ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,457, issued on Feb. 17.
"Systems and methods for detecting error in odometer reading" was invented by Jochen Schubert (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Bradley Warren Smith (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a first sensor, a second sensor and a processor is disclosed. The first sensor may be configured to measure first inputs associated with a vehicle wheel, and the second sensor may be configured to measure second inputs associated with the vehicle wheel. The processor may estimate a first distance travelled by the vehicle wheel for a predefined time duration on a vehicle trip based on the first inputs...