Storage battery management method and storage battery management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10924360-B2
Application number	US-201916542029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2019
Priority date	Jan 31, 2014
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

A storage battery management method, performed by a communication terminal includes: acquiring, from the first storage battery, storage battery information of the first storage battery; storing, in a memory, the acquired storage battery information when the storage battery information is acquired from the first storage battery; receiving a first request from a management server, the first request requesting the communication terminal to transmit first storage battery information to the management server, the first storage battery information being the storage battery information of the first storage battery; and transmitting, when the communication terminal receives the first request from the management server, the first storage battery information to the management server, based on the storage battery information stored in the memory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A storage battery management method which is performed by a communication terminal, the storage battery management method comprising:
performing communication with a first storage battery, which is an object to be managed, and acquiring, from the first storage battery, storage battery information of the first storage battery;
storing, by the communication terminal, in a memory provided in the communication terminal, the acquired storage battery information when the storage battery information is acquired from the first storage battery;
receiving, by the communication terminal, a first request from a management server that manages the first storage battery, the first request requesting the communication terminal to transmit first storage battery information to the management server, the first storage battery information being the storage battery information of the first storage battery; and
performing communication with the management server and transmitting, when the communication terminal receives the first request from the management server, the first storage battery information to the management server, based on the storage battery information stored in the memory, the first storage battery information being transmitted to the management server in accordance with the first request.

2. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the management server, date and time information on a date and a time on and at which the storage battery information of the first storage battery has been acquired from the first storage battery.

3. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the management server, an update request to update the storage battery information stored in the memory;
displaying a screen display urging a communication terminal user to update the storage battery information stored in the memory, when the update request is received from the management server.

4. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a screen display urging a communication terminal user to update the storage battery information stored in the memory, when the storage battery information stored in the memory has not been updated for a longer period of time than a predetermined period.

5. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , wherein the storage battery information stored in the memory includes at least one of a charging time, a number of times the first storage battery is charged, a discharging time, a number of times the first storage battery is discharged, or information on a load on which discharge is to be performed.

6. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the communication terminal receives the first request, the first storage battery information is transmitted to the management server based on the storage battery information stored in the memory regardless of connection between the communication terminal and the first storage battery.

7. The storage battery management method according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage battery information of the first storage battery includes historical information indicating a history of charge or discharge of the first storage battery.

8. The storage battery management method according to claim 2 , wherein
when the storage battery information is acquired from the first storage battery and is stored into the memory, the date and time information is transmitted to the management server, and the storage battery information acquired from the first storage battery is not transmitted to the management server.

9. The storage battery management method according to claim 3 , wherein
in response to displaying the screen display urging a communication terminal user to update the storage battery information stored in the memory, the communication terminal is connected to the first storage battery by a connecting cable, to acquire the storage battery information from the first storage battery.

10. A communication terminal that manages storage battery information of a storage battery, the communication terminal comprising:
a first communicator that performs communication with a first storage battery, which is an object to be managed, and acquires, from the first storage battery, storage battery information of the first storage battery;
a memory that stores the acquired storage battery information when the storage battery information is acquired from the first storage battery by the first communicator; and
a second communicator that receives, from a management server that manages the first storage battery, a first request requesting the communication terminal to transmit first storage battery information to the management server, the first storage battery information being the storage battery information of the first storage battery;
wherein the second communicator performs communication with the management server, and, when the second communicator receives the first request from the management server, transmits the first storage battery information based on the storage battery information stored in the memory, the first storage battery information being transmitted to the management server in accordance with the first request.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 10 , wherein
the second communicator further transmits, to the management server, date and time information on a date and a time on and at which the storage battery information of the first storage battery has been acquired from the first storage battery by the first communicator;
the second communicator further receives, from the management server, an update request to update the storage battery information stored in the memory, and
the communication terminal further comprises a display that displays a screen display urging a user of the communication terminal to update the storage battery information stored in the memory, when the update request to update the storage battery information is received by the second communicator from the management server.

12. The storage battery management method according to claim 10 , wherein
the storage battery information of the first storage battery includes historical information indicating a history of charge or discharge of the first storage battery.

13. A communication terminal that manages storage battery information of a storage battery, the communication terminal comprising:
a first communicator that performs communication with a first storage battery, which is an object to be managed, and acquires, from the first storage battery, storage battery information of the first storage battery;
a second communicator that performs communication with a management server that manages the first storage battery, and, when the storage battery information of the first storage battery is acquired from the first storage battery by the first communicator, transmits ID information of the first storage battery to the management server; and
a memory that stores the acquired storage battery information when the storage battery information is acquired from the first storage battery by the first communicator,
wherein the second communicator receives, from the management server, a first request requesting the communication terminal to transmit first storage battery information to the management server, the first storage battery information being the storage battery information of the first storage battery, and
wherein, when the second communicator receives the first request from the management server, the s

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Toya Shoichi
• Nakanishi Yoshito

Classifications

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J7/84

  Control of state of health [SOH] · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J13/13 Primary

  characterised by the transmission of data to equipment in the power network · CPC title