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Method for operating a vehicle with an automatic driving mode

US9342092B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Elmar Baur · Wahrenholz, DE
Linn Hackenberg · Wolfsburg, DE
Lennart Bendewald · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2015
Grant date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05G1/44
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle that can be operated in a manual driving mode and in an automatic driving mode and has at least one foot actuation device, which in the manual driving mode projects from a plane of a resting surface and can be actuated by a vehicle driver, wherein a switch from the manual driving mode to the automatic driving mode is detected and thereupon the at least one foot actuation device and/or the resting surface are moved relative to one another in such a way that the at least one foot actuation device and the resting surface form a substantially continuous plane or the resting surface forms a substantially continuous plane and the foot actuation device is covered by the plane of the resting surface.

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