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Yoshio Sakai

Toshiyuki Nishihara

Sunao Takeda

Yasuhiro Kasahara

Hirokazu Ono

Daming Wei

Jun Motogi

Koji Tsuji

Takeshi Kojima

Tadashi Nakayama

Kazuma Inoue

Tomoko Takehara

Nobutaka Kobayashi

Chiharu Isobe

Ikuhiro Tsumura

Tomohiro Okura

Toshichika Kaji

Taishi Tsuji

Atsuo Kumekawa

Takayuki Shiota

Chiaki Yamaya

To provide a motor function evaluation device and a motor function evaluation method capable of evaluating a motor function of a subject comprehensively and easily. A motor function evaluation deviceof the present invention includes a measurement base, a load measurement unitthat measures load change over time of the subject applied to the measurement base, and an arithmetic unitthat determines a balance ability indicator of the subject determined by the load change over time measured by the load measurement unit. The arithmetic unitdetermines the balance ability indicator from a time interval from when the subject stands up and the load applied to the load measurement unitis maximized until when the load variation is stabilized.

Motor function evaluation device and motor function evaluation method

A balance ability measurement apparatus acquires load information on weight of a user as measured during a period of a stand-up movement which is a period of time from when the user starts the stand-up movement to when the user stabilizes standing posture. Based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates load change information on change in the weight of the user. Further, based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates left-right displacement information on displacement of the user in left-right direction. Based on the load change information and the left-right displacement information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates a balance ability evaluation value on balance ability of the user.

Balance ability measurement apparatus, balance ability measurement method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for recording balance ability measurement program

A storage device able to make a redundant write operation of unselected data unnecessary and able to optimize an arrangement of pages to a state having a high efficiency for rewriting, wherein the storage device has a first memory unit, a second memory unit having a different access speed from the first memory, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit has a function of timely moving the stored data in two ways between the first memory unit and the second memory unit having different access speeds in reading or rewriting.

Storage device and information processing system

A present-on-bed determination apparatus includes: a sensor unit usable with a bottom bedding and configured to measure biological displacement of a human subject on the bottom bedding so as to output a measurement signal showing a measurement result; a first signal processing unit configured to amplify the measurement signal with a first gain so as to output a first output signal; a first A/D conversion unit configured to output a plurality of first level values obtained by A/D conversion of the first output signal; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the human subject is present on the bottom bedding in accordance with a dispersion indicator that indicates dispersion degree of the plurality of the first level values.

Present-on-bed determination apparatus and sleep measurement apparatus

A biological signal processor includes a sensor unitthat is usable with a mattress, measures biological displacement of a subject on the mattress, and outputs a measurement signal indicative of a measurement result, a signal processing unitthat amplifies the measurement signal with a plurality of different gains and outputs respective output signals, an AD converting unitthat performs AD conversion on the respective output signals to obtain level values and outputs the respective level values, and a determining unitthat determines that the sensor unitis in an abnormal condition in case where a variation measure indicative of variation degree in level value corresponding to an output signal amplified with a minimum gain among the respective level values is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

Biological signal processor

An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width of a subject. A shape index calculator calculates a shape index corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of an abdomen of the subject. An obesity evaluator evaluates whether an obesity degree of the subject is high or low. An obesity index calculator calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width using a first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is low, and calculates an obesity index corresponding to the abdomen width and the shape index using a second equation different from the first equation if the obesity evaluator evaluates that the obesity degree is high.

Abdominal obesity index measuring apparatus

An abdominal impedance measurement apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes for measuring an abdominal impedance of a human subject, electrode supporting member for supporting the electrodes, and a frame that is disposable around the human subject. A light emitter is supported by the frame for emitting light beams toward the inside of the frame. A mark is provided at the electrode supporting member. This mark is capable of being irradiated with the light beams.

