IMBALANCE IDENTIFYING CIRCUIT, POWER SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMBALANCE IDENTIFICATION METHOD
First Claim
1. An imbalance identifying circuit, comprising:
- a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage in each of a plurality of accumulators;
a gradient acquisition unit for performing gradient information acquisition processing of suspending charge when the plurality of accumulators are being charged and acquiring, from each of the terminal voltages detected by the voltage detection unit during the suspension of charge, voltage gradient information showing an amount of change per predetermined time of each of the terminal voltages; and
an imbalance identification unit for identifying whether an imbalance of the amount of charge in the plurality of accumulators has occurred by using a plurality of pieces of voltage gradient information corresponding to each of the terminal voltages acquired by the gradient acquisition unit.
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Abstract
Provided is an imbalance identifying circuit, including: a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage in each of a plurality of accumulators; a gradient acquisition unit for performing gradient information acquisition processing of suspending charge when the plurality of accumulators are being charged and acquiring, from each of the terminal voltages detected by the voltage detection unit during the suspension of charge, voltage gradient information showing an amount of change per predetermined time of each of the terminal voltages; and an imbalance identification unit for identifying whether an imbalance of the amount of charge in the plurality of accumulators has occurred by using a plurality of pieces of voltage gradient information corresponding to each of the terminal voltages acquired by the gradient acquisition unit.
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15 Claims
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1. An imbalance identifying circuit, comprising:
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a voltage detection unit for detecting a terminal voltage in each of a plurality of accumulators; a gradient acquisition unit for performing gradient information acquisition processing of suspending charge when the plurality of accumulators are being charged and acquiring, from each of the terminal voltages detected by the voltage detection unit during the suspension of charge, voltage gradient information showing an amount of change per predetermined time of each of the terminal voltages; and an imbalance identification unit for identifying whether an imbalance of the amount of charge in the plurality of accumulators has occurred by using a plurality of pieces of voltage gradient information corresponding to each of the terminal voltages acquired by the gradient acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An imbalance identification method, comprising:
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a step of detecting, by a voltage detection unit, a terminal voltage in each of a plurality of accumulators; a step of performing, by a gradient acquisition unit, gradient information acquisition processing of suspending charge when the plurality of accumulators are being charged and acquiring, from each of the terminal voltages detected by the voltage detection unit during the suspension of charge, voltage gradient information showing an amount of change per predetermined time of each of the terminal voltages; and a step of identifying, by an imbalance identification unit, whether an imbalance of the amount of charge in the plurality of accumulators has occurred by using a plurality of pieces of voltage gradient information corresponding to each of the terminal voltages acquired by the gradient acquisition unit.
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