Method for determining cell number, cell number determination device, power supply device and program
First Claim
1. A cell number determination device comprising:
- a voltage measuring unit that selects an ith cell, where i is an integer from 1 to N, among a number N of cells that are connected in series and that configures a battery, and that measures a voltage value between a terminal in which the ith cell and (i−
1)th cell, which is in one location higher than the ith cell, are connected and a ground potential line;
a voltage comparator that determines whether the ith cell exists normally or not by comparing a voltage value of an (i+1)th cell that is in one location lower than the ith cell with the voltage value of the ith cell measured by the voltage measuring unit; and
a cell number determination unit that determines a number of assembled cells and normal cells and cell assembled locations in the overall battery based on a comparison result of the voltage comparator,whereinthe cell number determination unit determines whether or not the cells that the voltage comparator determined to be existing normally are continuous, andwhen at least one of the N cells is determined not to exist normally, and the cell number determination unit determines that the number of cells that are existing normally are continuous, the cell number determination unit determines number of assembled cells to be the number of continuous cells that are existing normally.
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Abstract
A number of cells can be determined before control for a battery without providing cell number setting and input means. The cell number determination device comprises voltage measuring units that select an “i”th cell among cells that are connected in series and that configure a battery, and that measure a voltage value between a terminal in which the “i”th cell and an (i−1)th cell, which is in one location higher than the “i”th cell, are connected and a ground potential line, voltage comparators that determine an existence, nonexistence or normality of the cells by comparing a voltage value of an (i+1)th cell that is in one location lower than the “i”th cell with the voltage value of the “i”th cell measured by the voltage measuring units and a cell number determination unit that determines a number of assembled cells and normal cells and cell assembled locations in the battery.
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18 Claims
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1. A cell number determination device comprising:
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a voltage measuring unit that selects an ith cell, where i is an integer from 1 to N, among a number N of cells that are connected in series and that configures a battery, and that measures a voltage value between a terminal in which the ith cell and (i−
1)th cell, which is in one location higher than the ith cell, are connected and a ground potential line;a voltage comparator that determines whether the ith cell exists normally or not by comparing a voltage value of an (i+1)th cell that is in one location lower than the ith cell with the voltage value of the ith cell measured by the voltage measuring unit; and a cell number determination unit that determines a number of assembled cells and normal cells and cell assembled locations in the overall battery based on a comparison result of the voltage comparator, wherein the cell number determination unit determines whether or not the cells that the voltage comparator determined to be existing normally are continuous, and when at least one of the N cells is determined not to exist normally, and the cell number determination unit determines that the number of cells that are existing normally are continuous, the cell number determination unit determines number of assembled cells to be the number of continuous cells that are existing normally. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for determining a cell number that is executed by a cell number determination device for determining a number of assembled cells and normal cells, and cell assembled locations in a battery configured with a plurality of cells, comprising:
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executing a voltage measuring step that selects an ith cell, where i is an integer from 1 to N, among a number N of cells that are connected in series and that configure the battery, and that measures a voltage value between a terminal in which the ith cell and an (i−
1)th cell that is in one location higher than the ith cell are connected and a ground potential line;executing a voltage comparison step that determines whether the ith cell exists normally or not by comparing a voltage value of an (i+1)th cell that is in one location lower than the ith cell with the voltage value of the ith cell measured by the voltage measuring unit; and executing a cell number determination step that determines a total number of assembled cells, a number of normally existing cells, and cell assembled locations of the normally existing cells in the overall battery based on a comparison result of a voltage comparator through a cell number determination unit of the cell number determination device, wherein the voltage comparison step determines whether or not the cells that the voltage comparator determined to be existing normally are continuous, and when at least one of the N cells is determined not to exist normally, and the cell number determination step determines that the number of cells that are existing normally are continuous, the cell number determination step determines number of assembled cells to be the number of continuous cells that are existing normally. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium in an information processing device, comprising:
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a first program element configured to instruct a voltage measuring unit to select an ith cell, where i is an integer from 1 to N, among a number N of cells that are connected in series and that configure a battery, and to measure a voltage value between a terminal in which the ith cell and an (i−
1)th cell, which is in one location higher than the ith cell, are connected and a ground potential line;a second program element configured to instruct a voltage comparator to determine whether the ith cell exists normally or not by comparing a voltage value of an (i+1)th cell that is in one location lower than the ith cell with the voltage value of the ith cell measured by the voltage measuring unit; and a third program element configured to instruct a cell number determination unit to determine a total number of assembled cells, a number of normally existing cells, and cell assembled locations of the normally existing cells in the overall battery based on a comparison result of the voltage comparator, wherein the cell number determination unit determines whether or not the cells that the voltage comparator determined to be existing normally are continuous, and when at least one of the N cells is determined not to exist normally, and the cell number determination unit determines that the number of cells that are existing normally are continuous, the cell number determination unit determines number of assembled cells to be the number of continuous cells that are existing normally. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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