Abstract: A motion state monitoring system according to the present disclosure is configured to monitor a motion state at a target part of the body of a subject, and include: an arithmetic processing unit configured to generate a calculation result representing the motion state based on a detection result of a sensor configured to detect the motion state; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on at least one of a photographed image obtained by photographing the motion state and a drawn image obtained by drawing the motion state; and a display unit configured to display the image-processed image and the calculation result in synchronization with each other.

Abstract: A motion state monitoring system according to the present disclosure is a motion state monitoring system configured to monitor a motion of a subject based on a result of detection by each of a plurality of sensors attached to a plurality of respective body parts of a body of the subject, the motion state monitoring system including: a display control unit configured to display, on one screen, a measurement result icon indicating a result of measurement of a motion to be monitored and a display setting area for setting an area that displays the result of measurement, the result of measurement being acquirable from the sensor attached to the body part of the body of the subject; and an acceptance unit configured to accept a setting operation for the display setting area for setting an area that displays the result of measurement for the measurement result icon.

Abstract: An angle detector includes a rotary scale having a scale pattern in which a plurality of patterns are arrayed along a circumference direction of the rotary scale, and a plurality of detection heads, each of which detects the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern. The plurality of detection heads are shifted from each other in the circumference direction of the rotary scale and are shifted from each other in a radial direction of the rotary scale.

Abstract: A concentration measurement device includes: a light source that emits light; a first optical system that is provided on an optical path of the light emitted from the light source and condenses the light emitted from the light source; a light-transmissive tubular body that is disposed at a position on a rear stage side with respect to a focal position of the first optical system on the optical path and collimates the light incident on a side surface in a state where a fluid flows inside; and a detection unit that detects light through the tubular body.

Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom displacement measuring device includes a rotary scale that has a scale pattern including a plurality of patterns that are arranged around a first rotation axis and arrayed along a circumference direction of the rotary scale, a detection head group including a plurality of detection heads, each of which is provided around the first rotation axis, is arranged on an installation face facing the rotary scale, and is configured to detect each of the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern, and a calculator configured to, based on detection values acquired by the plurality of detection heads, calculate a relative rotation angle around the first rotation axis, and calculate at least one of a relative movement amount in a direction along the first rotation axis and a relative movement amount in a direction along a second rotation axis orthogonal to the first rotation axis.

Abstract: A walking training apparatus is a motion support system that includes a walking assistance apparatus as an assistance apparatus, a selected assistance level setting unit, a load data acquisition unit, an angle sensor as a displacement sensor, and an overall control unit as a control unit. The assistance apparatus assists a motion of a joint performed by a user. The assistance level setting unit sets an assistance level that is a level of a force exerted by the assistance apparatus. The load data acquisition unit acquires load data related to a load of the assistance apparatus. The displacement sensor detects a displacement of the joint. The control unit determines a recommended assistance level, which is an assistance level to be recommended, based on the assistance level, the load data, and an output of the displacement sensor, and outputs information about the determined recommended assistance level.

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a sample preparation system for increasing a content ratio of target cells. The present technology provides a sample preparation device including a container, and a channel in which a bioparticle-containing liquid flows, the channel accommodated in the container, in which the channel is formed such that a centrifugal force acts on the bioparticle-containing liquid, and an outer peripheral wall of the channel is formed such that at least part of components of the bioparticle-containing liquid may be transferred to an outside of the channel. Furthermore, the present technology also provides a sample preparation system including the sample preparation device, and an analysis device that executes analysis of the bioparticle-containing liquid that passes through the channel.

Abstract: An object of the present technology is to provide a sample preparation system for increasing the content percentage of target cells. The present technology provides a sample preparation system including a bioparticle-capturing module including a substrate to which a substance that captures bioparticles is fixed, a reservoir into which the bioparticles released from the substrate are recovered, and a hollow fiber membrane module through which the bioparticles in the reservoir are flowed. The present technology also provides a sample preparation method including a capturing step of capturing bioparticles with use of a substrate to which a substance that captures the bioparticles is fixed, a recovery step of recovering, into a reservoir, the bioparticles released from the substrate, and a hollow fiber membrane treatment step of causing the bioparticles recovered into the reservoir to flow through a hollow fiber membrane module.

Abstract: A measurement method of a surface shape and a surface shape measurement device uses an interferometer optical head that acquires an interference fringe image generated by a light path difference between the reference light and the measurement light, acquires N interference fringe images by scanning from a start point to an end point in the Z-axis direction, and measures the surface shape of the measurement target surface based on the interference fringe images. For a common position in the N interference fringe images, regarding an interference signal including values of N points that indicates a change in the interference light intensity along the Z-axis direction, a phase of an interference fringe produced by the light of a predetermined analysis wavelength is determined, and the relative position in the Z-axis direction of the measurement target surface within the range of the analysis wavelength is determined based on the phase.

Abstract: A measurement method of a surface shape includes combining N stacked images captured while scanning the measuring head. For a position in the N stacked images, from an integral curve including values of N points, which is obtained by integrating square values or absolute values of the interference signal including values at N points: a start-point-side noise part straight line that approximates a start-point-side noise part, which corresponds to a range where the slope is smaller than the slope in the vicinity of the measurement target surface at the start-point-side than the measurement target surface; an end-point-side noise part straight line that approximates an end-point-side noise part, which corresponds to a range where the slope is smaller than the slope in the vicinity of the measurement target surface at the end-point-side than the measurement target surface; and a surface proximity straight line that approximates surface proximity part.

