Patent ID: 9342092
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B60K,G05G

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a vehicle that is operable 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 actuated by a vehicle driver, the method comprising: detecting a switch from the manual driving mode to the automatic driving mode; and moving the at least one foot actuation device and/or the resting surface relative to one another such that in the automatic driving mode, the at least one foot actuation device and the resting surface form a substantially continuous plane or the resting surface forms the substantially continuous plane and the foot actuation device is covered by the plane of the resting surface, wherein the substantially continuous plane forms an obtuse angle relative to a floor of a legroom section of the vehicle.