Diagnostic system and method for detecting tampering of vehicle software or calibrations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7894978
APP PUB NO 20090195368A1
SERIAL NO

12060421

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A tamper detection system for a control module of a vehicle comprises first nonvolatile memory that stores N rewriteable components including at least one of calibration and software that is used to operate a controlled device of the vehicle, wherein N is an integer greater than zero. The N rewriteable components include an embedded part number (EPN) and an embedded verification number (EVN). Second nonvolatile memory includes a history buffer. A tampering detection module includes a calculated verification number (CVN) generator that generates a CVN for at least one of the N rewriteable components and that stores the CVN in the history buffer. A locking module selectively locks the history buffer under certain conditions.

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GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCP O BOX 300 MAIL CODE 482-C23-B21 DETROIT MI 48265-3000

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baines, Marcelleaus P Grand Blanc, US 2 43
Downs, Terry E Canton, US 2 33
Gaynier, Ronald J Ann Arbor, US 3 15
Kurnik, James T Linden, US 11 208

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