PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blood pressure measuring device capable of enhancing blood pressure measuring precision by accurately calculating the height of the a wrist of an examinee.SOLUTION: A blood pressure measuring device used in the state mounted on the wrist of the examinee includes an acceleration sensor 23, a distance sensor 24 for detecting the distance up to the matter in the direction vertical to the extending direction of the forearm, and a control part 18 for calculating the height of the wrist of the examinee in a gravity direction using the angle of inclination to the reference direction of the forearm of the examinee measured from the detection data of the acceleration sensor 23 and the distance detected by the distance sensor 24 and performing the control corresponding to the calculated height of the wrist.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】被測定者の手首の高さを正確に算出して血圧測定精度を高めることが可能な血圧測定装置を提供する。【解決手段】被測定者の手首に装着して用いられる血圧測定装置は、加速度センサ23と、前腕の伸びる方向に対し垂直な方向における物体までの距離を検出する距離センサ24と、加速度センサ23の検出情報から測定される被測定者の前腕の基準方向に対する傾斜角度と距離センサ24により検出される距離とを用いて、重力方向における被測定者の手首の高さを算出し、算出した手首の高さに応じた制御を行う制御部18と、を備える。【選択図】図2
