PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biometric apparatus which is capable of obtaining a relational expression of a consumed energy with respect to a predetermined pulse rate of an object person to be measured without applying an excessive load to the object person to be measured with simple measurement.SOLUTION: The biometric apparatus includes an instruction issuing unit configured to issue an instruction to an object person to be measured to execute a predetermined state a pulse sensor configured to measure a pulse rate in the predetermined state a consumed energy measuring unit configured to measure a consumed energy in the predetermined state and a biological data calculating unit configured to define a relational expression of the consumed energy with respect to a predetermined pulse rate of the object person to be measured on the basis of the pulse rate measured by the pulse sensor in the predetermined state and the consumed energy measured by the consumed energy measuring unit at the measured pulse rate, and calculate biological data of the object person to be measured on the basis of the defined relational expression.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】測定対象者の所定脈拍数に対する消費エネルギーの関係式を、測定対象者に過大な負荷をかけず、簡便な測定によって求める。【解決手段】測定対象者に対して所定状態の実施を指示する指示部と、所定状態における脈拍数を測定する脈拍センサと、所定状態における消費エネルギーを測定する消費エネルギー測定部と、所定状態において脈拍センサが測定した脈拍数と、該脈拍数の時に消費エネルギー測定部が測定した消費エネルギーと、に基づいて、測定対象者の所定脈拍数に対する消費エネルギーの関係式を決定し、該関係式に基づいて、測定対象者の生体情報を算出する生体情報算出部と、を有することを特徴とする。【選択図】図2
