Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Chem, Ltd

Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Skhynix Inc.

Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Yonsei University

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Sang-Hoon Lee

Jin Hee Jeon

Tae-Hoon Kim

Jin-Sung Choi

Jin-Soo Kim

Ji-Eun Kim

Joo-Woan Cho

Joo-Young Kim

Jong-Dae Park

Sung-Kyu Shim

Jin-Hee Park

Kyung-Tae Kim

Hyuk Kang

Jeong-Hwan Lee

Tae-Jin Lee

Woong Hee Lee

Jae-Ho Jung

Hyoung-Joo Kim

Dong-Hoon Kim

Yong-Koo Her

Young-Hwan Kim

Sung-Hoon Kim

Sang-Soo Kim

Dal-Mo Kang

Beom-Sik Bae

Jung-Shin Park

Gi-Cherl Kim

Sang-Boh Yun

Hyun-Seok Kim

Song-Yean Cho

Yong-Seok Choi

Se-Ki Park

Kyu-Seok Kim

Sang-Yu Lee

Seong-Sik Choi

Sung-Ha Kim

Sung-wook Kang

Jin Ho Ju

Min-Cheol Kim

Hyun Sik Park

Seok-Won Lee

Joong-Hyun Kim

Jong-In Kim

Sungho Seo

Sung-Hyun Cho

Sang-Soo Jeong

Seong-Hyun Kim

Byung-Uk Kim

Yean-Sik Choi

Chang-Hyun Sung

Jee-Ho Kim

Byung-Yun Joo

Dal-Hoon Lee

Min-Young Song

Ju-Hyun Kang

Jung-wook Paek

Taek-Sun Shin

Kwang-wook Choi

Byoung-Dae Ye

Ho-Sik Shin

Dong-Keun Kwon

Seok-Woo Nam

Hun-Hyeoung Leam

Ju-Hwa Ha

Byung-Woong Han

Yong-Han Park

Heu-Gon Kim

Seung-Mo Kim

Young-sub You

Saeng-Hwan Kim

Min-Gyu Kim

Ji-Suk Lim

Do-Youn Kim

Kang-Woo Lee

Seung-Won Park

Chun-Ho Song

Eunjung Kim

Yunjong Yeo

Seung Bo Shim

Joon Hyuk Kim

Jeong Won Kim

Ho-Jae Lee

Jae-hwan Chun

No-Hyun Kwag

Jun Hyuk Woo

Yong-Hwan Ryu

Jae-Joong Kwon

Daehwan Jang

Tae-Seok Jang

Min-young Song

Young-Nam Yun

Jong-Nam Baek

Si-Joon Song

Cheol-Yong Noh

Mooho Hong

Hyungbin Cho

Hyoc-Min Youn

Jheen-Hyeok Park

Jee-Soon Choi

A battery pack includes at least one battery module including a plurality of battery cells, and a module housing to receive the plurality of battery cells, at least one thermoelectric module disposed outside or inside of the module housing of the battery module and configured to generate voltage when a temperature of the battery module rises to a predetermined temperature or above, and an energy drain unit configured to discharge the battery module when a predetermined magnitude of voltage or above is applied from the thermoelectric module.

Battery pack and battery rack and energy storage system comprising the same

Discussed is a battery management apparatus that may include a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery; a communication unit configured to output voltage information for the voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit; a power unit configured to provide an operation power to the communication unit; an environment information measuring unit configured to measure environment information including at least one of ambient temperature and humidity of the power unit; and a control unit configured to receive the measured environment information from the environment information measuring unit, judge whether the power unit is operable based on at least one of the received environment information, a capacity of the power unit, and a consumed current and a communication time consumed for the communication unit to output the voltage information, and control the communication unit according to a judgment result about whether the power unit is operable.

Battery management apparatus and method

A portable communication device is provided for voice recognition and comprises a display, communication circuitry, a microphone, at least one processor including a first processor and a second processor, and a memory storing instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the portable communication device to: receive a first voice input via the microphone while a specified application is running; determine whether a voice recognition is to be performed with respect to the specified application by one of the first processor and the second processor; in case that the voice recognition is to be performed with respect to the specified application by the first processor; when the first voice input includes a wakeup command which is different from a designated command for the specified application by the voice recognition of the first processor, transmit a second voice input received after the first voice input through the communication circuitry to an external electronic device, and when the first voice input does not include the wakeup command and the first voice input includes the designated command by the voice recognition of the first processor, perform a function of the specified application corresponding to the designated command.

Electronic device and method for voice recognition using a plurality of voice recognition devices

A battery pack management device capable of reducing power consumption while transmitting and receiving data between a master BMS and a slave BMS by using a wireless communication method. The battery pack management device according to the present disclosure includes: a master BMS including an external communicator, an internal communicator, and a master controller and a slave BMS including a power supply, a state measurement sensor, a slave wireless communicator, and a slave controller.

