The invention discloses an automatic charging system of an electric car and a control method of the automatic charging system. The automatic charging system and the control method thereof have the advantages that monitoring is started from parking of the car, a charging connection reset device is disconnected after charging of the car, a user's bill is generated, charging plug butt joint and real-time charging process monitoring are included, all related data in the whole charging process are monitored by a software system portion, a hardware mechanical portion is controlled to complete a next action, the hardware portion sends new semaphore to the software portion for new command calculation after completing a command, the software portion is combined with the hardware portion, and accordingly, systematicness and intellectuality of the whole charging system are improved; a charging interface butt joint scheme based on machine vision and a machine learning algorithm is applied, and feasibility and accuracy in butt joint are guaranteed; a three-dimensional lead screw guide rail mechanism with a long stroke is used, the range of activity of a charging connector is widened, and the charging connector is suitable for multiple car models; the automatic charging system is provided with a payment code scanner, payment of related charges can be completed through a payment bar code scanning function of a cellphone-side payment application, and accordingly, intelligent payment is achieved.