Method for operating a vehicle with an automatic driving mode

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9342092
APP PUB NO 20150253804A1
SERIAL NO

14640340

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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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  • SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG;VOLKSWAGEN AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baur, Elmar Juebar, DE 14 70
Bendewald, Lennart Wolfsburg, DE 21 609
Hackenberg, Linn Wolfsburg, DE 8 311

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