Battery monitoring system of cell groups and display
First Claim
1. Battery monitoring apparatus for observing the charge condition of a plurality of battery cell groups, each cell group comprising at least one cell, comprising:
- a display panel having a multiplicity of visual display means for providing a separate quantitative indication of the charge condition of each one of the plurality of cell groups being monitored and of the plurality of cell groups collectively;
means for driving the visual display means in response to a measured voltage potential related to the condition of each cell group to cause the visual display means to exhibit separate quantitative visual displays corresponding to the measured voltage potential of each cell group; and
means for coupling the driving means to plural cell groups;
whereby the quantitative charge condition of a single cell group and of a plurality of cell groups may be individually determined by observation of said display panel to provide for diagnosis of cell group conditions for purposes of monitoring and replacement.
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Abstract
A battery monitoring system has an LED matrix displaying plural battery group conditions. The matrix has a column defining reference row of LED indicators, each active LED representing an adjacent voltage range. The reference row is responsive to an average battery voltage of plural battery groups. Aligned in columns with the reference row LED'"'"'s are plural LED rows, each row representing an individual battery group. An active LED indicates an individual battery group voltage of the corresponding individual battery group. Analog multiplexing of scanned battery group voltages are sequentially applied to the matrix rows at a scan rate greater than the visual persistence of the LED'"'"'s so that at any given moment, an LED appears active in each row as well as in the reference row. To focus on a single battery group, a scan switch interrupts application of scanned battery voltages. A digital display also selectively indicates either overall plural battery groups voltage or individual battery group voltage.
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19 Claims
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1. Battery monitoring apparatus for observing the charge condition of a plurality of battery cell groups, each cell group comprising at least one cell, comprising:
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a display panel having a multiplicity of visual display means for providing a separate quantitative indication of the charge condition of each one of the plurality of cell groups being monitored and of the plurality of cell groups collectively; means for driving the visual display means in response to a measured voltage potential related to the condition of each cell group to cause the visual display means to exhibit separate quantitative visual displays corresponding to the measured voltage potential of each cell group; and means for coupling the driving means to plural cell groups; whereby the quantitative charge condition of a single cell group and of a plurality of cell groups may be individually determined by observation of said display panel to provide for diagnosis of cell group conditions for purposes of monitoring and replacement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Batter monitoring apparatus comprising:
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an electrical battery arrangement comprising a plurality of cell groups, each cell group having at least a single electrical cell, each cell group having a measurable voltage; means for remotely sampling the voltage of the cell groups individually; means for automatically scanning the charge conditions of the cell groups and clusters thereof; a display panel having a multiplicity of visual quantitative display means each having a multiplicity of visual indicators for separately visually displaying a selected one of plural quantitative indications in response to the voltage of a cell group sampled, the visual display means further including second similar visual quantative display means for providing a reference indication related to the overall charge condition of the electrical battery arrangement; means for driving the multiplicity of visual display means and second display means, the driving means being responsive to the overall condition of the electrical battery arrangement and the condition of individual cell groups being sampled to effect apparent simultaneous display of the overall condition and the condition of the individual cell groups; and means coupling the driving means to plural cell groups; whereby individual charge conditions of a plurality of cell groups may be compared to the overall condition of the battery arrangement for purposes of monitoring and replacement. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A battery discharge monitoring system comprising:
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an electrical battery arrangement comprising a plurality of cell groups, each cell group having at least a single electrical cell; means for providing a reference voltage; interface means for remotely sampling the voltage condition of individual cell groups with respect to the reference voltage; a visual display panel having a multiplicity of visual display means each comprising plural indicators for quantitatively providing a visual display in response to the relationship of the voltages sensed, said plural indicators of said multiplicity of visual display means separately and substantially simultaneously indicating a condition of plural cell groups; and reference indication means for displaying a charge condition responsive to the overall condition of the electrical battery arrangement whereby the plural indicators responsive to the condition of the cell groups may be visually compared with the reference indication means to view and compare the condition of separate cell groups to the condition of the reference indication means; whereby conditions of plurality of cell groups may be individually determined for purposes of monitoring, maintenance and replacement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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