In 2014, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) carried out a technical trends survay based on patent applications in the field of exercise machines. The survey includes the analyses of technological development and proposals for future R&D strategy, which are based on the trends of patent application, scientific research and market. We expect that the result of the survay will be helpful for determining the direction of management and R&D. In this report, we present the overview of the survey.
