Trip computer with retroactive reset

An apparatus comprising:

• means for sensing a signal indicative of vehicle travel;
• a reset button;
• a display;
• a computer controller coupled to the means for sensing, the reset button and the display, the computer controller including a memory, means for receiving the sensed signal, means for updating and storing trip distance traveled responsive to the received signal, means for receiving a reset signal from the reset switch and means for retroactively resetting the trip distance traveled to a value equal to distance travelled since a last vehicle ignition on responsive to the reset signal and means for controlling the display to display the trip distance traveled.

A method of maintaining and indicating vehicle travel data comprising the steps of:

• receiving a signal indicative of vehicle travel distance;
• responsive to the received signal, updating and determining a trip travel distance;
• receiving a signal from a reset button;
• and
• responsive to the signal received from the reset button, retroactively resetting the trip travel distance to a distance travelled since a previous point in time;
• and
• displaying the trip travel distance.

A method of displaying information on a trip computer comprising the steps of:

• responsive to a depression of a reset button and wherein the depression is for a depression time period less than a first time threshold, maintaining a present display of trip distance;
• responsive to the depression of the reset button and wherein the depression time period is greater than the first time threshold but less than a second time threshold that is greater than the first time threshold, resetting the present display of trip distance to zero;
• and
• responsive to the depression of the reset button and wherein the depression time period is greater than the second time threshold, retroactively resetting the present display of trip distance to a distance traveled since a previous point in time.