Abstract: A gait posture meter evaluates a gait posture of a measurement subject, and includes an accelerometer affixed to a centerline of a measurement subject's waist area, an evaluation unit that repeatedly finds an evaluation amount quantitatively expressing a gait posture of the measurement subject based on an output of the accelerometer in each of predetermined unit periods within a predetermined continuous walking period of no greater than ten minutes, and a display processing unit that displays the repeatedly-found evaluation amounts in time series in the display screen.

Abstract: An electronic blood pressure meter according to the present invention includes: a cuff pressure control unit capable of changing a pressure of a cuff worn on a measurement site; a pressure detection unit that detects a cuff pressure signal representing the pressure of the cuff; a variation amount calculation unit that obtains a blood pressure variation amount synchronized with respiration based on the cuff pressure signal; a correspondence relation storage unit that stores a predetermined correspondence relation between a blood pressure variation amount synchronized with respiration and a heart failure index that numerically represents relative severity of heart failure and corresponds to a value of a biomarker indicating severity of heart failure; and an index output unit that refers to the correspondence relation stored in the correspondence relation storage unit and outputs the heart failure index corresponding to the blood pressure variation amount obtained by the variation amount calculation unit.

Abstract: On the basis of a measured shape, which is a three-dimensional shape of a subject measured by means of a measuring unit using an image captured when an image capturing unit is disposed in a first position and a first attitude, a movement control unit determines a second position and a second attitude for capturing an image of the subject again, and sends an instruction to a movement mechanism. The three-dimensional shape is represented by means of height information from a reference surface. The movement control unit extracts, from the measured shape, a deficient region having deficient height information, and determines the second position and the second attitude on the basis of the height information around the deficient region of the measured shape. The position and attitude of the image capturing unit can be determined in such a way as to make it easy to eliminate the effects of shadows.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sensor system with which a change in the state of a workpiece which has occurred in a conveyance process can be detennined. The sensor system comprises: a plurality of sensors positioned along a line and measuring data indicating that a workpiece being conveyed upon the line has passed thereby; a plurality of slave units respectively connected to the plurality of sensors and acquiring the data measured by the plurality of sensors; and a master unit connected to the plurality of slave units. The master unit comprises: a storage part for storing the data in association with information which relates to the timing at which the data was measured; and a determination part for comparing the data transmitted from two or more of the plurality of slave units using the information which relates to the timing, and determining a change in the state of the workpiece.

Abstract: An information processing system and method that an environment in which the behavior of a drive device can be compared with the behavior of a simulator of the drive device are provided. The information processing system comprises: a drive device; a controller for controlling the drive device in accordance with a control program; an actuator emulator for emulating the behavior of the drive device; a controller emulator for controlling the actuator emulator in accordance with the control program; a first collection part for collecting first operation data for the drive device during the execution of the control program where a first control parameter group is input a second collection part for collecting second operation data for the actuator emulator during the execution of the control program where a second control parameter group is input and an output part for outputting the first and second operation data.

Abstract: A remaining life of a robot body is precisely estimated. A robot control apparatus 300 includes: a drive control unit 305 that controls drive of a robot body 200; a detection unit 306 that detects a feature amount quantitatively indicating a deterioration degree of the robot body 200 that is deteriorated over time as the robot body 200 is driven; a determination unit 303 that determinates presence/absence of a sign of malfunction of the robot body 200 based on the feature amount; and an estimation unit 304 that estimates a remaining life of the robot body 200 when presence of a sign of malfunction of the robot body 200 is determined.

Abstract: An output voltage is suppressed from changing and high efficiency is realized in a power conversion apparatus capable of performing a step-up/step-down operation. In a power conversion apparatus including a DAB DC/DC converter, when energy transmitted from a primary side and energy accumulated in a reactor at a secondary side are output from the secondary side, of a control signal of a first switching element and a control signal of a fourth switching element which are both in ON states, the first and fourth switching elements being diagonal to each other in a full bridge at the primary side, a period Toff2 in which the control signal of the first switching element is turned off before the control signal of the fourth switching element is turned off is controlled, and thereby a step-up/step-down ratio is continuously changed.

Abstract: An image processing system, an image processing device and an image processing program facilitating setting of illumination condition are provided. A control device controls a light emission portion in a manner that each of plural types of partial regions set on a light emission surface emits light, and controls a camera to image an object in synchronization with light emission of each of the plural types of partial regions. The control device outputs reflection profile information, which is generated based on input images generated in each partial region emitting light, and the reflection profile information shows relationships between positions within the light emission surface and degrees of light reflected at attention sites of the object and incident to the camera with respect to light irradiated from the positions to the object.

Abstract: A dataflow control apparatus extracts a device capable of providing data that satisfies requirements of an application by matching device-side metadata and app-side metadata. The device-side metadata is capable of describing information indicating a history of data that a device provides, and the app-side metadata is capable of describing information indicating a history of data that an application requires. The dataflow control apparatus, in a case where the information indicating the history is described in the app-side metadata, extracts a device capable of providing data that satisfies at least both the specification and the history that the application requires from among a plurality of the devices.

