JP2002074082A - Selection method for sporting goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for selecting optimum sporting goods for a user by using a computer means. SOLUTION: This method for selecting the optimum sporting goods for a characteristic value specific to the user by using the computer means, includes a step of previously storing sporting goods information and standard value information on the sporting goods, a step of comparing standard value information with the characteristic value information on the user, a step of installing a selecting program for selecting the optimum sporting goods information, a step of making the characteristic value information on the user input from an input means to compute the optimum sporting goods information for the characteristic value of the user, and a step of displaying the arithmetic results on a display means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of a selection method capable of objectively determining and selecting an optimal exercise equipment suitable for the characteristics of a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in various sports using athletic equipment worn on a user's body, exercise suitable for the user's own characteristics, such as physical characteristics, athletic ability, athletic skill, and the like. When selecting equipment, receive advice from instructors who are generally instructed directly or consultants at exercise equipment retailers, try out the exercise equipment yourself, and feel generally based on the user's own body sensitivity and preferences. The actual situation is that they make effective evaluations and decide on a selection.After purchasing, they actually use the product and repeat trial and error based on their own exhilaration and fatigue, or the quality of use results. Had selected the most appropriate exercise equipment by replacing it.

[0003] However, such an empirical selection method is not necessarily scientific, and it is difficult to guarantee that the most suitable exercise equipment is selected for the characteristics of the user. The result was that time was spent, and it was not always possible to select the most appropriate exercise equipment.

On the other hand, recently, a user himself / herself retrieves exercise equipment data provided by an exercise equipment supplier using the Internet, and determines the user's own characteristic value by himself / herself with reference to the data. There is also a method of selecting exercise equipment by itself, but in this case, there is no objectivity in judging the consistency between the exercise equipment and the characteristic values of the user, and it is not necessarily scientific from an ergonomic point of view. It was a selection method that could not be said to be a target.

[0005] In the case of using such exercise equipment that is not suitable for the user, the user feels cramped or uncomfortable, and cannot not only expect to improve their technical skills but also exercise. There was even a concern about the possibility of an injury accident occurring (known technology).

As a technique provided as an attempt to take this point one step further, there is an invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-23409 (known example).

The gist of this known example is to detect the movement of a tool connected to the body by a detector and to calculate a correlation function based on the data to select the tool.

However, aside from the intent of this known example, which has been withdrawn without examination, the feasibility of this known example is not clear in terms of, for example, the calculation of a correlation function, and the technology is not practical. It is just content.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The comprehensive solution intended by the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned well-known technique, and to quickly select the most appropriate exercise equipment for a user in consideration of scientific techniques. Providing a method, the specific means of which
The embodiments will be described in detail in the respective sections. Here, how to grasp the solution problem and specific problems will be clarified.

That is, it is clear that at least the following provided data is involved in selecting the most appropriate exercise equipment for the user.

1. User data (1) Physical data ◎ Height ◎ Weight ◎ Chest circumference ◎ Arm length ◎ Leg length

(2) Athletic performance data ◎ Muscle strength ◎ Instantaneous power ◎ Sustainability ◎ Inner / abduction angle ◎ Leg width (distance between natural legs)

(3) Technical data ◎ Judgment of motor skills (certification, badge test) (ex, snowboarding) ○ Straight run ○ Deflected run ○ Speed

(4) Other data ◎ Age ◎ Gender ◎ Riding style ◎ Years of experience

2. Exercise equipment data (ex for snowboards) ◎ Total length ◎ Effective edge length ◎ Side curve radius ◎ Waist width ◎ Weight ◎ Elastic restoring force

Accordingly, the first problem to be solved by the present invention is as follows.
The problem is that user data is detected and C.I. P. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method capable of objectively determining the condition of exercise equipment that is determined to be optimal for a user by performing arithmetic processing using U.

A second problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method capable of easily selecting an optimal exercise equipment without requiring special skills.

A third problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method capable of quickly and effectively selecting the most appropriate exercise equipment.

[0019]

Specific means for solving the above-mentioned problems are as described in the claims, and are stored in computer means using a recording medium or Internet means. By comparing and collating the information on the exercise equipment with the characteristic value of the user himself, the optimum exercise equipment information is obtained, and the optimal exercise equipment can be quickly selected for the user.

[0020]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention;

(Embodiment 1) In this embodiment, a method of selecting an optimum snowboard SB for a user PN will be described.

1. Implementation System (1) Advance Preparation User Data (Characteristic Value) PD A user PN who wants to purchase or rent an optimum snowboard SB must prepare various data of the user himself.

In this case, the data is prepared for each of the above-mentioned data, but the technique has been generally experienced and does not require any special effort.

For example, the physical data PD may be measured by a weight scale or the like in the same manner as a normal so-called physical examination.

The athletic ability data MD can also be easily measured by, for example, a dynamometer. In this case,
The measurement of the “inversion / abduction angle” may be performed as follows.

That is, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
As in the binding attachment position determining device of the invention of 194758 (see FIG. 4), the inward or outward movable range of the leg of the user PN is measured by measuring the turning angle of the disk on which the user can ride. If detected, the angle matches the inward / abduction angle.

However, in addition to the above-described measuring method, it is difficult to obtain a high degree of accuracy as data, but it is also possible to easily detect the inside / outside angle of the user PN as follows. .

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the user PN stands up in a natural state, levitates one leg at a time, turns the tip of the ankle forward and left and right in the direction of the arrow, and detects the turning angle to use the user PN. It is also possible to roughly detect the inside / outside angles of the person PN.

Next, the technical data TD may be obtained by objectively evaluating various tests, badge tests, and the like at public institutions and the like. , The technical data TD of the user PN can be easily prepared.

