PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a body movement detecting apparatus capable of comprehensively and accurately calculating energy consumed by a user including energy consumption by exercise other than walking exercise by discriminating the walking exercise from exercise other than the walking exercise and individually calculating the energy consumption in accordance with a form of exercise.SOLUTION: The body movement detecting apparatus includes: a body movement data acquisition means for acquiring body movement information related to a body movement of the user a body movement discriminating means for discriminating whether the body movement is walking exercise or exercise other than the walking exercise on the basis of the body movement information and a computing means which calculates energy consumption during the walking exercise on the basis of the body movement information of the body movement discriminated by the body movement discriminating means as the walking exercise of the body movement information, calculates the energy consumption at the time of exercise other than the walking exercise on the basis of the body movement information of the body movement discriminated as the exercise other than the walking exercise, and calculates the energy consumption by the body movement of the user by adding these energy consumption.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】歩行運動と歩行運動以外の運動とを判別し、運動形態に応じた消費エネルギーを別個に算出することで、歩行運動以外の運動による消費エネルギーをも含む使用者が消費しているエネルギーを、総合的かつ正確に算出することができる体動検出装置を提供すること。【解決手段】使用者の体動に関する体動情報を取得する体動情報取得手段と、体動情報に基づいて、体動が歩行運動か歩行運動以外の運動か、を判別する体動判別手段と、体動情報のうち、体動判別手段により、歩行運動として判別された体動の体動情報に基づいて歩行運動時の消費エネルギーを算出し、歩行運動以外の運動として判別された体動の体動情報に基づいて歩行運動以外の運動時の消費エネルギーを算出するとともに、これらの消費エネルギーを合算して使用者の体動による消費エネルギーを算出する演算手段と、を有する。【選択図】図3
