Abstract: A CPAP device includes a main unit including a first electric circuit including a blower and a connection terminal connected to the first electric circuit, and a base unit connectable to the main unit, including a blower tube, a second electric circuit different from the first electric circuit, and a connection terminal connected to the second electric circuit. The main unit has a first electrical connection portion including an exposed portion of the connection terminal and a first peripheral portion surrounding the first electrical connection portion. The base unit has a second electrical connection portion including an exposed portion of the connection terminal and a second peripheral portion surrounding the second electrical connection portion.

Abstract: A positioning system includes a plurality of beacon modules and a communication device. Further, the communication device includes a calculation unit calculating action state data that are used for determining an action state of a user who carries the communication device; a searching unit selectively searching for one of the beacon modules in accordance with the action state of the user, the action state being determined based on the action state data calculated by the calculation unit, and a derivation unit deriving positional information of the user based on a response signal transmitted from the one of the beacon modules having been searched for by the searching unit.

Abstract: An inertial device for, by using azimuth data indicating a direction of travel calculated based on an acceleration of a moving user, calculating coordinate data indicating a position of the user, includes an azimuth drift calculation unit configured to determine whether a moving direction, which is specified based on the coordinate data calculated while the user makes a predetermined amount of movement, of the predetermined amount of movement of the user satisfies a condition defined in direction adjusting condition information with respect to a predetermined reference direction, and an adjusting unit configured to, in response to the determination by the azimuth drift calculation unit that the predetermined condition is satisfied, adjust the acceleration, which is newly obtained to calculate new coordinate data, based on a difference between the direction of travel indicated by the azimuth data which have already been calculated and the reference direction.

Abstract: An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a posture change determining unit that determines, based on an output value of an inertial sensor, whether a posture state of a moving object has changed; a reference orientation generating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from a first posture state into a second posture state, generates a reference orientation corresponding to an orientation of the moving object at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor; and an orientation error calculating unit that, when it is determined that the posture state of the moving object has changed from the second posture state into the first posture state, calculates an error of an orientation of the moving object according to the reference orientation, and an orientation at that time calculated from the output value of the inertial sensor.

Abstract: A direction estimating device estimates a user direction indicating a direction of a body of a user. The direction estimating device includes: a storage unit that stores direction information indicating a direction determined in advance as the user direction of when the user operates an input device with a particular attitude; a detecting unit that detects that the user is in the particular attitude; and an estimating unit that estimates the user direction based on the direction information when the user has been detected to be in the particular attitude.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an estimating unit, a judging unit, and a determining unit. The storage unit stores therein information of a walking state and a first location representing a location where the walking state occurs in an associated manner. The estimating unit estimates the walking state on the basis of measurement information measured in response to person's walking. When the walking state has been estimated, the judging unit judges whether or not the first location associated with the estimated walking state exists near a second location representing a location calculated by autonomous navigation based on the measurement information. When it has been judged that the first location exists near the second location, the determining unit determines the first location to be person's current location.

Abstract: The present invention is concerning an information processing apparatus includes a record-information storage unit, a determining unit, a measuring unit, and an identifying unit. The record-information storage unit stores therein an already-identified person's motion together with time. The determining unit determines possible motions that a person can make from the already-identified person's motion. The measuring unit measures measurement information according to a person's motion. The identifying unit performs a pattern detecting process for detecting a pattern similar to the measurement information measured by the measuring unit in patterns corresponding to the possible motions determined by the determining unit out of predetermined patterns of measurement information for person's motions, and identifies a motion corresponding to the detected pattern as a motion that the person made.

Abstract: An arbitration device comprises a determining unit that determines priority of each of a plurality of electrical devices according to at least either a position or an action status of a person present in a target area for control; and a calculating unit that calculates electrical power to be allotted to each of the electrical devices in such a way that a total of electrical power allotted to a plurality of the electrical devices is within a limit value and the electrical devices having the priority at high levels are allotted with electrical power on a priority basis.

Abstract: A model format storing unit stores a model format representing a cyclic process of brand knowledge creation. Arrangement of dynamic evaluation parameters obtained by factor analysis of several indices for brand-creation process evaluation is set in the model format. A target brand parameter acquiring unit acquires dynamic evaluation parameters for a target brand. A model creating unit arranges the dynamic evaluation parameters for the target brand in accordance with the setting of the model format. In this way, a model of the target brand is created and outputted. The dynamic evaluation parameters are six parameters of contact, cognition, interaction, coherence, characterization, and alignment. With this model, circulation of brand knowledge creation is represented with appropriate parameters.

Abstract: A novel electro-mechanical switch device is disclosed which is suitable for use in a factory production line to detect and control the flow of workpieces or articles of manufacture along the line. The switch device includes a pair of switches (101, 102) operative in response to the workpieces passing thereby along the production line, a switch circuit (13) electrically connected to the switches (101, 102), and a moisture detector (15). The pair of switches are so designed that the operation of one switch is delayed with respect to the other. The switch circuit (13) functions in response to the operation of the switches and the moisture detector (15) to provide a warning signal when one of the switches fails to operate within a predetermined delay time with respect to the other switch, as well as when the moisture detector senses a presence of moisture.

Abstract: A limit switch having a fixed casing, an actuating part moveably support by the casing, and a pair of contact sets which are adapted to be activated by the movement of the actuating part, one for producing a normal switch output and the other for producing a stroke signal which serves as data for evaluating the appropriateness of the stroke of the actuating part. The other contact set may produce a signal when the actuating part has moved a certain distance more than the minimum stroke for activating the first contact set. Thus, the output from the second contact set ensures a certain stroke margin of the actuating part. Further, the second contact set may produce another stroke signal when the actuating part has been displaced close to the maximum permissible stroke of the actuating part so that an excessive stroke of the actuating part may be detected. The contact set may be purely mechanical or may also be a combination of a mechanical switch and a photoelectric switch.

Abstract: There are provided a first switch which is switched to the on state or the off state in association with a displacement of an actuator which causes a displacement by a contact with an object and a second switch which is switched to the on state or off state later than the first switch in association with the displacement of the actuator. A switch output is produced and an abnormality is detected in accordance with the on and off states of these switches.

Abstract: A switch comprising a cylindrical housing, an actuator mechanism disposed at one end of the housing for contacting an object to be sensed by the switch, a plunger slidably housed within the housing for receiving a displacement by the actuator mechanism, and a switching mechanism associated with the plunger for switching a circuit in accordance with the actuation by the plunger. The actuator mechanism includes a conical supporting member tiltably engaged with a flange member formed in the aforesaid one end of the housing.

Abstract: This process carries out degradation of textile comprising polyester fiber and/or acetate fiber in the apparatus having an automatic titration device and a microcomputer, and the degradation is carried out in the substantially closed state in the apparatus, and the course of the degradation is monitored based on the decrease in the concentration of alkaline solution in the apparatus. According to the invention, the rate of degradation can be easily and accurately controlled.