Patent ID: 11909433
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 4:
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the status data comprises drive mode data of the vehicle,
the drive mode data identifies the vehicle as being in a park mode, an operator-drive control mode, or an automated-drive control mode,
the target orientation further includes a flat screen orientation in which a screen plane of the portable computing device is substantially horizontal,
determining the target orientation comprises determining the target orientation as the flat screen orientation when the drive mode data corresponds to the operator-drive control mode, and
determining the target orientation comprises determining the target orientation as one of the portrait screen orientation and the landscape screen orientation when the drive mode data corresponds to the park mode or the automated-drive control mode.