Abstract: An insurance premium calculation system includes: a reception means that accepts an input of a facial image of an animal excluding humans; a determination means that performs predictive determination of an age of the animal from the facial image of the animal input to the reception means using a trained model; and an insurance premium calculation means that calculates an insurance premium based on the age obtained by the predictive determination by the determination means. The trained model is a trained model obtained by performing learning using, as teaching data, the facial image of the animal excluding humans and the age of the animal at the time of photographing, the trained model using the facial image of the animal as an input and using the predictive determination of the age of the animal as an output.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to easily and more accurately acquiring output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors. Provided is an information processing device including a combining unit that stepwisely combines output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining unit clusters a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combines the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including stepwisely combining, by a processor, output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining further includes clustering a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combining the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals.

Abstract: A living body determination device includes: a light irradiation device that irradiates a measuring object with a first light including a plurality of spectrums; a spectroscopic device that disperses a light at intensity depending on a wavelength and outputs the light; an image acquisition device that receives the light output by the spectroscopic device and outputs image information representing brightness depending on the intensity of the light; and a control unit. The control unit, for each spectrum of the first light, acquires image information with respect to the measuring object from the image acquisition device, based on the image information, selects one or more areas, for each of the areas, acquires spectroscopic information, and based on whether the spectroscopic information satisfies a predetermined condition, determines whether the measuring object is a living body.

Abstract: A timepiece includes a pointer; an angular velocity sensor that is provided on the pointer and detects an angular velocity; and an azimuth detection processing unit that performs an azimuth detection process from a detection result of the angular velocity sensor.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sphygmomanometer that has a high level of measurement accuracy and places a low burden upon a subject whose systolic pressure is being measured. To this end, the sphygmomanometer according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit that detects cuff pressure and pulse waves; and a blood pressure calculating unit that divides pulse waves detected by the cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit into a plurality of sections within a specific period, and calculates an estimated value for systolic pressure on the basis of fluctuations in the symmetry of the pulse wave waveform in the plurality of sections, said fluctuations occurring along with variations in the cuff pressure detected by the cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit.

Abstract: Optical measuring apparatus includes: a light source irradiating an object to be measured; a splitter splitting transmitted light or reflected light from the object to be measured; a phase changer changing a phase of a first light which is one of the lights split; a phase fixer maintaining a phase of a second light which is the other light split; a multiplexer multiplexing lights output from the phase changer and the phase fixer; a detector detecting the light (interference image) output from the multiplexer; and a controller that extracts a reference point from the interference image, when a displacement of the reference point is detected, corrects a luminance value for each pixel of the interference images in accordance with a displacement of the object to be measured indicated by a displacement of the reference point, constructs an interferogram based on the luminance value for each pixel of the interference images after the correction.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a combining processing unit configured to combine a plurality of pieces of direction information detected by direction detection units in a plurality of apparatuses to generate combined direction information.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrocardiogram measurement apparatus capable of significantly reducing the number of electrodes and measuring even a faint signal. The present invention provides an electrocardiogram measurement apparatus including a first electrode and a second electrode to be brought into contact with a body surface near an artery, an electrocardiogram measurement means for measuring a signal obtained from the first electrode and the second electrode, an artery position measurement means for identifying a position at which a measured value of a measured signal is largest as a position of an artery; and a notification means for notifying a user of information indicating the position of an artery.

Abstract: This heart failure degree-of-exacerbation determination system comprises a storage device (11) and an arithmetic device (12). The arithmetic device (12) includes a heart failure degree-of-exacerbation determination means (121) for determining the degree-of-exacerbation of heart failure, on the basis of stored information which is stored in the storage device (11) and the correlation among a plurality of evaluation values which are associated with a acral portion of a patient.

Abstract: Optical measuring apparatus includes: a light source irradiating an object to be measured; a splitter splitting transmitted light or reflected light from the object to be measured; a phase changer changing a phase of a first light which is one of the lights split; a phase fixer maintaining a phase of a second light which is the other light split; a multiplexer multiplexing lights output from the phase changer and the phase fixer; a detector detecting the light (interference image) output from the multiplexer; and a controller that extracts a reference point from the interference image, when a displacement of the reference point is detected, corrects a luminance value for each pixel of the interference images in accordance with a displacement of the object to be measured indicated by a displacement of the reference point, constructs an interferogram based on the luminance value for each pixel of the interference images after the correction.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sphygmomanometer that has a high level of measurement accuracy and places a low burden upon a subject whose systolic pressure is being measured. To this end, the sphygmomanometer according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit that detects cuff pressure and pulse waves; and a blood pressure calculating unit that divides pulse waves detected by the cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit into a plurality of sections within a specific period, and calculates an estimated value for systolic pressure on the basis of fluctuations in the symmetry of the pulse wave waveform in the plurality of sections, said fluctuations occurring along with variations in the cuff pressure detected by the cuff pressure and pulse wave detecting unit.

