an acoustically propagative medium comprises steps of: a) emitting (1000) a mechanical wave in an acoustically propagative medium, using an acoustic source being placed in an emission region of the acoustically propagative medium, b) measuring (1002) voltage signal waveform values at a reception region, using an acoustic measurement unit; c) calculating (1004) acoustic field values in the acoustically propagative medium, between the emission region and the reception region, using a reconstruction algorithm implemented in a signal processing unit, and the signal waveform values measured during step b) d) generating an image, using an image generation device and using the calculated acoustic field values.

Abstract: A blood pressure pulse wave measurement apparatus includes: first and second cuffs for pressing upper and lower limbs of a measurement subject; first and second detection units configured to detect first and second pulse waves transmitted from the cuffs through first and second tubes; and a control unit configured to calculate an ankle-brachial blood pressure ratio and a pulse wave velocity using the pulse waves. First and second delay elements are provided at specific positions in the lengthwise directions of the tubes. The first delay element delays a transfer characteristic of the first tube so the transfer characteristic of the first tube matches a transfer characteristic of a tube having a predetermined first reference length, and the second delay element delays a transfer characteristic of the second tube so the transfer characteristic of the second tube matches a transfer characteristic of a tube having a predetermined second reference length.

Abstract: A blood pressure monitor of the present invention includes a cuff to be wrapped around a measurement site. The blood pressure monitor includes a unit including, as elements for blood pressure measurement, a pump, a valve, a pressure sensor, and an inner pipe connecting the pump, valve, and pressure sensor such that fluid can pass therethrough. The blood pressure monitor includes a connecting pipe connecting the cuff and the inner pipe in the unit such that fluid can pass therethrough. The blood pressure monitor includes a self failure diagnosis unit configured to determine whether or not there is a failure in a fluid system including the pump, the valve, the pressure sensor, the inner pipe, the connecting pipe, and the cuff, in a state in which the cuff is empty-wrapped into a cylindrical shape and the capacity of the cuff is restricted.

Abstract: A blood pressure/pulse wave measurement device is provided with: first and second cuffs for pressing parts of the upper and lower limbs of a subject; and first and second tubing connected to the individual first and second cuffs. The blood pressure/pulse wave measurement device is additionally provided with: a first detection unit that is connected to the first cuffs via the first tubing and that detects a first pulse wave propagated through the first tubing; a second detection unit that is connected to the second cuffs via the second tubing and that detects a second pulse wave propagated through the second tubing; and a control unit that calculates the ankle brachial index and pulse wave velocity using the first and second pulse waves. The first detection unit and the control unit are accommodated within a first housing. The second detection unit is accommodated within a second housing.

Abstract: This blood pressure/pulse wave measurement device obtains a pulse wave velocity (baPWV) that is an index representing the arterial stiffness of a subject. A lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) that is an index representing the clogging of the blood vessels of a subject is obtained. When the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) of the subject surpasses a preset first threshold value, a point (Px) representing the pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is displayed on a one-dimensional graph (46). When the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) of the subject is equal to or less than the preset first threshold value, a point representing the lower limb/upper limb blood pressure ratio (ABI) is displayed on the one-dimensional graph (46) instead of the point representing the pulse wave velocity (baPWV).

Abstract: Provided are an ejection member and an aerosol product using the same capable of obtaining a desired shape of an ejection material by suppressing adhesion of the ejection ejection materials to each other. An ejection member 20 to be connected to an aerosol container 10 filled with a foaming content is provided with an expansion chamber E for promoting foaming of the foaming content from the aerosol container 10 and a plurality of nozzles 22c for ejecting the foaming content in the expansion chamber E to the outside. The expansion chamber E is provided with an introduction port 21e for introducing the foaming content from the aerosol container 10 and a delivery port 22b for delivering the foaming content to the nozzle 22c side. The nozzles 22c each have a slit-shaped ejection port 22d. The communication path that communicates the ejection port 22d and the delivery port 22b has a slit-shaped slit portion 22e.

Abstract: In a display-object information displaying apparatus, each display object predetermined as a detection target is detected from image data captured by a front capture apparatus to capture of the front of a vehicle. A recognition failure probability that the driver fails to recognize each display object is evaluated. A memory saves the recognition failure probability and display object data containing display-object information with respect to each display object. A display unit displays the display-object information based on the corresponding display object data saved in the memory with respect to each display object. The display-object information about the display object assigned the higher recognition failure probability is displayed preferentially among the display objects corresponding to the display object data saved in the memory.

Abstract: In a vehicle, positional information of the vehicle and status determination information are serially acquired. Each time a user speaks a speech, speech data is acquired. A storage section stores the acquired speech data, and the positional information and status determination information acquired when the speech data is acquired, in association in a memory, as stored speech data, stored positional information, and stored status determination information. For each stored speech data in the memory, a determination is made whether a first status indicated by the stored positional information and stored status determination information associated with the stored speech data is similar to a second status indicated by the positional information and status determination information newly acquired at a current time. A reporting processor reports, to a driver, information based on the stored speech data when the determination is affirmed.

