Control system for battery

• US 10,024,925 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2016
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Mano, Ryo, Ishishita, Teruo, Obata, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Minh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ferdous, Zannatul
• Application Number:
  US15/200,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/24 for controlling the temperature of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/32 Compensating for temperature change
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/374 with means for correcting the measurement for temperature or ageing
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/486 for measuring temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4271 Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A control system for a battery includes a current sensor and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a first error and a second offset error of the current sensor respectively based on outputs of the current sensor just before a stop of the electronic control unit and at startup of the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to correct an output of the current sensor by using a first error when a temperature of the current sensor at startup of the electronic control unit is higher than or equal to a threshold temperature, and correct the output of the current sensor by using a second error when the temperature of the current sensor at startup of the electronic control unit is lower than the threshold temperature.

Claims

1. A control system for a battery that can store electric power for generating driving force of a vehicle, the vehicle being operable by a user, the control system comprising:

a current sensor configured to detect a charge and discharge current of the battery; and

an electronic control unit configured to;

a) start up or stop in response to an operation conducted by the user,

b) execute first correction control when a temperature of the current sensor at startup of the electronic control unit is higher than or equal to a threshold temperature, the first correction control being control for correcting an output of the current sensor by using a first error that is an offset error of the current sensor, the first error being calculated based on an output of the current sensor that the output is output just before a stop of the electronic control unit, and

c) execute second correction control when the temperature of the current sensor at startup of the electronic control unit is lower than the threshold temperature, the second correction control being control for correcting an output of the current sensor by using a second error that is an offset error of the current sensor, the second error being determined based on an output of the current sensor that the output is output at startup of the electronic control unit.

2. The control system according to claim 1, wherein

the output of the current sensor is a positive value during discharging of the battery, and the output of the current sensor is a negative value during charging of the battery,

the first correction control is control for setting a value obtained by subtracting the first error from the output of the current sensor as a corrected charge and discharge current of the battery,

the second correction control is control for setting a value obtained by subtracting the second error from the output of the current sensor as a corrected charge and discharge current of the battery, and

the electronic control unit is configured to execute the second correction control when the temperature of the current sensor at startup of the electronic control unit is lower than the threshold temperature and the second error is smaller than the first error.

3. The control system according to claim 1, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to, when the temperature of the current sensor exceeds the threshold temperature during execution of the second correction control, stop the second correction control and execute the first correction control.

4. The control system according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the battery, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to estimate the temperature of the current sensor based on the output of the temperature sensor.