Denso Corporation

Saori Noda

Ichiro Akahori

Masaru Kakizaki

Rie Osaki

Isao Aichi

Koji Hamada

Mitsuo Okumura

Kyo Yamamoto

A technique may be provided to determine, as a target breathing rhythm used to change a mental and physical state of a target person to a target mental and physical state, not only an exhalation period for exhaling and an inhalation period for inhaling, but also a grace period between the exhalation period and the inhalation period. The grace period is a switching period between the exhalation period and the inhalation period. The grace period is a period in which exhalation, or inhalation, or both exhalation and inhalation are enabled to be performed.

Mental and physical state inducement apparatus, mental and physical state inducement method, and storage medium storing control program

A wearable control terminal for allowing a user to control a target object includes a contact detector, an impact detector, a motion detector, and a transmitter. The contact detector is mounted on a surface of a first portion of a user's body to detect whether the first portion is in contact with or separated from a second portion of the body based on whether a closed loop conducting path is formed with the first portion and the second portion. The impact detector detects an impact on the control terminal. The motion detector detects a motion of the user based on the results of detection by the contact detector and the impact detector. The transmitter transmits a control signal to the target object according to the detected motion.

Control terminal

A wearable input device includes a pair of ring-shaped signal electrodes and a current sensor arranged in parallel in the direction of the axis of a finger. The current sensor is provided outside an area sandwiched between the signal electrodes. An alternating current signal is applied between the signal electrodes. When the top end of the finger with this device worn thereon is brought into contact with any other body site, a current flows through the current measure point of the current sensor. When the top end of the finger is not in contact with any other body site, no current flows through the measurement point of the current sensor. Based on the measured current, it is determined whether the finger is in contact with any other body site. A command is outputted to an external device according to the result of the determination.

Wearable electrical apparatus

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Nagoya, Japan

Saori Noda