Control device for the charging of at least one battery
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1. A device for controlling the charging of at least one battery, the device comprising:
- a microprocessor;
a memory coupled to the microprocessor;
a set of voltage divider bridges for measuring the charging conditions of the at least one battery; and
a circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery, wherein the memory includes stored therein;
a set of membership functions associated with signals measured on the set of voltage divider bridges, the set of membership functions forming correspondence values quantified by coefficients of values of these signals, wherein each membership function has a qualification that designates the membership function;
a set of rules setting up correspondence values between the qualifications of the membership functions and further setting up command signals to be applied to the circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery;
a program that organizes results of the rules to produce the command signals;
a rotating memory to store several successive states of one of the charging conditions of the at least one battery;
wherein the set of rules includes at least one rule that takes account of the successive states to set up a correspondence with signals to be applied to one of the circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery and the set of voltage divider bridges for measuring the charging conditions of the at least one battery.
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Abstract
A battery-charger uses a fuzzy logic microprocessor. The use of fuzzy logic makes it easier to take account of the diversity of the types of batteries to be charged and to control the state of the batteries charged while, at the same time, producing a battery at very low cost, whereas these functions are normally carried out by far bigger microprocessors. The invention can be applied especially to the charging of batteries assembled to constitute powerful energy sources, that are used especially for automobile haulage, large-scale consumer articles, professional and industrial equipment or computer equipment.
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1. A device for controlling the charging of at least one battery, the device comprising:
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a microprocessor; a memory coupled to the microprocessor; a set of voltage divider bridges for measuring the charging conditions of the at least one battery; and a circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery, wherein the memory includes stored therein; a set of membership functions associated with signals measured on the set of voltage divider bridges, the set of membership functions forming correspondence values quantified by coefficients of values of these signals, wherein each membership function has a qualification that designates the membership function; a set of rules setting up correspondence values between the qualifications of the membership functions and further setting up command signals to be applied to the circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery; a program that organizes results of the rules to produce the command signals; a rotating memory to store several successive states of one of the charging conditions of the at least one battery; wherein the set of rules includes at least one rule that takes account of the successive states to set up a correspondence with signals to be applied to one of the circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery and the set of voltage divider bridges for measuring the charging conditions of the at least one battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for controlling the charging of at least one battery, the device comprising:
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a microprocessor; a memory coupled to the microprocessor; a set of voltage divider bridges for measuring the charging conditions of the at least one battery; and a circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery, wherein the memory includes stored therein; a set of membership functions associated with signals measured on the set of voltage divider bridges, the set of membership functions forming correspondence values quantified by coefficients of values of these signals, wherein each membership function has a qualification that designates the membership function; a set of rules setting up correspondence values between the qualifications of the membership functions and further setting up command signals to be applied to the circuit for controlling the charging of the at least one battery; and a program that organizes results of the rules to produce the command signals. a counter circuit having n cascade-connected flip-flop circuits to receive 2 n successive measurement signals from the set of voltage divider circuits and take the average thereof.
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14. A method of charging a battery, comprising the steps of:
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measuring a plurality of signals that respectively relate to a plurality of charging conditions of the battery; establishing a set of membership functions that assign a qualification to each measured signal, the qualification being quantified by coefficient determined by the membership function; establishing a set of rules that generate commands based on the quantified qualification assigned by the set of membership functions; and organizing the rules to generate a battery charging command. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for charging at least one battery, the system comprising:
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a supply coupled to the at least one battery for charging the battery; a circuit for coupling the supply to the at least one battery; means for measuring a plurality of signals that respectively relate to a plurality of charging conditions of the at least one battery; a microprocessor coupled to the circuit for controlling the circuit to couple the supply to the at least one battery; and a memory comprising; a set of membership functions that assign a qualification to each measured signal, the qualification being quantified by coefficient determined by the membership function; establishing a set of rules that generate commands based on the quantified qualification assigned by the set of membership functions; and organizing the rules to generate a battery charging command. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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