PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biological optical measurement apparatus which detects as a characteristic waveform a measurement waveform corresponding to the behavior of a subject.SOLUTION: A biological optical measurement apparatus comprises: a waveform acquisition part 140 which acquires a waveform relating to a dynamic phase of a subject on the basis of passing light from the subject an identification part 141 which identifies an observation part of the subject an image acquisition part 142 which acquires an image of the observation part a behavior identification part 143 which identifies a behavior of the observation part on the basis of the image and a characteristic waveform detector 144 which detects as a characteristic waveform a waveform corresponding to the identified behavior.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】被検者の挙動に対応する計測波形を特徴波形として検出する生体光計測装置を提供する。【解決手段】生体光計測装置は、被検体からの通過光に基づいて、被検体の動態に関する波形を取得する波形取得部140と、被検体の観察部位を特定する特定部141と、観察部位の画像を取得する画像取得部142と、画像に基づいて観察部位の挙動を識別する挙動識別部143と、識別された挙動に対応する波形を特徴波形として検出する特徴波形検出部144とを備える。【選択図】図1