Patent attributes
An automatic parking system instructs a plurality of autonomous driving vehicles in a parking lot such that each autonomous driving vehicle travels along a target route and parks in a target parking space within the parking lot. The automatic parking system includes: a vehicle instruction unit configured to direct the autonomous driving vehicle the target route for reaching the target parking space, and to issue a pause instruction and an advance instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle autonomously traveling along the target route. The vehicle instruction unit issues an autonomous travel reservation instruction for causing the autonomous driving vehicle to autonomously travel along the target route when communication with the autonomous driving vehicle is interrupted.