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Apparatus and method for controlling battery of green car

  • US 9,889,764 B2
  • Filed: 11/24/2015
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling an auxiliary battery of a green car, the apparatus comprising:

  • an information collector configured to collect a scheduled time of arrival from a navigation system;

    a charge amount manager configured to manage a charge amount of the auxiliary battery, the auxiliary battery having a usable state-of-charge (SOC) range;

    a charger configured to charge the auxiliary battery; and

    a controller configured to control the charging according to the charge amount of the auxiliary battery and to expand the usable SOC range of the auxiliary battery based on the navigation information scheduled time of arrival collected by the information collector,wherein the controller expands the usable SOC range to a primary usable SOC range when the scheduled time of arrival exceeds a first threshold time.

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