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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Harman International Industries, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Davide Di Censo, Oakland, CA (US);
Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);
Jaime Elliot Nahman, Oakland, CA (US);
Mirjana Spasojevic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for changing the shape of a vehicle component includes one or more actuators coupled to the vehicle component and a processor coupled to the one or more actuators. The processor is configured to determine that a software application has switched from a first mode to a second mode and cause the one or more actuators to transition a surface of the vehicle component from a first shape associated with the first mode to a second shape associated with the second mode.