An image process for determining whether an image is foggy determines a
shape of a road for driving of a vehicle in an image captured by an
onboard camera based on white road line recognition. Based on the road
shape, the process determines, in the image, a distant road area on the
road for driving at a specified distance from the vehicle. The process
processes, of the entire image captured by the camera, an image portion
corresponding to the distant road area to determine whether an image is
foggy. Thus, a load on image processing decreases compared with analysis
of the entire image. The distant road area is located on the road at the
specified distance far from the vehicle in the image. Generally, a road
continues in the distance. Since the corresponding area possibly captures
a distant part, the fog determination accuracy can be ensured.