Abstract: A biometric system includes: a camera that captures a subject; a pressure information collection unit that detects a pressure value of at least one sole of the subject; a skeleton direction vector calculation unit that calculates a skeleton direction vector of the subject captured by the camera; a floor reaction force vector calculation unit that calculates a floor reaction force vector on a basis of information on pressure from the pressure information collection unit; and an analysis result output unit that displays, in a superimposing manner, the skeleton direction vector calculated by the skeleton direction vector calculation unit and the floor reaction force vector calculated by the floor reaction force vector calculation unit.

Abstract: A biometric system includes: a camera that captures a subject; a pressure information collection unit that detects a pressure value of at least one sole of the subject; a skeleton direction vector calculation unit that calculates a skeleton direction vector of the subject captured by the camera; a floor reaction force vector calculation unit that calculates a floor reaction force vector on a basis of information on pressure from the pressure information collection unit; and an analysis result output unit that displays, in a superimposing manner, the skeleton direction vector calculated by the skeleton direction vector calculation unit and the floor reaction force vector calculated by the floor reaction force vector calculation unit.

Abstract: An information processing system visualizes brain states to optimize rehabilitation programs for rapid feedback of their effects to a patient and healthcare staff, to thereby promote the efficiency of rehabilitation. An embodiment of the system includes: a storage section that stores test-result brain-state relationship information associating results of activities of multiple examinees subjected to predetermined tests with brain states of the examinees; an input section that accepts a first test result as the result of the activity of a first examinee subjected to the predetermined tests; a control section that estimates the brain state from the first test result on the basis of the test-result brain-state relationship information; and an output section that outputs the estimated brain state.

Abstract: A free-moving piece (jellyfish sign) having a high probability of separation in the near future in an unstable plaque is clearly displayed. Ultrasonic tomographic images (25) of a cross section including an axis of the carotid artery are successively obtained. Using a threshold value which sets a surface (48) of the unstable plaque as a boundary between brightness and darkness, the plurality of ultrasonic tomographic images (25) are binarized. A difference is calculated between corresponding pixels of two binarized ultrasonic tomographic images so that a free-moving piece (52) is extracted and displayed overlapped over the ultrasonic tomographic image (25).

Abstract: A pelvic belt 1 includes a pressing member 2 positioned behind the hip joint of Patient A, and a pressing-member fixing band 3 wound around a portion corresponding to the pelvis 100 of Patient A. The pressing member 2 is fixed while being pushed toward the hip joint, thereby preventing the hip joint from becoming unstable and moving backward during walking, and making the walking posture more similar to a normal walking posture.

Abstract: A free-moving piece (jellyfish sign) having a high probability of separation in the near future in an unstable plaque is clearly displayed. Ultrasonic tomographic images (25) of a cross section including an axis of the carotid artery are successively obtained. Using a threshold value which sets a surface (48) of the unstable plaque as a boundary between brightness and darkness, the plurality of ultrasonic tomographic images (25) are binarized. A difference is calculated between corresponding pixels of two binarized ultrasonic tomographic images so that a free-moving piece (52) is extracted and displayed overlapped over the ultrasonic tomographic image (25).

Abstract: A multi-threaded, multi process distributed system including remote call procedure (RPC) messages. The threads in the distributed system are each associated with a queue. The RPC messages each include an identifier to identify the queue which is associated with the thread which has originated the RPC message, as well as an identifier indicating the connection over which the RPC message is communicated from one process to another. The connection over which RPC requests are forwarded in the distributed system is made between one process and another process. The RPC messages sent between processes utilise the same connection, independent of which thread in each process is sending or receiving the messages. RPC messages are forwarded through the distributed system and the connection and queue identifiers in the RPC messages are updated as the message is forwarded from process to process in the distributed system.