Abstract: A living body determination device includes: a light irradiation device that irradiates a measuring object with a first light including a plurality of spectrums; a spectroscopic device that disperses a light at intensity depending on a wavelength and outputs the light; an image acquisition device that receives the light output by the spectroscopic device and outputs image information representing brightness depending on the intensity of the light; and a control unit. The control unit, for each spectrum of the first light, acquires image information with respect to the measuring object from the image acquisition device, based on the image information, selects one or more areas, for each of the areas, acquires spectroscopic information, and based on whether the spectroscopic information satisfies a predetermined condition, determines whether the measuring object is a living body.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to easily and more accurately acquiring output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors. Provided is an information processing device including a combining unit that stepwisely combines output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining unit clusters a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combines the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals. Furthermore, provided is an information processing method including stepwisely combining, by a processor, output signals relating to a plurality of inertial sensors, in which the combining further includes clustering a plurality of the output signals into a plurality of clusters and stepwisely combining the output signals in each of the clusters, and at least one of the clusters includes a plurality of the output signals.

Abstract: A pulse wave measurement device includes an acceleration sensor that detects a vibration and a vibration transmitter that transmits a vibration caused by pulsation in a measured site, wherein a length of the vibration transmitter in a specific direction is longer than a length of the acceleration sensor in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Provided is an excrement analysis device capable of analyzing urine and feces simultaneously without increasing a burden of maintenance. The excrement analysis device 10 of the present invention includes: a light source 20 that emits an inspection light toward an inspection area in a toilet bowl; spectroscopic information acquisition means 30 that receives an inspection light emitted toward the inspection area and acquires spectroscopic information from the received inspection light; and analysis means 40 that extracts a first space containing the largest amount of urine components and a second space containing the largest amount of fecal components from the acquired spectroscopic information, and outputs a result of analysis of urine and feces on the basis of spectroscopic information regarding the first space and the second space.

Abstract: A light measurement device that maintains high measurement precision. The light measurement device includes: light source that irradiates light upon measurement object; branch part that splits transmitted light or reflected light from measurement object; phase-changing unit that changes the phase of one beam of the branched light beams; phase-fixing unit that maintains the phase of the other beam of the branched light beams; adjustment mechanism, which is provided in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit, for adjusting the propagation direction of light; multiplexer that causes the light emitted by each of phase-changing unit and phase-fixing unit to interfere with each other; detection unit that detects light that is interfered with by multiplexer; and control unit that controls the adjustment mechanism on the basis of the luminance values of an interference image that is detected by detection unit and adjusts the propagation direction of light in phase-changing unit or phase-fixing unit.

Abstract: A living body is accurately determined while minimizing increases in the size of a device and increases in the number of components.

Abstract: [Object] To obtain interference light having a stronger light intensity, and to more accurately measure a refractive index of a measured object, with a simplified configuration. [Solution Means] A light measurement device 100 includes a phase adjustment unit 120 and a detector 140. The phase adjustment unit 120 outputs reference light E(R) based on object light E1 being light to be obtained by transmission or reflection of light E from a light source with respect to a measured object 200, and signal light E(S) whose phase is adjusted to be different from a phase of signal light. The detector 140 derives a transmission or reflection light intensity distribution or a refractive index of the measured object 200, based on interference light E2 between signal light E(S) and reference light E(R) to be output by the phase adjustment unit 120. An optical axis of light E from a light source is linearly disposed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a blood pressure estimation device and the like which make it possible to estimate blood pressure with a high degree of accuracy. A blood pressure estimation device (101) has: a pulse wave calculation unit (102) for, on the basis of a pressure signal in a specific period and a pulse wave signal (2001) measured on the basis of the pressure of the pressure signal in the specific period, calculating a plurality of times at which a pulse signal satisfies prescribed conditions, a period representing the difference between the times, and a pressure value of the pressure signal during the period, and also calculating pulse wave information associating the period and the pressure value; and a blood pressure estimation unit (103) for estimating the blood pressure of the pulse wave signal (2001) on the basis of the pulse wave information.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus which is capable of encouraging behaviors that have an effect appropriate for the body of a measured person in accordance with the physical condition of the measured person. The information processing apparatus includes: a comparing section configured to perform a comparison using a blood flow velocity of a measured person in a predetermined state and a blood flow velocity of the measured person in a state other than the predetermined state; and an information presenting section configured to present information corresponding to a comparison result of the comparing section.