US Patent Issued to Innova Electronics on Jan. 13 for "System and method for detecting odometer tampering using on-board vehicle diagnostic data" (Null, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,075, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Innova Electronics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for detecting odometer tampering using on-board vehicle diagnostic data" was invented by Truong Hai Lam Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam), Thuan Cong Huynh (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam), Keith Andreasen (Garden Grove, Calif.), Phuong Pham (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Bruce B. Brunda (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diagnostic system and method for detecting odometer tampering by retrieving and comparing vehicle operation data, such as mileage-related data from multiple electronic control units (ECUs) through a vehicle'...