Autonomous driving control apparatus and method for notifying departure of front vehicle

An autonomous driving control apparatus comprising:

• a front vehicle recognition device configured to recognize behavior information related to a front vehicle;
• a driver monitoring device configured to detect whether a driver in a host vehicle is gazing at a front side of the driver;
• and
• a processor configured to determine a time point of notification of a departure of the front vehicle in consideration of whether the driver is gazing at the front side, the behavior information of the front vehicle, and a front vehicle departure notification sensitivity when recognizing the departure of the front vehicle through the front vehicle recognition device after the host vehicle and the front vehicle are stopped,
• wherein the processor measures a start velocity and a movement distance of the front vehicle using the front vehicle recognition device in a departure situation of the host vehicle, and determines the front vehicle departure notification sensitivity based on a reference start velocity and the start velocity of the front vehicle or a reference movement distance and the movement distance of the front vehicle.