The invention relates to a parking scene recognition method for an initial space searching stage of automatic parking. Aiming at occurrence of a recessed or raised curve in a parking scene, the parking scene recognition method for the initial space searching stage of automatic parking is provided to enable a vehicle to be parked in a target packing space positioned at the recessed or raised curve accurately. By the parking scene recognition method, the parking scene in the initial space searching stage of automatic parking can be recognized effectively, the problems of poor parking effect and low accuracy of an existing automatic parking system in recessed curve parking scenes and raised curve parking scenes are solved, environmental adaptability of the automatic parking system is improved, and intellectuality of automatic parking is further improved.