APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING BATTERY

• US 20150134164A1
• Filed: 04/16/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Sung-Hoon, Park, Man-Jae
• Granted Patent: US 9,168,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/549 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/13 Maintaining the SoC within a determined range
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/16 responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
• 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 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in 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

An apparatus and method for charging a battery are provided. The apparatus includes a controller that is configured to select a driving mode based on a user operation. In addition, a BMS (Battery Management System) is configured to execute a charge type based on the selected driving mode and charge the battery.

Claims

1. An apparatus for charging a battery, comprising:

a controller configured to select a driving mode based on a user operation;

a BMS (Battery Management System) configured to execute a charge type based on the selected driving mode; and

a battery configured to be charged based on a control of the BMS.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charge type is a high SOC (State of Charge) charge in which, when the driving mode is not a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the high SOC as a first specific value.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the charge type is a low SOC (State of Charge)charge in which, when the driving mode is a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the low SOC as a second specific value.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the high SOC charge is a slow charge for charging at a predetermined low current or quick charge for charging at a predetermined high current and the predetermined low current.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the low SOC charge is a slow charge for charging at a predetermined low current or quick charge for charging at a predetermined high current.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to store a driving distance and a charge type for a certain period of time and calculate a plurality of driving patterns from the stored data to calculate an optimal SOC (State of Charge).

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of a charge or a charge amount based on the charge type is user set.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the quick charge is performed at the predetermined high current up to the low SOC until reaching a threshold level and is then performed at the predetermined low current up to the high SOC with respect to the remaining portion.

9. A method of charging a battery, comprising:

selecting, by a controller, a driving mode based on a user operation;

executing, by a BMS (battery management system) a charge type based on the selected driving mode; and

charging, by the BMS, the battery.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the charge type is a high SOC (State of Charge) charge in which, when the driving mode is not a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the high SOC as a first specific value.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the charge type is a low SOC (State of Charge) charge in which, when the driving mode is a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the low SOC as a second specific value.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the high SOC charge is a slow charge for charging at a predetermined low current or quick charge for charging at a predetermined high current and the predetermined low current.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the low SOC charge is a slow charge for charging at a predetermined low current or quick charge for charging at a predetermined high current.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing, by the controller, a driving distance and a charge type for a certain period of time; and

calculating, by the controller, a plurality of driving patterns from the stored data to calculate an optimal SOC (State of Charge).

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the number of a charge or a charge amount based on the charge type is user set.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the quick charge is performed at the predetermined high current up to the low SOC until reaching a certain threshold and is then performed at the predetermined low current up to the high SOC with respect to the remaining portion.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that select a driving mode based on a user operation;

program instructions that control a BMS (battery management system) to execute a charge type based on the selected driving mode; and

program instructions that control the BMS to charge the battery.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the charge type is a high SOC (State of Charge) charge in which, when the driving mode is not a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the high SOC as a first specific value.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the charge type is a low SOC (State of Charge) charge in which, when the driving mode is a short-distance driving mode, the charge is performed up to the low SOC as a second specific value.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, further comprising:

program instructions that store a driving distance and a charge type for a certain period of time; and

program instructions that calculate a plurality of driving patterns from the stored data to calculate an optimal SOC (State of Charge).