Abstract: A biometric data acquisition device for acquiring data of a living body by irradiating the living body with light includes: a light source unit that emits light to the living body; a plurality of light receiving elements that receive transmitted light or reflected light, which is transmitted through the living body or reflects from the living body, respectively, by irradiating the living body with the light from the light source unit; an openable and closable gate provided for each of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an opening and closing control unit that controls opening and closing of the gate so as to make uniform intensities of light received by the plurality of light receiving elements.

Abstract: An ink cartridge filled with an ink added with an infrared absorption material with a function of absorbing an infrared ray to distinguish the ink from another ink of a same color, the ink cartridge used in a loaded state where the ink cartridge is loaded into a printing apparatus for performing printing, the ink cartridge includes an ink supplying system including a storage portion for storing the ink, an outlet for supplying the ink to the printing apparatus in the loaded state, and a flow path for guiding the ink from the storage portion to the outlet, a light emitter, a sensor including a light receiver disposed in opposition to the light emitter with the ink supplying system intervened therebetween, the light receiver for receiving transmitted light resulting from transmission of emitted light from the light emitter through the ink supplying system, and an ink cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to the sensor, coming in contact with an apparatus-side terminal provided to the printing apparatus

Abstract: An apparatus for quantifying concentration includes a temporal path-length distribution (TPD) storage unit configured to store a TPD model of a short-time-pulse of light, a time-resolved waveform storage unit configured to store a time-resolved waveform model of the short-time-pulse of light, a light irradiating unit configured to irradiate the short-time-pulse of light, a light receiving unit configured to receive a backscattered light, a measured light intensity acquisition unit configured to acquire a light intensity of the backscattered light, a TPD acquisition unit configured to acquire a TPD, a model light intensity acquisition unit configured to acquire the light intensity of the short-time-pulse of light, a light absorption coefficient calculating unit configured to calculate a light absorption coefficient, and a concentration calculating unit configured to calculate the concentration of a target component.

Abstract: A biological information acquiring apparatus includes light source units configured to irradiate light onto a living body, a light receiving unit including a light receiving element, the light receiving element including pixels, each of the pixels receiving at least one of a transmission light and a reflection light, and a nonuniform filter disposed on the light receiving unit and on a light path of at least one of the transmission light and the reflection light, the nonuniform filter having a light transmittance that varies with area of the nonuniform filter. The light source units are disposed around the light receiving unit discretely, and the light transmittance of the nonuniform filter is set so that a light intensity of at least one of the transmission light and the reflection light is uniform over an entire surface of the light receiving element.

Abstract: An ink cartridge that is filled with ink and, used with the ink cartridge loaded into a printer includes a reservoir that reserves the ink, an outlet through which the ink is supplied to the printer with the ink cartridge loaded, at least one ink supply system that includes a channel that leads the ink from the reservoir to the outlet, and a sensor that detects whether the channel is filled with the ink or gas, an ink cartridge terminal that is electrically coupled to the sensor and makes contact with a printer terminal disposed on the printer upon loading of the ink cartridge. A detection region of the channel where detection is carried out by the sensor is previously filled with gas with the ink cartridge yet to be used. Whether or not the use of the ink cartridge is proper is determined based on information from the sensor.

Abstract: A disk array apparatus includes: a plurality of storage units for storing data redundantly, the data of the at least one of the storage units being recoverable by the rest of the storage units; and a controller for controlling the storage units to have write data written into redundantly in response to a write command from the exterior, and controlling at least one of the storage units to assume an inactive state under a power saving mode and controlling the rest of the storage units to produce read out data in response to a read command from the exterior during the power saving mode.

Abstract: A blood water content detection device includes a pulse wave detection section which noninvasively detects a peripheral pulse wave, and an index extraction section which extracts an index which changes depending on a blood water content from the detected pulse wave. The blood water content detection device may include a low-cut section which removes a low frequency component which becomes noise from the pulse wave detected by the pulse wave detection section. The blood water content detection device may further include first and second differentiation sections. The index extraction section extracts a pulse height ratio (b/a) or (d/a) of a second differential waveform as the index, for example.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is related to a method for determining a right intensity for fitness level or exercise stress that includes a first step of inspection a first change of amplitudes of a first heart sound with regard to a second change of intensities of exercise stress, a second step of inspection of a third change of ratios of a first length of a cardiac dilation period relative to a second length of one cardiac cycle with regard to the second change, a third step of identification of a folding point of the first change, and a fourth step of determination of an intensity of the intensities at the folding point as the right intensity of exercise stress if a ratio of the ratios at the intensity is higher than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A pulse waveform of a living body is detected and is analyzed using peak point data or timing data to perform a diagnosis of a condition of the body.

Abstract: A biological information measuring apparatus measures information of a living body by irradiating the living body with light. The apparatus includes: a first light source irradiating the living body with light; a second light source irradiating the living body with light; and a light receiving section constituted by a plurality of light receiving elements that receives reflected light reflected by the living body or transmitting light transmitting through the living body, during light irradiation of the living body. In the biological information measuring apparatus, the first light source and the second light source are disposed so that a first distance between the light receiving section and the first light source is different from a second distance between the light receiving section and the second light source.

