Energy management system for automotive vehicle
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1. An apparatus for monitoring charging of a storage battery in a vehicle, comprising:
- an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including an alternator to charge the battery; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection and configured to measure a condition of the battery, a charge applied to the battery, and a drive cycle of the vehicle and responsively provide an output related to the battery condition, charge applied to the battery and the drive cycle.
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Abstract
A battery monitor is provided for use with a battery of an automotive vehicle. The battery monitor can provide real time battery condition measurements and can selectively control the charging of the battery through an alternator of the vehicle based upon the measured battery condition.
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64 Claims
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1. An apparatus for monitoring charging of a storage battery in a vehicle, comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including an alternator to charge the battery; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection and configured to measure a condition of the battery, a charge applied to the battery, and a drive cycle of the vehicle and responsively provide an output related to the battery condition, charge applied to the battery and the drive cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for monitoring use of a storage battery in a vehicle, comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including an alternator to charge the battery; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection and configured to measure a condition of the battery and monitor charging of the battery by the alternator and store historical charging information and usage information of the storage battery wherein battery condition is related to a response of the battery to the time varying signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for monitoring an electrical system of a vehicle having a storage battery, comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including an alternator to charge the battery; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical system through the electrical connection configured to monitor data points and store them in a memory, the microprocessor configured to observe a loss of one or more phases of an output of the alternator and responsively provide an output. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for monitoring a storage battery of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including an alternator to charge the battery to charge the battery and at least one controllable load which draws power through the electrical system; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connector configured to measure a condition of the battery indicative of state of charge (SOC) of the battery and reduce power drawn by the load in response to battery state of charge. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus in an automotive vehicle for monitoring a starter motor used to start an engine of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including a battery and the starter motor; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection configured to determine a time to start the engine of the vehicle by the starter motor and detect an imminent failure of the starter motor based upon the time to start the engine of the vehicle by the starter motor. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An apparatus in an automotive vehicle for monitoring a starter motor used to start an engine of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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an electrical connection to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including a battery and the starter motor; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection configured to determine a current required to start the engine of the vehicle by the starter motor and detect an imminent failure of the starter motor based upon the current required to start the engine of the vehicle by the starter motor. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. An apparatus for monitoring a storage battery in an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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an electrical connection coupled to an electrical system of the vehicle, the electrical system including the storage battery; and
a microprocessor coupled to the electrical connection configured to sense replacement of the storage battery, measure a capacity of the battery, and responsively provide an indication that a battery capacity is less than a threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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