Abstract: A communication assistance program is a communication assistance program assisting communication of a user, the communication assistance program causing a computer to perform a step of integrally displaying identification information that can be used for identifying a communication target and a state animation representing a state of the communication target.

Abstract: A communication assistance program is a communication assistance program assisting communication of a user, the communication assistance program causing a computer to perform a step of integrally displaying identification information that can be used for identifying a communication target and a state animation representing a state of the communication target.

Abstract: A communication assistance system according to one embodiment is a communication assistance system assisting communication performed by a user using a terminal, the communication assistance system includes a control data configured to generate unit generating control data for controlling a movement of an avatar of the user that is displayed on the terminal and participates in the communication, based on video data including voice data of the user and image data of the user, when there is a deficiency of image information in the image data of the user, the control data generating unit supplements a deficient image information by using the voice data of the user and a learned model, and the learned model is a learned model generated by using training data such that the control data of the avatar is output when the voice data of the user is input.

Abstract: A communication assistance system according to one aspect of the present disclosure assists communication between a first user corresponding to a first terminal and a second user corresponding to a second terminal. The communication assistance system includes at least one processor. The at least one processor receives video data representing the first user from the first terminal, analyzes the video data and selects a movement pattern corresponding to a non-verbal behavior of the first user from a movement pattern group of an avatar, and transmits control data indicating the selected movement pattern to the second terminal such that an avatar corresponding to the first user in a virtual space displayed on the second terminal is moved based on the selected movement pattern.

Abstract: A communication assistance system according to one aspect of the present disclosure assists communication between a first user corresponding to a first terminal and a second user corresponding to a second terminal. At least one processor of the system analyzes first video data representing the first user and selects a movement pattern corresponding to a first non-verbal behavior that is a non-verbal behavior of the first user from a movement pattern group of an avatar, and transmits control data indicating the selected movement pattern to the second terminal. The second terminal displays a virtual space including a first avatar corresponding to the first user and a second avatar corresponding to the second user on the second terminal, receives the control data, moves the first avatar based on the selected movement pattern, and moves the second avatar based on second video data representing the second user.

Abstract: A swallowing movement monitoring sensor which measures swallowing movement of a subject includes an outside shape variation sensor attached to a laryngeal portion of the subject and a microphone attached in an ear of the subject. The outside shape variation sensor includes an optical fiber sheet. The optical fiber sheet detects variation in quantity of transmitted light based on a loss caused by a lateral pressure applied to an optical fiber from the laryngeal portion in association with variation in outside shape of the laryngeal portion involved with swallowing movement. The microphone detects swallowing sound produced in the ear in association with swallowing movement.

Abstract: A body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, with which a subject can be examined in a state close to that in an ordinary living environment and it is possible to clearly discriminate between an apnea state and a hypopnea state by means of a relatively simple analytical method; and an optical fiber sheet suitable for use in the sensor. The body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, comprises a light source such as an LED, an optical fiber sheet, and an analysis unit that determines fluctuations in the quantity of light outputted from the optical fiber sheet and detects motions of the body.

Abstract: An optical fiber sheet 10 includes an optical fiber 11 and a wire 12 that are arranged between a first sheet and a second sheet. The optical fiber 11 is a multi-mode optical fiber having a core of silica glass to which a refractive index adjuster is added, has a numerical aperture equal to or less than 0.30 and a flexural rigidity equal to or less than 0.50 N·mm2, and is bent to be arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet. The wire 12 intersects the optical fiber 11 between the first sheet and the second sheet.

Abstract: Jatropha lines can be classified and discriminated by a method including the steps of: conducting a nucleic acid amplification reaction using a primer set including (i) adjacent forward primer and (ii) adjacent reverse primer, and (iii) LTR forward primer or LTR reverse primer, or (iv) RTP forward primer or RTP reverse primer, wherein DNA prepared from Jatropha that is an objective of determination, is used as a template; and determining the presence or absence of insertion of LTR-type retrotransposon including the retrotransposon sequence used in (iii) or (iv), on the basis of the presence or absence and length of an amplification product obtained by the amplification reaction.

Abstract: An optical fiber sheet 10 includes an optical fiber 11 and a wire 12 that are arranged between a first sheet and a second sheet. The optical fiber 11 is a multi-mode optical fiber having a core of silica glass to which a refractive index adjuster is added, has a numerical aperture equal to or less than 0.30 and a flexural rigidity equal to or less than 0.50 N·mm2, and is bent to be arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet. The wire 12 intersects the optical fiber 11 between the first sheet and the second sheet.

Abstract: A biosensor measurement device for providing accurate measurement results within a short period of time by using only a very small amount of sample. The biosensor measurement device includes a power source, which is connected to a voltage regulator, a measurement instrument, and a controller for supplying power. When the biosensor chip is connected to the biosensor measurement device and a voltage is applied, the measurement instrument begins the measurement of a current value for the biosensor. When the measured current value or a measured charge value is greater than a reference value, the measurement is terminated in accordance with an instruction issued by the controller, and when the value is smaller than the reference value, the measurement is continued in accordance with a controller instruction.

