Patent attributes
Provided are lane recognition apparatuses and methods including a sensor provided at a vehicle to detect a left line and a right line of a current lane, sense a left line distance and right line distance from a middle of the vehicle to the left line and right line, respectively, and a controller configured to set a sum of the left line distance and the right line distance as a lane width, when the sensor detects both the left line and the right line, correct the left line distance or the right line distance based on a previously set lane width, when the sensor detects one of the left line or the right line, and determine a moving state of the vehicle as any one of normal, left-biased, right-biased, or lane change driving state based on the left line and the right line of the current lane.