Battery pack management device

A wireless battery management system includes a plurality of slave BMSs coupled to a plurality of battery modules in one-to-one correspondence. Each slave BMS is configured to operate in active mode and sleep mode. Each slave BMS is configured to wirelessly transmit a detection signal indicating a state of the battery module. The wireless battery management system further includes a master BMS configured to wirelessly receive the detection signal from each of the plurality of slave BMSs. The master BMS is configured to set a scan cycle and a scan duration for each of the plurality of slave BMSs based on the detection signal, and wirelessly transmit a control signal to the plurality of slave BMSs. The control signal includes a wireless balancing command indicating the scan cycle and the scan duration set for each of the plurality of slave BMSs.

Wireless battery management system and battery pack including same

An internal voltage generation device includes: a voltage detection circuit generating a first detection signal by comparing a first voltage with a target voltage; a voltage difference detection circuit enabled in response to an operation enable signal, generating a second detection signal by comparing a voltage difference between the first voltage and a second voltage with a target gap voltage; a control circuit generating a first up/down code and the operation enable signal according to the first detection signal, and generating a second up/down code according to the second detection signal; a first voltage generation circuit generating the first voltage by down-converting a supply voltage, and adjusting a level of the first voltage according to the first up/down code; and a second voltage generation circuit generating the second voltage by boosting up the supply voltage, and adjusting a level of the second voltage according to the second up/down code.

Internal voltage generation device and method for generating internal voltage

An apparatus and method for executing a voice command in an electronic device. In an exemplary embodiment, a voice signal is detected and speech thereof is recognized. When the recognized speech contains a wakeup command, a voice command mode is activated, and a signal containing at least a portion of the detected voice signal is transmitted to a server. The server generates a control signal or a result signal corresponding to the voice command, and transmits the same to the electronic device. The device receives and processes the control or result signal, and awakens. Thereby, voice commands are executed without the need for the user to physically touch the electronic device.

Method and apparatus for executing voice command in electronic device

Provided are a battery management system and a battery pack including the same. The battery management system includes a plurality of slave controllers, a plurality of temperature sensors, and a master controller. The plurality of temperature sensors are disposed in a plurality of different regions within the battery pack in a distributed fashion. The master controller is communicably coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors through a wired communication network. The master controller is communicably coupled to the plurality of slave controllers through a wireless communication network. The master controller determines a position of each of the plurality of slave controllers based on a temperature value of each region measured by the plurality of temperature sensors.

Battery management system and battery pack including same

Provided is an apparatus for assigning identification information to a plurality of slave battery management units. The apparatus assigns different identification information to a plurality of slave battery management units. The apparatus includes: a casing jig configured to at least partially cover the plurality of slave battery management units; a wireless communication unit including a plurality of antennas disposed so as to correspond one-to-one to the plurality of slave battery management units; and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit so as to transmit a wireless signal including different identification information to the plurality of slave battery management units.

Apparatus for assigning identification information to slave battery management units

A battery module equalization apparatus includes a plurality of slave controllers each electrically connected to the plurality of battery modules to measure voltage values of the plurality of battery modules, and having a slave charging/discharging channel through which the current that charges and discharges each battery module flows, and a master controller that receives the voltage value of each battery module from the plurality of slave controllers, selects at least one of the plurality of slave controllers based on the received voltage value, and transmits a CHARGE or DISCHARGE command to the at least one selected slave controller, and having a master charging/discharging channel through which the charging current supplied to the at least one slave controller and the discharging current supplied from the at least one slave controller flow.

Battery module equalization apparatus and battery pack and vehicle including the same

Disclosed are a wireless battery management system and a method for protecting a battery pack using the same. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules and at least one relay. The wireless battery management system includes a plurality of slave controllers electrically coupled to the plurality of battery modules one-to-one, and a master controller wirelessly coupled to each slave controller so as to be able to communicate with each slave controller. Each slave controller measures an operational parameter of the battery module electrically coupled thereto. Each slave controller wirelessly transmits a fault signal to the master controller when the measured operational parameter is outside of a predetermined normal range. The master controller turns off the at least one relay when the fault signal is received.

Wireless battery management system and method for protecting battery pack using same

A method, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided for voice recognition. The method includes method of performing voice recognition by an electronic device including a first voice recognition device and a second voice recognition device, the method comprising receiving first voice by one of first voice recognition device and second voice recognition device; when first voice is received by the first voice recognition device and the first voice recognition device recognizes a predetermined command in the first voice, transferring a received second voice to an external electronic device and recognizing the received second voice through the external electronic device; and when the first voice is received by the second voice recognition device and the second voice recognition device recognizes the predetermined command in the first voice, recognizing a second command in the received second voice, and performing an operation based on the recognized second command.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Sang-Hoon Lee