A device and a method that permit easy and accurate determination of a walking
condition regardless of differences in foot landing points on soles or lengths
of legs of a walker are provided. According to this device, a measuring device
measures a parameter indicating a displacement speed or a displacement acceleration
of a bottom end portion of one leg with respect to a bottom end portion of the
other leg of the walker. A first storage device stores patterns of plots corresponding
to parameters and walking conditions of the walker. A generating device generates
plots defined in the determination space by parameters measured by the measuring
device. A determining device determines walking conditions of the walker on the
basis of the patterns of the plots stored and retained in conjunction with the
walking conditions by the first storage device and the patterns of the plots generated
by the generating device.