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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
George Abraham, Macomb, MI (US);
Shayne Baugher, Livonia, MI (US);
Mandar Sadashiv Dalvi, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Raymond Westra, Plymouth, MI (US);
Robert Dekelbaum, Hanover, PA (US);
Satya Meenakshi Raparthi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a first data block from a server remote from the computer and remote from a vehicle; while the computer is installed on board the vehicle, receive a second data block from an electronic control unit (ECU) on the vehicle; compare the first data block and the second data block; upon identifying a match between the first data block and the second data block, replace a stored odometer value on the computer with a first odometer value; and upon identifying a mismatch between the first data block and the second data block, maintain the stored odometer value on the computer. The first data block includes the first odometer value, and the second data block includes a second odometer value.