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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Tomohiro Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Futoshi Ogura, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Kitajima, Saitama, JP;
Yukihiro Fukushima, Saitama, JP;
Tomohiro Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Futoshi Ogura, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Kitajima, Saitama, JP;
Yukihiro Fukushima, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage capacity management system for a battery provided in a vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source includes a deteriorated state estimating unit that estimates a deteriorated state of the battery, a zone setting unit that sets a storage capacity where the battery can be used into a plurality of zones in accordance with a deteriorated state of the battery, a charged state calculating unit that calculates a charged state of the battery, a zone determination unit that determines to which zone of the plurality of zones set by the zone setting unit the charged state of the battery belongs, and a control instructing unit that instructs to execute a control associated with the charge or discharge of the battery in accordance with the zone determined by the zone determination unit.