Patent ID: 11959764
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A mobile computing device, comprising:
memory storing instructions;
one or more processors operable to execute the instructions to:
determine, while the mobile computing device is located in a vehicle, one or more characteristics of output being rendered by a vehicle,
wherein the vehicle includes a vehicle computing device that is separate from the mobile computing device;

identify one or more features of the vehicle based on the one or more characteristics of the output,
wherein the one or more features are detected using one or more interfaces of the mobile computing device;

determine, based on the one or more features, a type of the vehicle in which the mobile computing device is located;
when the type of the vehicle is a first type of vehicle:
cause, based on the output being rendered by the vehicle, a display interface of the mobile computing device to render a first type of graphical output without rendering of a second type of graphical output; and

when the type of vehicle is a second type:
cause, based on the output being rendered by the vehicle, the display interface of the mobile computing device to render the second type of graphical output without rendering of the first type of graphical output.