PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heart rate measuring apparatus which can measure the heart rate of a living body without coming into contact with the living body.SOLUTION: This heart rate measuring apparatus includes: acquiring means 10 to 13 which acquire temperature information at one or two or more areas of the living body an extracting means which extracts frequency data corresponding to the frequency component of a frequency zone being equivalent to the heart rate of the living body and a measuring means which measures the heart rate of the living body conforming to the frequency data which has been extracted by the extracting means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】生体に接触することなく、生体の心拍数を測定可能な心拍数測定装置を提供する。【解決手段】生体の1または2以上の部位の温度情報を取得する取得手段10~13と、温度情報から、生体の心拍に相当する周波数帯域の周波数成分に対応する周波数データを抽出する抽出手段と、抽出手段により抽出された周波数データに基づいて、生体の心拍数を計測する計測手段と、を備えることを特徴とする心拍数測定装置。【選択図】 図1