Abstract: An embodiment is a device including a substrate, the substrate being flexible. The device further comprises an electrode configured to be in contact with a living body, a circuit connected to the electrode via an electric wiring, a wireless transceiver connected to the circuit and configured to transmit and receive signals, a power supply configured to supply electric power to the circuit and the wireless transceiver, and a battery connected to the power supply, where the electrode, the circuit, the wireless transceiver, the power supply and the battery are mounted on the substrate, and the substrate is configured to be deformed to make the wireless transceiver arranged away from the living body when attached to the living body.

Abstract: A biological signal acquisition device includes: an electrode and an electrode configured to be in contact with a human body and configured to acquire a biological signal emitted by the human body when the electrodes are in contact with the human body; and an elastic body configured to press the electrode against the human body when the electrode is in contact with the human body. The biological signal acquisition device further includes an elastic body that presses the electrode against the human body when the electrode is in contact with the living body. The biological signal acquisition device further includes a circuit board 16 that acquires a biological signal using the electrode and the electrode.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a sensor device including an amplifier configured to amplify a biopotential detected by an electrode, a transmitter configured to modulate a carrier wave according to the biopotential and transmit the modulated signal wirelessly to the other sensor device, a receiver configured to demodulate the modulated signal transmitted from the other sensor device and extract information on the biopotential, a reference potential generator configured to generate a reference potential of the amplifier, and a correction circuit configured to correct an oscillation frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator used for demodulation by the receiver.

Abstract: An embodiment is a biosignal measurement system including two electrode devices and a biosignal generation device. Each electrode device has an electrode for measuring a biopotential in a target human body, an amplifier circuit for amplifying the measured biopotential, a frequency modulation (FM) transmitter for converting an output signal from the amplifier circuit into an FM signal, an FM receiver for receiving an FM signal from the other electrode device and converting it into a voltage signal, an adjustment circuit for adjusting the voltage signal from the FM receiver and providing it as an input to the amplifier circuit, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting biopotential information. The biosignal generation device receives the biopotential information from both electrode devices and generates a biosignal waveform based on the received biopotential information.

Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet is disclosed. The galvanized steel sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the steel sheet of 0.5 ?m to 2.5 ?m, and has concave and convex portions on the surface thereof, in which there are flattened portions in the convex portions, in which the number of valleys between the convex portions having a valley width of 0.1 mm or more and a maximum depth of 2.0 ?m or more is 50 or more and less than 100 per 25 mm on a straight line, and in which, in the flattened portions in the convex portions, the number of concave and convex portions having a height difference of 0.3 ?m or more is less than 20 per 2.5 mm on a straight line.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus having a first contact unit and a second contact unit. A first communication unit performs first communication via the first contact unit. A second communication unit performs second communication via the first contact unit. A detection unit detects a voltage of the second contact unit after a respective accessory among a plurality of accessories has been connected. A control unit performs control to start the second communication in a case where the detected voltage of the second contact unit satisfies a first condition. The predetermined adapter is configured to, when connected to the apparatus, provide the second contact unit with a voltage that satisfies the first condition.

Abstract: An embodiment is a biosignal measurement system including a plurality of electrode devices, each including an electrode, an amplifier configured to amplify a biopotential measured via the electrode, a quantization circuit configured to convert the biopotential amplified by the amplifier into digital data to generate biopotential information, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the biopotential information. The biosignal measurement system further including a biosignal generation device including a wireless receiver configured to receive the biopotential information transmitted from plurality of electrode devices, and an arithmetic circuit configured to generate a biosignal waveform using the biopotential information obtained in at least two of the plurality of electrode devices.

Abstract: An embodiment is a biosignal measurement system including two electrode devices, a biosignal generation device, and a right-leg drive device. Each electrode device has a first electrode, a non-inverting amplification circuit, a quantization circuit, a first wireless transmitter, an FM transmitter, an FM receiver, an adjustment circuit, and a power supply. The biosignal generation device has a first wireless receiver, an arithmetic circuit, a midpoint potential calculation circuit, and a second wireless transmitter. The right-leg drive device has a second wireless receiver, an amplifier circuit, and a second electrode. The electrode devices measure and process biopotentials, transmitting information wirelessly and via FM signals. The biosignal generation device receives this information, generates waveforms, calculates midpoint potentials, and transmits them to the right-leg drive device, which applies the amplified potential to the body.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including: a photoelectric conversion unit; two or more charge holding units; a transfer unit for transferring the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the charge holding units; a charge discharge unit for discharging the electric charge in the photoelectric conversion unit; and a read unit for reading a signal, and further includes a control unit for performing batch drive control of simultaneously driving at least one of the transfer units and the charge discharge units for the plurality of pixels, and performing the photoelectric conversion during two or more different exposure periods in one frame period and controlling one of times for reading signals in accordance with electric charges accumulated in each exposure period not to overlap the timing for the batch drive control.

Abstract: Image capturing apparatuses, adapters, systems, methods, and storage mediums are provided. At least one image capturing apparatus has a first contact unit, a second contact unit, a first communication unit that performs a first communication via the first contact unit, and a second communication unit that performs a second communication via the second contact unit. At least one image capturing apparatus also has a third communication unit that performs a third communication via a predetermined contact unit that is the first contact unit or the second contact unit of the image capturing apparatus. A control unit of at least one image capturing apparatus performs control to recognize a mounted adapter via the first communication or the second communication, transmit an instruction to the adapter after recognizing the adapter, and start the third communication after transmitting the instruction.

