PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detector capable of finding the time of a person's death at the final stage of the person.SOLUTION: A detector includes: detection means for detecting a respiration signal in real time from body vibration originated from a person at a predetermined location; storage means in which a reference value for the respiration signal is previously calculated and stored; comparison means for comparing the stored reference value for the respiration signal with an actual signal detected by the detection signal; and determination means for determining the person's final stage by detecting a jaw breathing symptom from a result of the comparison of the respiration signals by the comparison means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】人の終末期に、人の死期を見つけることが可能な検出装置を提供する。【解決手段】検出装置は、所定の場所にいる人が発する身体の振動から呼吸の信号を実時間で検出する検出手段と、呼吸の信号の基準値を予め求めて記憶させておく記憶手段と、記憶させた呼吸の信号の基準値と検出手段で検出した実際の信号とを比較する比較手段と、比較手段における呼吸の信号の比較結果から下顎呼吸症状を検知することによって人の終末期を判定する判定手段とを有することを特徴とする検出装置。【選択図】図2