Patent ID: 8896687

Claim:
A lane departure prevention support apparatus, comprising: an imaging device configured to capture an image of a lane boundary sign which defines a lane in which a vehicle is traveling; a display apparatus configured to recognize the lane boundary sign from captured image data and display the lane boundary sign according to a recognition result and a host vehicle position; and a vehicle position detecting part configured to detect the host vehicle position within the traveling lane, wherein the lane departure prevention support apparatus is configured to prevent a departure from the traveling lane, wherein the display apparatus is configured such that under a status in which the lane boundary sign is not recognized, if the host vehicle is closer to one lane boundary sign of left and right lane boundary signs of the traveling lane and another lane boundary sign of the traveling lane is unrecognized, the display apparatus indicates a status in which the lane boundary signs are recognized, and under the status in which the lane boundary sign is not recognized, if the host vehicle is not closer to one lane boundary sign of the left and the right lane boundary signs of the traveling lane, the display apparatus indicates a status in which the lane boundary sign is not recognized.