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US 2023/0382345 A1Published application
Controlled Deployment of Structures
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsArturo Llamazares Domper, Yogesh Upreti, Martin Gross
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Abstract
A first object includes an internal support and an exterior portion coupled to the internal support. A prediction may be made that contact between the exterior portion and a second object will occur. A sensor is configured to output a force signal that indicates the contact between the exterior portion and the second object has occurred, and the controller is configured to take an action based on the prediction and the force signal.
Claims21
A vehicle, comprising:
- an internal support;
- an exterior portion coupled to the internal support;
- a deployable portion coupled to the exterior portion and including a stored configuration and a deployed configuration;
- and
- a sensor configured to output a signal that indicates contact between the exterior portion and an object has occurred,
- wherein the contact between the exterior portion and the object is predicted prior to the contact, and the deployable portion is configured to transition between the stored configuration and the deployed configuration based on the prediction and the signal.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- an internal support;
- an exterior portion coupled to the internal support;
- and
- a deployable portion coupled to the exterior portion and including a stored configuration and a deployed configuration,
- wherein the deployable portion is configured to be in the deployed configuration before contact occurs between the exterior portion and an object.
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A contact detection system, comprising:
- a first deployable portion coupled to an exterior portion of a vehicle;
- and
- a second deployable portion coupled to the exterior portion of the vehicle, wherein the first deployable portion and the second deployable portion are independently movable from a stored configuration to a deployed configuration,
- wherein either the first deployable portion or the second deployable portion are selected for deployment and the selected one of the first deployable portion or the second deployable portion is deployed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.