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Removable manual controls for an autonomous vehicle

  • US 9,802,638 B1
  • Filed: 03/31/2016
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A removable manual control system for testing an autonomous vehicle having an autonomous driving mode, the system comprising:

  • a removable housing configured to be mounted proximate to one or more passenger seats in the vehicle, the removable housing having an electronic connection to a computer system of the vehicle, and the removable housing has at least one emergency stopping button redundant to an emergency stopping button of the vehicle;

    a steering input mounted in the removable housing at an orientation proximate to a horizontal plane, the steering input being configured to allow a passenger to control a direction of movement of the vehicle in manual driving mode; and

    one or more computing devices having one or more processors configured to receive input from the steering input and send corresponding instructions to the computer system of the vehicle.

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