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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
Alexander Hitzinger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander Hitzinger, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A passenger vehicle includes a vehicle body, drive and steering systems, and manual and autonomous control systems. The vehicle body defines a passenger compartment. The drive system propels the passenger vehicle. The steering system steers the passenger vehicle. The manual control system includes input devices to receive user inputs is configured to control the drive and steering system according to the user inputs when the passenger vehicle is operated in a manual drive mode. The autonomous control system includes a sensor for sensing an external condition and a controller that autonomously controls the drive and steering systems according to the external condition when the passenger vehicle is operated in an autonomous drive mode. The user input devices are movable between a first configuration to receive the user input by being physically manipulated by the user, and a second configuration in which the user input is not receivable.