Abstract: A body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, with which a subject can be examined in a state close to that in an ordinary living environment and it is possible to clearly discriminate between an apnea state and a hypopnea state by means of a relatively simple analytical method; and an optical fiber sheet suitable for use in the sensor. The body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, comprises a light source such as an LED, an optical fiber sheet, and an analysis unit that determines fluctuations in the quantity of light outputted from the optical fiber sheet and detects motions of the body.

Abstract: In a biosensor system and its measuring instrument which determine that a biosensor chip has been inserted and measure biological information on a biological material supplied to the biosensor chip, the size of the biosensor chip is made small, the reliability of the measuring instrument is improved, and the product life becomes long. In addition, a measurement error of the biological information is suppressed in measuring the biological information by inserting a biosensor chip, which has a sensor electrode formed of an electrode member with an electric resistance value higher than a conductive metal, into the measuring instrument.

Abstract: A sensor device has a needle-integrated type sensor element which is detachably mounted therein and which has a sensor chip, a lancet needle fixed to an end portion of the sensor chip, and a flow path forming element provided compressibly and restorably at the end portion of the sensor chip, to which the lancet needle is fixed. The sensor device includes a puncture mechanism (a drive spring) configured to cause the sensor element to puncture a target, and a pressing mechanism (a pressure spring) configured to urge the sensor element to the extent that the sensor element is prevented from being detached from the target by a restoring force of the flow path forming element after the target is punctured.

Abstract: A biosensor cartridge capable of performing puncturing in an exact position, and easily collecting and measuring a sample of a puncture hole without requiring the operation of bringing a sample collection opening close to the puncture hole is provided. When tip portion 11a of biosensor chip body 11 is pushed against a subject M, elastic body 20 protruding from a tip portion 11a of biosensor chip body 11 is compressed, and puncturing tool 12 for puncturing protrudes. Thus, the subject M can be punctured. Additionally, if a pushing force is weakened, puncturing tool 12 is extracted from the subject M by the restoring force of elastic body 20, and the sample R flows out of the puncture hole. Additionally, cover member 19 is provided around biosensor chip body 11. Thus, when puncturing is performed by thin plate-shaped biosensor cartridge 10, biosensor chip body 11 can be prevented from deforming, and puncturing can be accurately performed in a desired puncturing position.

Abstract: A biosensor cartridge capable of making the collected amount of a sample required for measurement into a small quantity to reduce a user's burden, and easily collecting and measuring a sample of a puncture hole without requiring the operation of bringing a sample collection opening close to the puncture hole is provided. When one end portion of biosensor chip is pushed against subject, elastic body is compressed, and puncturing tool can protrude and perform puncturing. Additionally, if a pushing force is weakened, puncturing tool is extracted from subject by the restoring force of elastic body, and blood (sample) flows out of the puncture hole. In this case, since the puncture hole, and sample collection opening provided at biosensor chip are contained in enclosed half-open space formed by elastic body, even a small amount of blood (sample) can also be easily collected.

Abstract: There is provided a biosensor chip where the collecting amount necessary for the measurement is made small whereby burden of a user is reduced and, at the same time, a sample at a puncture opening is able to be easily collected and measured without an operation of making the sample collection opening nearer the puncture opening. When an end of a main body chip is pushed onto a test body, an elastic body installed at an end of the main body chip is compressed and a device for puncture is produced whereby the test body is able to be punctured. When the pushing force is made weak, the device for puncture is pulled out from the test body due to resilience of the elastic body and a sample is flown out from the puncture opening.

Abstract: Tensile strength of a tape layer in the lengthwise direction is selected to be higher than adhesive force of the tape layer to optical fiber cores. Further, position limiting portions 111 by which the positions of a plurality of optical fibers 120 can be limited are formed in a flexible film 110 for tape core assembly which film is used for integrating the plurality of optical fibers 120 as a tape. Further, a ribbon-like optical fiber core assembly 301 according to the invention including a plurality of optical fiber cores 302 arranged planarly at designated intervals, an adhesive layer 305 disposed so as to surround the optical fiber cores 302, and films 304a and 304b integrated with the optical fiber cores 302 by the adhesive layer 305.

Abstract: In a biosensor system and its measuring instrument which determine that a biosensor chip has been inserted and measure biological information on a biological material supplied to the biosensor chip, the size of the biosensor chip is made small, the reliability of the measuring instrument is improved, and the product life becomes long. In addition, a measurement error of the biological information is suppressed in measuring the biological information by inserting a biosensor chip, which has a sensor electrode formed of an electrode member with an electric resistance value higher than a conductive metal, into the measuring instrument. An electrode portion provided in an insertion portion 5 of a measuring instrument 1 is configured such that a ground electrode 12 is used in both a sensor insertion determining circuit 14 and a blood sugar level measuring circuit 15.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a sensor chip which has a small size and is easily produced and capable of determining quantities of at least two components of multiple samples rapidly, conveniently, and correctly as well as to provide a production method capable of producing the sensor chip easily and with high productivity. A sensor chip includes a substrate, a cover layer, a spacer layer sandwiched between the substrate and the cover layer, multiple reaction portions disposed between the substrate and the cover layer, multiple detection units exposed in the hollow reaction portions, and a sample inlet communicated with the hollow reaction portions and a method for producing the sensor chip.