In order to improve the reliability of biometric authentication and ensure high security, the biometric authentication device 10 according to the present invention can be introduced into facilities such as airports. 11 and scattered light generated from the person's finger with respect to the light irradiated to the person's finger by the irradiation unit 11, and the received light is converted into lightness information according to the light intensity of this light. An image acquisition unit 13 that acquires a plurality of images showing the brightness and darkness, and a biometric information conversion unit 14 that converts the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit 13 into biological information indicating a pulse wave of a human finger; When the pulse wave signal that is the biometric information converted by the biometric information conversion unit 14 is larger than a predetermined threshold, the biometric authentication unit 16 that performs biometric authentication is provided.空港等の施設にも導入可能であって、生体認証の信頼性を向上させ、高度なセキュリティを確保するために、本発明に係る生体認証装置10は、人の指に光を照射する照射部11と、照射部11により人の指に照射された光に対し、人の指から生じる散乱光を受光し、受光した光を、この光の光強度に応じて明度情報に変換して、明度の明暗を示す複数の画像を取得する画像取得部13と、画像取得部13により取得された複数の画像を用いて、人の指の脈波を示す生体情報に変換する生体情報変換部14と、生体情報変換部14により変換された生体情報である脈波信号が、所定の閾値よりも大きい場合には、生体認証を行う生体認証部16と、を具備して構成される。