Patent ID: 6768966
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
A method for storing odometer reading data in a vehicle having at least two control units which are each connected via a data bus, wherein the odometer reading data, which is determined at a particular time by means of an odometers is stored in a first storage means of a first one of said at least two control units, said method comprising the steps of:storing the current odometer reading data of at least a second one of said at least two control units on the data bus in a second storage means, transmitting by at least one of two control units, the odometer reading data, which is stored at a particular time, onto the data bus at specific time intervals, and accepting in one of said control units, the odometer reading transmitted onto the data bus if said reading is higher in value than a stored value, and using said value for the further counting and storage in said one control unit.