Method and device for generating an anonymized vehicle identification number

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a device for generating an anonymized vehicle identification number (aVIN) of a motor vehicle of a vehicle manufacturer and a vehicle model of this vehicle manufacturer on the basis of the actual vehicle identification number (VIN), wherein those identifying the vehicle manufacturer and the vehicle model of the VIN as an aVIN site 1-8 (52), characterized in that the further aVIN sites are determined on the basis of a global navigation satellite system (GPS) of certain vehicle position data of the vehicle as well as time stamp data (46, 48, 50, 54). This makes it possible to provide an aVIN which determines the motor vehicle completely autonomously on the basis of data known only there and stores it internally, without it being possible for third parties from this aVIN to identify the specific vehicle.