Abstract: Provided are an electric cable connecting terminal reducing unwanted overflow of solder out of an electric cable connecting portion to a connector portion during soldering, and a method for joining an electric cable connecting terminal and an electric cable. An electric cable connecting terminal for electrically connecting an electric cable to an external conductor includes a connector portion to be attached to the conductor, and an electric cable connecting portion having a connecting surface to which the electric cable, which is a bundle of core wires, is connected by soldering. The electric cable connecting portion includes a crimp portion to be swaged to hold the electric cable, and a step portion protruding from the connecting surface between the connector portion and the crimp portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a co-condensate containing a structural unit derived from p-tert-butylphenol, a structural unit derived from o-phenylphenol, and a structural unit derived from resorcin, and having a softening point of 150° C. or lower; a method for producing the co-condensate including reacting a mixture of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol with formaldehyde in the presence of an alkali, and then reacting resorcin in a 0.8-fold molar amount or more relative to a total amount of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol; and a rubber composition containing the co-condensate.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an arrangement memory that stores a past captured image around a target parking region, a captured image acquisition section that acquires a present captured image around the target parking region at parking or departing with respect to the target parking region, and an obstacle specification section that specifies a non-stationary obstacle around the target parking region, based on a difference between the past captured image stored in the arrangement memory, and the present captured image acquired by the arrangement acquisition section. A report section performs a report indicating presence of a non-stationary object when approaching closely the non-stationary object.

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus includes an arrangement memory that stores a past captured image around a target parking region, a captured image acquisition section that acquires a present captured image around the target parking region at parking or departing with respect to the target parking region, and an obstacle specification section that specifies a non-stationary obstacle around the target parking region, based on a difference between the past captured image stored in the arrangement memory, and the present captured image acquired by the arrangement acquisition section. A report section performs a report indicating presence of a non-stationary object when approaching closely the non-stationary object.

Abstract: In a display-object information displaying apparatus, each display object predetermined as a detection target is detected from image data captured by a front capture apparatus to capture of the front of a vehicle. A recognition failure probability that the driver fails to recognize each display object is evaluated. A memory saves the recognition failure probability and display object data containing display-object information with respect to each display object. A display unit displays the display-object information based on the corresponding display object data saved in the memory with respect to each display object. The display-object information about the display object assigned the higher recognition failure probability is displayed preferentially among the display objects corresponding to the display object data saved in the memory.

Abstract: In a vehicle, positional information of the vehicle and status determination information are serially acquired. Each time a user speaks a speech, speech data is acquired. A storage section stores the acquired speech data, and the positional information and status determination information acquired when the speech data is acquired, in association in a memory, as stored speech data, stored positional information, and stored status determination information. For each stored speech data in the memory, a determination is made whether a first status indicated by the stored positional information and stored status determination information associated with the stored speech data is similar to a second status indicated by the positional information and status determination information newly acquired at a current time. A reporting processor reports, to a driver, information based on the stored speech data when the determination is affirmed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a co-condensate containing a structural unit derived from p-tert-butylphenol, a structural unit derived from o-phenylphenol, and a structural unit derived from resorcin, and having a softening point of 150° C. or lower; a method for producing the co-condensate including reacting a mixture of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol with formaldehyde in the presence of an alkali, and then reacting resorcin in a 0.8-fold molar amount or more relative to a total amount of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol; and a rubber composition containing the co-condensate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a muscle synergy analysis which comprises detecting a myoelectric signal generated at each muscle of an antagonistic muscle pair group of a subject; calculating, as time-series data, an antagonistic muscle ratio of an antagonistic muscle pair at a myoelectric signal level from a myoelectric signal detected during a predetermined motion by the subject; and conducting multi variate analysis using the antagonistic muscle ratio at each time of the time-series data as a variable to calculate a principal component including at least a first principal component having high contribution to correlation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an internal combustion engine comprising an engine body 100, an overhang 101 projecting from a cylinder row end the engine body 100 and extending from an intake side 21 to an exhaust side 23 of the engine body, and an EGR pipe 41 disposed in a space 102 defined under the overhang 101 with a gap 103 between the EGR pipe 41 and the cylinder row end of the engine body, thereby avoiding the excessive cooling of EGR gas passing through the EGR pipe 41 while reducing a length of a passage defined by the EGR pipe 41, and preventing members disposed near the EGR pipe 41 from being damaged by heat.

Abstract: Disclosed is a muscle synergy analysis which comprises detecting a myoelectric signal generated at each muscle of an antagonistic muscle pair group of a subject; calculating, as time-series data, an antagonistic muscle ratio of an antagonistic muscle pair at a myoelectric signal level from a myoelectric signal detected during a predetermined motion by the subject; and conducting multi variate analysis using the antagonistic muscle ratio at each time of the time-series data as a variable to calculate a principal component including at least a first principal component having high contribution to correlation.

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: a first memory for storing a road condition data; a position detector for detecting a position of a vehicle; a first controller for detecting and controlling unusual behavior of the vehicle; a driving condition detector for detecting a driving condition; an information acquiring element for acquiring weather information; a second memory for storing a driving data; a data acquiring element for acquiring the driving condition, the road condition data at an attention point, and the weather information; a memory controller for memorizing the attention spot in the second memory; a first optimum mode determining element for determining an optimum vehicle control mode based on the driving condition, the road condition data and the weather information; and a second controller for controlling the vehicle to coincide the driving condition with the optimum vehicle control mode before or at the attention spot.