The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Taiji Mitsuyama

Noriyasu Iwane

Etsuzo Sato

Naoya Takashima

Antal Kovats

Tamas Mihalffy

Koichi Yokoyama

Lorand Romvari

Shinichi Nomoto

Takayuki Morikawa

Takezo Sugimura

Naotaka Uchino

Akira Oono

Hirokazu Narui

Mamichi Tsuyuki

A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes a memory; and a processor which executes the following processes based on executable programs stored in the memory, generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery with reference to a signal output from a current sensor detecting a current flowing through the secondary battery; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; correcting the values of the elements before the SOH is calculated or the value of the SOH obtained by the calculation based on the history information; and outputting data representing the SOH of the secondary battery.

Secondary battery deterioration estimation device and secondary battery deterioration estimation method

A secondary battery deterioration estimation device includes receiving a first signal representing a discharging voltage; receiving a second signal representing a discharging current from a current sensor; calculating values of elements forming an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery based on the first and second signals; calculating a state of health (SOH) of the secondary battery based on the values of the elements forming the equivalent circuit; generating history information showing history of a use state of the secondary battery; calculating the SOH of the secondary battery based on the history information; determining a deterioration state of the secondary battery with reference to at least one of the SOH calculated by the values of the elements or the SOH calculated by the history information by the processor in accordance with a state of the secondary battery; and outputting data representing the deterioration state of the secondary battery.

Device for estimating degradation of secondary cell, and method for estimating degradation of secondary cell

[Object] To detect states of a plurality of secondary batteries whose kinds are different with high accuracy. [Organization] A measurement unit (voltage sensor, current sensor) measuring a current value of a current flowing at a secondary batteryand a voltage value of a voltage generated at the secondary battery by the current in a predetermined frequency; an optimization unit (CPU) optimizing element constants of an equivalent circuit model of the secondary battery based on the measured voltage value and the current value; an identification unit (CPU) identifying a kind of the secondary battery with reference to the optimized element constants of the equivalent circuit model; a storage unit (ROM) storing detection formulas which detect the state of the secondary battery by each kind of the secondary battery; an acquisition unit (CPU) acquiring the detection formula corresponding to the identified kind from the storage unit; and a detection unit (CPU) detecting the state of the secondary battery by applying the element constants to the acquired detection formula, are included.

Secondary battery state detecting device and secondary battery state detecting method

Described herein are techniques to accurately detect that a secondary battery has been replaced. A secondary battery state detecting device detects a state of a secondary battery installed in a vehicle. The device includes a control unit that learns element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery on the basis of a voltage and a current of the secondary battery. The control unit also compares the element values obtained through learning at different timings and, when at least one of the element values has changed more than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, determines that the secondary battery has been replaced.

Secondary battery state detection device and secondary battery state detection method

A secondary battery internal temperature estimation device that estimates a secondary battery's internal temperature regardless of the secondary battery's type or state of degradation, the device including: a control unit that estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of a relational equation showing a relationship between an external temperature and the secondary battery's internal temperature. A control unit calculates element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, determines a coefficient of the relational equation on the basis of the element values of the equivalent circuit calculated by the control unit, and applies the coefficient obtained by the control unit to the relational equation. The control unit estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of the relational equation to which the coefficient has been applied by the control unit.

Secondary battery internal temperature estimation device and secondary battery internal temperature estimation method

To provide a secondary battery state detecting device that decreases the deterioration in capacity of the secondary battery and is low in arithmetic cost. A secondary battery state detecting device that detects a state of a secondary battery includes discharge means (discharge circuit ()) for subjecting the secondary battery () to a pulse discharge, acquiring means (controller ()) for controlling the discharge means to subject the secondary battery to at least one pulse discharge, and acquiring a time variation of a voltage value at that time, calculating means (controller ()) for calculating a parameter of a predetermined function having time as a variable by fitting the variation of the voltage value acquired by the acquiring means using the predetermined function, and detecting means (controller ()) for detecting the state of the secondary battery on the basis of the parameter of the predetermined function calculated by the calculating means.

To learn a parameter of a simulation model of a battery efficiently. A battery internal state estimating apparatus, estimating an internal state of a battery based on a simulation model of the battery, includes a storing section (RAM) that stores a plurality of parameters of the simulation model, a detecting section (I/F) that detects a discharge current flowing from the battery to a load, a selecting section (CPU) that selects a parameter to be subjected to adaptive learning based on a value of the discharge current detected by the detecting section, and an adaptive learning section (CPU) that performs adapting learning on a parameter selected by the selecting section.

Battery internal state estimating apparatus and battery internal state estimating method

A full charge sensing apparatus for sensing a fully charged state of a secondary battery based on an equivalent circuit model of the secondary battery includes a measuring unit that measures a voltage and a current during charging of the secondary battery, a learning unit that performs a learning process on a plurality of parameters in the equivalent circuit model using a result of measurement of the measuring unit, and a determining unit that determines that the secondary battery is in a fully charged state in a case where, among the parameters on which the learning process has been performed by the learning unit, a parameter corresponding to a reaction resistance of the secondary battery is greater than a predetermined threshold.

Full charge sensing apparatus and full charge sensing method

A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines an engine-start-up possibility by driving a starter motor by power accumulated in a secondary battery includes a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor, a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped, and a determining unit that determines an engine start-up possibility by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance before or after the past engine start-up and a second static internal resistance within a predetermined time since a current time point and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.

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Tokyo, Japan

Taiji Mitsuyama