Further, age as other data OD,
Gender and the like need not be explained.

Snowboard Data BD As shown in FIG. 1, snowboard data BD is provided as commercial data by a maker or a mass retailer on a homepage (HP) as sales materials or Internet information. .
P. What is necessary is just to input to U (1) and use it.

The standard value data SD is described in, for example, “Snowboarding that is optimal for a user who has intermediate-level skills and who is physically medium-hungry and has an intermediate level of athletic ability. In the case of SB, the optimal data of the length, width, weight, and edge curve are as follows. ”In general, collect the experiences and expert opinions of instructors and advanced technicians, This is stratified and converted into data as a standard value with high objectivity. This data can be collected without difficulty from a maker or a mass retailer, similarly to the data of the snowboard SB.

The calculation software means SO is software for selecting the standard value data SD based on the causal relationship between the user data PD and the snowboard data BD.
For example, if the height is 170 cm and the weight is 60 kg, and the inside and outside abduction angles of the legs are 10 degrees and 8 degrees,
It is desirable that the snowboard SB be software having a function of calculating that the snowboard SB having an overall length of 137 to 138 cm, a waist width of 22.0 to 23.0 cm and a weight of 5.0 kg is optimal.

Further, other causal relationships may be empirically determined based on information from a veteran snowboarder, an instructor, or the like.

(2) Procedure for selecting an optimal tool As shown in a functional block diagram in FIG. 1, a computer means (CPU) such as a personal computer or the like using a homepage HP on the Internet by a communication means CO (1) In the above, the snowboard data B previously described as RAM information
D is stored in the first memory means (11), and the standard value data SD is stored in the second memory means (12).

Similarly, the calculation software means SO is also referred to as C.I. P. U (1) is installed in advance.

Then, the user PN or an operator commissioned by the user PN transmits the user data PD from the input means (2) such as a keyboard or a touch panel to C.P.
P. Input to U (1).

C. P. U (1) collates the user data PD input using the arithmetic software means SO with the standard value data SD in the second memory means (12), and collates and compares with the arithmetic processing means (13). The calculation is performed, and the optimum data of the snowboard SB is extracted from the snowboard data BD from the first memory means (11) from the result, and is displayed on the display means (3).

In this case, the flowchart showing the procedure is as follows:
This is shown in FIG.

That is, the snowboard data BD and the standard value data SD are previously stored in C.I. P. Stored in U (1) (S
1) Then, the user data PD is stored in C.I. P. U (1) is input (S2).

Next, C.I. P. The collation and arithmetic processing are executed in U (1) (S3), and the optimum snowboard data B is obtained.
It is determined whether or not D has been selected (S4). If the optimum data is obtained, this is displayed (S5), and the process ends. If not, the process returns to step S3 and repeats this process. .

In this case, the displayed snowboard data BD is calculated from various viewpoints so as to conform to various characteristics of the user PN, and is comprehensively corrected. The most suitable snowboard SB can be obtained.

(Embodiment 2) The difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 1 is that the recording medium MD such as a CD-ROM is used.
Various information using C. P. U (1 ′) is stored in U (1 ′) and is common to the other points.

(Embodiment 3) Embodiments 1 and 2 described above can also be used for other exercises. For example, in the case of golf, one example is the same as the case of the snowboard SB in FIG. Although there are some differences,
In the memory (11), the following data is stored as user data.

(1) Physical data ◎ Height ◎ Weight ◎ Arm length ◎ Leg length ◎ Chest circumference ◎ Grip grip length (full width of both hands)

(2) Motor performance data ◎ Back strength ◎ Grip strength ◎ Adduction / abduction angle of shoulder joint ◎ Adduction / abduction angle of limb joint

(3) Technical data ◎ Club head speed ◎ Average ball distance

(4) Other data ◎ Age ◎ Gender ◎ Years of experience

The following data is prepared as club (equipment) data.

◎ Club weight ◎ Swing weight ◎ Head center of gravity position ◎ Head center of gravity depth ◎ Shaft hardness ◎ Shaft bending point

The various data as described above are stored in advance as in the case of the snowboard SB. P. U (1) to be stored. The second memory means (1
Needless to say, in 2), the standard value data relating to golf should be recorded.

In addition, for example, in the case of tennis, racket data may be prepared, and in the case of baseball, bat data may be prepared. As for the data SD, for example, eyesight, hearing, and other specific data are also input as data relating to each sport, but since the basic concept is common to that of snowboarding, Individual description is omitted.

[0053]

The specific effects of the present invention described above are as follows.

The most suitable exercise equipment can be easily selected according to the characteristics of the user.

In selecting exercise equipment, there is no need for advice from a skilled person or the like.

The exercise equipment can be selected by the user himself.

[0057] Exercise equipment can be quickly selected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of determining a binding attachment position.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a method of measuring a user's inside / outside angle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 BD Sports equipment information (data) SD Standard value information (data) PD User information (data) 1, 1 'Computer means HP Homepage MD Recording medium

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method for selecting an exercise equipment optimal for a characteristic value of a user by using a computer means,
After accumulating the exercise equipment information and the standard value information of the exercise equipment in advance, comparing the standard value information with the characteristic value information of the user, and after installing a selection program capable of selecting the optimal exercise equipment information. A method of selecting exercise equipment in which the user's characteristic value information is input from the input means to calculate optimal exercise equipment information for the user's characteristic value and to display the information on the display means. 2. The method for selecting an exercise equipment according to claim 1, wherein the information on the exercise equipment, the standard value information and the selection program are input to a computer means using a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. 3. The method of selecting exercise equipment according to claim 1, wherein the exercise equipment information, the standard value information, and the selection program are input to computer means using a website of a supplier using the Internet.