FEATURE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND FEATURE IDENTIFICATION METHOD

A feature identification device identifies a type of lane separation equipment, including at least separation poles and separation wire ropes, for separating a road by travel direction. When the type of lane separation equipment is not associated with a predetermined position on the road, the device identifies the type of the lane separation equipment based on an image in which the lane separation equipment is captured at a predetermined position by an algorithm selected from a first algorithm and a second algorithm based on whether the predetermined position is included in the two-way traffic section. When the predetermined position is included in the two-way traffic section, the device identifies the type of the lane separation equipment using the second algorithm which is capable of identifying separation poles and separation wire ropes with higher certainty than the first algorithm.