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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1859 (2013.01); B60L 11/1848 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); H02J 2007/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery control method includes: receiving a reprogramming request from a diagnostic device located outside of a vehicle to reprogram software of one or more electronic control units (ECUs) of the vehicle; performing reprogramming of the one or more ECUs or recharging of an auxiliary battery according to a number of the ECUs to be reprogrammed and whether or not a state of charge (SOC) of the auxiliary battery exceeds a critical value varied depending on the number of the ECUs to be reprogrammed; and sending a signal informing of the reprogramming or a warning signal associated with the recharging to the diagnostic device.