Abstract: A wearable device includes a blood pressure sensor configured to continuously measure blood pressure of a measurement subject; a check section configured to, in response to an instruction for commencing a continuous measurement of the blood pressure, check whether a treatment device to be used during the continuous measurement of the blood pressure is attached to the measurement subject; a measurement controller configured to, when the check section confirms that the treatment device is attached, execute a continuous measurement of the blood pressure with the blood pressure sensor; and a display section configured to, when the check section does not confirm that the treatment device is attached, display a form of guidance to prompt attachment of the treatment device.

Abstract: An input device includes an input unit configured to receive an input corresponding to a pressed position on a screen of a display; a display control unit configured to display a key image associated with a keyboard on the screen of the display in a manner superimposed on a background image; and an input mode setting unit configured to set, in response to an input for selecting an input mode received by the input unit, an input mode of the input unit to a first input mode to receive a character input based on the key image or to a second input mode to receive an input for changing a display form of the background image in accordance with the received input.

Abstract: A control device (100) for controlling a control subject (2), said control device being equipped with: an instruction value generation part (20) that calculates an instruction value from an instruction pattern; a learning control part (30) that repeatedly calculates correction data containing a correction value for correcting the instruction value calculated from the instruction pattern; and a control part (10) that calculates a corrected instruction value from the instruction value and the correction data, and transmits the corrected instruction value to the control subject. The learning control part (30) generates the correction data from a response delay characteristic of the control subject, and the deviation between a feedback value for the corrected instruction value that has been output for the control subject and the instruction value that has been calculated by the instruction value generation part (20).

Abstract: An RF tag that includes a limiter and is capable of satisfactorily adjusting an impedance of a matching circuit is provided. The RF tag includes a variable load unit of which an amount of power consumption is changeable and a control unit that is capable of executing an impedance adjusting process of adjusting the impedance of the matching circuit such that an output voltage of a rectification circuit becomes a maximum and executes the impedance adjusting process after reducing the output voltage of the rectification circuit to a voltage less than a limiter voltage by adjusting the amount of power consumption of the variable load unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Abstract: A terminal removable device includes a casing having an insertion port structured such that a terminal can be inserted therein, and a movable member including a latching portion configured to latch the terminal by moving from a first position to a second position with respect to the terminal inserted into the casing. The movable member includes a protrusion protruding from the casing when the movable member is at the second position. When the protrusion is pushed down to the casing side, the movable member moves from the second position to the first position to release the latching of the terminal.

Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a workpiece orientation calculation unit, an arrival prediction unit, a robot orientation calculation unit, and a trajectory data generation unit. The arrival prediction unit obtains a picking prediction position at which a workpiece that is conveyed by a conveyance apparatus may be picked up by a picking apparatus or the like, based on conveyance speed information supplied by the conveyance apparatus or the like and the sensing information supplied by an image acquisition apparatus.

Abstract: An inductive load control device includes: an electric path configured to connect an external DC power supply and an inductive load drive unit; an opening and closing unit configured to connect or disconnect the electric path; a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage difference between ends of the opening and closing unit; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of the opening and closing unit. The opening and closing unit includes: series-connected first and second switching elements; and a diode connected in series with the first switching element and in parallel with the second switching element such that an anode of the diode is disposed in a direction of the DC power supply. The failure detection unit is configured to detect that the second switching element is in a non-conduction failure, based on the voltage difference.

Abstract: Provided is a sensor head capable of reduction in size while securing measurement accuracy. A sensor head includes a first case section and a second case section each having a substantially cylindrical shape and an end portion of which is open, and a third case section configured to connect the first case section and the second case section, a diffraction lens is disposed in the first case section, an objective lens is disposed in the second case section, and a mirror member is disposed in the third case section and configured to bend light entering the diffraction lens side toward the objective lens side.

Abstract: An operation information measurement apparatus having a detection unit that detects information corresponding to a motion of a user includes: an operation information measurement unit that measures operation information of a user based on the information detected by the detection unit; a communication unit for performing near-field wireless communication with another apparatus; and a control unit that judges whether or not a first operation based on the detection information detected at a certain time by the detection unit of the operation information measurement apparatus matches a second operation based on detection information of a detection unit received from the other apparatus via the communication unit in a period from the certain time to a time when an amount of time corresponding to a first threshold elapses, and based on the result of that judgment, the control unit determines whether or not to output a command signal to the control unit.

Abstract: A control system synchronizes input timing and output timing between functional units, while achieving the contradictory aspect of shortening the communication cycle of data frames transferred on a network. An information processing apparatus calculates parameters for the functional units included in a slave device in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of available modes. The modes include a first mode in which timing to obtain a status value from the control target and timing to update an output value for the control target are synchronized between all the functional units included in the slave device, and a second mode in which the timing to obtain a status value from the control target and the timing to update an output value for the control target are synchronized between specific functional units included in the slave device.

