1. An apparatus for recognizing a hand shape by using a finger pattern, the apparatus comprising: a memory for storing a preset finger pattern according to each hand shape in accordance with one or more hand shapes; and a controller for calculating edges for each pixel line within an input image, detecting finger feature data according to a preset feature reference value by using the calculated edges, detecting a finger candidate pattern by using the detected finger feature data, and outputting a hand shape corresponding to a finger pattern that matches the detected finger candidate pattern among finger patterns stored in the memory as a recognition result.