Patent ID: 9031735
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60W,F02D,G05B,G06F,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a vehicle having at least one of an engine and a gearbox, comprising: accessing a list of Checksum Verification Numbers (CVN) comprising storage positions; controlling operation of the at least one of the engine and the gearbox via software in an electronic control unit; and detecting use of unauthorized software in the electronic control unit by performing the following steps each time the engine is started or once a day: wherein the method further comprises: removing entries from the list of CVNs according to a FIFO principle in response to a determination that the list of CVNs is full and in response to a determination that the last calculated CVN is different from the last stored CVN, and storing the last calculated CVN together with a current odometer status as entries in the list of CVNs, in response to a determination that the last calculated CVN is different from the last stored CVN.