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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Makoto Katsu, Kobe, JP;
Hironori Shinohara, Kobe, JP;
Hiroyuki Kusumi, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ASKS Corp., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a foot inclination angle measuring method of the present application, the shape of a footis measured in three dimensions. And, based on three-dimensional data on the measured shape of the foot, a two-dimensional cross sectionof the footorienting in a front-rear direction, which includes a cross section of a heel of the foot, is obtained. Then, a central line Cof the two-dimensional cross sectionin a right-left direction is obtained and the angle of inward/outward inclination of the footis obtained from the angle of inclination (a) of the central line C