BATTERY PRESENCE DETECTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND CHARGING SYSTEM

• US 20150102778A1
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YANG, Yang, LI, Hui, WANG, Jianping, WANG, Pengfei
• Granted Patent: US 9,673,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/134
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0036 using connection detecting circuits H02J7/0034 takes precedence

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a battery presence detecting apparatus, including: a detection triggering module, configured to detect a charging current on a battery terminal and trigger a logic control module when the charging current is less than a preset current threshold; the logic control module, configured to turn off a battery charging system and instruct a charging and discharging balancing module to perform a charging operation and then a discharging operation on the battery terminal; and a detection determining module, configured to detect a voltage on the battery terminal when the discharging operation is performed and determine whether the voltage on the battery terminal is less than a preset detection voltage, and if the voltage on the battery terminal is less than the preset detection voltage, determine that the battery is absent, and otherwise, determine that the battery is present.

Claims

1. A battery presence detecting apparatus, applied in a battery charging system, the apparatus comprising a detection triggering module, a logic control module, a charging and discharging balancing module, and a detection determining module, wherein:

the detection triggering module is connected to a battery terminal in the battery charging system, is configured to detect a charging current on the battery terminal, and send a triggering signal to the logic control module when the charging current is less than a preset current threshold;

the logic control module is configured to send a charging closing instruction to the battery charging system and send a first operation instruction to the charging and discharging balancing module after the triggering signal is received;

the charging and discharging balancing module is configured to perform a charging operation and then a discharging operation on the battery terminal according to the first operation instruction, and send a first detection instruction to the detection determining module when the discharging operation is performed on the battery terminal; and

the detection determining module is configured to detect a voltage on the battery terminal in response to the first detection instruction is received, and determine whether the voltage on the battery terminal is less than a preset detection voltage, and if the voltage on the battery terminal is less than the preset detection voltage, determine that a battery of the battery charging system is absent, and otherwise, determine that the battery is present, wherein the preset detection voltage is less than a working voltage when the battery is present.

2. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a processing module, configured to send a second detection instruction to the detection determining module when a result of the determining by the detection determining module is that the battery is absent, wherein;

the detection determining module is further configured to detect the voltage on the battery terminal when the second detection instruction is received, determine whether the voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage, and send a second operation instruction to the charging and discharging balancing module if the voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage;

the charging and discharging balancing module is further configured to perform the charging operation and then the discharging operation on the battery terminal according to the second operation instruction, and send a third detection instruction to the detection determining module when the discharging operation is performed on the battery terminal; and

the detection determining module is further configured to detect the voltage on the battery terminal in response to the third detection instruction is received, and determine whether the voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage, and if the voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage, determine that the battery of the battery charging system is present, and otherwise, determine that the battery is absent.

3. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a timing module, configured to instruct the charging and discharging balancing module to perform the charging operation and the discharging operation on the battery terminal within a preset period of time.

4. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:

preset periods of time in which the charging and discharging balancing module performs, as instructed by the timing module, the charging operation and the discharging operation on the battery terminal are the same.

5. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection triggering module comprises a charging current sensor and a comparator;

wherein;

an output end of the charging current sensor is connected to a positive input end of the comparator, a negative input end of the comparator receives a preset reference voltage value, and an output end of the comparator is connected to the logic control module;

the charging current sensor is configured to detect the charging current on the battery terminal, and output a voltage value corresponding to the detected charging current to the positive input end of the comparator; and

the comparator is configured to compare the voltage value output by the charging current sensor with the preset reference voltage value, and send the triggering signal to the logic control module when the voltage value output by the charging current sensor is less than the preset reference voltage value, wherein;

the preset reference voltage value corresponds to the preset current threshold.

6. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the charging and discharging balancing module comprises a first current source and a second current source, wherein:

a current of the first current source is the same as a current of the second current source.

7. The battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection determining module comprises a comparator, wherein:

a positive input end of the comparator is connected to the battery terminal of the charging system, and a negative input end of the comparator receives the preset detection voltage, and an output end of the comparator serves as an output end of the battery presence detecting apparatus and outputs a signal that indicates whether the battery is present; and

the comparator is configured to compare the detected voltage on the battery terminal with the preset detection voltage, and if the voltage on the battery terminal is less than the preset detection voltage, determine that the battery is absent, and output a signal that indicates that the battery is absent, and otherwise, determine that the battery is present, and output a battery presence signal, or output no signal to indicate that the battery is present.

8. A battery charging system, wherein the system comprises the battery presence detecting apparatus according to claim 1.

9. A battery presence detecting method, wherein the method comprises:

detecting a charging current on a battery terminal;

turning off a charging loop of a battery charging system when the charging current is less than a preset current threshold;

performing a charging operation and then a discharging operation on the battery terminal, and detecting a voltage on the battery terminal during the discharging operation; and

if the voltage on the battery terminal is less than a preset detection voltage, determining that a battery is absent;

otherwise, determining that the battery is present, wherein the preset detection voltage is less than a working voltage when the battery is present.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein after the determining that a battery is absent, the method further comprises:

detecting the voltage on the battery terminal;

when the voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage, performing the charging operation and then the discharging operation on the battery terminal, and re-detecting the voltage on the battery terminal during the discharging operation; and

if the re-detected voltage on the battery terminal is greater than the preset detection voltage, determining that the battery is present;

otherwise, determining that the battery is absent.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the determining that the battery is present comprises:

outputting a battery presence signal or a first preset signal; and

the determining that a battery is absent comprises;

outputting a battery absence signal or a second preset signal.