Abdominal impedance measurement apparatus and body composition determination apparatus

A linear measurement apparatus includes a measuring unit including at least one first noncontact distance measuring sensor and one second noncontact distance measuring sensor supported at a frame and aligned on opposite sides of a measured object. The measuring unit measures a plurality of first gap distances to a plurality of first object positions in a plurality of parallel first measurement lines and a plurality of second gap distances to a plurality of second object positions in a plurality of parallel second measurement lines. A distance calculator calculates a plurality of candidate object lengths on the basis of the first and second gap distances, each candidate object length being a distance between one of the first object positions and one of the second object positions. A maximum selector selects a maximum object length from among the plurality of candidate object lengths.

Linear measurement apparatus

Four first electrodes are attached on right clavicle, the vicinity of on left clavicle, on right lowermost rib, and the position on left lowermost rib, corresponding to limb leads 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). Two second electrodes are attached on such positions of the living body that correspond to a lead Vand a lead Vof 12-lead ECG. First ECG data set correspond to leads I and II of 12-lead ECG. A second ECG data set including the leads Vand V. A heart vector is calculated on the first and second ECG data sets, and predetermined first lead vectors of leads I, II, Vand V. A third ECG data set including leads V, V, Vand Vis calculated based on the heart vector and predetermined second lead vectors of leads V, V, Vand V. A fourth ECG data set from leads III, aVR, aVL and aVF of 12-lead ECG based on the first ECG data set. The 12-lead ECG is derived based on the first to fourth ECG data sets.

Method for deriving standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, and monitoring apparatus using the same

A digital scale is provided that switches a measuring interval according to the amount of variation of sampled data, and computes a weight. Embodiments include a scale with pre-stored scale intervals set at multiple levels, and allowable ranges of fluctuation that correspond to the scale intervals. The scale acquires digital data of a load continuously, and computes a predetermined number, or a fluctuation range in a predetermined time, of the acquired digital data. The scale then determines the degree of variation of the digital data by comparing the computed fluctuation range with the allowable range of fluctuation stored for each scale interval, and switches the scale interval based on the determined degree of variation, thereby allowing the scale to measure and compute the weight of the load even if the fluctuation is large.

Digital scale

An abdomen width determiner determines an abdomen width value of a human subject. A memory stores a correlation between abdomen width values and waist circumferences of human beings. A waist circumference calculator calculates a waist circumference of the human subject on the basis of the abdomen width value determined by the abdomen width determiner and the correlation stored in the memory. The correlation stored in the memory may be expressed by the following regression formula: Y=aX+b where 'Y' is a waist circumference of a human being, 'X' is an abdomen width value of a human being, and &#x201c;a&#x201d; and &#x201c;b&#x201d; are constants.

Waist circumference calculation apparatus and body composition determination apparatus

A semiconductor memory device enabling efficient repair of defects by using limited redundant memory while suppressing a drop of access speed accompanied with the repair of defects of the memory, wherein a first memory array is divided into a plurality of memory regions for each 16 word lines and wherein defective memory addresses in regions are stored in a second memory array. When a memory address for accessing the first memory array is input, the defective memory address of the memory region including the memory to be accessed is read out from the second memory array. In this way, the addresses of defective memory in 16 word lines worth of a memory region are stored in the second memory array, therefore addresses of a wider range of defective memory can be stored. For this reason, it becomes possible to repair defects occurring at random efficiently.

Semiconductor memory device

A ferroelectric capacitor is provided in which the surface area of a ferroelectric thin film is expanded to increase the amount of polarization. In the ferroelectric capacitor, hemi-spherical protruding parts 31 are formed with HSG-growth on the surface of a polycrystalline silicon film 30. On the polycrystalline silicon film 30 having the hemi-spherical protruding parts 31 are sequentially laminated an adhesive layer 32, lower electrode 33, ferroelectric film 34, and upper electrode 35. The ferroelectric film 34 is shaped to overlap the shape of hemi-spherical protruding parts 31 of the polycrystalline silicon film 30, and the surface area thereof is expanded.

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Yoshio Sakai