Abstract: Provided is a pressure detection device which includes a pressure detection unit and a flow passage unit. The pressure detection unit includes a pressure sensor including a diaphragm and a first connection portion joined to the diaphragm. The flow passage unit includes a diaphragm and a second connection portion joined to the diaphragm. One of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is formed of a magnet, and the other of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is formed of a magnet or a magnetic body. In a state where the flow passage unit is mounted on the pressure detection unit, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are disposed in a state where the first connection portion and the second connection portion are attracted to each other by a magnetic force.

Abstract: A matching apparatus includes: a sensor-side metadata acquisition unit that acquires sensor-side metadata; an application-side metadata acquisition unit that acquires application-side metadata; a matching unit that performs matching between the sensor-side metadata and the application-side metadata in which a first related term that is related to a term in the acquired sensor-side metadata and a second related term that is related to a term in the acquired application-side metadata are in common with each other, and extracts a sensor candidate; and a dataflow control command instruction unit that transmits a dataflow control command that includes information that specifies the sensor extracted by the matching unit and an application.

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: The purpose of the present invention is to accurately detect, from a remote location without contact, a structure's defects such as cracking, separation, and internal cavities by distinguishing therebetween.

Abstract: A management device includes a surplus power calculator configured to compute a measurement value or an estimated value for a surplus power which is power output from the power generator excluding the power consumption of the electrical appliance; and a scheduler configured to create an operation schedule for a designated appliance scheduled to operate during a period different from a surplus power period when the surplus power is available so that the designated appliance uses the surplus power during the surplus power period to operate; the scheduler also configured to shift the operation period of the designated appliance when a potential usable power is greater than an increment in the power consumption resulting due to shifting the operation period of the designated appliance, where the potential usable power is the surplus power with a potential feed-in power excluded therefrom.

Abstract: A power storage management system, a power storage apparatus, a power storage management method are provided. The power storage management system includes a receiver part, a sender identifying part, a memory part and a deterioration degree estimating part. The sender identifying part identifies an external apparatus that transmitted a control signal received by the receiver part. The memory part stores apparatus information related to the external apparatus identified by the sender identifying part and power storage status information related to the status change of the power storage apparatus caused by charging or discharging performed according to the control signal transmitted from the external apparatus. The deterioration degree estimating part estimates the deterioration degree of the power storage apparatus to which a charge/discharge control is performed according to the control signal transmitted from the sender apparatus based on the apparatus information and the power storage status information.

Abstract: A method for fractionating whey proteins, including: preparing a solution including a first whey protein and a second whey protein and separating the first whey protein and the second whey protein with a membrane; wherein the first whey protein forms a complex with at least one of carbonate ion, hydrogen carbonate ion, a light metal ion, and a transition metal ion; and the second whey protein satisfies at least one of the following (1) and (2): (1) the second whey protein forms no complex with any of the carbonate ion and the hydrogen carbonate ion; (2) the second whey protein forms no complex with any of the light metal ions and the transition metal ions.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure detection device including: a pressure sensor including a pressure detection surface for detecting a pressure of a fluid; and a flow channel unit having a flow channel formed therein to guide the fluid to the pressure detection surface. The flow channel unit includes a flow channel body having the flow channel 21a formed therein, and an earth ring disposed in contact with the pressure sensor. The earth ring is formed of a conductive fluororesin material including a fluororesin material and a conductive material in which the fluororesin material is dispersed, and is maintained at a ground potential.

Abstract: A coordinator (10) includes an accepting unit (11), a required resource information calculation unit (13a), an insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b), a combination determination unit (14), and a communication unit (18). The required resource information calculation unit (13a) calculates information regarding resources required to satisfy a request accepted by the accepting unit (11). The insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b) compares the required resources calculated by the required resource information calculation unit (13a) with resources included in each of a plurality of sensor nodes (30, 40, 50), and calculates information regarding an insufficient resource that each sensor node lacks. The combination determination unit (14) determines a combination of resources required to satisfy the request, based on the information regarding the insufficient resource calculated by the insufficient resource information calculation unit (13b).

Abstract: There is provided a non-contact voltage measurement device which can precisely measure a measurement target voltage by suppressing a flow of a leakage current via a parasitic capacitance produced between an electric field shield and an electric circuit. A drive voltage applying unit applies a voltage generated from an output voltage of a low impedance unit of the electric circuit and equal to an input voltage of a high impedance unit, to a first electric field shield coated on the high impedance unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a blood pressure device, etc., that is capable of highly accurate of blood pressure. The blood pressure device (101) has a blood pressure unit (102) that: finds a specific blood pressure related to pulse wave information (2002), by browsing blood pressure information (2001) associating the pulse wave information and blood pressure related to pulse wave signals caused by blood pressure during a specific period and measured, the pulse wave information associating blood pressure during the specific period and the pulse wave signals; and estimates the blood pressure relating to the pulse wave information (2002) on the basis of the found specific blood pressure.

