Patent attributes
A demarcation line recognition apparatus is applied to a vehicle in which an imaging apparatus that captures an image of an area ahead of the vehicle is mounted. The demarcation line recognition apparatus includes: a demarcation line recognizing unit that recognizes a traveling demarcation line that demarcates a traveling lane of the vehicle based on an image acquired by the imaging apparatus; and a demarcation line estimating unit that estimates a shape of the traveling demarcation line in a range that cannot be recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit, based on the traveling demarcation line recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit. The demarcation line recognition apparatus determines a reliability level of the traveling demarcation line recognized by the demarcation line recognizing unit and invalidates the estimation of the shape of the traveling demarcation line by the demarcation line estimating unit based on the determination result.
