抄録
As consumers expect higher quality products in recent years. clothing products corresponding to the individual taste and sensibility are in demand. Especially, for the underwear of a special character which restricts and shapes the body, it is necessary to pay attention to the body shape and characteristics of each consumer. As the basic research for a production technique of individualized underwear, it is attempted to develop a simultaneous measurement system for human body shape and body softness. This system measures the shape and softness automatically by controlling many sliding-gauges with air pressure. The degree and the distribution of softness of a male chest and that of a female were measured and the difference between the male and the female was shown. It is also reported on the measuring apparatus of the character of body compression by the controllable sliding-gauges. The clothing design system based on the physique and body softness will become important from now on.
