Control device, control method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10444296-B2
Application number	US-201515507912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2015
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A control device of the present invention includes: an OCV estimating unit that estimates, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an OCV of the controlled device; a capacity calculating unit that calculates an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and a control unit that controls discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculates a full capacity of the controlled device based on: a first SOC and a second SOC at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device; a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging; and a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device comprising:
an open circuit voltage (OCV) estimating unit that estimates, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an OCV of the controlled device;
a capacity calculating unit that calculates an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and
a control unit that controls discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculates a full capacity of the controlled device based on:
a first remaining capacity (SOC) and a second SOC that are remaining capacities at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device;
a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity that are integrated capacities at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging;
a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity that are integrated capacities at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging; and
an average value of:
a first amount of change in integrated capacity, the first amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the first integrated capacity and the second integrated capacity, and
a second amount of change in integrated capacity, the second amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the third integrated capacity and the fourth integrated capacity.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls a storage battery as the controlled device.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls a constant-current charge and a constant-current discharge between the first OCV and the second OCV, as a control on the controlled device.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit controls so that a charge is performed between the first OCV and the second OCV at an average of the current between the first OCV and the second OCV during discharging, as a control on the controlled device.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit calculates time periods between the first OCV and the second OCV during discharging and during charging, and
calculates the full capacity by using the calculated time periods.

6. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit calculates a time period between the first OCV and the second OCV during discharging or during charging, and
calculates, based on the time period and the first to fourth integrated capacities, a correction value for the integrated capacity of the controlled device, and
the capacity calculating unit corrects the integrated capacity based on the correction value.

7. A control apparatus comprising:
the control device according to claim 1 ;
the controlled device;
a voltage measuring unit that measures a voltage value of the controlled device;
a current measuring unit that measures a current value of the controlled device; and
a charge-discharge control unit that controls charge and discharge operations of the controlled device based on an instruction from the control unit.

8. A control method comprising:
estimating, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the controlled device;
calculating an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and
controlling discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculating a full capacity of the controlled device based on:
a first remaining capacity (SOC) and a second SOC that are remaining capacities at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device;
a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity that are integrated capacities at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging;
a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity that are integrated capacities at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging; and
an average value of:
a first amount of change in integrated capacity, the first amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the first integrated capacity and the second integrated capacity, and
a second amount of change in integrated capacity, the second amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the third integrated capacity and the fourth integrated capacity.

9. A computer readable non-transitory recording medium embodying a program, the program causing a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
estimating, based on a voltage value and a current value of a controlled device, an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the controlled device;
calculating an integrated capacity of the controlled device based on the current value of the controlled device; and
controlling discharging and charging of the controlled device, and calculating a full capacity of the controlled device based on:
a remaining capacity (SOCK and a second SOC, which are remaining capacities at a predetermined first OCV and a predetermined second OCV during the discharging or the charging of the controlled device;
a first integrated capacity and a second integrated capacity, which are integrated capacities at the first OCV and the second OCV during the discharging;
a third integrated capacity and a fourth integrated capacity, which are integrated capacities at the second OCV and the first OCV during the charging; and
an average value of:
a first amount of change in integrated capacity, the first amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the first integrated capacity and the second integrated capacity, and
a second amount of change in integrated capacity, the second amount of change in integrated capacity being a difference between the third integrated capacity and the fourth integrated capacity.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Miyamoto Junichi
• Imamura Yuichi
• Takahashi Shingo
• Ohtani Sho
• Kajitani Hiroshi

Classifications

• G01R31/388 Primary

  involving voltage measurements · CPC title

• G01R31/3842 Primary

  combining voltage and current measurements · CPC title