Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source; a condensing part that condenses light and forms a focal point at a predetermined position; a liquid crystal element arranged at a position including the focal point; a first polarizing element; a second polarizing element; and a projection lens that projects images generated by the liquid crystal element and the polarizing elements; where the liquid crystal element has a first surface which includes the focal point position and is perpendicular to the projection lens optical axis, and a second surface disposed around the first surface and is oblique to the projection lens optical axis; and where the second surface is arranged such that the light is incident on the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal element from a best viewing azimuth of the liquid crystal element.

Abstract: A mobile terminal acquires a schedule of a user using a module device that includes a sensor, and instructs the module device to initiate a process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting sensing information detected by the sensor to a communication destination, on the basis of the schedule. The module device acquires the sensing information, and initiates the process for determining when to start or when to stop transmitting the sensing information to the communication destination, on the basis of the instruction to initiate the determination process.

Abstract: A health management support system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a current state of a user, information about a target health condition of the user after a lapse of a set period, and information about a budget of the user; a plan calculation unit configured to calculate at least one plan for a behavioral item that the user should perform during the set period based on the information about the current state of the user, the target health condition of the user after the lapse of the set period, and the budget; and an output unit configured to output the at least one plan calculated by the plan calculation unit.

Abstract: A health management support system includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about each of members of a specific group to which a user belongs, including his/her health condition; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a food purchased by the user; an inference unit configured to infer, when an abnormality is detected in a health condition of any one of a plurality of members belonging to the specific group, as to which food has caused the abnormality in the health condition of the member from a history of foods purchased by the user; and a notification unit configured to notify the user that the food inferred by the inference unit may have caused the abnormality in the health condition of the member.

Abstract: A health support system includes a group generation unit configured to generate, based on payment data, a group including a plurality of the users as members; a data detection unit configured to detect a change in a value of a predetermined data item in the physical data of the members; a purchase history extraction unit configured to extract purchase history of a product or a service that changes the value of the predetermined data item from the payment data of the member regarding whom the change in the value of the predetermined data item has been detected; a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for recommending the products or services specified by the extracted purchase history; and a notification unit configured to notify the other members of the group of the generated recommendation information.

Abstract: A health management support system includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a user, including a health condition of the user; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information about at least one purchase-candidate food; an estimation unit configured to estimate an effect on the health condition of the user that is caused when the user ingests the at least one purchase-candidate food; a calculation unit configured to calculate a cost that is incurred to alleviate the effect on the health condition of the user estimated by the estimation unit; and an output unit configured to output the effect on the health condition of the user estimated by the estimation unit and the cost calculated by the calculation unit.