TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

The present invention provides a travel control apparatus () including an in-vehicle image acquisition unit () that acquires an in-vehicle image generated by a camera for capturing an inside of a vehicle compartment of a reserved vehicle, an in-vehicle sensing unit () that senses that a reserving person is present within a vehicle compartment of the reserved vehicle, based on the in-vehicle image, and a permission output unit () that outputs, when it is sensed that the reserving person is present within a vehicle compartment of the reserved vehicle, travel permission of the reserved vehicle.