State output apparatus, state output method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11035901-B2
Application number	US-201715581311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Priority date	Jun 22, 2016
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A state output apparatus includes a power storage device information acquirer configured to acquire power storage device information including a voltage and a current of a power storage device; an integrated current amount calculator configured to calculate an integrated current amount supplied to the power storage device during a period in which the voltage changes from a first voltage to a second voltage between a discharge end voltage and a charge end voltage by charging the power storage device; an integrated current amount comparer configured to compare the calculated integrated current amount with a reference integrated current amount stored in a storage device; and a state outputter configured to output a result of the comparison as information indicating a state of the power storage device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A state output apparatus comprising:
a power storage device information acquirer configured to acquire power storage device information including a voltage, a current and a temperature of a power storage device;
an integrated current amount calculator configured to calculate an integrated current amount that is defined as an integrated amount of current supplied to the power storage device during a period in which the voltage increases from a first voltage to a second voltage between a discharge end voltage and a charge end voltage by charging the power storage device;
a storage device configured to store a plurality of tables, each of the plurality of tables being configured to manage a plurality of combinations of the first voltage, the second voltage, the reference integrated current amount and a predetermined different range of temperature of the power storage device for a plurality of present voltages of the power storage device so that a single combination of the first voltage, the second voltage, the reference integrated current amount and the predetermined range of temperature of the power storage device is determined for a given present voltage at a given temperature of the power storage device,
an integrated current amount comparer configured to compare the calculated integrated current amount with the reference integrated current amount stored in the storage device in;
a state outputter configured to output a result of the comparison as information indicating a state of the power storage device, and
wherein the first voltage and the second voltage are set to be lower as the temperature of the power storage device increases,
the discharge end voltage and the charge end voltage are preliminarily set, and
the power storage device information acquirer is further configured to acquire a table, from the plurality of tables, including the first voltage, the second voltage and the reference integrated current amount based on the acquired temperature of the power storage device and acquire the single combination of the first voltage, the second voltage and the reference integrated current amount from the acquired table based on the present voltage.

2. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage and the second voltage are voltage values set in advance.

3. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second voltage is higher than an average value of the voltage output from the power storage device.

4. The state output apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first voltage is higher than the average value of the voltage output from the power storage device.

5. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an integrated current amount table storage configured to store an integrated current amount table including the reference integrated current amount, in the storage device, wherein
in the integrated current amount table, the first voltage, the second voltage, and the reference integrated current amount are associated with each other, for each level of temperature of the power storage device,
the power storage device information includes the temperature of the power storage device,
the integrated current amount calculator calculates the integrated current amount based on the first voltage and the second voltage associated with the temperature of the power storage device in the integrated current amount table, and
the integrated current amount comparer compares the calculated integrated current amount with the reference integrated current amount associated with the temperature of the power storage device in the integrated current amount table.

6. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reference integrated current amount indicates an integrated current amount supplied to the power storage device during the period in which the voltage changes from the first voltage to the second voltage by charging the power storage device, in a state where the power storage device is not deteriorated.

7. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a state determiner configured to determine a level of deterioration of the power storage device based on the result of the comparison by the integrated current amount comparer, wherein
the state outputter includes information indicating the level of deterioration, which is a result of the determination by the state determiner, in the information indicating the state of the power storage device.

8. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the power storage device; and
a monitor device configured to acquire the power storage device information.

9. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated current amount calculator is configured to calculate the integrated current amount only when the voltage before the calculating is below the first voltage.

10. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the charge controller is configured to stop the charging of the power storage device until determining that the present voltage of the power storage device becomes less than the first voltage.

11. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a voltage determiner configured to determine whether the present voltage of the power storage device is less than the first voltage and whether the present voltage of the power storage device is equal to or more than the second voltage;
a charge controller configured to start to charge the power storage device upon determining that the present voltage of the power storage device is less than the first voltage and stop to charge the power storage device upon determining that the present voltage of the power storage device is equal to or more than the second voltage.

12. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different predetermined ranges of temperature of the power storage device includes a first range from 0° C. through 10° C., a second range from 11° C. through 20° C., a third range from 21° C. through 30° C., and a fourth range from 31° C. through 40° C.

13. The state output apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of tables for different predetermined ranges of temperature has different sets of combinations of the first voltages and the second voltages.

14. The state output apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of tables for different predetermined ranges of temperature have a temperature gradient so that a highest voltage combination including a highest first voltage and a highest second voltage in each different predetermined range of temperature become higher as the range of predetermined temperature decreases.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a state output program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
acquiring power storage device information including a voltage, a current and a temperature of a power storage device;
calculating an integrated current amount that is defined as an integrated amount of current supplied to the power storage device during a period in which the voltage increases from a first voltage to a second voltage between a discharge end voltage and a charge end voltage by charging the power storage device;
acquiring a table, from the plurality of tables, including the first voltage, the second voltage and the reference integrated current amount for a predetermined range of temperature of the power storage based on the acquired temperature of the power s

Assignees

• Yoshida Masaaki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Masaaki

Classifications

• G01R31/3648 Primary

  comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm · CPC title

• G01R31/392

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