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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Hirotada Iwade, Chichibu, JP;
Fumiaki Sato, Chichibu, JP;
Hirotada Iwade, Chichibu, JP;
Fumiaki Sato, Chichibu, JP;
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shaft selection assist apparatus according to this invention includes a storage means for storing recommended shaft information indicating a correspondence between measurement parameters obtained upon a test strike with a golf club to which a predetermined reference shaft is attached, and recommended shafts among shafts of a plurality of types, an acquisition means for acquiring the measurement results of the measurement parameters associated with a test strike actually made by a user with the golf club, a selection means for selecting a recommended shaft by referring to the recommended shaft information based on the measurement results acquired by the acquisition means, and an output means for outputting information indicating the recommended shaft selected by the selection means. The recommended shaft information stored in the storage means is information which specifies recommended shafts based on the relationship between the shaft rigidity distribution and the measurement parameters.