Abstract: A control apparatus is for controlling an airflow rate of an air blowing apparatus configured to send air into an air blowing sheet including a cover and a diffusion layer. The cover has waterproofness and moisture permeability. The diffusion layer is provided inside the cover and has air permeability. The control apparatus includes a processor configured to control the airflow rate of the air blowing apparatus based on information on a temperature and a humidity between a user and the air blowing sheet.

Abstract: An air mattress includes: a main mattress that supports a body of a user; and a shoulder part mattress that is disposed below the main mattress. The shoulder part mattress includes a first air cell that is disposed on an outer side in a left-and-right direction, a second air cell that is disposed on a further inner side in the left-and-right direction than the first air cell, and a third air cell that is disposed on a further inner side in the left-and-right direction than the second air cell. A front end of the second air cell is disposed further rear than a front end of the first air cell. A front end of the third air cell is disposed further rear than the front end of the second air cell.

Abstract: An air mattress apparatus includes: a first cell; a second cell; a third cell disposed between the first cell and the second cell; a pump configured to supply air; a first solenoid valve configured to switch whether the pump is connected to the first cell; a second solenoid valve configured to switch whether the pump is connected to the second cell; a flow path selection solenoid valve configured to switch whether the third cell is connected to the first cell or is connected to the second cell; and a pressure distribution sensor, a position of which is fixed with respect to the first cell, the second cell, and the third cell.

Abstract: An excrement analysis apparatus includes an inputter, a memory, a first analyzer, and a second analyzer. The inputter inputs imaging data captured by an image capture apparatus installed in such a way as to include, in a capturing range, an excretion range of excrement in a toilet bowl of a toilet. The memory temporarily holds the imaging data input by the inputter. The first analyzer analyzes first analysis target data being the imaging data input by the inputter, and outputs notification information to an observer who observes a user of the toilet. The second analyzer analyzes second analysis target data being the imaging data that is input by the inputter and temporarily held by the memory, and outputs detailed information indicating a content of excretion.

Abstract: A terminal device including: a memory configured to be capable of storing a first application and a second application to assist care for a care receiver, the first application being different from the second application; and a controller configured to execute the first application or the second application, wherein the controller is configured to: execute the first application, if the first application is activated after authentication processing of the care receiver has been executed, using an authentication result of the care receiver, and execute the second application, if the second application is activated after the first application has finished, in a state where the authentication result of the care receiver is maintained.

Abstract: A sheet-type device that can be arranged under a user, the sheet-type device including: a plurality of first sensors configured to acquire a weight of the user, a second sensor configured to acquire biological information of the user, and a controller configured to acquire values acquired from the first sensors and to determine a state of the user, wherein the first sensors and the second sensor are arranged in one line along a right-left direction of the user, and the second sensor is arranged between the first sensors.

Abstract: A temperature-humidity measurement instrument includes a collecting section, a first flow path, a first temperature-humidity sensor, a second flow path, and a first air blowing apparatus. The collecting section is configured to collect air between a mattress and a person lying on the mattress. The first flow path is connected to the collecting section. The first temperature-humidity sensor is connected to the first flow path. The first temperature-humidity sensor is configured to measure a temperature and a humidity of the air collected in the collecting section. The second flow path is connected to the first temperature-humidity sensor. The first air blowing apparatus is configured to send the air measured by the first temperature-humidity sensor to the collecting section.

Abstract: A bed system includes: a bed main body; a side rail provided on the bed main body; a driving unit configured to drive the side rail; a first detector configured to detect a motion of a user on the bed main body; and a controller configured to control the driving unit based on the motion of the user detected by the first detector.

Abstract: An air mattress includes a supply unit, a first path, a second path, a first flow path part, a second flow path part, a bag part, a plurality of cells, and a pressure controller, the pressure controller performs control to set the pressure inside any one or more of the plurality of cells at the first pressure, when the user lies on the air mattress, the air circulates through at least a part of the bag part located above the cells, whose pressure is set at the second pressure or lower, out of the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A fluid mattress is provided with a fluid supply unit, a fluid path, a plurality of first cells connected to each other, a plurality of second cells connected to each other, a plurality of third cells connected to each other, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The controller measures first time during when a pressure in the first cell changes from a third pressure to a fourth pressure when implementing a first mode by shifting from a third mode, measures second time during when a pressure in the second cell changes from the third pressure to the fourth pressure when implementing a second mode by shifting from the first mode, measures third time during when a pressure in the third cell changes from the third pressure to the fourth pressure when implementing a third mode by shifting from the second mode, and determines a position of a sacral region of a user based on the first time, the second time, and the third time.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a sensor that detects entry of a person into a room, and determines whether the person who enters the room is a care recipient as a user of the room or a caregiver who provides care for the user. The information processing system specifies a person who enters the room, and stores an entry detection result by the sensor, a determination result, and a specification result. The information processing system outputs first notification information indicating the entry detection result, second notification information indicating the determination result, and third notification information indicating the specification result to a notification destination.