Abstract: A biometric authentication system includes: an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of a living body; a light source with a predetermined wavelength band; an authentication information storage unit for, if light is emitted by the light source, setting a predetermined distance for a first distance to a first image acquired by the image acquisition unit in a depth direction so that quality of the first image is improved, extracting a first feature to be used to perform biometric authentication from the first image whose quality has been improved, and storing authentication information regarding the first feature; a feature extraction unit for, if light is emitted by the light source when performing authentication, setting the predetermined distance for a second distance to a second image acquired by the image acquisition unit in the depth direction so that quality of the second image is improved, and extracting a second feature for biometric authentication from the second image whose quality has been i

Abstract: The present invention constructs a flexible power supply backup system corresponding to electronic devices (apparatuses) at low cost, and realizes reliable operation of the apparatuses. There is provided a power controller 1 that controls power of an apparatus 100 provided with a backup power supply for power supply, which includes a power failure state determination unit 21 that determines the power failure state of the power supply, a power supply installation state determination unit 22 that determines the installation state of the backup power supplies 3, 7, etc. installed in the apparatus 100, and a power control unit 23 that, in case the power failure state is determined by the power failure state determination unit 21, controls power using the backup power supply based on determination result by the power failure state determination unit 21 and determination result by the power supply installation state determination unit 22.

Abstract: An ink cartridge filled with an ink added with an infrared absorption material with a function of absorbing an infrared ray to distinguish the ink from another ink of a same color, the ink cartridge used in a loaded state where the ink cartridge is loaded into a printing apparatus for performing printing, the ink cartridge includes an ink supplying system including a storage portion for storing the ink, an outlet for supplying the ink to the printing apparatus in the loaded state, and a flow path for guiding the ink from the storage portion to the outlet, a light emitter, a sensor including a light receiver disposed in opposition to the light emitter with the ink supplying system intervened therebetween, the light receiver for receiving transmitted light resulting from transmission of emitted light from the light emitter through the ink supplying system, and an ink cartridge-side terminal electrically connected to the sensor, coming in contact with an apparatus-side terminal provided to the printing apparatus

Abstract: A personal verification device includes a fingerprint sensor which detects a fingerprint of an operator, and a pulse wave sensor which detects a pulse wave of the operator. An index extraction section processes the pulse wave detected by the pulse wave sensor and extracts at least one index. First reference information which is compared with a fingerprint is stored in a first reference information storage section. Second reference information which is compared with the at least one index is stored in a second reference information storage section. A verification section outputs a signal indicating that the operator is true when it is determined that the operator is a registered person based on the result of comparison between the fingerprint and the first reference information, and it is determined that the operator is alive based on the result of comparison between the at least one index and the second reference information.

Abstract: A biological information acquisition device that acquires information from a biological body by irradiating the biological body with light, the device comprises: a light source irradiating the biological body with light; a plurality of light receiving elements receiving one of passed light and reflected light from the biological body irradiated with light by the light source; and an inhomogeneous neutral density filter disposed on the plurality of light receiving elements and in a light path of one of passed light and reflected light. An optical transmittance of the inhomogeneous neutral density filter is set so that intensity of each light component received by light receiving elements is evened out as a whole.

Abstract: An ink cartridge that is filled with ink and, used with the ink cartridge loaded into a printer includes a reservoir that reserves the ink, an outlet through which the ink is supplied to the printer with the ink cartridge loaded, at least one ink supply system that includes a channel that leads the ink from the reservoir to the outlet, and a sensor that detects whether the channel is filled with the ink or gas, an ink cartridge terminal that is electrically coupled to the sensor and makes contact with a printer terminal disposed on the printer upon loading of the ink cartridge. A detection region of the channel where detection is carried out by the sensor is previously filled with gas with the ink cartridge yet to be used. Whether or not the use of the ink cartridge is proper is determined based on information from the sensor.

Abstract: A biometric data acquisition device for acquiring data of a living body by irradiating the living body with light includes: a light source unit that emits light to the living body; a plurality of light receiving elements that receive transmitted light or reflected light, which is transmitted through the living body or reflects from the living body, respectively, by irradiating the living body with the light from the light source unit; an openable and closable gate provided for each of the plurality of light receiving elements; and an opening and closing control unit that controls opening and closing of the gate so as to make uniform intensities of light received by the plurality of light receiving elements.

Abstract: An optical sensor for identifying a subject includes a light absorption member with light absorption characteristics adjusted independently from the subject so that the optical sensor identifies the subject by optically identifying the light absorption member, a light emitting device for radiating reference light having a peak wavelength in an absorption wavelength region of the light absorption member to the subject, a light receiving device for receiving the reference light transmitted through the subject, and an integrated circuit board provided with the light emitting device and the light receiving device on a substrate face.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a plurality of modules that are provided for each information processing feature, a plurality of switches that are provided respectively for the modules so as to turn on and off the power supply to the respective modules connected to them, a power supply metering section that meters the power supply to the modules, a memory section that stores a normal range of power supply in advance and a control section that controls the switches so as to turn off the power supply to a specific module when the outcome of the metering by the power supply metering section is out of the normal range of power supply as stored in the memory section.

Abstract: A pulse wave analyzing apparatus that detects a pulse wave from a living body and computes a waveform distortion factor and determines a waveform shape for performing a diagnosis of a condition of the living body.