Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Serhiy Khomych

Oleg Petrakivskyi

Oleksandr Baiev

Alina Vitiuk

A battery management apparatus includes: a first transceiver configured to receive a first infrared (IR) signal output from a neighbor battery management apparatus and process the first IR signal; a controller configured to extract information from the processed first IR signal; and a second transceiver configured to output a second IR signal based on the extracted information.

Battery management apparatus and operating method thereof, and battery management system

A battery management system (BMS) manages a battery using a master device, a sub-master device corresponding to each of battery packs, and a slave device corresponding to each of battery cells. Data is transmitted from the master device through the sub-master device to the slave device using an electrical signal, and the data includes a control message for controlling a battery cell. Data transmitted from the slave device through the sub-master device to the master device using an optical signal, and the data includes information associated with a battery cell acquired in the slave device.

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Lviv, Ukraine

Serhiy Khomych