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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Takao Oda, Osaka, JP;
Natsuki Sato, Osaka, JP;
Isao Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Kaneko, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Ota, Osaka, JP;
Takao Oda, Osaka, JP;
Natsuki Sato, Osaka, JP;
Isao Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Yasunori Kaneko, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Ota, Osaka, JP;
Mizuno Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A system for assisting shoe selection can select and present a shoe type that fits a customer by estimating the anatomical characteristics of a foot from the state of the foot. The system includes the following: a measured data input portion for measuring and inputting data that show the state of a foot of a person to be measured; a normalization processing portion for normalizing the data input from the measured data input portion and storing the normalized data at least temporarily; a shoe catalog database for storing information of a plurality of types of shoes; and a selection portion for estimating the anatomical characteristics of the foot of the person based on the normalized data, referring to the shoe catalog database based on the anatomical characteristics, and selecting and presenting a shoe type that fits the person.