Abstract: An excrement analysis apparatus includes an inputter, a memory, a first analyzer, and a second analyzer. The inputter inputs imaging data captured by an image capture apparatus installed in such a way as to include, in a capturing range, an excretion range of excrement in a toilet bowl of a toilet. The memory temporarily holds the imaging data input by the inputter. The first analyzer analyzes first analysis target data being the imaging data input by the inputter, and outputs notification information to an observer who observes a user of the toilet. The second analyzer analyzes second analysis target data being the imaging data that is input by the inputter and temporarily held by the memory, and outputs detailed information indicating a content of excretion.

Abstract: A motorized furniture according to embodiments of the present invention includes a control unit. The control unit transitions to a first falling asleep operation at second time where the elapse of time since first time, where the sleep of a user of the motorized furniture is detected, is equal to or larger than a first time threshold. The control unit performs a second falling asleep operation when a variation of a signal corresponding to a biological signal of the user in a first period during the first falling asleep operation is smaller than the variation in a first prior period, which exists prior to the first period, during the first falling asleep operation or when the absolute value of a difference between the variation in the first period and the variation in the first prior period is smaller than a first variation threshold.

Abstract: An information processing device of this embodiment includes a communication unit configured to communicates with a first terminal device and a second terminal device, the first terminal device being held by a medical caregiver, the second terminal device being held by a care assistant and a processing unit configured to acquire a medical information and a care assistance information, the medical information including a first method how to deal with a diagnosis of a patient taken by the medical caregiver, the care assistance including a second method how to deal with a status of the patient taken by the care assistant through the communication unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to provide the medical information and the care assistance information in association with the patient on the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

Abstract: A body state determination device includes a detection unit that is configured to detect a plurality of pressure distributions formed by a body weight of a user, and a determination unit that is configured to determine a state of a body of the user by comparing the plurality of pressure distributions detected by the detection unit with each other.

Abstract: This terminal device is provided with: a biological signal acquisition unit which acquires a biological signal of a person to be measured; a biological information acquisition unit which acquires, on the basis of the acquired biological signal, biological information on the person to be measured; a determination unit which determines whether the biological information on the person to be measured is accurate in the time period in which the biological signal is measured; and a control unit which changes the handling of the biological signal or the biological information according to the determination result from the determination unit.

Abstract: There is provided an air mat device comprising a mat unit that has an air cell; an air supply and exhaust unit that supplies air to the air cell and exhausts the air from the air cell; and a control unit that acquires a state change quantity of the air cell or a time required for a state change of the air cell, as a control reference value, and that controls the air supply and exhaust unit in accordance with the control reference value. There is also provided an internal pressure control method of an air cell according to the above configuration.

Abstract: A bed device includes: an operation section that receives an operation input; a controller that controls a movement of the bed in accordance with the operation input; a detector that detects a position of a patient on the bed; and, a limitation table that stores a limitation area set on the bed in association with a limitation content, wherein when the position of the patient detected by the detector is included in the limitation area, the limitation content is read out from the limitation table so as to control the controller in accordance with the limitation content. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a higher safety bed device which can not only notify the danger based on the bed movement but also limit the movement of the bed in accordance with the status of the patient or the bed device.

Abstract: An information collection apparatus includes: a sitting sensor detecting that a user of a toilet bowl in a toilet is sitting on a toilet seat placed on the top surface of a rim of the toilet bowl; an information collection unit collecting information about an excretion in the toilet bowl; and a housing in which the sitting sensor and the information collection unit are placed. The information collection apparatus includes: a bridge component bridging the inside of the rim and the outside of the rim by placing part of the bridge component on the top surface of the rim of the toilet bowl and sandwiching the rim; and a fitting being attached to an end of the bridge component in a direction of the inside of the rim and attaching the housing. The information collection apparatus includes a change mechanism changing the distance from the end to the housing in a direction along an inner wall forming the inside of the rim.