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AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsYooJung Ahn, David Tse-Zhou Lu, Min Li Chan, Brian Douglas Cullinane, Adam Lee Frost, Philippe Robert Agostino Holland, Hassan Rashid Mir, Marcos Aniceto Villalón Caro, Isaac Lopes Nogueras
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Aspects of the disclosure relate to vehicles capable of autonomous driving. These vehicles may include seats for accommodating different numbers of passengers. In some cases, the seats may be reconfigurable. For instance, a vehicle may include a first row of seating having a first, passenger use configuration. The first row may allow a passenger to sit in a seat of the first row of seating and access user input controls for the vehicle. The first row of seating may also have a second, folded configuration where the first row is in a folded configuration and no longer usable for passenger seating. The vehicle may also have a second row of seating. When the first row of seating is in the second, folded configuration, the second row of seating may still be usable for seating and may include additional legroom for the passenger as compared to when the first row of seating is in the first passenger use configuration.
A system comprising:
A method of arranging rows of seating in a vehicle having a first row of seating and a second row of seating, the first row of seating having two seats each with a passenger use configuration where the first row allows a passenger to sit in a seat of the first row of seating and access user input controls for the vehicle, the method comprising, based on a number of passengers identified by a user before entering the vehicle, changing one or more of the two seats of the first row of seating from a passenger use configuration to a folded configuration automatically.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.