Removable panel on an autonomous work vehicle
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorDwayne St. George Jackson
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an autonomous agricultural vehicle includes a control interface disposed in an enclosure of the autonomous agricultural vehicle and configured to at least setup or control operation of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, an implement attached to the autonomous agricultural vehicle, or a combination thereof. The autonomous agricultural vehicle further includes a removable panel at least partially removably coupled to the autonomous agricultural vehicle over the enclosure, wherein the removable panel is positioned to be accessible to an operator who is operating the autonomous agricultural vehicle outside of the autonomous agricultural vehicle.
Claims20
An autonomous agricultural vehicle, comprising:
- a control interface disposed in an enclosure of the autonomous agricultural vehicle and configured to at least setup or control operation of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, the control interface comprising a stop button configured to stop the autonomous vehicle, an implement attached to the autonomous agricultural vehicle, or a combination thereof, wherein the enclosure is not included inside of a cabin or a passenger cab and does not-comprise the cabin or the passenger cab;
- an ignition switch;
- an autonomous/manual switch, wherein the ignition switch and the autonomous/manual switch are used in cooperation to control operation of the autonomous agricultural vehicle;
- and
- a toollessly removable panel coupled to the autonomous agricultural vehicle over the enclosure to cover the control interface, wherein the toollessly removable panel is positioned to be accessible to an operator who is operating the autonomous agricultural vehicle outside of the autonomous agricultural vehicle, and wherein the toollessly removable panel is configured to be completely removed from the enclosure without using tools, or opened and closed over the enclosure via an attachment mechanism, to access the control interface.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle comprising:
- a toollessly removable panel coupled to the autonomous vehicle over an enclosure having a control interface used to control the autonomous vehicle, the control interface comprising a stop button configured to stop the autonomous vehicle, wherein the enclosure is not included inside of a cabin or a passenger cab and does not comprise the cabin or the passenger cab, wherein the toollessly removable panel covers the control interface, wherein the toollessly removable panel is positioned to be accessible to an operator who is operating the autonomous vehicle outside of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the toollessly removable panel is configured to be completely removed from the enclosure without using tools, or opened and closed over the enclosure via an attachment mechanism, to access the control interface;
- an ignition switch;
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- an autonomous/manual switch, wherein the ignition switch and the autonomous/manual switch are used in cooperation to control operation of the autonomous vehicle.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a control interface comprising:
- a display;
- and
- an ignition switch;
- and
- an autonomous/manual switch, wherein the ignition switch and the autonomous/manual switch are used in cooperation to control operation of the autonomous vehicle;
- and
- a removable panel coupled to the autonomous vehicle over an enclosure having the control interface to cover the control interface, the control interface comprising a stop button configured to stop the autonomous vehicle, wherein the enclosure does not comprise a passenger cab, wherein the removable panel is positioned to be accessible to an operator who is operating the autonomous vehicle outside of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the removable panel is configured to be completely removed from the enclosure, or opened and closed over the enclosure via an attachment mechanism, to access the control interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.