Abstract: A game system includes a plurality of pedometers. The plurality of step count data respectively counted by the plurality of pedometers are acquired in the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, by utilizing the plurality of step count data, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game. Alternatively, in a server, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed by utilizing the plurality of step count data, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game in the game apparatus. For example, game processing depending on the number of players walking in the same time slot is executed, or game processing according to the totalized value of the accumulated total step count values of the plurality of pedometers is executed.

Abstract: A game system includes a plurality of pedometers. The plurality of step count data respectively counted by the plurality of pedometers are acquired in the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, by utilizing the plurality of step count data, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game. Alternatively, in a server, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed by utilizing the plurality of step count data, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game in the game apparatus. For example, game processing depending on the number of players walking in the same time slot is executed, or game processing according to the totalized value of the accumulated total step count values of the plurality of pedometers is executed.

Abstract: A game system includes a plurality of pedometers. The plurality of step count data respectively counted by the plurality of pedometers are acquired in the game apparatus. In the game apparatus, by utilizing the plurality of step count data, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game. Alternatively, in a server, a predetermined arithmetic operation is executed by utilizing the plurality of step count data, and the result of the arithmetic operation is reflected on the game in the game apparatus. For example, game processing depending on the number of players walking in the same time slot is executed, or game processing according to the totalized value of the accumulated total step count values of the plurality of pedometers is executed.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying apparatus configured that a rope member is extended between pulleys and a work is suspended on a rope member through a hook member. The object of the present invention is to provide the conveying apparatus making the rope member hard to come off the pulleys and including a bend part. The conveying apparatus for conveying the work along a predetermined conveying route includes a plurality of pulleys, a rope member, and a support member. The hook member is flexible, including a hold part which is a hole into which the rope member is inserted, held by the rope member by inserting the rope member into the hold part. The support member is joined to the hook member, and is suspended on the rope member by inserting the rope member into the hold part.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a bag body that has a bag-shaped member made of an elastic and airtight material, and a granular substance filled inside of the bag-shaped member, includes a step of preparing a core for forming the bag-shaped member, by hardening the granular substance; a step of forming the bag-shaped member by forming a covering made of the elastic and airtight material around the core; and a step of breaking up the core that is inside of the bag-shaped member.

Abstract: A gripping device is equipped with an abutment member that is annexed on a region of a gripping portion that abuts on a work. The abutment member is equipped with an inner bag that is made of a material having elasticity, a particulate matter with which the inner bag is filled, and an outer bag that covers the inner bag. The particulate matter is hardened while being deformed into a shape matching a contour of the work by increasing a ratio of a volume of the particulate matter to an inner volume of the inner bag with the work gripped by the gripping portion. A reverse face of the outer bag and a surface of the inner bag have a light-emitting portion therebetween. Thus, a rupture created in the outer bag can be detected, and the breakage of the inner bag can be obviated.

Abstract: A pallet according to one embodiment of the present invention conveys a workpiece mounted thereon, and the pallet is equipped with a retaining member that includes a bag member formed of an elastic material, and a particle member filled in the bag member at a portion where the workpiece is mounted, in the retaining member, the particle member is deformed into a desired shape by increasing a volume ratio of the particle member relative to an inner volume of the bag member and the particle member is stiffened while the desired shape of the particle member is retained, wherein in the retaining member, the mounted workpiece is pressed at the portion where the workpiece is mounted so as to deform the particle member into a shape corresponding to the workpiece, and the particle member is stiffened while the shape corresponding to the workpiece is retained.

Abstract: A grasping method is by a grasping apparatus that is provided with a grasping portion that has a plurality of pawl portions, and a plurality of contact portions that are provided on portions of the plurality of pawl portions, which contact a workpiece, and that are able to be hardened. The grasping method includes conforming the contact portions to an outer shape of a master workpiece that has an outer shape that is able to deform the contact portions to a shape for positioning the workpiece; hardening the contact portions in a state conformed to the outer shape of the master workpiece; positioning the workpiece; and grasping the positioned workpiece with the grasping portion by hardening the contact portions while keeping the contact portions in the shape conformed to the outer shape of the workpiece.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying apparatus configured that a rope member is extended between pulleys and a work is suspended on a rope member through a hook member. The object of the present invention is to provide the conveying apparatus making the rope member hard to come off the pulleys and including a bend part. The conveying apparatus for conveying the work along a predetermined conveying route includes a plurality of pulleys, a rope member, and a support member. The hook member is flexible, including a hold part which is a hole into which the rope member is inserted, held by the rope member by inserting the rope member into the hold part. The support member is joined to the hook member, and is suspended on the rope member by inserting the rope member into the hold part.

