Battery test report system and method

• US 10,317,475 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Carlo, Michael R., Gospodarek, Dale A.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Kerri L
• Application Number:
  US15/714,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20180011148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 3406361
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/60 using power supplied by batteries in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/007 using microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/371 with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/392 Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A system a vehicle battery tester configured to test at least one condition of a vehicle battery and to transmit battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery to a server. The system also includes the server, which is configured to receive the battery condition information from the vehicle battery tester and to transmit, to a consumer, a report generated based at least in part on the battery condition information.

Claims

1. A method of reporting vehicle battery information relating to a vehicle battery, the method comprising:

testing the vehicle battery, at a service location and at a first time, for at least one condition of the vehicle battery with a first battery tester;

transmitting, from the service location and to a server, a first data set indicative of battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery tested at the first time;

testing the vehicle battery, at the service location and at a second time, for the at least one condition of the vehicle battery with a second battery tester;

transmitting, from the service location and to the server, a second data set indicative of the battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery tested at the second time;

generating, at the server and based on the first data set and the second data set, a vehicle battery condition report; and

transmitting, from the server to an end user device, the vehicle battery condition report.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server is remote from the service location.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining an advanced analytic reflective of a change to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery between the first time and the second time; and

including the advanced analytic in the vehicle battery condition report.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, from the server and to the end user device, the vehicle battery condition report comprises transmitting the vehicle battery condition report to the end user device remote from the server.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting, from the server to the end user device, the vehicle battery condition report comprises transmitting the vehicle battery condition report to the end user device remote from the server and remote from the service location.

6. The method of claim 4, comprising determining, via a geographic indicator, a geographic index of an area in which the service location is disposed, wherein the server contextualizes the first data set, the second data set, or both in view of the geographic index to generate the vehicle battery condition report.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising determining, via an environmental indicator, an environmental index of an area in which the service location is disposed, wherein the server contextualizes the first data set, the second data set, or both in view of the environmental index to generate the vehicle battery condition report.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein testing the vehicle battery, at the service location and at the first time, for the at least one condition of the vehicle battery comprises testing the vehicle battery for a voltage of the vehicle battery, an electric current of the vehicle battery, or a resistance of the vehicle battery, or a combination thereof.

9. A system for testing a vehicle battery at a service location, comprising:

a first vehicle battery tester configured to test the vehicle battery at a first time and at the service location for at least one condition of the vehicle battery, and to transmit a first data set indicative of battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery;

a second vehicle battery tester configured to test the vehicle battery at a second time and at the service location for the at least one condition of the vehicle battery, and to transmit a second data set indicative of the battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery; and

a server configured to receive the first data set, to receive the second data set, to generate a vehicle battery condition report based on the first data set and the second data set, and to transmit the vehicle battery condition report to an end user device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the server is configured to:

determine an advanced analytic based at least in part on both the first data set and the second data set, wherein the advanced analytic indicates a change in the at least one condition of the vehicle battery between the first time and the second time; and

including the advanced analytic in the vehicle battery condition report.

11. The system of claim 9, comprising a geographic indicator configured to determine a geographic index of an area in which the service location is disposed, wherein the server is configured to contextualize the first data set, the second data set, or both based on the geographic index to generate the vehicle battery condition report.

12. The system of claim 9, comprising an environmental indicator configured to determine an environmental index of an area in which the service location is disposed, wherein the server is configured to contextualize the first data set, the second data set, or both based on the environmental index to generate the vehicle battery condition report.

13. A system for testing a vehicle battery of a vehicle at a service location, comprising:

a first vehicle battery tester separate from the vehicle and a second vehicle battery tester separate from the vehicle, wherein the first vehicle battery tester is configured to test the vehicle battery at a first time and at the service location for at least one condition of the vehicle battery, and to transmit a first data set indicative of battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery, and wherein the second vehicle battery tester is configured to test the vehicle battery at a second time and at the service location for the at least one condition of the vehicle battery, and to transmit a second data set indicative of the battery condition information relating to the at least one condition of the vehicle battery; and

a server configured to receive the first data set, to receive the second data set, to generate a vehicle battery condition report based on the first data set and the second data set, and to transmit the vehicle battery condition report to an end user device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is remote from the service location.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to:

determine an advanced analytic based at least in part on the first data set and the second data set, wherein the advanced analytic indicates a change in the at least one condition of the vehicle battery between the first time and the second time; and

include the advanced analytic in the vehicle battery condition report.

16. The system of claim 13, comprising a geographic indicator configured to determine a geographic index of an area in which the service location is disposed, wherein the server is configured to contextualize the first data set, the second data set, or both based on the geographic index to generate the vehicle battery condition report.