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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Uatc, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Philipp Haban, San Francisco, CA (US);
UATC, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for a moveable cover panel of an autonomous vehicle is provided. A vehicle can include a front panel disposed proximate to the front end of the passenger compartment, a vehicle motion control device located at the front panel, and a cover panel located at the front panel. The cover panel moveable relative to the front panel between an isolating position and an exposing position. The cover panel can isolate the vehicle motion control device from the passenger compartment when in the isolating position and expose the vehicle motion control device to the passenger compartment when in the exposing position. A method can include obtaining vehicle data identifying an operational mode, state, and/or status of the vehicle, determining a first position of the cover panel, and initiating a positional change for the cover panel based on the vehicle data and the first position.