Abstract: An apparatus and method capable of accurately estimating a participant's muscle state are provided. In order to solve this problem, a muscle state estimation device 1 for estimating the state of a participant's muscles is provided. The muscle state estimation device 1 comprises a circumference sensor 2 that measures the circumference of the muscle, a myopotential sensor 3 that measures the electric potential generated by the activity of the muscle and a muscle state estimation unit 4 that calculates the muscle state such that an evaluation function, of which variables are the deviation of the circumference measured by the circumference sensor 2 from the circumference model that defines the relationship between the muscle state and the circumference and the deviation of the electric potential measured by the myopotential sensor 3 from the muscle tension model that defines the relationship between the muscle state and the electric potential, is minimized.

Abstract: A virtual space sharing system 1 for causing a first moving body 10 and a second moving body 12 is disclosed. The virtual space sharing system includes: a virtual space display unit 20, 22; a delay time measurement unit 30 that measures a communication delay time between the first moving body 10 and the second moving body 12; a motion prediction unit 40 and the second moving body 12; and a display control unit 50 that displays, on the virtual space display unit 20, 22, a motion of the first moving body 10 predicted by the motion prediction unit 40 to be occurring at a point of time into the future by the communication delay time and a motion of the second moving body 12 predicted by the motion prediction unit 40 to be occurring at a point of time into the future by the communication delay time.

Abstract: A foot shape information distributing system for distributing foot shape information including cross section data generated based on anatomical feature points of a foot. Eleven defined cross sections (A to K) are determined and stored. Server machine distributes foot shape information including the same cross section data and the same feature points as user terminal stores. Based upon the cross sections, shoes are selected or manufactured for a customer.

Abstract: There is provided a product shape designing device capable of designing a product appropriate for an individual human body shape by considering the designing restrictions of the product and the restrictions when matching the product to a human body. The product shape designing device includes: a measurement unit (101) for measuring a human body shape A, a human body shape B, and a product shape C; a pre-processing unit (102) for performing data conversion for expressing the human body shape A and the human body shape B with the same number of pieces and the same geographical structure coordinates; and a calculation unit (103).

Abstract: The present invention is to propose a method and device which evaluate the shape and the size of each part of a human body in a multidimensional manner, generate a distribution map thereof, and compute and realize a virtual shape located in the periphery of the distribution map, whereby the shape and the size of a product such as clothing can be modified and designed. The virtual shape forming unit computes a space distortion function which mutually distorts three-dimensional shape data of a plurality of people, generates a multidimensional distribution map thereof based on the size of the distorted space, and derives a virtual shape which exists on an arbitrary location of the multidimensional distribution map.

Abstract: The present invention is to propose a method and device which evaluate the shape and the size of each part of a human body in a multidimensional manner, generate a distribution map thereof, and compute and realize a virtual shape located in the periphery of the distribution map, whereby the shape and the size of a product such as clothing can be modified and designed. The virtual shape forming unit computes a space distortion function which mutually distorts three-dimensional shape data of a plurality of people, generates a multidimensional distribution map thereof based on the size of the distorted space, and derives a virtual shape which exists on an arbitrary location of the multidimensional distribution map.