WEAR newsletter Year 3 No.1 February 2008

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1 WEAR newsletter Year 3 No.1 February 2008 This Newsletter appears in English, Japanese, French and Portuguese Language of this newsletter: English What is WEAR? WEAR (world engineering anthropometry resource) is an international collaborative effort with the goal to contribute actively to the diffusion and the advancement of knowledge of anthropometry, ergonomics and human factors engineering for health, safety and well-being for all people. The aim is to have WEAR ready at the IEA conference in Beijing in 2009 ( Target group of this newsletter This newsletter aims to inform all the people interested in applied anthropometry about the progress in the realization of the strategic plan for WEAR. WEAR Tokyo Report February 4 to February the WEAR group met in Tokyo, Japan ( Two days were dedicated to a symposium. The program was: Feb 6th (wed) xbiometric and WEAR joint conference Morning: xbiometric session 09:30- Continuous and Longitudinal data storing 09:50 of personal health information Masaaki Mochimaru (AIST) 09:50-10:10 Personal health log project Takae Tanahashi (Feelfine Inc.) 10:10- Quality control and Analysis technologies 10:30 of health log data Yukihisa Namiki (Feelfine Inc.) 10:30-10:50 Fashion on demand business based on the personal body information Yoshiyuki Sakaguchi (Digital Fashion Inc.) 10:50- Storing and Management of personal health log 11:10 data Ken Kubodera (NTT Data Corp.) 11:10-12:00 Keynote Health logging by wearable sensors Kiyoshi Itao (The University of Tokyo) Afternoon: WEAR session (Overview) 13:30- Worldwide Engineering 14:30 Anthropometry Resource (WEAR) Kathleen Robinette 14:30-15:00 Data collection Hein Daanen 15:00-15:15 Coffee Break 15:15- Database system Regis Mollard 1

2 15:45 15:45-16:05 16:05-16:25 16:25-16:45 16:45-17:00 17:00-18:00 18:00-20:00 Quality control Size China: fit for the future Personnel screening and selection tools Q&A Transfer by charter buses (for Yurakucho) Site visit and Welcome party (Feelfine Inc.) Makiko Kouchi Masaaki Mochimaru Hein Daanen / Johan Molenbroek Pierre Meunier Feb 7th (thu) WEAR joint conference Morning: WEAR session (Tools) Consistent parameterization and 9:30-10:00 principal component analysis of 3D anthropometry data Chang Shu 10:00-10:30 Body Shape Browser Masaaki Mochimaru Makiko Kouchi 10:30-11:00 Semantic Web Tools for WEAR Sandy Ressler 11:00-11:30 Example Web User Interface Kathleen Robinette 11:30-13:30 Lunch and Demonstration Session Demonstration Session 12:00-12:15 Konica Minolta Sensing, Inc 12:15-12:30 SPACEVISION Inc. 12:30-12:45 Inter-Reha Co.,Ltd. 12:45-13:00 HAMANO Engineering Co. Ltd. 13:00-13:15 HQL 13:15-13:30 Digital Human Technology Inc. Afternoon WEAR session (case studies) 13:30-13:50 Apparel Manikins Daisy Veitch 13:50-14:10 Principles of Fit to Optimize Helmet Sizing Kathleen Robinette 14:10-14:30 World-wide apparel sizing Young-Suk Lee 14:30-14:50 Bra sizing Hein Daanen 14:50-15:10 Digital Hand Masaaki Mochimaru 15:10-15:20 Coffee break 2

15:20-16:20 Demo & Exhibition 16:20-17:30 Site visit (Digital Human RC) Exhibitors 3D Body scanner HAMAMATSU Co. Ltd. : Bodyline Scanner SpaceVision Inc. : Cartesia HAMANO Engineering Co. Ltd. : VOXELAN Konica Minolta Sensing Inc.

3 15:20-16:20 Demo & Exhibition 16:20-17:30 Site visit (Digital Human RC) Exhibitors 3D Body scanner HAMAMATSU Co. Ltd. : Bodyline Scanner SpaceVision Inc. : Cartesia HAMANO Engineering Co. Ltd. : VOXELAN Konica Minolta Sensing Inc. : Vivid I-Ware Laboratory Co. Ltd. : INFOOT Motion Capture System Inter-Riha Co. Ltd. : Vicon nac Image Technology Inc. : Motion Analysis Anthropometric database Research Institute of Human Engineering for Quality Life (HQL) : Size-JPN database Digital Human software Digital Human Technology Inc. : Average head dummies, SizeHand ErgoVision Inc. : Body Shape Browser 3d Inc. : RAMSIS, SmartColision There were 138 participants (70.1% of registered participants) of which 30% filled in a questionnaire. Background of the participants: Almost 50% had no education in anthropometry. 31% used a 3D scanner, mostly Hamamatsu and Minolta. 12% indicated that they may use a 3D scanner in the future. 30% wanted 3D raw data; 18% wanted 3D summary statistics data. The most desired tools were 3D shape editors and 3D visualization tools. 3

