Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a garment-type electronic device capable of reducing discomfort during the wearing in the garment-type electronic device comprising an electrical wiring using stretchable conductor composition. In a part in contact with a body surface of a garment-type electronic device, a level difference at the boundary between the electrode portion where the conductor is exposed and the wiring portion covered with the insulating cover layer is substantially eliminated, whereby a garment type electronic device with a natural wearing feeling in which discomfort during wearing has been reduced is obtained. Furthermore, by providing the projections and the depressions in the fabric texture on its surface, a more natural wearing feeling is obtained. Such a garment-type electronic device can be produced by a printing transfer method.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a garment-type electronic device capable of reducing discomfort during the wearing in the garment-type electronic device comprising an electrical wiring using stretchable conductor composition. In a part in contact with a body surface of a garment-type electronic device, a level difference at the boundary between the electrode portion where the conductor is exposed and the wiring portion covered with the insulating cover layer is substantially eliminated, whereby a garment type electronic device with a natural wearing feeling in which discomfort during wearing has been reduced is obtained. Furthermore, by providing the projections and the depressions in the fabric texture on its surface, a more natural wearing feeling is obtained. Such a garment-type electronic device can be produced by a printing transfer method.

Abstract: A stretchable conductive sheet comprising a first insulating layer and a stretchable conductor layer provided on the first insulating layer, wherein the stretchable conductor layer has an electric resistance of 300 ?/cm or less, and a load at stretching of a stretching rate of 10% of the conductive sheet is 100 N or less.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet which is useful as a material for electrical wiring and electrodes for garment-type electronic devices, the material having excellent durability in terms of washing and durability in terms of perspiration. A fabric provided with an electrode and an electrical wiring, which are formed from a stretchable conductor sheet, is obtained by: providing a film having releasability with a first stretchable conductor layer which is formed from a paste material that uses carbon-based particles as a conductive filler, while using a flexible resin as a binder resin; subsequently forming a second stretchable conductor layer, while using metal-based particles as a conductive filler; laminating a hot melt adhesive layer thereon; superposing the resulting laminate on a fabric after removing unnecessary parts from the laminate by means of partial slits; and subjecting the resulting fabric to hot pressing.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a garment-type electronic device capable of reducing discomfort during the wearing in the garment-type electronic device comprising an electrical wiring using stretchable conductor composition. In a part in contact with a body surface of a garment-type electronic device, a level difference at the boundary between the electrode portion where the conductor is exposed and the wiring portion covered with the insulating cover layer is substantially eliminated, whereby a garment type electronic device with a natural wearing feeling in which discomfort during wearing has been reduced is obtained. Furthermore, by providing the projections and the depressions in the fabric texture on its surface, a more natural wearing feeling is obtained. Such a garment-type electronic device can be produced by a printing transfer method.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a garment-type electronic device capable of reducing discomfort during the wearing in the garment-type electronic device comprising an electrical wiring using stretchable conductor composition. In a part in contact with a body surface of a garment-type electronic device, a level difference at the boundary between the electrode portion where the conductor is exposed and the wiring portion covered with the insulating cover layer is substantially eliminated, whereby a garment type electronic device with a natural wearing feeling in which discomfort during wearing has been reduced is obtained. Furthermore, by providing the projections and the depressions in the fabric texture on its surface, a more natural wearing feeling is obtained. Such a garment-type electronic device can be produced by a printing transfer method.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet which is useful as a material for electrical wiring and electrodes for garment-type electronic devices, the material having excellent durability in terms of washing and durability in terms of perspiration. A fabric provided with an electrode and an electrical wiring, which are formed from a stretchable conductor sheet, is obtained by: providing a film having releasability with a first stretchable conductor layer which is formed from a paste material that uses carbon-based particles as a conductive filler, while using a flexible resin as a binder resin; subsequently forming a second stretchable conductor layer, while using metal-based particles as a conductive filler; laminating a hot melt adhesive layer thereon; superposing the resulting laminate on a fabric after removing unnecessary parts from the laminate by means of partial slits; and subjecting the resulting fabric to hot pressing.

Abstract: A conductive fabric including a fabric and a wiring provided on the fabric, wherein the wiring has a first insulating layer formed on the fabric, a conductive layer provided on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer provided on the conductive layer, and wherein in a stretching test in which the conductive fabric is stretched by a stretching rate of 10% in a stepwise manner up to a stretching rate of 100% in a longitudinal direction of the wiring, a resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% is 100-fold or less, the resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% being represented by an equation: R100/R0 (fold), where R0 is a resistance value at a stretching rate of 0% and R100 is a resistance value when stretched at a stretching rate of 100%. The conductive fabric is capable of maintaining high electrical conductivity even upon being stretched.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a garment-type electronic device capable of reducing discomfort during the wearing in the garment-type electronic device comprising an electrical wiring using stretchable conductor composition. In a part in contact with a body surface of a garment-type electronic device, a level difference at the boundary between the electrode portion where the conductor is exposed and the wiring portion covered with the insulating cover layer is substantially eliminated, whereby a garment type electronic device with a natural wearing feeling in which discomfort during wearing has been reduced is obtained. Furthermore, by providing the projections and the depressions in the fabric texture on its surface, a more natural wearing feeling is obtained. Such a garment-type electronic device can be produced by a printing transfer method.

