Start-up possibility determining apparatus and start-up possibility determining method
First Claim
1. A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines whether an engine can be started up by driving a starter motor by electric power accumulated in a secondary battery, comprising:
- a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures a dynamic internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor;
a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures a static internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped; and
a determining unit that determines possibility of a start-up of the engine by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit before or after a time of an engine start-up in the past and a second static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit within a predetermined time since a current point of time and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.
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Abstract
A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines an engine-start-up possibility by driving a starter motor by power accumulated in a secondary battery includes a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor, a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped, and a determining unit that determines an engine start-up possibility by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance before or after the past engine start-up and a second static internal resistance within a predetermined time since a current time point and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.
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10 Claims
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1. A start-up possibility determining apparatus that determines whether an engine can be started up by driving a starter motor by electric power accumulated in a secondary battery, comprising:
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a dynamic internal resistance measuring unit that measures a dynamic internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor; a static internal resistance measuring unit that measures a static internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped; and a determining unit that determines possibility of a start-up of the engine by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit before or after a time of an engine start-up in the past and a second static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit within a predetermined time since a current point of time and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A start-up possibility determining method of determining whether an engine can be started up by driving a starter motor by electric power accumulated in a secondary battery, the method comprising:
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measuring a dynamic internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery while the engine is being started up by the starter motor; measuring a static internal resistance which is an internal resistance of the secondary battery when the engine is stopped; and determining possibility of a start-up of the engine by the secondary battery, based on a value obtained by a product of a ratio between a first static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit before or after a time of an engine start-up in the past and a second static internal resistance which was measured by the static internal resistance measuring unit within a predetermined time since a current point of time and the dynamic internal resistance measured by the dynamic internal resistance measuring unit at the time of the engine start-up in the past.
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