Abstract: A measurement apparatus including: a static magnetic field applying part that applies a static magnetic field having a constant magnitude in a first direction to a measurement target; a plurality of current applying parts applying a plurality of AC currents oriented in a plurality of directions toward a portion of the measurement target via an electrode pair; a magnetic field detecting element that detects a magnitude of a magnetic field generated from the portion of the measurement target in response to the static magnetic field having the constant magnitude in the first direction and the plurality of AC currents; a calculating part for calculating impedance of the portion of the measurement target; and an internal information output part for generating information including an internal component of the measurement target.

Abstract: An input device includes two conductors that are sewn onto a fiber sheet and an output unit configured to determine an impedance variation in a predetermined area on the basis of a voltage value between the two conductors to which a high-frequency current is applied.

Abstract: A yarn has a first conductive yarn having conductivity, a first insulating section covering the first conductive yarn and formed of an insulating material having absorbency, and a second conductive yarn having conductivity and disposed on an outer circumferential side of the first insulating section.

Abstract: An image generation apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensor cells, and a controller configured to provide a tomographic image of a measurement object on the basis of an intensity of a magnetic field generated by an alternating current supplied via the plurality of electrodes. The controller acquires the intensity of the magnetic field via the plurality of sensor cells.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus that includes a static magnetic field application part that applies a static magnetic field in a first direction to a measurement subject, a deflection magnetic field application part that applies a deflection magnetic field in a second direction different, to a portion of the measurement subject via a coil, a plurality of magnetic field detection elements respectively detect a magnitude of a magnetic field on the basis of an electromagnetic wave generated and propagated in a portion of the measurement subject due to an application of the deflection magnetic field, a calculation part that calculates an impedance distribution of at least a portion of a region where the electromagnetic wave is propagated inside the measurement subject, and an image information output part that generates and outputs an image showing information about inside the measurement subject.

Abstract: A measurement device has a measurement belt to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion serving as a measurement target of a living body; and a processor configured to: acquire an image of the portion serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads; and estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the plurality of strain gauges.

Abstract: This detection device is a device for detecting the movement of a human body. The detection device has: a substrate having flexibility; an electric element provided on the substrate and having an electrical characteristic that changes with the movement of the human body; and a semiconductor element that is provided on the substrate, detects a change in the electrical characteristic of the electric element, and outputs a detection value corresponding to the detected result. The substrate is a flexible substrate or a fabric member including conductive fibers, for example.

Abstract: A garment worn by a user includes a sensor material that includes a) an insulating material stretchable in a longitudinal direction and b) a conductive fiber having conductivity and coiled around the insulating material, and a plurality of connecting portions electrically connected to three or more portions of the conductive fiber, wherein at least a portion of the conductive fiber includes a fixing region fixed such that the fixing region does not stretch or shrink even when the insulating material stretches and shrinks, and at least two connecting portions of the plurality of connecting portions are electrically connected to each of two different portions of the fixing region.

Abstract: A detection device includes a substrate, wherein the substrate is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, an electric field generating circuit that supplies a current or voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to generate an electric field from a first side of the substrate, a guard electrode that is located farther from the first surface than the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and that faces at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode via an insulator, a potential adjustment circuit that makes i) the potential applied to the electrode corresponding to the guard electrode among the positive electrode and the negative electrode and ii) the potential of the guard electrode the same, and a semiconductor element that outputs an electric field intensity detection value corresponding to the electric field intensity between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.

Abstract: This detection device is a device for detecting the movement of a human body. The detection device has: a substrate having flexibility; an electric element provided on the substrate and having an electrical characteristic that changes with the movement of the human body; and a semiconductor element that is provided on the substrate, detects a change in the electrical characteristic of the electric element, and outputs a detection value corresponding to the detected result. The substrate is a flexible substrate or a fabric member including conductive fibers, for example.

Abstract: A fat thickness estimating device includes a storage unit that stores information indicating relationship between fat thickness and ratio of bioelectrical impedance in a first condition and bioelectrical impedance in a second condition, a measured impedance value acquiring unit configured to acquire a measured impedance value in the first condition of a target living body and a measured impedance value in the second condition of the target living body, and an estimation unit configured to calculate a fat thickness value in the target living body based on the information and a ratio of the measured impedance value in the first condition and the measured impedance value in the second condition.

Abstract: A measurement device has a measurement belt to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion serving as a measurement target of a living body; and a processor configured to: acquire an image of the portion serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads; and estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the plurality of strain gauges.

Abstract: A length measurement device includes a tape portion (10) which is provided with a plurality of electrode pads (100a, 100b, 101a, 1010b, . . . ) arrayed thereon and is used in a state being wound around a measuring object, an impedance acquisition unit that selects any pair of electrode pads from a plurality of electrode pads and acquires electrical impedance between the pair of electrode pads, and a length calculation unit that calculates a length between the pair of electrode pads, based on a change in impedance of the pair of electrode pads.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a frequency property acquisition unit that acquires a frequency property when an alternating-current signal is input to at least two conductive bodies provided on a fiber sheet; and a detection signal output unit that outputs a detection signal when the frequency property acquisition unit acquires a predetermined frequency property.

Abstract: An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement device (1) includes a measurement belt (10) to which a plurality of electrode pads arranged in a row and a plurality of strain gauges arranged in parallel to the plurality of electrode pads are integrally adhered and configured to be used after being wrapped around a portion (X) serving as a measurement target of a living body, an EIT measurement control unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of the portion (X) serving as the measurement target while applying a current to the plurality of electrode pads and acquiring a voltage signal generated between the electrode pads, and a contour estimation unit configured to estimate a contour shape of the portion serving as the measurement target and a size of the contour shape on the basis of curvature data acquired via the strain gauge.

Abstract: A yarn has a first conductive yarn having conductivity, a first insulating section covering the first conductive yarn and formed of an insulating material having absorbency, and a second conductive yarn having conductivity and disposed on an outer circumferential side of the first insulating section.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a frequency property acquisition unit that acquires a frequency property when an alternating-current signal is input to at least two conductive bodies provided on a fiber sheet; and a detection signal output unit that outputs a detection signal when the frequency property acquisition unit acquires a predetermined frequency property.

Abstract: An input device includes two conductors that are sewn onto a fiber sheet and an output unit configured to determine an impedance variation in a predetermined area on the basis of a voltage value between the two conductors to which a high-frequency current is applied.

Abstract: A fat thickness estimating device includes a storage unit that stores information indicating relationship between fat thickness and ratio of bioelectrical impedance in a first condition and bioelectrical impedance in a second condition, a measured impedance value acquiring unit configured to acquire a measured impedance value in the first condition of a target living body and a measured impedance value in the second condition of the target living body, and an estimation unit configured to calculate a fat thickness value in the target living body based on the information and a ratio of the measured impedance value in the first condition and the measured impedance value in the second condition.

Abstract: An image generation apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of sensor cells, and a controller configured to provide a tomographic image of a measurement object on the basis of an intensity of a magnetic field generated by an alternating current supplied via the plurality of electrodes. The controller acquires the intensity of the magnetic field via the plurality of sensor cells.