Emotion-recognition-based service provision apparatus for vehicle and method of controlling the same

An apparatus for providing an emotion-recognition-based service for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• an emotion recognizer configured to determine an emotion of an occupant;
• a driving situation determiner configured to monitor a diving situation;
• and
• an emotion form determiner configured to, when the emotion recognizer recognizes the emotion of the occupant, compare at least one of a first emotion as a type of a currently generated emotion or a first driving situation as a driving situation corresponding to a first time which is as a time at which the emotion recognized, with at least one of a second emotion as a type of an emotion that is previously recognized compared with the emotion or a second driving situation as a driving situation corresponding to a second time which is as a time at which the previously generated emotion is recognized, and to determine the currently generated emotion as one of a transient emotion, a sequential emotion, and a repetitive emotion depending on a result of the comparing.