Patent ID: 11859710
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. A method for operating an automatic transmission of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a gear selection operating element which enables a user of the vehicle to set different drive positions of the transmission by actuating the gear selection operating element, the method comprising:
determining that a drive position “L” has been set by the gear selection operating element; and
in response, providing a graphical user interface on a screen of the vehicle, by way of which manual shifting of gears of the transmission is enabled, wherein:
the graphical user interface comprises an input menu with at least one menu item for bringing about a gear change;
the vehicle comprises a mechanical operating element which enables the user of the vehicle to select a menu item in the input menu; and
the mechanical operating element is a rotary pushbutton.