4 The opinion about the meeting was: The application part was considered most useful. 21% was interested in WEAR membership; 45% was considering it. 52% wanted access to WEAR. Regarding the question what WEAR should focus on, the response was as follows:! Benefits of membership including access to first model (use screen dumps) 4

! The presenting scientists (from short to tall) are Lee Young Suk (Korea), Makiko Kouchi (J), Kathleen Robinette (USA), Regis Mollard (F), Daisy Veitch (Aus), Masaaki Mochimaru (J), Sandy Ressler

5 ! The presenting scientists (from short to tall) are Lee Young Suk (Korea), Makiko Kouchi (J), Kathleen Robinette (USA), Regis Mollard (F), Daisy Veitch (Aus), Masaaki Mochimaru (J), Sandy Ressler (USA), Chang Shu (CND), Pierre Meunier (CND) and Hein Daanen (Netherlands). Considerable progress was made during the WEAR meeting. We agreed upon a unique description of measurements in XML and prepared the first course for WEAR that will be given in Paris in July Strategic plan The strategic plan is finalized and will be available for download soon at the WEAR sites ( and Legal body WEAR is now a legal body. The not-for-profit organization is based in Paris. The IBAN Bank Account number is FR The SWIFT code is CCBPFRPPMTG. The mail address contact.wear@orange.fr is opened for new participants. WEAR-partners WEAR partners contribute to the WEAR project by donating data or tools. WEAR users may join in 2009 when the WEAR portal is finalized. Advantages to Being a WEAR Partner 1. Partners will be invited to attend semi-annual partner status meetings during development. They will have a say in the content, output and structure of the system as it is developed so they will be able to ensure it meets their individual needs. 5

6 2. Corporate partner logos and websites will be advertised on the WEAR website and in the semiannual WEAR newsletter to the anthropometry community. The newsletter provides status reports and worldwide anthropometry happenings. 3. Partners who also provide data, tools, or a node or hub will have WEAR users sent to their site, enabling partners to showcase their capabilities to clients, and in particular to the clients that would be most interested in the partner s information. 4. Gold level partners will receive free WEAR access for two years after it is developed. 5. Partners who have in-kind contributions of data, tools etc. may have their fees waived upon review. 6. WEAR being a non-profit organization the value of monetary or in-kind contributions may qualify for a tax deduction. How Partners May Join There are four levels of partner membership (all fees are in US dollars) with varying levels of benefits: Individual memberships: a. Regular: fee of $2,500 one-time fee if joining in 2008 or later b. Gold: fee of $4,400 one-time fee if joining in 2008 or later. This includes a single waiver of the WEAR use fee for two years after development Corporate memberships: a. Regular: fee of $25,000 one-time fee if joining in 2008 or later. This provides for up to 5 individual memberships. b. Gold: fee of $45,000 one-time fee if joining in 2008 or later. This provides for up to 10 individual memberships with waiver of the use fee for two years after WEAR development. Current members are from the companies Decathlon (F), Sennheiser (USA, D), Applied Health Works (USA) and BATA (NL). Regular members get a 50% reduction for WEAR courses; gold members participate for free. Individual members who want to receive the newsletter only, can subscribe for free by registering with WEAR online. WEAR members get free access to the demo version of WEAR database, hosted in France. WEAR mission animated The mission of WEAR is visualized in a 2-minute animation. This animation is downloadable from website using keyword anthropometry. Relation with IEA The International Ergonomics Association ( approved the formation of a Technical Committee on Anthropometry, lead by Johan Molenbroek. The WEAR core members are member of this Technical Committee. Next WEAR meeting The next WEAR meeting will be in Paris, July 7-11, and will include the general assembly meeting and a short course. Course Outline for Paris Short Course on Engineering Anthropometry 6

7 Day 1 - Introduction Course overview Anthropometric data types Measurement issues: principle and practical aspects 3-D scanning and data processing Use of online database system Basic statistical methods Day 2 Advanced Tools and Applications 3-D data forms 3-D data navigation and search Statistical shape analysis Make a fit-map Applications case studies Case selection for human apparel manikins Will include software, sample data sets (1D and 3D), course notes, reference list and hands-on practice. Participants get temporary access to demo version of online WEAR. Participants may bring their own laptop (must be PC) for practice. List of Instructors: Dr Kathleen Robinette, Prof. Regis Mollard, Dr Johan Molenbroek, Dr Chang Shu, Prof. Hein Daanen, Dr Masaaki Mochimaru, Dr Makiko Kouchi, Dr Eric Paquet, Ms Daisy Veitch. The first meeting in 2009 will be in Atlanta, Georgia Feb 2-6,

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