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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Yasumasa Oguma, Tokyo-to, JP;

Tetsuya Osaka, Tokyo, JP;

Shingo Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuaki Utsumi, Tokyo, JP;

Tokihiko Yokoshima, Tokyo, JP;

Daikichi Mukoyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/389 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/389 (2019.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery state estimating apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain a complex impedance of a battery; a calculator configured to calculate a ratio of a variation of a predetermined feature amount regarding the complex impedance; and an estimator configured to estimate a charge amount of the battery on the basis of the ratio of the variation of the predetermined feature amount with respect to an integrated current value, which is an integrated value of an electric current flowing through the battery.


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