METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE BATTERY PACK AND STORAGE BATTERY PACK

• US 20160360347A1
• Filed: 05/25/2016
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KURODA, GO
• Granted Patent: US 9,900,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

In a method, when a first information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communication device capable of communicating with a first wireless communication device provided in a storage battery pack and which retains first identification information indicating a user of the storage battery pack, comes into close proximity with the first wireless communication device (S11), the first information terminal is registered in registration information as a first type of information terminal capable of altering the registration information, the registration information being stored in a storage device provided inside or outside of the storage battery pack, and being of information terminals capable of acquiring information relating to the storage battery pack stored in the storage device (S12).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

(a) when a first information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with a first wireless communicator provided in a storage battery pack and which retains first identification information indicating a user of the storage battery pack, comes into close proximity with the first wireless communicator, registering in registration information the first information as a first type of information terminal capable of altering the registration information, the registration information being stored in a storer that is provided inside or outside of the storage battery pack and having registered therein information terminals capable of acquiring information relating to the storage battery pack.

2. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the first type of information terminal is capable of altering the registration information, and is capable of acquiring the information relating to the storage battery pack from the storage battery pack.

3. The method according to claim 2,

wherein the information relating to the storage battery pack is information indicating a state of the storage battery pack.

4. The method according to claim 2,

wherein the information relating to the storage battery pack is information relating to an electrical device onto which the storage battery pack is mounted.

5. The method according to claim 1, further including:

(b) altering content of the registration information based on an instruction to alter the registration information, the instruction being transmitted from the first information terminal registered as the first type of information terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1, further including:

(c) receiving the first identification information via the first wireless communicator; and

(d) when a second information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with the first wireless communicator and which does not retain the first identification information, comes into close proximity with the first wireless communicator within a prescribed time from after the first identification information has been received, registering in the registration information the second information as a second type of information terminal, which is an information terminal that is not capable of altering the registration information from the storage battery pack, and is capable of acquiring, from the storage battery pack, other information relating to the storage battery pack that is different from the registration information.

7. The method according to claim 1, further including:

(c) receiving the first identification information via the first wireless communicator; and

(e) when a second information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with the first wireless communicator and which retains the first identification information, comes into close proximity with the first wireless communicator within a prescribed time from after the first identification information has been received, registering in the registration information the second information terminal as the first type of information terminal.

8. The method according to claim 6,

wherein, in the (d), when the second information terminal, which does not retain the first identification information and retains second identification information that is different from the first identification information, comes into close proximity, registering in the registration information the second information terminal as the second type of information terminal.

9. The method according to claim 6,

wherein the other information relating to the storage battery pack is information indicating a state of the storage battery pack.

10. The method for controlling a storage battery pack according to claim 6,

wherein the other information relating to the storage battery pack is information relating to an electrical device onto which the storage battery pack is mounted.

11. The method according to claim 6,

wherein, in the (c), the first wireless communicator receives the first identification information due to the first information terminal coming into close proximity with the first wireless communicator.

12. The method according to claim 6,

wherein, in the (c), the first wireless communicator receives the first identification information due to a third information terminal, which is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with the first wireless communicator and which retains the first identification information, coming into close proximity with the first wireless communicator.

13. The method according to claim 6,

wherein, in the (c), the first wireless communicator receives the first identification information due to an external device coming into close proximity with the first wireless communicator,

and the external device is a device that is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with the first wireless communicator, retains the first identification information, and is not able to refer to the registration information.

14. The method according to claim 1, further including:

(f) storing identification information in the storer prior to the (a);

(g) when the first information terminal comes into close proximity, acquiring the first identification information retained by the first information terminal; and

(h) comparing the acquired first identification information with the stored identification information,

wherein, in the (a), when the acquired first identification information and the stored identification information match as a result of the comparing, the first information terminal is registered in the registration information as the first type of information terminal.

15. The method according to claim 14,

wherein, in the (f), the identification information is stored in the storer due to an external device, which is provided with a wireless communicator capable of communicating with the first wireless communicator, retains the first identification information, and is not able to refer to the registration information, coming into close proximity with the first wireless communicator.

16. The method according to claim 1, further including:

(i) when the first information terminal comes into close proximity, acquiring the first identification information via the first wireless communicator from the first information terminal, and determining whether or not the acquired first identification information is appropriate,

wherein the (a) is executed when it is determined in the (i) that the first identification information is appropriate.

17. The method according to claim 1, including:

(j) when the first information terminal comes into close proximity, acquiring the first identification information via the first wireless communicator from the first information terminal, and confirming in a server device provided outside of the storage battery pack whether or not the acquired first identification information is appropriate,

wherein the (a) is executed when it is confirmed in the (j) that the first identification information is appropriate.

18. A storage battery pack comprising:

a first wireless communicator capable of wirelessly communicating with a first information terminal; and

a controller that, when the first information terminal retaining first identification information indicating a user of the storage battery pack comes into close proximity with the first wireless communicator, registers the first information terminal in registration information as a first type of information terminal capable of altering the registration information, the registration information being stored in a storer that is provided inside or outside of the storage battery pack and having registered therein information terminals capable of acquiring information relating to the storage battery pack.