Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein program for blood pressure estimating program

A method for estimating blood pressure comprising:

• detecting first pulse wave information at a first position of a living body;
• detecting second pulse wave information at a second position of the living body, the second position being spaced a distance in a vertical direction from the first position;
• and
• estimating, based on pulse wave amplitude information at the first position and the second position obtained from the first pulse wave information obtained in the detecting the first pulse wave information and the second pulse wave information in the detecting the second pulse wave information and the distance in the vertical direction, a blood pressure of the living body.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a blood pressure estimating program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a process comprising:

• detecting first pulse wave information at a first position of a living body;
• detecting second pulse wave information at a second position of the living body, the second position being spaced a distance in a vertical direction from the first position;
• and
• estimating, based on pulse wave amplitude information at the first position and the second position obtained from the first pulse wave information and the second pulse wave information and the distance in the vertical direction, a blood pressure of the living body.