Abstract: Provided is a technique for facilitating management of an image sensor having a modular structure. The image sensor includes an imaging system and a processing part executing a process using an image acquired by the imaging system. The imaging system is configured by combining a plurality of modularized components. Each of the components includes a non-volatile memory. The processing part is capable of reading and/or writing information from/to the memory of each of the components.

Abstract: An electrical device configured to transmit or receive a signal related to an operation element and transmit a data signal using a small number of wirings is realized. An electrical device includes a first terminal and a second terminal to which a pair of signal lines are connected, an operation element connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a transmission circuit configured to operate using a voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal as a power source. The second terminal transmits an output signal according to a state of the operation element to the outside, and the transmission circuit superimposes a data signal on the output signal and transmits the data signal from the second terminal to the outside.

Abstract: A flow rate control valve includes a bobbin and a plunger. On an inner circumferential surface of the bobbin, multiple protruding regions that extend in a direction parallel in an axial direction to the plunger, and a plurality of recessed grooves that form flow paths for a fluid when valve is open are provided side by side alternatingly in a circumferential direction. The multiple recessed grooves include a first recessed groove, second recessed groove, and third recessed groove that are arranged side by side sequentially in the circumferential direction. An interval in the circumferential direction between the first recessed groove and second recessed groove and an interval in the circumferential direction between the second recessed groove and third recessed groove are the same. Surfaces of the multiple protruding regions formed on the inner circumferential surface of the bobbin can be arranged at positions closer to those of one perfect circle.

Abstract: One mode of the present invention is configured to acquire sensor-side metadata including a first label corresponding to a label showing a name given in order to identify event data, to acquire app-side metadata including a second label that is an event condition showing a condition of an event and corresponds to the label, to determine, in a case where sensing data satisfies a requirement of an application, whether the first label and the second label are identical, and to transmit, in the case where these labels are identical, a dataflow control command including information specifying a sensor, information specifying the application and the event condition included in the app-side metadata.

Abstract: A provider-side metadata acquisition part acquires provider-side metadata regarding a sensing data providing terminal. The provider-side metadata includes a current position of the sensing data providing terminal. Also, the user-side metadata acquisition part acquires user-side metadata regarding sensing data using terminal. A matching part performs matching with the user-side metadata, using the current position of the sensing data providing terminal included in the provider-side metadata and the current time, and decides whether to request the sensing data providing terminal to provide the sensing data. A request part requires the sensing data providing terminal to provide the sensing data in accordance with the decision by the matching part.

Abstract: An occupant monitoring device images a driver in a vehicle by an imager, projects light toward a driver seat side by an illuminator, controls operation of the imager and the illuminator by a controller, monitors the driver, based on a captured image by the imager, and outputs a monitoring result. A main board on which the controller is mounted is contained in a housing, and a sub-board is held by a lid body configured to close an opening of the housing. The main board and the sub-board are electrically connected so that the imager and the illuminator mounted on the sub-board face the driver seat side. A water preventing cover covers the sub-board, the lid body, and the housing from the driver seat side, the water preventing cover having a transmitting portion configured to transmit projected light from the illuminator and reflected light from the driver.

Abstract: A signal processing circuit with high noise resistance is realized. The signal processing circuit includes: a first pre-stage circuit that includes a first input terminal; and a second pre-stage circuit that includes a second input terminal. A resistive element with one end connected to the first input terminal and a capacitative element with one electrode connected to the ground are provided in the first pre-stage circuit. The other end of the first resistive element and the other electrode of the first capacitative element are connected to each other. An output node of the first pre-stage circuit and an output node of the second pre-stage circuit are connected to a post-stage circuit.

Abstract: An internal temperature measuring apparatus includes a base and a MEMS device disposed on the base. The MEMS device includes a top face and a support. The top face includes a first thermopile configured to measure a first temperature difference used to calculate an internal temperature and a second thermopile configured to measure a second temperature difference used to calculate the internal temperature together with the first temperature difference. An orientation in which a cold junction of each thermocouple constituting the first thermopile is viewed from a hot junction coincides with an orientation in which a cold junction of each thermocouple constituting the second thermopile is viewed from a hot junction.

Abstract: A submergence detection device includes: a housing in which an opening is formed; and a detection electrode disposed inside the housing and configured to detect a submergence. A through hole is formed in the housing. When seen from the opening, a wall surface that is located in the housing farther than a position of the through hole is watertight. When seen from the opening, the detection electrode is disposed closer to the opening than the through hole.