PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fat thickness measuring apparatus, method and program that improve accuracy of an optical fat thickness measurement.SOLUTION: The fat thickness measuring apparatus includes: a light emission unit that emits light entered into a living body a sensor unit with a light receiving part that receives light appearing on a surface of the living body and detects a light receiving amount an input unit that inputs characteristic information indicative of characteristics of the living body and a processing unit wherein the processing unit includes a control unit emitting light at a prescribed amount of light emission and a calculating unit obtaining a correction value associated with the characteristic information inputted from the input unit and calculating a fat thickness using the obtained correction value and the light receiving amount.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】光学式の脂肪厚計測の計測精度を向上させる脂肪厚計測装置、脂肪厚計測方法および脂肪厚計測プログラムを提供する。【解決手段】生体に入射する光を発光する発光部と、生体の表面に現れる光を受光して受光量を検出する受光部を有するセンサ部と、生体の特徴を示す特徴情報を入力する入力部と、処理部を備え、処理部が、予め決められた発光量で発光部を発光させる制御部と、入力部から入力された特徴情報に関連付けられている補正値を求め、求めた補正値と受光量を用いて脂肪厚を求める算出部と、を有する、脂肪厚計測装置である。【選択図】図1
