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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Takahiro Murakoshi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuuichi Kimura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Takehiro Kurono, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A stroke information measurement device and a stroke information measurement method, by which stroke information, such as the stroke time, stroke length, etc., of a swimming swimmer can be measured accurately and immediately, are provided. This invention's stroke information measurement deviceis characterized in comprising: an image pickup means, capturing images of a swimming swimmer and outputting the image data of predetermined intervals; a front end detection means, detecting a front end in the direction of progress of the swimmer from an image of the body of the swimmer in each image data; and a stroke point detection part, detecting, from among the front ends, the front end at the timing when the swimmer is in a predetermined position in each stroke.