[Object] To provide a characteristic-value calculating device, a characteristic-value calculating method, and a recording medium that can extract a characteristic value for more accurately recognizing the state of a moving object, such as a human, from a Doppler signal. [Solution] A characteristic-value calculating device includes an acquiring unit that acquires a Doppler signal, an extracting unit that extracts a time-series signal constituted of a predetermined frequency component from the Doppler signal acquired by the acquiring unit, a selecting unit that selects a signal value at a predetermined interval from the time-series signal extracted by the extracting unit, and a calculating unit that calculates higher-order local autocorrelation based on the signal value selected by the selecting unit.
