Charge-discharge control system and charge-discharge control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12280686-B2
Application number	US-202118276577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2021
Priority date	Feb 10, 2021
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A charge-discharge control system is provided in which each of a plurality of charge-discharge elements autonomously controls charging-discharging. The charge-discharge control system includes an external control device that broadcasts a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging; and an authentication device that permits charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements. The charge-discharge elements having received the control signal transmit, to the authentication device, a permission request signal, which is based on the received control signal. The authentication device having received the permission request signal determines whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements, and the authentication device connects a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements if the authentication device determines that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A charge-discharge control system in which a plurality of charge-discharge elements are configured to autonomously control charging-discharging, the charge-discharge control system comprising:
an external control device configured to broadcast a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging; and
an authentication device separate from the external control device and configured to permit charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements, wherein
the charge-discharge elements are configured to, having received the control signal, transmit, to the authentication device, a permission request signal for requesting permission for charging-discharging, which is based on the received control signal,
the charge-discharge elements are not configured to perform mutual communication with the external control device and the authentication device,
the authentication device is configured to
having received the permission request signal, determine whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements, and
connect a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements upon determining that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements,

the authentication device is provided in plurality, and the external control device is configured to broadcast the control signal to the plurality of authentication devices and to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging,
the charge-discharge elements transmit, to the plurality of authentication devices, the received control signal, or a signal obtained by editing the received control signal, as the permission request signal, and
the plurality of authentication devices
receive the control signal and the permission request signal, and
upon determining that the permission request signal is the control signal received at the same time as the permission request signal or the signal obtained by editing the control signal, connect the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements.

2. The charge-discharge control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the charge-discharge elements transmit, as the permission request signal, a signal for proving that the control signal has been received, which is set in advance with the authentication device, and
when the authentication device determines that the received permission request signal is the signal set in advance with the authentication device, the authentication device connects the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements.

3. The charge-discharge control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the charge-discharge elements count a time from when charging-discharging has started, and responsive to a charge-discharge power amount of the charge-discharge elements being less than a threshold charge-discharge power amount, the charge-discharge elements transmit the permission request signal each time a first threshold time passes from when charging-discharging has started, and
the authentication device counts the time from when charging-discharging has started, and upon determining that the permission request signal has been received when the first threshold time has passed, the authentication device continuously connects the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements.

4. A charge-discharge control system in which each of a plurality of charge-discharge elements are configured to autonomously control charging-discharging, the charge-discharge control system comprising:
an external control device configured to broadcast a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging; and
an authentication device configured to permit charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements, wherein
the charge-discharge elements are configured to, having received the control signal, transmit, to the authentication device, a permission request signal for requesting permission for charging-discharging, which is based on the received control signal,
the authentication device is configured to
having received the permission request signal, determine whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements, and
connect a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements upon determining that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements,

responsive to a charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements being equal to or greater than a threshold current value, the charge-discharge elements transmit the permission request signal,
the authentication device further includes a current measuring unit for measuring the charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements by measuring a current value supplied to the charge-discharge elements and a current value received from the charge-discharge elements,
responsive to the charge-discharge current value of the charge-discharge elements being equal to or greater than the threshold current value, the authentication device determines whether the permission request signal has been received, and
upon determining that the permission request signal has been received, the authentication device continuously connects the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements.

5. The charge-discharge control system according to claim 4 , wherein
the external control device transmits the control signal to stop the charge-discharge elements from performing charging-discharging or to decrease charge-discharge power of the charge-discharge elements each time a second threshold time passes, and
the authentication device continuously connects the power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements, upon determining that the charge-discharge elements stop performing charging-discharging in synchronization with the control signal or decrease the charge-discharge power in synchronization with the control signal.

6. A charge-discharge control method in which a plurality of charge-discharge elements are configured to autonomously control charging-discharging, the charge-discharge control method comprising:
broadcasting a control signal to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-discharging from an external control device;
transmitting a permission request signal for requesting permission for charging-discharging, which is based on the received control signal, to an authentication device from the charge-discharge elements having received the control signal, the authentication device being separate from the external control device;
upon receipt of the permission request signal by the authentication device, determining whether the permission request signal is a permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements;
permitting charging-discharging of each of the charge-discharge elements by connecting a power line for performing charging-discharging to the charge-discharge elements, upon determining that the permission request signal is the permission request signal based on the control signal received by the charge-discharge elements;
providing the authentication device in plurality:
broadcasting the control signal from the external control device to the plurality of authentication devices in addition to the charge-discharge elements that perform charging-

Assignees

• Nissan Motor
• Renault Sas

Inventors

• Ikezoe Keigo
• Suzuki Kenta
• Murai Kensuke

Classifications

• H02J7/47 Primary

  Arrangements for checking compatibility or authentication between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/44

  Methods for charging or discharging (circuits for charging H02J7/00) · CPC title

• B60L53/68

  Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control · CPC title

• B60L53/67

  Controlling two or more charging stations · CPC title