US 12,202,413 B2
Systems with sensor deployment mechanisms
Kurt R Stiehl, Los Gatos, CA (US); Christopher P Child, San Jose, CA (US); Michael C Wharton, San Jose, CA (US); Romain A Teil, San Francisco, CA (US); and Stephen B Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/210,946, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396216 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [G01S 7/027 (2021.05); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0082 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system operable on a surface, comprising:
a body;
control circuitry configured to gather information on movement of the body relative to the surface, wherein the gathered information comprises a speed at which the body is moving; and
a movable sensor mounted to the body, wherein the movable sensor is configured to move between a first position, a second position, and a third position in response to the gathered information on the movement of the body and wherein the movable sensor comprises a sensor selected from the group consisting of: a lidar sensor, a radar sensor, and a camera, and wherein the movable sensor is configured to move to the third position when the system is stationary, is configured to move to the first position when the system is moving at a first speed, and is configured to move to the second position when the system is moving at a second speed that is greater than the first speed.