PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve estimation accuracy of a heart beat in a heart beat estimation apparatus and a method, and a program.SOLUTION: The heart beat estimation apparatus comprises: a transmission unit that applies microwaves to a subject a reception unit that detects reflected waves from the subject and acquires a detection result a sensor that detects movement of the subject and acquires a detection result and an estimation unit that estimates the heart beat on the basis of feature points that are present near a frequency from which feature points are obtained by a frequency analysis of the detection result and that are left behind after excluding the feature points obtained by performing a frequency analysis of the detection result, from heart beat candidates.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】心拍推定装置及び方法、並びにプログラムにおいて、心拍の推定精度を向上することを目的とする。【解決手段】被験者にマイクロ波を照射する送信部と、前記被験者からの反射波を検知して検知結果を取得する受信部と、前記被験者の動きを検出して検出結果を取得するセンサと、前記検出結果を周波数解析して特徴点が得られる周波数の近傍に存在する、前記検知結果を周波数解析して得られる特徴点を、心拍の候補から除外した後に残る特徴点に基づき心拍を推定する推定部を備えるように構成する。【選択図】図9
