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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Minako Terao, Musashino, JP;
Kazuma Takenaka, Musashino, JP;
Naoki Noguchi, Musashino, JP;
Satoshi Yoshitake, Musashino, JP;
Jun Okano, Wako, JP;
Yuki Tominaga, Wako, JP;
Kaoru Omichi, Wako, JP;
Yukiko Onoue, Wako, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery identification system includes a sensor having a sensing surface and a plurality of magnetic elements arranged in or on the sensing surface, a meter configured to measure, using the plurality of magnetic elements, a magnetic field distribution on an outer surface of a battery with the sensing surface facing the outer surface of the battery, which includes a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other, and a computer configured to identify the type of the battery by comparing the magnetic field distribution measured by the meter with a reference magnetic field distribution, with reference to reference data indicating the reference magnetic field distribution, and output information regarding the identified type of the battery, as battery information.