Provided are a medical diagnosis apparatus and a medical diagnosis method using the same. According to an embodiment, the medical diagnosis apparatus may include: a main body; a chair unit movably supported by the main body and on which an object is positioned; a diagnosis part that is movably connected to the main body and is spaced apart from the chair unit by a preset first distance in one plane; a controller configured to generate a control signal for moving the diagnosis part according to preset information; and a first driving device configured to generate a driving force for moving the diagnosis part according to the control signal.

The present invention relates to a terahertz biometric imaging arrangement configured to be arranged under an at least partially transparent display panel and configured to capture an image of an object located on an opposite side of the transparent display panel, the biometric imaging arrangement comprising: a transmitter element arranged to emit terahertz radiation for illuminating the object; and an image sensor comprising an antenna pixel array arranged to detect terahertz radiation transmitted from the illuminated object, for producing an image.

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processing unit that performs living body-related processing on the basis of an image of a part of a living body of a user, the image being generated in a state in which the part of the living body is in contact with a contact surface, and contact information acquired in the state in which the past of the living body is in contact with. the contact surface.

A portable electrocardiographic device includes: an electrode unit configured to detect an electrocardiographic waveform; and a control unit configured to record, in a storage unit, the electrocardiographic waveform detected by the electrode unit. The electrode unit includes a pair of measurement electrodes for measuring the electrocardiographic waveform, and an earth electrode for detecting a reference potential for a change in a potential of a body, and the earth electrode is disposed in such a manner that a distal end side of a finger of a subject that is a target of the electrocardiographic waveform measurement is brought in contact with the earth electrode, and one of the measurement electrodes is disposed on a proximal end side of the finger of the subject, the distal end side of which is in contact with the earth electrode.

A portable electrocardiographic device includes: an electrode unit configured to detect an electrocardiographic waveform; and a control unit configured to record, in a storage unit, the electrocardiographic waveform detected by the electrode unit. The electrode unit includes a pair of measurement electrodes for measuring the electrocardiographic waveform, and an earth electrode for detecting a reference potential for a change in a potential of a body, and the earth electrode is disposed in such a manner that a distal end side of a finger of a subject that is a target of the electrocardiographic waveform measurement is brought in contact with the earth electrode, and one of the measurement electrodes is disposed on a proximal end side of the finger of the subject, the distal end side of which is in contact with the earth electrode.

A fingerprint acquisition device comprising, a space for receiving a finger of a user, a light source configured to emit a illumination light illuminating the space, a camera configured to acquire an image of a fingerprint of the finger, when the finger is received in the space, and, a polarization system configured to polarize the illumination light before the illumination light reaches the space and after the illumination light has passed through the space, and to polarize an ambient light emanating from outside the device and propagating towards the camera, before the ambient light reaches the space, and to polarize the ambient light after the ambient light has passed through the space.

The present invention relates to a passive terahertz biometric imaging device configured to be arranged under an at least partially transparent display panel and configured to capture a terahertz image of an object located on an opposite side of the transparent display panel, the terahertz biometric imaging device comprising: an image sensor comprising an antenna pixel array arranged to detect terahertz radiation produced by the object, for capturing a terahertz image of the object.

An information processing apparatus, including: a feature point detecting unit configured to detect a feature point from an image including biological information obtained via a sensor unit; and a feature value extracting unit configured to extract a feature value that characterizes the feature point based on a peripheral image including the feature point.

Disclosed is an apparatus for estimating bio-information. The apparatus for estimating bio-information includes: a sensor part comprising a pulse wave sensor array configured to detect a pulse wave signal when an object contacts a contact surface of the sensor part, and a load sensor configured to detect a first contact load applied by the object to the contact surface; and a processor configured to obtain contact load distribution of the contact surface based on the pulse wave signal, and to estimate bio-information based on the contact load distribution.

A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technology, determining a digital code associated with the object defining the physical dispersion pattern, and authenticating the object by verifying a correspondence of the digital code with the physical dispersion pattern, and verifying the physical characteristic.