Electronic device and method for estimating battery state

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12540979-B2
Application number	US-202217826620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	Sep 8, 2021
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device for estimating a battery state and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The electronic device including a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the battery, a current sensor configured to measure a current of the battery, a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage of the battery, and a processor configured to estimate a temperature profile of the battery based on the temperature and the current of the battery and a battery model, determine an overvoltage profile of the battery based on the temperature profile, revise the overvoltage profile based on a current state of charge (SOC) and the voltage of the battery, and estimate an unusable SOC of the battery based on the revised overvoltage profile and an open circuit voltage (OCV) profile of the battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery; a current sensor configured to measure a current of the battery; a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage of the battery; and a processor configured to estimate a temperature profile including information of discharge temperatures of the battery based on the measured temperature, the measured current, and a battery model, determine an overvoltage profile of the battery based on the temperature profile, revise the overvoltage profile based on a current state of charge (SOC) and the voltage of the battery, estimate an unusable SOC of the battery based on the revised overvoltage profile and an open circuit voltage (OCV) profile of the battery, and control a charging of the battery based on the estimated unusable SOC.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the overvoltage profile by moving the temperature profile for a starting point of the overvoltage profile to have a predetermined value.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to correct the overvoltage profile based on a current overvoltage obtained by subtracting the measured voltage of the battery from an OCV corresponding to the current SOC of the battery.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to correct the overvoltage profile by scaling the overvoltage profile that is determined to have the current overvoltage in the current SOC.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to estimate a voltage profile by subtracting the revised overvoltage profile from the OCV profile, and to estimate the unusable SOC corresponding to an end of discharging voltage (EDV) in the voltage profile.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the battery model comprises an electrochemical model, or a simplified model of the electrochemical model stored in a memory of the electronic device, the simplified model being configured to estimate the temperature profile of the battery using parameters of the electrochemical model.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the simplified model is configured to estimate the temperature profile of the battery based on an ion concentration distribution inside the battery being constant.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to estimate the unusable SOC of the battery based on a predetermined period, and/or in response to a change in at least one of the temperature or the current of the battery.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
estimate a portion of the temperature profile based on the measured temperature, the measured current, and the battery model; estimate a next portion of the temperature profile, in response to estimation for an entire portion of the temperature profile not being completed; and determine the overvoltage profile based on the temperature profile, in response to estimation for the entire portion of the temperature profile being completed.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the unusable SOC corresponds to an SOC, in response to the battery reaching an EDV as the battery is discharged due to a current output from the battery.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to estimate a relative state of charge (RSOC) of the battery based on the unusable SOC and the current SOC.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to estimate the current SOC of the battery based on an electrochemical model stored in a memory of the electronic device.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to
determine an available capacity of the battery based on a difference between the unusable SOC and the current SOC, determine remaining usage time by dividing the available capacity by the measured current, and determine a remaining mileage of the electronic device by multiplying the remaining usage time by a moving speed of the electronic device.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information of discharge temperatures includes information representing temperatures from a beginning to an end of discharge of the battery.

15 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the unusable SOC represents an SOC at an end of a discharge voltage of the battery, which is a voltage fully discharged based on the OCV.

16 . An electronic device comprising:
a battery; and a processor configured to estimate a temperature profile including information of discharge temperatures of the battery based on a temperature of the battery, a current of the battery, and a battery model, determine an overvoltage profile of the battery based on the temperature profile, revise the overvoltage profile based on a current state of charge (SOC) and a voltage of the battery, estimate an unusable SOC of the battery based on the revised overvoltage profile and an open circuit voltage (OCV) profile of the battery, and control a charging of the battery based on the estimated unusable SOC.

17 . A processor-implemented method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
estimating a temperature profile including information of discharge temperatures of a battery based on a temperature of the battery, a current of the battery, and a battery model corresponding to the battery; determining an overvoltage profile of the battery based on the temperature profile; revising the overvoltage profile based on a current state of charge (SOC) and a voltage of the battery; estimating an unusable SOC of the battery based on the revised overvoltage profile and an open circuit voltage (OCV) profile of the battery; and controlling a charging of the battery based on the estimated unusable SOC.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the determining of the overvoltage profile comprises determining the overvoltage profile by moving the temperature profile for a starting point of the overvoltage profile to have a predetermined value.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the revising of the overvoltage profile comprises correcting the overvoltage profile based on a current overvoltage obtained by subtracting the voltage of the battery from an OCV corresponding to the current SOC of the battery.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the estimating of the unusable SOC of the battery comprises estimating a voltage profile by subtracting the revised overvoltage profile from the OCV profile, and estimating the unusable SOC corresponding to an end of discharging voltage (EDV) in the voltage profile.

21 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the battery model comprises an electrochemical model, or a simplified model of the electrochemical model, the simplified model being configured to estimate the temperature profile of the battery using parameters of the electrochemical model, or a model identical to the electrochemical model.

22 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 17 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jinho
• Song Tae Won
• Sung Young Hun

Classifications

• H01M10/486

  for measuring temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/4285

  Testing apparatus · CPC title

• G01R31/3842

  combining voltage and current measurements · CPC title

• G01R31/367 Primary

  Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title