APPARATUS FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

In an assist apparatus for travel of a vehicle, the assist apparatus may include a camera installed on a vehicle, having a field outside view of the vehicle, and configured to obtain image data, a radar installed on the vehicle, having a sensing area outside the vehicle, and configured to obtain radar data, a communication part configured to transmit and receive communication data to and from a nearby vehicle or external server, and a processor configured process at least one piece of data of the image data, the radar data, and the communication data, wherein the processor recognizes an autonomous driving level of the nearby vehicle on the basis of processing the data and can monitor whether the nearby vehicle needs assistance in response to the autonomous driving level recognized as a lower level than the vehicle.