Abstract: A temperature stimulus presentation device includes a presentation unit that generates heat at a predetermined temperature, and a control unit that changes an area of the presentation unit depending on whether or not a temperature stimulus is presented.

Abstract: A relaxation support device including: an electrical stimulation control unit configured to control electrical stimulation to a muscle different from a muscle to be relaxed based on a muscle activity of the muscle to be relaxed; and an electrical stimulation presentation unit configured to present the electrical stimulation to a muscle different from the muscle to be relaxed.

Abstract: A thermal stimulus presentation device 1 for presenting a thermal stimulus in the mouth includes a presentation unit 13 that presents the thermal stimulus in the mouth, a receiving unit 11 that receives notification information for notifying a user, and a control unit 12 that controls the thermal stimulus of the presentation unit 13, upon the notification information being received, the presentation unit 13 presenting the thermal stimulus in the mouth in accordance with the control of the control unit 11.

Abstract: A stimulus presentation device 13 that stimulates a user with air from a plurality of air guns 14 arranged so as to surround the user includes a control unit 132 that determines respective ejection times at which a plurality of air streams are to be ejected at given time intervals which allow the user to perceive an apparent motion as well as respective ejection azimuth directions in which the plurality of air streams are to be ejected and causes the air streams to be sequentially ejected from the respective air guns 14 disposed in the individual ejection azimuth directions at the individual ejection times and an adjustment unit that determines a plurality of different body sites on a body of the user to which the plurality of air streams are to be applied and adjusts respective ejection angles of the individual air guns 14 such that respective muzzles of the air guns 14 are pointed at the plurality of body sites.

Abstract: The number n of times of chewing is counted by chewing number of times calculation means (13b2) based on a change in the distance l from a photoreflector (50), which is received together with time t by measurement value receiving means (13b1). To vary hardness h of a bag (30) to a stage that can be sensed, according to the number n of times of chewing, a required air pressure is set according to the current number n of times, based on a hardness/air pressure correspondence recording unit (13g) in which stages that have a significant difference therebetween and are stored in association with the number n of times of chewing are recorded. To realize the set air pressure inside the bag (30), the amount of sucking performed using a vacuum pump 20 is controlled by air pressure control means (13b4).

Abstract: A force control support device includes: a sound wave transmitting unit that causes a sound output device mounted on a user to transmit a first sound wave having a predetermined waveform; a sound wave receiving unit that causes a sound input device mounted on the user to receive a second sound wave based on the first sound wave; an estimation unit that estimates an amount of force being applied by the user based on the first sound wave and the second sound wave; and an electrical stimulation presentation unit that presents an electrical stimulation according to the amount of force estimated by the estimation unit from an electrode mounted on the user.

Abstract: A posture determination device includes a sound wave reception unit configured to receive sound waves in an inaudible range output from a sound wave transmission unit worn by a user; and a posture determination unit configured to determine quality of a posture of the user based on the sound wave in the inaudible range and output a determination result.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a center of gravity measurement unit 10 configured to measure a change in a center of gravity position of a standing posture of a user; a tactile stimulation signal generation unit 20 configured to, in a case where the center of gravity position deviates from a predetermined range, generate a tactile stimulation signal for applying tactile stimulation to the user; and a tactile stimulation presentation unit 30 configured to convert the tactile stimulation signal into tactile stimulation and present the tactile stimulation to a sole of a foot of the user.

Abstract: A presentation device 1 includes an obtaining unit 11 which obtains information to be notified to a user, a control unit 12 which inputs, to a presentation unit 13, an instruction for presenting a temperature stimulus if there is information to be notified to the user, and the presentation unit 13 which presents the temperature stimulus in response to the instruction for presenting the temperature stimulus received from the control unit 12 such that the user feels that temperature stimulus when the presentation unit touches a first part and the user does not feel the temperature stimulus when the presentation unit touches the second part which is less perceptive than the first part. The presentation unit 13 is provided at a location where the presentation unit can touch the first part by means of an action of the user.

