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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A main object of the present invention is to provide a control device of battery charging capable of quickly charging a battery to an intended capacity while inhibiting occurrence of defect in the battery, the control device including a first output unit outputting a heating signal to heat a battery, a second output unit outputting a charging signal to charge the battery heated according to the heating signal, and a controller judging whether or not a degree of degradation of the battery is a first value or more, wherein where the controller judges the degree of degradation to be the first value or more, the controller controls the heating signal to make the charging rate of the battery whose degree of degradation is the first value or more equal to or closer to a charging rate of the battery when the degree of degradation is less than the first value.