On-board apparatus and method used by said apparatus

摘要

A lane marker recognition apparatus which recognizes a lane marker based on a captured image of a road surface in the direction in which a vehicle is traveling includes a lane identifying portion that identifies the type of lane that the vehicle is traveling in based on the image, and a timing changing portion which outputs a change command to change the start timing of an operation of an assist system provided in the vehicle to the assist system when the type of lane identified by the lane identifying portion is a predetermined type of lane.