Abstract: A blink acceleration device (1) includes: a number of blinks calculation unit (141) that calculates the number of blink operations per unit time of a monitoring target person; and a tactile stimulus operation unit (12) that performs an operation of stimulating eyelashes as a tactile stimulus operation for the monitoring target person when the number calculated by the number of blinks calculation unit is less than a preset threshold.

Abstract: A larger number of emotions are expressed by a contact stimulus. An input unit into which a type of an emotion and a degree of a strength of the emotion are input, and a calculation unit that calculates a presentation pattern of a contact stimulus and a degree of a strength of the contact stimulus in accordance with content input into the input unit are included.

Abstract: A motion sense stimulus presentation system for presenting a motion sense, which is a sense representing motion, by generating different types of stimuli includes a stimulus signal generation unit that generates a first stimulus signal and a second stimulus signal in accordance with a first stimulus parameter and a second stimulus parameter, a first stimulus conversion unit that converts the first stimulus signal into one type of stimulus, and a second stimulus conversion unit that changes the second stimulus signal to the other type of stimulus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a food texture presentation apparatus 1 including a synthesizer 13 that acquires, with reference of a recipe of a food product selected, audio signals of mastication sounds of ingredients contained in the food product from a database 15 and synthesizes the acquired audio signals of the ingredients into an audio signal of a food texture to be presented, and a presentation unit 14 that uses the synthesized audio signal to present the food texture of the food product.

Abstract: A food texture presentation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a force stimulation presentation unit 23, a vibration stimulation presentation unit 24, and a temperature stimulation presentation unit 25 that present different kinds of haptic stimuli in the oral cavity, a selection unit 11 that selects a haptic stimulus to be presented, according to the food texture, and a force stimulation controller 13, a vibration stimulation controller 14, and a temperature stimulation controller 15 that control respectively the force stimulation presentation unit 23, the vibration stimulation presentation unit 24, and the temperature stimulation presentation unit 25 that present the selected haptic stimulus.

Abstract: A tactile stimulation presentation device 1 includes a measurement unit 11 configured to measure a first physical quantity with respect to a tactile sensation applied to a first region of a human body, a control unit 12 configured to convert the first physical quantity into a second physical quantity of a different type from the first physical quantity, and a presentation unit 13 configured to apply the second physical quantity to a second region different from the first region.

Abstract: A temperature stimulus presentation device 100 that uses a Peltier element 10 to present a temperature stimulus includes a human body detection unit 20 that detects contact of a part of a human body H with a heat dissipation plate 12 or a heat absorption plate 11 of the Peltier element 10 based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance between the heat dissipation plate 12 and the heat absorption plate 12, and a temperature stimulus generation unit 30 that supplies a current to the Peltier element 10 when an amount of the electrostatic capacitance change exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A reliable technology for determining the masticatory side of the user is provided. First and second electromyographic waveforms respectively originating from left and right muscles related to masticatory actions of a user are acquired; a coefficient of correlation between pieces of information respectively extracted from the first and the second electromyographic waveforms is calculated as a first feature value; a second feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the first electromyographic waveform; a third feature value is calculated from a power spectrum obtained by performing frequency analysis on the second electromyographic waveform; a learning model is generated by associating the first, second, and third feature values with a plurality of labels; and the masticatory side of the user is determined based on first, second, and third feature values calculated from a newly acquired electromyographic waveform and the learning model.

Abstract: A device includes: a Peltier element 10 that presents a temperature stimulus; and a temperature stimulus control unit 20 that cause the Peltier element 10 to generate a cold stimulus or a hot stimulus by receiving an input of type information which represents the type of information to be notified of and switching the direction of a current that flows through the Peltier element 10 in correspondence with the type information.

Abstract: A notification device includes a detection section which detects occurrence of an event which a user is to be notified of, an estimation section which estimates whether or not the user is vibrating, and a stimulation presentation section which provides a notification to the user by presenting a thermal stimulation in a case where the user is vibrating and presenting a vibratory stimulation in a case where the user is not vibrating when the detection section detects the occurrence of the event.

Abstract: A temperature stimulus presentation device 1 includes a presentation unit 11 that generates heat at a predetermined temperature, and a control unit 12 that changes an area of the presentation unit 11 depending on whether or not a temperature stimulus is presented.