US Patent 11364953 Vehicle control system

The vehicle control system includes, a path generation unit that generates a target path for parking a vehicle at a parkable target parking space in a destination area including a parking area, a travel control unit that causes the vehicle to travel so as to follow the target path, and a control device that controls the path generation unit and the travel control unit to automatically park the vehicle at the target parking space. The path generation unit includes a search path generation unit that generates a search path for searching for a target parking space as a target path based on vehicle peripheral information including an image of the periphery of the vehicle without using map data in the destination area.