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.

Abstract: An information processing device operated in a operation mode including at least a user mode and a care mode, the information processing device includes a communicator configured to transmit a control signal for executing control to a peripheral device, a memory configured to store control contents in association with the user mode and the care mode, respectively, the control content being performed by the peripheral device, and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit the control signal to the peripheral device to perform the control content associated with the user mode when only a first user is detected in a room by using a detection device for detecting presence of a person in the room, and to control the communicator to transmit the control signal to the peripheral device to perform the control content associated with the care mode when a second user is further detected in the room by using the detection device.

Abstract: An information processing device including a processor configured to perform a first processing related to a position of at least one of a person and an object around the person using a positioning application and perform a second processing to determine an amount of food eaten by the person using a meal application, wherein the processor is configured to change an operation mode of the positioning application from a first mode to a second mode with a higher processing load of the positioning application than the first mode if the meal application determines at least one of the amount of the food or an amount of nutrients is insufficient.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a housing in which a distance sensor is placed, fittings attaching the housing to a toilet bowl in a toilet, and a control unit. The sensor measures the distance to an object located in a direction of the inside of a toilet seat installed on the bowl when the seat is placed on the top surface of a rim of the bowl. The control unit detects that a user of the toilet is in a state of sitting on the seat when a first distance being a result of measurement by the sensor is less than a predetermined threshold value. The fittings are components attaching the housing in such a way that the sensor is placed at a position located inside the rim and located under the seat in the vertical direction when the seat is placed on the top surface of the rim.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a factor determination unit configured to determine whether the behavior of an assisted person is an abnormal behavior of a dementia factor based on (1) information on a dementia level of the assisted person and (2) at least one of an environmental information, an excretion information, and a sleep information of the assisted person, and a support information output unit configured to output the support information to support an assistance of the assisted person by a caregiver based on the determination result of the factor determination unit and sensor information that is a sensing result about the assisted person or the caregiver assisting the assisted person.

Abstract: According to embodiments, an air mattress includes an air cell unit and a controller. The air cell unit includes a first air cell and a second air cell. The controller is capable of independently controlling a first internal pressure in the first air cell and a second internal pressure in the second air cell. The controller performs, when receiving an input to change the second internal pressure, after a first operation to set the first internal pressure to a first set internal pressure determined related to the first air cell, a second operation to change the second internal pressure.

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 bowl; an information collector collecting information about an excretion in the bowl; and a housing in which the sensor and the collector are placed. The apparatus includes: a bridge component bridging the inside of the rim and the outside of the rim by placing part of the component on the top surface of the rim of the bowl and sandwiching the rim; and a fitting being attached to an end of the component in a direction of the inside of the rim and attaching the housing. The 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.

Abstract: The information processing device includes a factor determination unit configured to determine whether the behavior of an assisted person is an abnormal behavior of a dementia factor based on (1) information on a dementia level of the assisted person and (2) at least one of an environmental information, an excretion information, and a sleep information of the assisted person, and a support information output unit configured to output the support information to support an assistance of the assisted person by a caregiver based on the determination result of the factor determination unit and sensor information that is a sensing result about the assisted person or the caregiver assisting the assisted person.

Abstract: According to embodiments, an air mattress includes an air cell unit including an air cell, and a controller that controls an internal pressure in the air cell. The controller conducts a first operation when the internal pressure in the air cell satisfies the second condition after having satisfied a first condition. The first condition includes the internal pressure becoming from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, a difference between the first value and the second value being equal to or more than a first threshold, and a change rate relative to time of the internal pressure from the first value to the second value being equal to or more than a second threshold. The second condition includes, after the internal pressure has lowered from the first value to the second value, the internal pressure becoming a third value lower than the second value, and a difference between the second value and the third value being equal to or more than a third threshold.