Parking assistance device, parking assistance method, and parking assistance recording medium

A parking assistance method comprising:

• detecting a parking slot;
• receiving a parking instruction operation of a passenger of a vehicle;
• determining that the parking slot corresponds to the parking instruction operation when the parking slot is located on only one of left and right sides in a travelling direction of the vehicle, or when the parking instruction operation is a parking instruction operation including a direction instruction and the parking slot is located in a direction instructed by the parking instruction operation, in a case where the parking slot is located in a predetermined range in the travelling direction of the vehicle;
• and
• performing automatic parking of the vehicle in a parking slot corresponding to the parking instruction operation.

A parking assistance recording medium that causes a computer to execute:

• detecting a parking slot;
• receiving a parking instruction operation of a passenger of a vehicle;
• determining that the parking slot corresponds to the parking instruction operation when the parking slot is located on only one of left and right sides in a travelling direction of the vehicle, or when the parking instruction operation is a parking instruction operation including a direction instruction and the parking slot is located in a direction instructed by the parking instruction operation, in a case where the parking slot is located in a predetermined range in the travelling direction of the vehicle;
• and
• performing automatic parking of the vehicle in a parking slot corresponding to the parking instruction operation.