Abstract: A gripping device is equipped with an abutment member that is annexed on a region of a gripping portion that abuts on a work. The abutment member is equipped with an inner bag that is made of a material having elasticity, a particulate matter with which the inner bag is filled, and an outer bag that covers the inner bag. The particulate matter is hardened while being deformed into a shape matching a contour of the work by increasing a ratio of a volume of the particulate matter to an inner volume of the inner bag with the work gripped by the gripping portion. A reverse face of the outer bag and a surface of the inner bag have a light-emitting portion therebetween. Thus, a rupture created in the outer bag can be detected, and the breakage of the inner bag can be obviated.

Abstract: A grasping method by a grasping apparatus that is provided with a grasping portion that has a plurality of pawl portions, and a plurality of contact portions that are provided on portions of the plurality of pawl portions, which contact a workpiece, and that are able to be hardened, includes conforming the contact portions to an outer shape of a master workpiece that has an outer shape that is able to deform the contact portions to a shape for positioning the workpiece (STEP-02); hardening the contact portions in a state conformed to the outer shape of the master workpiece (STEP-03); positioning the workpiece by pushing the workpiece with the contact portions having the shape for positioning the workpiece (STEP-04); and grasping the positioned workpiece with the grasping portion by hardening the contact portions while keeping the contact portions in the shape conformed to the outer shape of the workpiece (STEP-06 and STEP-07).

Abstract: A gripping device comprises: a gripping unit for gripping a work; a controller for controlling the gripping operation of the gripping unit; and contact sections attached to the gripping unit contacting the work, the contact sections being adapted to deform following the shape of the work, and to maintain the deformation. The gripping operation of the gripping unit presses the contact sections against the work to cause the contact sections to follow the outside of the work, and grips the work with the shape of the contact sections maintained. After predetermined number of times of gripping operation, the controller changes the positions of the contact points of the contact sections with the work when the work is gripped. As a result, different works having different shapes can be stably gripped and the lifetime of the contact sections can be extended to be longer than that of conventional products.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a bag body that has a bag-shaped member made of an elastic and airtight material, and a granular substance filled inside of the bag-shaped member, includes a step of preparing a core for forming the bag-shaped member, by hardening the granular substance; a step of forming the bag-shaped member by forming a covering made of the elastic and airtight material around the core; and a step of breaking up the core that is inside of the bag-shaped member.

Abstract: The grasping apparatus includes a grasping portion for grasping a workpiece. This grasping portion has i) pawl portions having squeezing portions that squeeze the workpiece, and ii) contact portions, each of which has an inner bag made of elastic material, and a granular substance that is filled in the inner bag. The contact portions are attached to portions of the squeezing portions that contact the workpiece, and harden the granular substance while keeping it in an appropriate shape by increasing a volume ratio of the granular substance to an inner volume of the inner bags. Retaining portions that have concavo-convex shapes are formed on the attaching surfaces that are portions of the squeezing portions that the contact portions attach to.

Abstract: A gripping device comprises: a gripping unit for gripping a work; a controller for controlling the gripping operation of the gripping unit; and contact sections attached to the gripping unit contacting the work, the contact sections being adapted to deform following the shape of the work, and to maintain the deformation. The gripping operation of the gripping unit presses the contact sections against the work to cause the contact sections to follow the outside of the work, and grips the work with the shape of the contact sections maintained. After predetermined number of times of gripping operation, the controller changes the positions of the contact points of the contact sections with the work when the work is gripped. As a result, different works having different shapes can be stably gripped and the lifetime of the contact sections can be extended to be longer than that of conventional products.

Abstract: The grasping apparatus includes a grasping portion for grasping a workpiece. This grasping portion has i) pawl portions having squeezing portions that squeeze the workpiece, and ii) contact portions, each of which has an inner bag made of elastic material, and a granular substance that is filled in the inner bag. The contact portions are attached to portions of the squeezing portions that contact the workpiece, and harden the granular substance while keeping it in an appropriate shape by increasing a volume ratio of the granular substance to an inner volume of the inner bags. Retaining portions that have concavo-convex shapes are formed on the attaching surfaces that are portions of the squeezing portions that the contact portions attach to.

Abstract: A step count measuring system includes a pedometer and a step count managing apparatus which are able to communicate with each other. In the pedometer, a step count value sequentially detected for each unit of time is stored, and a time counted in the pedometer is stored as first time data by being brought into associated with each of the step count values. When a battery is replaced in the pedometer, a reset is executed to start initialization processing, and the time stored as first time data is stored as second time data which can be discriminated from the first time data. A recording time of each of the step count values being associated with the first time data before the initialization processing is set on the basis of the time counted by the step count managing apparatus, and a recording time of each of the step count values being associated with the second time data after the initialization processing is set on the basis of the second time data.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.