Abstract: An image sensor capable of performing satisfactory distortion aberration correction on an imaging result, regardless of a combination of a lens module and an imaging module being used, is provided. A main body module of an image sensor acquires form information of each module from an imaging module and a lens module which are mounted thereon, acquires size information indicating a number of pixels and/or a pixel size of an imaging element within the imaging module and distortion aberration characteristic information indicating distortion aberration characteristics of an optical system within the lens module from a predetermined device on the basis of the acquired form information, and performs distortion aberration correction using the acquired information.

Abstract: A wheezing detection apparatus includes a breathing sound detection unit that detects a breathing sound of a measurement subject and acquires a breathing sound signal in a time series expressing the breathing sound. The wheezing detection apparatus includes a determination processing unit that, in each pre-determined processing unit period, converts the breathing sound signal into a frequency space to acquire a frequency spectrum of the breathing sound, and based on a height and a width of a peak in the frequency spectrum, determines whether or not the peak indicates wheezing.

Abstract: An optical device includes a planar-image forming unit configured to emit light that forms a planar image of a predetermined shape in a space, and an outline-image forming unit configured to emit light that forms an outline image with a light intensity different from the light intensity of the planar image at the outer-edge region of the planar image.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for detecting a state of an occurrence of a body motion of a measurement target person affecting measurement by using an apparatus configured to measure biological information using a radio wave. A biological information measurement apparatus (1) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmitter (3) configured to transmit a radio wave to a measurement site of a living body; a receiver (4) configured to receive a reflected wave of the radio wave by the measurement site and output a waveform signal of the reflected wave; a feature extractor (1051) configured to extract information indicating a feature of a waveform from the waveform signal; and a body motion detector (1052) configured to detect a state of an occurrence of a body motion of the living body affecting measurement of the biological information, based on the extracted information indicating the feature of the waveform.

Abstract: A control device executes a step of starting a computation processing of a prediction model; a step of computing a remaining processing time until the computation processing is completed after starting the computation processing of the prediction model; a step of determining whether the determination of the command value based on an output obtained from the prediction model is made within a control timing for controlling the operation of manufacturing by the manufacturing device, on the basis of a computed remaining processing time; and a step of stopping, when it is determined that the determination of the command value is not made within the control timing, the computation processing of the prediction model, determining the command value on the basis of a value of an intermediate result of the computation processing, and controlling the operation of the manufacturing device on the basis of the determined command value.

Abstract: A contactless power transmission apparatus includes a receiver that includes a resonant circuit that receives electric power from a transmitter. The receiver causes, in response to a measurement value of an output voltage of electric power output from the resonant circuit being out of a predetermined allowable range of voltages, a short circuit to short-circuit the resonant circuit and transmits determination information indicating that the contactless power transmission apparatus is not outputting a constant voltage. In response to the determination information, the transmitter in the contactless power transmission apparatus detects a switching frequency of alternating current power to be supplied to a transmitter coil from a power supply circuit at which the contactless power transmission apparatus outputs a constant voltage in accordance with a measurement value of a current through the transmitter coil.

Abstract: A power distribution network monitoring system detects abnormalities that occur in a power distribution network using measuring instruments installed in the power distribution network. The power distribution network monitoring system includes a plurality of measuring instruments that are installed at predetermined positions on power lines on an upstream side of the downmost-stream power demander, among the power lines constituting the power distribution network and configured to perform electrical measurement of the power lines; and an abnormality detector configured to determine whether or not data related to the measurement result measured by the measuring instrument has been received a predetermined number of times within a predetermined length of time, and detect the abnormality.

Abstract: In a sphygmomanometer of the present invention, a cuff is attached to a rotating shaft on a rear surface side opposite to a front surface side arranged facing a subject during blood pressure measurement. A swing mechanism maintains a tilt angle of a central axis of the cuff with respect to a horizontal plane at a certain standby angle in a standby state of an upper arm not being inserted into the cuff, and also allows the tilt angle of the cuff to become either larger or smaller than the standby angle by the upper arm being inserted into the cuff.

Abstract: An optical device has a light guide plate configured to guide light within a plane parallel to an emission surface thereof, and a plurality of optical deflectors arranged two-dimensionally within a plane parallel to the emission surface. Each of the optical deflectors deflects light propagating through the light guide plate, and causes the emission surface to output light forming an image in a space. Each of the optical deflectors is configured to spread the light incident thereon that has an intensity distribution corresponding to an image in a direction orthogonal to the light guide direction of the light guide plate in a plane parallel to the emission surface, and cause the emission surface to output the light which groups the light from the plurality of optical deflectors arranged along a direction orthogonal to the light guide direction, such that light radiating from the image is formed.