Abstract: A movable bed of the present invention, which includes a mat portion of a bed to lie thereon, and is composed of a fixed portion and a moving portion, is designed as a wheel chair in such a manner that the moving portion can be separated from or joined to the fixed portion and be transformed from a lying posture state to a sitting posture state, and when the moving portion is joined to the fixed portion so as to form the movable bed, an upper surface of a resting portion, allowing a person to carry thereon, of the moving portion and an inner surface of an armrest portion are configured to form a mat surface of the mat portion of the movable bed.

Abstract: This relates to an imaging device in which the necessary monitoring of an individual can be realized, while still maintaining protection of an individual's privacy. The imaging device includes an encryption key storage unit in which encryption key data is stored for an individual, an object judging unit operable to judge whether or not the captured video is of the individual, and a limited-capture video generation unit operable to (i) convert a part of the captured video that includes the individual into encrypted video, (ii) generate limited-capture video, which includes the encrypted video, when said object judging unit judges that the captured video includes the individual, and (iii) output the captured video, which does not include the encrypted video, when said object judging unit judges that the captured video does not include the individual.

Abstract: An imaging device (1) for imaging a subject and distributing the captured video. The privacy of the subject is adequately protected, and a required monitoring function is realized.

Abstract: An image pickup and display device including a body having an image pickup lens, a display unit capable of displaying an image and having a longitudinal side extending along a longitudinal side of the body in a folded state where the display unit is in close proximity to or abuts against the body, a first rotation shaft having an axis extending along a surface of the body, a rotation-supporting mount rotatably attached to the body through the first rotation shaft, and a second rotation shaft extending perpendicular to the first rotation shaft through the rotation-supporting mount and rotatably supporting the display unit with respect to the rotation-supporting mount. The second rotation shaft extends along a side of the display unit and a side of the body when the display unit is folded. With this, even when the body is in a stable horizontal position, the display unit can be viewed excellently by being rotated around the second rotation shaft.

Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication with another communication apparatus comprises: a contact sensor 101 operable to detect physical contact with the another communication apparatus; a short-range communication unit 102 operable to transmit management information required for a session of the wireless communication to the another communication apparatus, using a short-range communication method different from a method of the wireless communication; and a control unit 106 operable to cause the short-range communication unit 102 to transmit the management information in response to a detection of the physical contact by the contact sensor 101, and start the session with the another communication apparatus after the management information is transmitted.

Abstract: A communication device to be mounted on one automotive vehicle, comprising: a camera (11) for inputting images, a microphone (12) for inputting voices, a travel control section (17) for processing travel information, a communication section (16) for transmitting the images inputted by the camera (11), the voices inputted by the microphone (12), and travel information processed by the travel control section (17) to other automotive vehicles, and receiving information from said other automotive vehicles, and a liquid crystal display (13) and a loudspeaker (14) for outputting the information received by the communication section (16). The communication device outputs images/voices received from said other automotive vehicles to the liquid crystal display (13), and controls travel of said one automotive vehicle based on travel information received from travel control sections (17) on said other automotive vehicles.

Abstract: An image pickup and display device including a body having an image pickup lens, a display unit capable of displaying an image and having a longitudinal side extending along a longitudinal side of the body in a folded state where the display unit is in close proximity to or abuts against the body, a first rotation shaft having an axis extending along a surface of the body, a rotation-supporting mount rotatably attached to the body through the first rotation shaft, and a second rotation shaft extending perpendicular to the first rotation shaft through the rotation-supporting mount and rotatably supporting the display unit with respect to the rotation-supporting mount. The second rotation shaft extends along a side of the display unit and a side of the body when the display unit is folded. With this, even when the body is in a stable horizontal position, the display unit can be viewed excellently by being rotated around the second rotation shaft.