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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Ryusuke Hase, Kariya, JP;
Takahiro Tsuzuku, Kariya, JP;
Satoshi Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
Hiroaki Kato, Kariya, JP;
Takuya Yamamoto, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Kariya-shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Each of a plurality of monitoring units () that monitor the states of batteries allocates, as identifying information for itself, identifying information corresponding to an input signal inputted from a preceding control unit () or monitoring unit (); outputs, to a subsequent monitoring unit (), a signal that differs from the input signal corresponding to the identifying information the monitoring unit () in question has allocated to itself; and, if and when identifying information corresponding to an input signal differs from the identifying information the monitoring unit () in question had allocated to itself, reallocates identifying information corresponding to said input signal as identifying information for itself.