Abstract: An action information processing device includes: a biological sensor which acquires biological information; a motion sensor which acquires action information including a first action indicating a predetermined action and a second action executed before the start of the first action; an information acquisition unit which acquires the biological information and the action information; a mental information processing unit which estimates mental state information from the biological information; an action decision unit which calculates an action of a subject from the action information and decides whether the first action is success or failure, based on a predetermined decision condition; and an action advice output information unit which outputs action advice information about the second action, based on the mental state information about the second action and a result of the decision about the first action by the action decision unit.

Abstract: A swing analyzing apparatus as a motion analyzing apparatus includes a computation unit (a swing diagnostic device) that quantifies a swing of a golf based on an output of an inertial sensor (an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor), a storage unit that stores a numerical value which is obtained by quantifying a plurality of the swings, and an output unit (a processing unit) that detects the numerical value deviating from a predetermined range among a plurality of the numerical values and outputs a play state.

Abstract: An action information processing device includes: a biological sensor which acquires biological information; a motion sensor which acquires action information including a first action indicating a predetermined action and a second action executed before the start of the first action; an information acquisition unit which acquires the biological information and the action information; a mental information processing unit which estimates mental state information from the biological information; an action decision unit which calculates an action of a subject from the action information and decides whether the first action is success or failure, based on a predetermined decision condition; and an action advice output information unit which outputs action advice information about the second action, based on the mental state information about the second action and a result of the decision about the first action by the action decision unit.

Abstract: A hit ball direction teaching apparatus includes a target direction acquisition section that acquires a target hit ball direction, an environmental information acquisition section that acquires environmental information, a processing section that obtains a delivery direction of a hit ball on the basis of the target hit ball direction and the environmental information, and generates notification data of the delivery direction, and a notification section (display) that performs a notification of the delivery direction on the basis of the notification data.

Abstract: A biological information processing system, a server system, an information processing method, and the like, which are capable of correctly imparting the intention of a transmitter of information to a receiver of the information without hurting the receiver's feeling, are provided. A biological information processing system 100 includes a mental and physical information specification unit 110 that specifies mental and physical information on the basis of biological information measured by a sensing unit 310, a transmission and reception unit 130 that performs transmission and reception of information, and an information conversion unit 150 that performs a converting process of a presentation mode of received information on the basis of contents of the received information received by the transmission and reception unit 130, mental and physical information of a transmitter, and mental and physical information of a receiver.

Abstract: An advice generation method includes: acquiring personal information about a user; searching for an similar person who is similar to the user on the basis of the personal information; acquiring history information about physical training carried out by the similar person; and generating advice information on the physical training for the user on the basis of the history information.

Abstract: An exercise instruction system includes: a body motion detection device (measuring device) which detects a body motion of a user; a muscle mass measuring device (measuring device) which measures a muscle mass of the user; and an exercise instruction device (information processing device) which presents an instruction content on an exercise that should be carried out by the user, on the basis of a result of detection by the body motion detection device (measuring device) and a result of measurement by the muscle mass measuring device (measuring device).

Abstract: A biological information processing system includes: an information acquirer which acquires biological information and motion information of a subject measured by a sensor; a processor which performs processing of estimating psychological state information of the subject, at least on the basis of the biological information; and an exercise advice information outputter which outputs exercise advice information to the subject, at least on the basis of the motion information. The processor specifies an output timing when the exercise advice information is outputted, on the basis of the psychological state information. The exercise advice information outputter outputs the exercise advice information at the output timing that is specified.

Abstract: An motion supporting device includes a body-motion-information acquirer configured to acquire body motion information of an exercising player, a dynamic-information collector (a communicator) configured to collect dynamic information of an implement related to the exercise, and a timing determiner configured to determine, on the basis of the body motion information and the dynamic information, timing for informing the player of advice.

Abstract: A behavior supporting apparatus according to the invention includes a biological-information detecting unit configured to detect biological information of a user, a desire estimating unit configured to estimate a desire of the user on the basis of the detected biological information, and a behavior presenting unit configured to present behavior with which the user can enjoy at least one of a service and an article corresponding to the estimated desire of the user.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement apparatus includes: a search unit that comes into contact with a living body and receives a signal from the living body; a blood vessel detection section that detects a blood vessel based on the signal; a teaching information generation section that generates teaching information when no blood vessel is detected by the blood vessel detection section at a first site in which the search unit comes into contact with the living body so as to move the search unit in a first direction intersecting the median line of the living body starting from the first site; and a blood pressure calculation section that calculates a blood pressure of the living body based on the signal when the blood vessel is detected by the blood vessel detection section at the first site in which the search unit comes into contact therewith.

