Method and apparatus for indicating battery state of hybrid car

• US 6,784,640 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2003
• Issued: 08/31/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanimoto, Kenichi, Mizuta, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): TIBBITS, PIA FLORENCE
• Application Number:
  US10/367,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20030155810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 320/130, 320/132, 320/149, 324/426, 324/427, 324/430, 324/434
• US Class Current: 320/130
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/10 for monitoring or controlling batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/26 for electrical energy, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/006 on road vehicles, e.g. automobiles or trucks testing of ignition installations peculiar to internal combustion engines F02P17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3648 comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

The present method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car detects ΔV/ΔI which is a change value of voltage and current from a first state and a second state of a battery 1 being charged/discharged. The battery state indicating method determines whether the battery is charged/discharged in a battery protective state based on the ΔV/ΔI and indicates that the battery protective state is established when the battery is charged/discharged in a protective state.

Claims

1. A method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting Δ

V/Δ

I which is a change value of voltage and current from a first state and a second state of a battery being charged/discharged; and

determining whether charging/discharging is performed in a battery protective state based on the Δ

V/Δ

I, and indicating that the battery protective state is established when charging/discharging is performed in the protective state.

2. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 1, wherein determination for the battery protective state is made when a change in charging/discharging current is smaller than a preset range.

3. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 2, wherein Δ

V/Δ

I is detected and determination for the battery protective state is made when a change in battery current is smaller than a first preset range in the first state, and when a change in battery current is smaller than a second preset range in the second state.

4. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 3, wherein the first preset range and the second preset range is set so that a width of variation of current with respect to an average current is not more than ±

30%.

5. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 3, wherein the condition until Δ

V/Δ

I is detected in the second state is determined as a first battery protective state, and the condition that Δ

V/Δ

I is detected in the second state is determined as a second battery protective state.

6. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 5, wherein the condition that the change in battery current is smaller than a preset range during the period from the first state until Δ

V/Δ

I is detected in the second state is determined as the first battery protective state.

7. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 6, wherein if the condition comes where Δ

V/Δ

I cannot be detected after determining that the first battery protective state is established, it is determined that the first battery protective state is not established.

8. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 5, wherein after determination of the second battery protective state is made, if the charging/discharging current of the battery becomes variable, the determination that the second battery protective state is established is canceled.

9. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 5, wherein the second battery protective state is canceled after a certain time has lapsed.

10. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 1, wherein the battery protective state is indicated by a light source.

11. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 1, wherein the battery protective state is indicated by graphics or characters.

12. The method for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 1, wherein the remaining capacity of the battery corrected on the basis of Δ

V/Δ

I.

13. An apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car, the apparatus comprising:

a determination circuit for detecting Δ

V/Δ

I which is a change value of voltage and current from a first state and a second state of a battery being charged/discharged; and

a display for indicating that the battery protective state is established when the determination circuit determines that charging/discharging is performed in the protective state.

14. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 13, wherein the determination circuit detects Δ

V/Δ

I and determines that the battery protective state is established when a change in battery current is smaller than a first preset range in the first state, and when a change in battery current is smaller than a second preset range in the second state.

15. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 14, wherein the determination circuit uses the first preset range and the second preset range set so that a width of variation of current with respect to an average current is not more than ±

30%.

16. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 14, wherein the determination circuit determines the condition until Δ

V/Δ

I is detected in the second state as a first battery protective state, and the condition that Δ

V/Δ

I is detected in the second state as a second battery protective state.

17. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 16, wherein the determination circuit determines the condition that the change in battery current is smaller than a preset range during the period from the first state until Δ

V/Δ

I is detected In the second state as the first battery protective state.

18. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 17, wherein if the condition comes where Δ

V/Δ

I cannot be detected after determining that the first battery protective state is established, the determination circuit determines that the first battery protective state is not established.

19. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 16, wherein if the charging/discharging current of the battery becomes variable after determination of the second battery protective state is made, the determination circuit cancels the determination that the second battery protective state is established.

20. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 16, wherein the determination circuit cancels the second battery protective state is canceled after a certain time has lapsed.

21. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 13, wherein the display indicates the battery protective state by a light source.

22. The apparatus for indicating a battery state of a hybrid car according to claim 13, wherein the display indicates the battery protective state by graphics or characters.