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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Lenovo (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
John M Petersen, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Bouziane Yebka, Apex, NC (US);
Gary D Cudak, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Nathan Peterson, Oxford, NC (US);
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: monitoring, using a battery management unit, a condition of one or more cells within a block of a battery, wherein the monitoring comprises capturing, using a camera associated with the battery management unit, an image of an exterior of the one or more cells; determining, using a processor, that the condition of at least one of the one or more cells has fallen below a predetermined threshold, wherein the determining comprises identifying that the exterior of the at least one of the one or more cells has undergone a color change event; and providing, responsive to the determining, a notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.