Abstract: For detecting a crack formed on a structure surface without erroneously, an information processing device that detects a crack on a structure, includes a change detection unit that detects a change in positions of at least two measurement points on the structure; and a crack detection unit that detects a crack based on the change in the positions of the measurement points detected by the change detection unit.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to accurately detect structures from a remote location without contact while distinguishing between defects such as cracking, separation, and internal cavities.

Abstract: Provided is a non-contact voltage measuring device capable of measuring, with given accuracy, measurement target voltages applied to various conducting wires having respective different shapes. An inner electrode which is deformable depending on a shape of a wire “w” is electrically connected, via a connecting section, to an outer electrode fixed to an electric field shield.

Abstract: There is provided a tube pump including: a first roller unit and a second roller unit that rotate around an axis while being in contact with a tube; a drive shaft coupled to the first roller unit; a drive cylinder arranged on an outer peripheral side of the drive shaft and coupled to the second roller unit; a first drive unit that rotates a first drive shaft around a first axis; a second drive unit that rotates a second drive shaft around a second axis; and a transmission mechanism that transmits a drive force of the second drive shaft to an outer peripheral surface of the drive cylinder, in which the first drive unit and the second drive unit are arranged so that a first arrangement position of the first drive unit and a second arrangement position of the second drive unit in a first axis direction overlap with each other.

Abstract: A power supply and demand prediction system that predicts the power supply and demand of a group including multiple utility customers is provided and includes a communication unit, a demand prediction unit, a power generation prediction unit, and a stored power prediction unit. The communication unit acquires the amount of power stored in each of multiple power storage devices belonging to the group. The demand prediction unit predicts the amount of demand for power for each utility customer. The power generation prediction unit predicts the amount of power generated by each of multiple solar panels belonging to the group. The stored power prediction unit predicts the amount of power stored in each battery on the basis of the amount of stored power acquired for each power storage device, the amount of demand predicted for each utility customer, and the amount of generated power predicted for each solar panel.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure detection device which includes a pressure detection unit and a flow passage unit. The pressure detection unit includes a pressure sensor including a diaphragm and a first connection portion joined to the diaphragm. The flow passage unit includes a diaphragm and a second connection portion joined to the diaphragm. One of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is formed of a magnet, and the other of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is formed of a magnet or a magnetic body. In a state where the flow passage unit is mounted on the pressure detection unit, the first connection portion and the second connection portion are disposed in a state where the first connection portion and the second connection portion are attracted to each other by a magnetic force.

Abstract: This power transmission route state detection device (10) is provided with a power transmission route determination unit (13), a first power amount acquisition unit (11), a second power amount acquisition unit (12) and a state estimation unit (14). The power transmission route determination unit (13) determines a power transmission route for interchanging power between utility customers connected to a node (52) of a mesh-type power network (51). The first power amount acquisition unit (11) acquires the amount of power transmitted by an interchange-source utility customer (G20). The second power amount acquisition unit (12) acquires the amount of power transmitted to an interchange-destination utility customer (G30) from the interchange-source utility customer (G20). The state estimation unit (14) estimates the state of the determined power transmission route on the basis of amount of power acquired by the first power amount acquisition unit (11) and the second power amount acquisition unit (12).

Abstract: This power trading matching system is provided with a required power amount information acquisition part, a customer information acquisition part, a surplus power estimation part, and a matching part. The surplus power estimation part estimates the suppliable amount of surplus power based on the generated power amount, the accumulated power amount, and the consumed power amount during a prescribed time period of a customer B acquired by the customer information acquisition part. The matching part detects combinations of customers having matching conditions by comparing the information about the surplus power amount suppliable from the customer B, estimated by the surplus power estimation part, and the required power amount information of a customer A acquired by the required power amount information acquisition part.

Abstract: This power sale timing optimum control system is provided with a communication unit, a demand prediction unit, a supply prediction unit, and a timing determination unit. The communication unit acquires the amount of power stored in each of multiple power storage devices. The demand prediction unit predicts a total amount of demand on power in a utility customer group. On the basis of the acquired amount of stored power, the supply prediction unit predicts the total amount of suppliable power that can be supplied in the utility customer group. The timing determination unit determines a power sale timing on the basis of the predicted total amount of demand and the predicted total amount of suppliable power.