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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Kazuhiko Yagi, Wako, JP;
Takashi Ishikura, Wako, JP;
Kazuhisa Okamoto, Wako, JP;
Yoshinori Mita, Wako, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Kazunori Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery charging control unit which controls electric power and supplies it to a battery via a charger. The battery charging control unit includes: a charging capacity insufficiency detection unit, a charging capacity restoring determination unit, and a supplemental charging unit. The charging capacity insufficiency detection unit detects an insufficiency in charging capacity of the battery based on the previous charging condition of the battery. The charging capacity restoring determination unit determines if the insufficiency in charging capacity of the battery will be restored by carrying out a supplemental charging process on the battery. The supplemental charging unit carries out the supplemental charging process for the battery if the charging capacity insufficiency detection unit detects the insufficiency in charging capacity of the battery and the charging capacity restoring determination unit determines that the insufficiency in charging capacity of the battery will be restored by the supplemental charging process.