Battery remaining capacity calculating method, battery remaining capacity calculating device, and battery remaining capacity calculating program
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Abstract
A battery remaining capacity calculating method, a battery remaining capacity calculating device, and a battery remaining capacity calculating program that make it possible to estimate the remaining capacity of a secondary battery with high accuracy using a relatively simple circuit configuration. An output voltage value of the secondary battery is measured, a use mode of the secondary battery is divided into a high consumption mode in which the output voltage value is not lower than a threshold value and a low consumption mode in which the output voltage value is lower than the threshold value, a remaining capacity in the low consumption mode is calculated on a basis of a predetermined reference voltage curve as a discharge characteristic of the secondary battery and the output voltage value, and a remaining capacity in the high consumption mode is calculated supposing that there is little change in the remaining capacity at a time of change from the low consumption mode to the high consumption mode. In the high consumption mode, the remaining capacity may be calculated on a basis of a reference remaining capacity as a remaining capacity before the use mode change, a start voltage as an output voltage at a time of a start of the high consumption mode, a predetermined cutoff voltage of the secondary battery, and the output voltage value.
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29 Claims
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16. A battery remaining capacity calculating method for calculating a remaining capacity as a capacity of electricity dischargeable by a secondary battery, said battery remaining capacity calculating method comprising:
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measuring an output voltage value of said secondary battery;
dividing a use mode of said secondary battery into a high consumption mode in which the output voltage value is not lower than a threshold value and a low consumption mode in which the output voltage value is lower than the threshold value;
calculating a remaining capacity in said low consumption mode on a basis of a predetermined reference voltage curve as a discharge characteristic of said secondary battery and said output voltage value; and
calculating a remaining capacity in said high consumption mode supposing that there is minimal change in the remaining capacity at a time of change from said low consumption mode to said high consumption mode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A battery remaining capacity calculating device for calculating a remaining capacity as a capacity of electricity dischargeable by a secondary battery, said battery remaining capacity calculating device comprising:
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voltage measuring means for measuring an output voltage value of said secondary battery; and
arithmetic means for performing information processing, a reference voltage curve as a discharge characteristic of said secondary battery being recorded in said arithmetic means;
said arithmetic means divides a use mode of said secondary battery into a high consumption mode in which the output voltage value is not lower than a threshold value and a low consumption mode in which the output voltage value is lower than the threshold value, said arithmetic means calculates a remaining capacity of said secondary battery in said low consumption mode on a basis of the voltage value measured by said voltage measuring means and said reference voltage curve, and said arithmetic means calculates a remaining capacity in said high consumption mode on a basis of a reference remaining capacity as a remaining capacity before a use mode change, a start voltage as an output voltage at a time of a start of the high consumption mode, a predetermined cutoff voltage of said secondary battery, and said output voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A battery remaining capacity calculating device for calculating a remaining capacity as a capacity of electricity dischargeable by a secondary battery, said battery remaining capacity calculating device comprising:
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voltage measuring means for measuring an output voltage value of said secondary battery; and
arithmetic means for performing information processing, a reference voltage curve as a discharge characteristic of said secondary battery being recorded in said arithmetic means;
wherein said arithmetic means divides a use mode of said secondary battery into a high consumption mode in which the output voltage value is not lower than a threshold value and a low consumption mode in which the output voltage value is lower than the threshold value, said arithmetic means calculates a remaining capacity of said secondary battery in said low consumption mode on a basis of the voltage value measured by said voltage measuring means and said reference voltage curve, and said arithmetic means calculates a remaining capacity in said high consumption mode on a basis of a voltage gap as an output voltage change at a time of a use mode change and said output voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A battery remaining capacity calculating program for calculating a remaining capacity as a capacity of electricity dischargeable by a secondary battery, said battery remaining capacity calculating program comprising making a processor perform:
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a voltage measuring step of measuring an output voltage value of said secondary battery;
a mode determining step of dividing a use mode of said secondary battery into a high consumption mode in which the output voltage value is not lower than a threshold value and a low consumption mode in which the output voltage value is lower than the threshold value;
a low consumption time remaining capacity calculating step of calculating a remaining capacity in said low consumption mode on a basis of a predetermined reference voltage curve as a discharge characteristic of said secondary battery and said output voltage value; and
a high consumption time remaining capacity calculating step of calculating a remaining capacity in said high consumption mode supposing that there is little change in the remaining capacity at a time of change from said low consumption mode to said high consumption mode. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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