Abstract: A light measurement apparatus includes a polarizing optical element, an orthogonal separating section, a light reception section, a rotation control section and a polarization state measuring section. The polarizing optical element converts detection light to linearly polarized light. The orthogonal separating section orthogonally separates the linearly polarized light into orthogonally separated lights. The light reception section receives the orthogonally separated lights. The rotation control section rotates the polarizing optical element so that a rotation axis extends along an optical path of the detection light. The polarization state measuring section measures a polarization state of the detection light using intensities of the orthogonally separated lights.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes an ultrasonic element section for ultrasonic measurement, a first light emitting section that emits red light so as to overlap an ultrasonic measurement range, a second light emitting section that emits near-infrared light so as to overlap the ultrasonic measurement range, and a light receiving section that receives reflected light of the red light and the near-infrared light from a subcutaneous portion of the body. Measurement target tissue in the ultrasonic measurement range is detected from the strength of the received reflected light, and a notification section notifies that the measurement target tissue has been detected.

Abstract: An optical apparatus has a light detecting section which detects light and emits transmitted light where linearly polarized light, which is converted by a polarizing section, is transmitted through a subject. In addition, the optical apparatus has an orthogonal separating section which orthogonally separates the emitted light from the light detecting section and a light reception section which receives light which is orthogonally separated by the orthogonal separating section. A calculation apparatus outputs a rotation control signal to a rotation apparatus and rotation controls the light detecting section so that the rotation plane is orthogonal with regard to an optical path of the transmitted light. Then, the calculation apparatus measures the polarization state of the transmitted light, which is transmitted through the subject S using the intensity with which the light, is received by the light receiving section.

Abstract: A motion state detecting method using a detector, detecting one of a conducting state and a non-conducting state according to a movement of an object, includes: first processing to measure either a first number of times, indicating the number of times of change from the conducting state to the non-conducting state per unit time or a second number of times that is the number of times of change from the non-conducting state to the conducting state per the unit time; and second processing to regard either the first number of times or the second number of times as a change determination value and change a length of the unit time based on the change determination value; wherein a proportion of time of the conducting state per the unit time or the non-conducting state per the unit time is changed by changing the length of the unit time.

Abstract: A motion state detection method which uses a pair of electrodes, facing each other to fix mutual positional relationship, and a movable spherical conductor disposed between the pair of electrodes, putting the pair of electrodes into either a conduction state or a non-conduction state, includes: defining a plurality of level values determined by the proportion of a duration of the conduction state in a unit time period and calculating a level value in the unit time period among the plurality of level values as a first level value; adding a second predetermined value to the first level value to calculate a second level value; and calculating the sum of squares of a plurality of first level values in a plurality of consecutive unit time periods as a first detection value and calculating the sum of squares of a plurality of second level values as a second detection value.

Abstract: An inclination detection method is disclosed, which uses a pair of electrodes placed so as to face each other and having a fixed positional relation and an electric conductor which can move between the pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes is in either a conducting state or a nonconducting state depending on the position of the movable electric conductor, the conducting state in a predetermined period is expressed as any one of a plurality of level values, and a movement state of the pair of electrodes is estimated based on which of the plurality of level values the conducting state takes on.

Abstract: A detecting method employing a first sensor and a second sensor, includes: first processing for detecting, on the basis of an output value of the first sensor, a predetermined state defined in advance; second processing for starting the second sensor according to the detection of the predetermined state; and third processing for generating interpolation data from an output value of the first sensor in a predetermined time until the second sensor becomes capable of outputting a measurement value after being started.

Abstract: An optical apparatus has a light detecting section which detects light and emits transmitted light where linearly polarized light, which is converted by a polarizing section, is transmitted through a subject. In addition, the optical apparatus has an orthogonal separating section which orthogonally separates the emitted light from the light detecting section and a light reception section which receives light which is orthogonally separated by the orthogonal separating section. A calculation apparatus outputs a rotation control signal to a rotation apparatus and rotation controls the light detecting section so that the rotation plane is orthogonal with regard to an optical path of the transmitted light. Then, the calculation apparatus measures the polarization state of the transmitted light, which is transmitted through the subject S using the intensity with which the light, is received by the light receiving section.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first frame image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of first frame images constituting a moving image, a second frame image insertion section that generates a second frame image and inserts the second frame image including a white image between successive ones of the plurality of acquired first frame images, and a frame image output unit that outputs the plurality of first frame images with the second frame images inserted therebetween.