PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a body vertical/horizontal width measuring unit and a visceral fat measuring apparatus capable of improving the reliability of measurement accuracy while suppressing cost increase.SOLUTION: The body vertical/horizontal width measuring unit includes: a first contact part 41 which is attached movably in a vertical direction to a unit body 40 and is to be in contact with the body upper surface of a subject 5 a second contact part 42 and a third contact part 43 which is attached movably in a horizontal direction to the unit body 40 and is to be in contact with the body side face of a user 5 an encoder 441 for vertical width detection, which detects a lowering distance from an origin position at the body upper part of the user 5 to a position where the first contact part 41 is brought into contact with the body upper surface and an encoder 442 for horizontal width detection, which is attached movably in the horizontal direction for the same distance as the moving distance of the second contact part 42 to the unit body 40 and detects the relative moving distance of the third contact part 43 to the second contact part 42.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】コストの増大を抑制しつつ測定精度の信頼性向上を図ることができる胴体縦横幅測定ユニットおよび内臓脂肪測定装置を提供する。【解決手段】ユニット本体40に対して垂直方向に移動可能に取り付けられ、被験者5の胴体上面に接触する第1接触部41と、ユニット本体40に対して水平方向に移動可能に取り付けられ、ユーザ5の胴体側面に接触する第2接触部42、第3接触部43と、第1接触部41がユーザ5の胴体上方の原点位置から胴体上面に接触するまでの下降距離を検出する縦幅検出用エンコーダ441と、ユニット本体40に対して第2接触部42の移動距離と同じ距離を水平方向に移動可能に取り付けられ、第3接触部43の第2接触部42に対する相対的な移動距離を検出する横幅検出用エンコーダ442と、を備える。【選択図】図3
