Selection assisting method and selection assisting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016339313-A1
Application number	US-201615141266-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 28, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a selection assisting method including a first selection step of selecting a recommended grip from a plurality of types of grips based on information on a hand size of a testing golfer; a measurement step of measuring by using a measurement device a swing characteristic of the testing golfer in a shot by using a golf club to which the recommended grip selected in the first selection step is attached; and a second selection step of selecting a recommended grip from the plurality of types of grips based on a measurement result in the measurement step.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A selection assisting method comprising:
a first selection step of selecting a recommended grip from a plurality of types of grips based on information on a hand size of a testing golfer; a measurement step of measuring by using a measurement device a swing characteristic of the testing golfer in a shot by using a golf club to which the recommended grip selected in the first selection step is attached; and a second selection step of selecting a recommended grip from the plurality of types of grips based on a measurement result in the measurement step.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a remeasurement step of measuring by using a measurement device in a shot by using a golf club to which the recommended grip selected in the second selection step is attached; and a third selection step of selecting a recommended grip from the plurality of types of grips based on a measurement result in the remeasurement step.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the measurement step, a direction of a face at impact is measured as the swing characteristic.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein in the remeasurement step, a degree of a change in direction of a face with respect to a moving direction of a head within a moving range of the head from an impact position to a position at a predetermined distance before the impact position is measured as the swing characteristic.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the second selection step, a grip having a thickness fitting the testing golfer is selected as the recommended grip.

6 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein
in the second selection step, a grip having a thickness fitting the testing golfer is selected as the recommended grip, and in the third selection step, a grip having a shape fitting the testing golfer is selected as the recommended grip.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the measurement step, a direction of a face at impact is measured as the swing characteristic, and in the second selection step, the more open the face, the thinner a grip that is selected as the recommended grip, and the more closed the face, the thicker a grip that is selected as the recommended grip.

8 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein
in the measurement step, a direction of a face at impact is measured as the swing characteristic, in the remeasurement step, a degree of a change in direction of a face with respect to a moving direction of a head within a moving range of the head from an impact position to a position at a predetermined distance before the impact position is measured as the swing characteristic, in the second selection step, the more open the face, the thinner a grip that is selected as the recommended grip, and the more closed the face, the thicker a grip that is selected as the recommended grip, and in the third selection step, the larger the degree of the change, the stronger taper of a grip that is selected as the recommended grip, and the smaller the degree of the change, the weaker taper of a grip that is selected as the recommended grip.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information is one of a measured value of a glove size of the testing golfer and a measured value of the hand size of the testing golfer.

10 . A selection assisting apparatus comprising:
a first selection unit configured to select a recommended grip from a plurality of types of grips based on information on a hand size of a testing golfer; a measurement unit configured to measure a swing characteristic of the testing golfer when the testing golfer strikes a golf ball by using a golf club to which the recommended grip selected by the first selection unit is attached; and a second selection unit configured to select a recommended grip from the plurality of types of grips based on a measurement result of the measurement unit.

11 . A selection assisting apparatus comprising a processor and a storage unit, the storage unit storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
select a recommended grip from a plurality of types of grips based on information on a hand size of a testing golfer; acquire a measurement result of a swing characteristic of the testing golfer by using a measurement device when the testing golfer strikes a golf ball by using a golf club to which the selected recommended grip is attached; and select a recommended grip from the plurality of types of grips based on the acquired measurement result.

Assignees

• Bridgestone Sports Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwade Hirotada
• Ishikawa Tatsuya
• Yoshida Shintaro

Classifications

• G06F1/3206

  Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality · CPC title

• G06F3/014

  Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves · CPC title

• A61B5/1072

  measuring distances on the body, e.g. measuring length, height or thickness (A61B5/1076 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01B5/0023 Primary

  Measuring of sport goods, e.g. bowling accessories, golfclubs, game balls · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title