Autonomous driving system, autonomous driving method, and storage medium

A vehicle autonomous driving method that autonomously drives a vehicle in an environment where a first road for vehicles running in a first direction and a second road for vehicles running in a second direction, different from the first direction, are provided alongside each other, and where a first parking space that is entered from the first road and exited to the first road is set and a second parking space that is entered from the second road and exited to the second road is set, the vehicle autonomous driving method comprising:

• acquiring information about a next destination of a vehicle parked in the first parking space;
• based on the acquired next destination, recognizing whether a running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination is the second direction;
• and
• when it is recognized that the running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination is the second direction, transferring the vehicle from the first parking space to the second parking space by autonomous driving after a user of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that autonomously drives a vehicle in an environment where a first road for vehicles running in a first direction and a second road for vehicles running in a second direction, different from the first direction, are provided alongside each other, and where a first parking space that is entered from the first road and exited to the first road is set and a second parking space that is entered from the second road and exited to the second road is set, the non-transitory storage medium storing the program causing a computer to function to:

• acquire information about a next destination of a vehicle parked in the first parking space;
• based on the acquired next destination, recognize whether a running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination is the second direction;
• and
• when it is recognized that the running direction of the vehicle heading for the next destination is the second direction, transferring the vehicle from the first parking space to the second parking space by autonomous driving after a user of the vehicle gets out of the vehicle.