Deterioration determination device for vehicle-driving battery

• US 9,903,919 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Paul D
• Application Number:
  US14/582,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20150185290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 702 62
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3648 comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3842 combining voltage and current measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/392 Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health

Abstract

A deterioration determination device for a vehicle-driving battery mounted in a vehicle includes a current detection unit that detects a current value of the battery, a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage value of the battery, and a calculation unit that calculates at predetermined time intervals a resistance value of the battery based on current values detected by the current detection unit and voltage values detected by the voltage detection unit during running of the vehicle, calculates a calculation accuracy of the calculated resistance value, and determines deterioration state of the battery based on the resistance value when the calculation accuracy is higher than a preset calculation accuracy.

Claims

1. A deterioration determination device for a vehicle-driving battery mounted in a vehicle comprising:

a current detection unit that detects a current value of the battery;

a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage value of the battery;

a calculation unit that calculates at predetermined time intervals a resistance value of the battery based on current values detected by the current detection unit and voltage values detected by the voltage detection unit during running of the vehicle, calculates a calculation accuracy of the calculated resistance value, and determines deterioration state of the battery based on the resistance value when the calculation accuracy is higher than a preset calculation accuracy; and

a display that displays the determined deterioration state to allow a driver of the vehicle to grasp the deterioration state of the battery during running of the vehicle,

wherein the calculation unit includes a counter and is configured to add 1 to a value of the counter when a calculation result of the resistance value is equal to or larger than a preset deterioration determination threshold value, to reset the counter when the calculation result of the resistance value is smaller than the deterioration determination threshold value, and to perform deterioration determination when the value of the counter is equal to or larger than a preset warning threshold value,

wherein the battery is replaced based on the determined deterioration state.

2. The deterioration determination device for the vehicle-driving battery according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit is configured to acquire at predetermined time intervals plotted date of the current values and the voltage values based on the current values detected by the current detection unit and the voltage values detected by the voltage detection unit during running of the vehicle, to determine the calculation accuracy of the resistance value based on the acquired plotted date, and to determine deterioration state of the battery based on the resistance value when a degree of variations in the plotted date falls in a determination threshold value range.

3. The deterioration determination device for the vehicle-driving battery according to claim 1, further comprising:

a vehicle operation state detection unit that detects operation state of the vehicle;

wherein the calculation unit performs calculation of the resistance value of the battery when a preset resistance calculation condition based on the operation state of the vehicle is satisfied.

4. The deterioration determination device for the vehicle-driving battery according to claim 3, wherein the resistance calculation condition is determined to be satisfied when the operation state of the vehicle is a decelerating state, a starting state or an accelerating state.

5. The deterioration determination device for the vehicle-driving battery according to claim 4, wherein the resistance calculation condition is additionally determined to be satisfied when the current values detected by the current detection unit fall in a preset range.

6. The deterioration determination device for the vehicle-driving battery according to claim 1, further comprising:

a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the battery,

wherein the deterioration determination threshold value is chosen depending upon the temperature of the battery.