APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT

• US 20120050054A1
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: FUJIWARA, Kazuya
• Granted Patent: US 8,779,923 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/636.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/20 by driver identification
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/80 Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/21 having the same nominal voltage
• 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 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A vehicle having a battery package as a power source includes a memory device for storing authentication information of battery modules in the battery package. A battery controller in the vehicle has an authentication unit. The authentication unit determines whether the battery module is a genuine product or not. When the battery module is not a genuine product, a control unit controls a communication unit to send information indicative that the battery module is not a genuine product. The information sent from the communication unit is recorded in a server of a public organization, such as an administrative organization or the like. The information recorded in the server of the administrative organization is utilized by the administrative organization or by a vehicle manufacturer, for an action that advises the user to use the genuine battery.

Claims

1. A battery management apparatus comprising:

a battery checker to determine if a battery in a battery driven device is compliant to a maker-specified requirement; and

a transmission unit to send out information indicative of a use condition of the battery from a battery-driven device and a check result of the battery by the battery checker.

2. The battery management apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the battery checker yields a negative check result about the requirement of the battery, the transmission unit sends out information indicative of a use of a battery that is non-compliant to the maker-specified requirement.

3. The battery management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the transmission unit sends the information to a recorder of an organization related to one of the battery-driven device and the battery.

4. The battery management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the battery checker includes,

a first checker to determine if the battery is a genuine product;

a second checker to determine if the battery is functional; and

the transmission unit sends information indicative that the battery is non-compliant to the maker-specified requirement when at least one of the first checker and the second checker yields a negative check result.

5. The battery management apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an information checker for checking whether battery liability information indicative of battery liability is available, wherein the transmission unit sends the battery liability information when the information checker outputs a positive check result.

6. A battery management system comprising:

a battery checker to determine if a battery in a battery driven device is compliant to a maker-specified requirement;

a transmission unit to send out information indicative of a use condition of the battery from a battery-driven device and a check result of the battery by the battery checker;

a receiver in an organization that is related to the battery-driven device or the battery for receiving information from the transmission unit; and

a recorder in the organization for recording the information received by the receiver.

7. The battery management system of claim 6 further includes a contact unit in the organization for sending a message to a user of the battery-driven device based on the information recorded by the recorder.

8. The battery management system of claim 7, wherein the message encourages the user to use a battery that is compliant to the maker-specified requirement.

9. The battery management system of claim 6, wherein the organization is a public administration that administers a responsible organization that is at least responsible for the battery-driven device or the battery.

10. A method of managing a battery comprising:

checking whether a battery connected to a battery-driven device is compliant to a maker-specified requirement;

transmitting information indicative of use of a non-compliant battery from the battery-driven device when the checked battery is the non-compliant battery to an organization related to one of the battery-driven device and the battery; and

recording the transmitted information in a recorder of the organization.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

sending a message to a user of the battery-driven device based on the information recorded by the recorder, from the organization.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the message encourages the user to use a battery that is compliant to the maker-specified requirement

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the organization is one of a responsible organization that is at least responsible for the battery-driven device or the battery and a public administration that administers the responsible organization.