Abstract: A node apparatus configured to be connected with a sensor includes a communication portion and a control portion. The communication portion is configured to communicate with a gateway apparatus. The control portion is configured to execute a first task in which the control portion transmits data obtained from the sensor, to the gateway apparatus by using the communication portion, and a second task in which the control portion transmits information on synchronization with the gateway apparatus, to the gateway apparatus by using the communication portion at a timing different from a timing at which the control portion executes the first task.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a plurality of node devices and a gateway device configured to communicate with the plurality of node devices. Each of the plurality of node devices is connected to a sensor configured to measure a state of a facility, and is configured to execute a measurement task. Each of the plurality of node devices is configured to add node identification information used to identify the node device and task identification information used to identify the measurement task executed by the node device, to measurement data acquired in the measurement task, and send the measurement data to the gateway device.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, an image signal of a plurality of polarized lights is input, for each set of image signals corresponding to the polarized lights, a maximum value of polarization intensities of polarization components of the image signals and a polarization angle at which the maximum value of the polarization intensities is obtained are found, and a target area to which polarization reduction is to be applied is found based on the image signal and a statistical area is set in the target area. Representative intensity and angle which are modes of the polarization intensities and angles of the sets included in the statistical area are found, and first correction processing for correcting each image signal of the sets included in the target area is performed using the representative intensity and angle according to the polarization angle of the each image signal.

Abstract: A solid bath agent comprises a main body part which is water-soluble and configured to transition from a first form which is prior to dissolution, to a second form after dissolution; and a secondary body part, at least a portion of which is contained in the main body part in the first form, and which is not contained within the main body part in the second form, wherein the secondary body part includes a first secondary body part and a second secondary body part, and in the second form, the first secondary body part is configured to sink in a liquid, and the second secondary body part is configured to float in the liquid.

Abstract: A galvanized steel sheet is disclosed. The galvanized steel sheet has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the steel sheet of 0.5 ?m to 2.5 ?m, and has concave and convex portions on the surface thereof, in which there are flattened portions in the convex portions, in which the number of valleys between the convex portions having a valley width of 0.1 mm or more and a maximum depth of 2.0 ?m or more is 50 or more and less than 100 per 25 mm on a straight line, and in which, in the flattened portions in the convex portions, the number of concave and convex portions having a height difference of 0.3 ?m or more is less than 20 per 2.5 mm on a straight line.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories containing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as a specification unit configured to, based on a parameter of an image capturing unit, specify a region captured by the image capturing unit in a display screen in which display panels are arrayed, and a correction unit configured to, based on a direction from a pixel in the region to the image capturing unit, obtain a correction amount of a luminance value of the pixel, and based on information for correcting an individual difference regarding a luminance of a display panel, correct the correction amount.

Abstract: An embodiment is a device including a substrate, the substrate being flexible. The device further comprises an electrode configured to be in contact with a living body, a circuit connected to the electrode via an electric wiring, a wireless transceiver connected to the circuit and configured to transmit and receive signals, a power supply configured to supply electric power to the circuit and the wireless transceiver, and a battery connected to the power supply, where the electrode, the circuit, the wireless transceiver, the power supply and the battery are mounted on the substrate, and the substrate is configured to be deformed to make the wireless transceiver arranged away from the living body when attached to the living body.

Abstract: An embodiment communication connection determination method is a communication connection determination method between a sensor terminal and a sensor accommodating terminal, the method including a step of receiving first data and storing a first time stamp, a step of determining the reception number of pieces of the first data, a step of calculating a mean deviation reference value using a first time stamp interval obtained from the first time stamp, a step of receiving second data and storing a second time stamp, a step of determining the reception number of pieces of the second data, a step of calculating a mean deviation evaluation value using a second time stamp interval obtained from the second time stamp, and a step of testing whether there is a significant difference between the mean deviation reference value and the mean deviation evaluation value.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit for generating charge by photoelectric conversion, first to fourth charge holding portions configured to be transferred charge from the photoelectric conversion unit, and an output unit for outputting a signal corresponding to charge transferred from one of the first to fourth charge holding portions, and a control circuit for controlling the plurality of pixels. The control circuit performs, during one frame, transferring charge in the photoelectric conversion unit to the first or second charge holding portion a plural times for each of the first and second charge holding portions in each of the pixels at the same time, and performs, during the one frame, reading out from each pixel a signal corresponding to charge in the third charge holding portion and a signal corresponding to charge in the fourth charge holding portion.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, an image signal of a plurality of polarized lights is input, for each set of image signals corresponding to the polarized lights, a maximum value of polarization intensities of polarization components of the image signals and a polarization angle at which the maximum value of the polarization intensities is obtained are found, and a target area to which polarization reduction is to be applied is found based on the image signal and a statistical area is set in the target area. Representative intensity and angle which are modes of the polarization intensities and angles of the sets included in the statistical area are found, and first correction processing for correcting each image signal of the sets included in the target area is performed using the representative intensity and angle according to the polarization angle of the each image signal.