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| 20080243027 | THERMAL SENSATION DETERMINING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS USING THERMAL SENSATION DETERMINATION RESULT - A thermal sensation determining apparatus includes a skin temperature detecting unit configured to detect a skin temperature of a peripheral site of a subject's body, a variation state determining unit configured to determine a variation state of the skin temperature during a first interval to obtain a variation state determination result, a gradient detecting unit configured to detect a gradient of the skin temperature during a second interval to determine the gradient to obtain a gradient detection result, and a thermal sensation determining unit configured to determine the subject's thermal sensation using the variation state determination result and the gradient detection result to obtain a thermal sensation determination result classified into levels ranging from “hot” to “cold” based on a “moderate” temperature. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090182239 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING DEVICE - According to the invention, a pulse wave measuring device includes: a connector that is disposed on a main unit; an external sensor that includes an external light-emitting module radiating light to a human body to be measured and an external light-receiving module receiving at least one of reflected light and transmitted light originating from the external light-emitting module and the human body so as to measure a pulse wave; an first controller that switches the external light-emitting module ON and OFF; an second controller that switches the external light-receiving module ON and OFF; and an external sensor connection determination section that determines a connection between the external sensor and the connector in accordance with a transient response of the external light-receiving module, wherein, after the external sensor connection determination section determines that the external sensor is connected to the connector, a measurement of the pulse wave by using the external sensor is started. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090240155 | SLEEP CONDITION MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sleep condition measuring apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a first timing indicating that the user has fallen asleep and a second timing indicating that the user has waken up, based on body motion of a user, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a first index indicating activity of a sympathetic nerve of the user and a second index indicating activity of a parasympathetic nerve of the user, based on a pulse wave interval of the user, a calculation unit configured to calculate a dominance level of the second index over the first index every predetermined time, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a third index indicating quality of sleep of the user from the first timing until the second timing, using the dominance level and a weight decreasing as time elapses from the first timing. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090247885 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS AND AUTONOMIC NERVOUS ANALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a sensor unit, a light emitting unit provided on the sensor unit and configured to emit light to a target region that is a body part of a subject, a light receiving unit provided on the sensor unit and configured to receive the light reflected from the target region to generate a received light signal that represents a change in blood flow in the target region, a measuring unit having a principal surface, holding the sensor unit on the principal surface and configured to measure a pulse wave of the subject, from the change in blood flow in the target region, a belt being expandable and configured to wrap around the target region to hold the measuring unit, with the principle surface facing the target region, and an elastic member arranged on the principle surface to surround the sensor unit. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090247886 | PULSE WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A PULSE WAVE - A pulse wave measuring apparatus includes a pulse wave measuring unit measuring pulse wave; a first detection unit detecting first maximum and minimum values; a second detection unit detecting second maximum and minimum values; an update unit updating the first maximum and minimum values with the second maximum and minimum values after time periods; an initialization unit initializing the second maximum and minimum values after updating the first maximum and minimum values; a timing detection unit detecting a time determined by the first maximum and minimum values; and an interval calculation unit calculating a pulse wave interval using the timing. | 10-01-2009 |