Abstract: A conductive fabric including a fabric and a wiring provided on the fabric, wherein the wiring has a first insulating layer formed on the fabric, a conductive layer provided on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer provided on the conductive layer, and wherein in a stretching test in which the conductive fabric is stretched by a stretching rate of 10% in a stepwise manner up to a stretching rate of 100% in a longitudinal direction of the wiring, a resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% is 100-fold or less, the resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% being represented by an equation: R100/ R0 (fold), where R0 is a resistance value at a stretching rate of 0% and R100 is a resistance value when stretched at a stretching rate of 100%. The conductive fabric is capable of maintaining high electrical conductivity even upon being stretched.

Abstract: A stretchable conductive sheet comprising a first insulating layer and a stretchable conductor layer provided on the first insulating layer, wherein the stretchable conductor layer has an electric resistance of 300 ?/cm or less, and a load at stretching of a stretching rate of 10% of the conductive sheet is 100 N or less.

Abstract: The method for determining a depression state of the present invention comprises the steps of: measuring a pulsation interval of a subject, and an acceleration or an angular velocity associated with a movement of the subject (that is hereinafter referred to as an “activity”); and determining the subject to be a depression state when at least one of the following conditions [A] and [B] is satisfied: [A] In an awaking time zone of the subject, at least one of the following formulas is calculated and satisfied; the pulsation interval×the activity<C1, HF×the activity<C2, (LF/HF)/the activity>C3; [B] In a sleeping time zone of the subject, at least one of the following formulas is calculated and satisfied: the pulsation interval/the activity<C4, HF/the activity<C5, (LF/HF)×the activity>C6.

Abstract: A method for preventing dozing off, comprising the steps of: a measurement step measuring human heartbeats; a decision step (S4 to S8) generating a trigger, hereinafter referred to as a “drowsiness trigger”, for indicating occurrence of drowsiness when a state in which a time interval between adjacent heartbeats, hereinafter referred to as a “heartbeat interval”, is longer than the previous heartbeat interval consecutively occurs; and a warning step (S9) giving a warning to prevent dozing off when the drowsiness trigger is generated.

Abstract: A method for preventing dozing off, comprising the steps of: a measurement step measuring human heartbeats; a decision step (S4 to S8) generating a trigger, hereinafter referred to as a “drowsiness trigger”, for indicating occurrence of drowsiness when a state in which a time interval between adjacent heartbeats, hereinafter referred to as a “heartbeat interval”, is longer than the previous heartbeat interval consecutively occurs; and a warning step (S9) giving a warning to prevent dozing off when the drowsiness trigger is generated.

Abstract: A clothing simulation apparatus precisely determines clothing pressure for bringing a clothing into tight contact with a human body. A fitting part 22 divides a paper pattern model into a plurality of elements, imparts dynamic characteristics shown by a fabric model to each element, deforms the paper pattern model by solving the motion equation of each element using a finite element method, and then fits the clothing virtually to a human body model. The fitting part 22 sets a temporary model to cover a predetermined section of the human body model, deforms the paper pattern model to bring the paper pattern model into contact with the temporary model, and thereafter deforms the paper pattern model to bring the paper pattern model into contact with the human body model.

Abstract: A clothing simulation apparatus precisely determines clothing pressure for bringing a clothing into tight contact with a human body. A fitting part 22 divides a paper pattern model into a plurality of elements, imparts dynamic characteristics shown by a fabric model to each element, deforms the paper pattern model by solving the motion equation of each element using a finite element method, and then fits the clothing virtually to a human body model. The fitting part 22 sets a temporary model to cover a predetermined section of the human body model, deforms the paper pattern model to bring the paper pattern model into contact with the temporary model, and thereafter deforms the paper pattern model to bring the paper pattern model into contact with the human body model.

Abstract: The topsheet of a absorbent article improved dry feeling, and an evaluation/selection method for a topsheet improved in dry feeling. The liquid-permeable topsheet of a absorbent article, characterized in that a contact cool feeling during a wet condition as measured in a maximum heat transfer quantity (q-max value) is less than 1.1 kw/m2 on the side contacting the skin oft wearer of the topsheet, and a q-max value on the side contacting the absorbent article is larger than a q-max value on the side contacting the skin of a wearer with the difference of at least 0.5 kw/cm2. An evaluation/selection method for the topsheet of a absorbent article excellent in dry feeling using a q-max value during a wet condition as an index.