Abstract: Described herein are alkali-free, boroalumino silicate glasses exhibiting desirable physical and chemical properties for use as substrates in flat panel display devices, such as, active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) and active matrix organic light emitting diode displays (AMOLEDs). In accordance with certain of its aspects, the glasses possess good dimensional stability as a function of temperature.

Abstract: An angle detector includes a rotary scale having a scale pattern in which a plurality of patterns are arrayed along a circumference direction of the rotary scale, and a plurality of detection heads, each of which detects the plurality of patterns from the scale pattern. The plurality of detection heads are shifted from each other in the circumference direction of the rotary scale and are shifted from each other in a radial direction of the rotary scale.

Abstract: A workpiece transport apparatus for transporting a workpiece includes: a hand device; a moving device that includes a movable part mounted with the hand device and that includes at least one drive axis configured to operate the movable part; a current measurement section configured to measure a current value of a motor that drives the drive axis; and a workpiece number detection section configured to detect that a number of workpieces held by the hand device is different from an expected number based on a comparison result between the current value measured by the current measurement section when the hand device holds the workpiece, and a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A walking state measurement system includes: an endless belt that defines a walking surface on which a subject walks and that travels along a walking front-rear direction; a marker provided on at least the walking surface along a circumferential direction of the belt; a first camera for taking an image of the subject from front, the first camera taking an image of the marker on the walking surface from above to generate a first image; a second camera for taking an image of the subject from front, the second camera taking an image of the marker on the walking surface from above to generate a second image; and a correction processing unit that corrects an image generated by at least either the first camera or the second camera based on a position of an image area of the marker included in each of the first image and the second image.

Abstract: The photoelectric rotary encoder includes: a generally disk-shaped scale with a grating-like pattern formed with a predetermined period along a measurement direction, the measurement direction being a direction of rotation of a measurement target that rotates on a predetermined axis, the scale being plate-like and centered on an axis of rotation; and a head that detect, from the scale, the amount of displacement caused by the rotation of the measurement target. The head includes a light source, a diffraction unit with grating parts, and a light-receiving unit with light-receiving elements. The grating parts of the diffraction unit are formed as deformed grating parts that spread cut wide, from the center on the axis of rotation, along the grating-like pattern of the scale. The light-receiving elements are formed as linear grating parts.

Abstract: A walking training system according to an embodiment includes: a treadmill; a foot sole load detection unit configured to detect load received from foot soles of a trainee aboard a belt of the treadmill; a first photographing device configured to photograph the trainee from a lateral side; a skeletal information acquisition unit configured to acquire first skeletal information that is skeletal information on the trainee in a sagittal plane from an image photographed by the first photographing device; and a specification unit configured to specify respective pieces of skeletal information on a right leg and a left leg included in the first skeletal information acquired by the skeletal information acquisition unit, based on the load received from the foot soles of the trainee detected by the foot sole load detection unit.

Abstract: The photoelectric rotary encoder includes: a generally disk-shaped scale with a grating-like pattern formed with a predetermined period along a measurement direction, the measurement direction being a direction of rotation of a measurement target that rotates on a predetermined axis, the scale being plate-like and centered on an axis of rotation; and a head that detect, from the scale, the amount of displacement caused by the rotation of the measurement target. The head includes a light source, a diffraction unit with grating parts, and a light-receiving unit with light-receiving elements. The grating parts of the diffraction unit are formed as deformed grating parts that spread cut wide, from the center on the axis of rotation, along the grating-like pattern of the scale. The light-receiving elements are formed as linear grating parts.

Abstract: A scale capable of maintaining measurement accuracy even if the pattern of the scale pattern is scratched is provided. The scale 2 comprises a scale pattern 4 having a plurality of unit patterns provided at a predetermined pitch along the measurement direction on a surface thereof. At least one of the plurality of unit patterns comprises a plurality of loop portions 8 formed with conductors in a loop shape. The plurality of loop portions 8 included in the unit pattern are arranged so as to be spaced from each other such that the centers of gravity of the loop portions 8 are at the same position in the measurement direction on the surface of the scale 2. Thereby, the plurality of loop portions 8 included in the unit pattern can prevent deviation of the center of gravity of the magnetic flux distribution in the measurement direction, even if any of the plurality of the loop portions 8 is scratched. Therefore, the scale 2 can maintain the measurement accuracy.

Abstract: An optical encoder includes a scale, a calculator, and a head having a light source, an image capturer, and a lens array having first and second lenses. The calculator includes a signal generator, an extractor, a signal combiner, and a displacement calculator. The signal generator generates a sine wave signal. The extractor extracts first and second regions. The signal combiner, based on an inter-regional distance, uses a sine wave signal of the second region to generate a sine wave signal that extends to a first end of the first region such that the generated sine wave signal overlaps with a sine wave signal of the first region. The signal combiner also combines the sine wave signal of the first region with the generated sine wave signal. The displacement calculator calculates an amount of relative displacement based on the sine wave signal that is combined by the signal combiner.

Abstract: To provide a single particle capture technique that can shorten cell capture time without damaging a cell. The present technology provides a particle capture device including: a particle capture unit having a particle capture region including a plurality of wells that captures particles, and dividing a space into a first space and a second space; a particle supply channel which is connected to the first space and through which a fluid containing the particles is supplied; a first discharge channel which is connected to the first space and through which a fluid is discharged from the first space; and a second discharge channel which is connected to the second space and through which a fluid is discharged from the second space, in which the particles are captured in the wells by simultaneous discharge of fluids from the first discharge channel and the second discharge channel.