Method and apparatus estimating state of battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016239759-A1
Application number	US-201514970823-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Priority date	Feb 17, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for estimating a state of a battery are provided. A received battery signal may be segmented into sets of segment data at a predetermined time interval, and a state of a battery may be estimated using an estimated battery state probability value of the segment data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for learning a battery state estimation model, comprising:
a signal processor configured to segment a battery signal into sets of segment data at a predetermined time interval; and a learner, as one or more processing devices, configured to learn a battery state estimation model, for estimating a battery state of a battery, based on a determined battery state probability density of the segment data.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal processor comprises:
a preprocessor configured to correct the battery signal so that an interval that the battery signal was collected from the battery is changed to a regular time interval and configured to perform an elimination of noise from the battery signal.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the learner comprises:
a feature space transformation model learner configured to learn a feature space transformation model corresponding to a battery state feature by projecting the sets of the segment data to a corresponding feature space; a battery state probability density model learner configured to learn the battery state probability density model to estimate a battery state probability value using the learned feature space transformation model; and a battery state estimation model learner configured to learn the battery state estimation model to estimate a battery state using the battery state probability density model.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the feature space transformation model learner is configured to learn the feature space transformation model by projecting the sets of the segment data to the corresponding feature space in a dimension lower than a current dimension of the segment data, using at least one of a principle component analysis, a linear discriminant analysis, a nonnegative matrix factorization, and an independent component analysis.

5 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the battery state probability density model learner is configured to estimate a parameter of the battery state probability density model defined by at least one of a maximum likelihood algorithm and a maximum a posteriori (MAP) algorithm using the learned feature space transformation model.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the learner is configured to determine a threshold value parameter that indicates a battery state to be a normal state in response to an estimated battery state probability value meeting a predetermined threshold value based on the determined battery state probability density corresponding to the learned battery state estimation model, and configured to reflect the determined threshold value parameter in the battery state estimation model.

7 . A battery state estimating apparatus, comprising:
a signal processor configured to segment a battery signal into sets of segment data at a predetermined time interval; and a state estimator, as one or more processing devices, configured to estimate a battery state of a battery based on an estimated battery state probability value of the segment data with respect to a learned battery state estimation model.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the signal processor comprises:
a preprocessor configured to correct the battery signal so that an interval that the battery signal was collected from the battery is changed to a regular time interval and configured to perform an elimination of noise from the battery signal.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the state estimator is configured to estimate the battery state based on an average of battery state probability values estimated from successive sets of the segment data.

10 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the learned battery state estimation model comprises a battery state probability density model learned using reference segment data of a battery signal previously measured from a reference battery.

11 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the state estimator comprises:
a feature extractor configured to extract a feature of the battery state by projecting the segment data to a feature space; and a battery state probability inferrer configured to infer a probability of the battery state using a battery state probability density model corresponding to the battery state.

12 . The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a learner configured to learn the battery state estimation model using a determined battery state probability density of reference segment data.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the learner comprises:
a feature space transformation model learner configured to learn a feature space transformation model corresponding to a battery feature state by projecting sets of the reference segment data to a feature space; a battery state probability density model learner configured to learn a battery state probability density model to estimate the battery state probability value using the learned feature space transformation model; and a battery state estimation model learner configured to learn the battery state estimation model for estimating battery states using the learned battery state probability density model.

14 . A battery state estimating method, comprising:
segmenting a battery signal into sets of segment data at a predetermined time interval; calculating an estimated battery state probability value of the segment data with respect to a learned battery state estimation model; and estimating a battery state of a battery based on the calculated estimated battery state probability value.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the segmenting comprises:
correcting the battery signal so that an interval that the battery signal was collected from the battery is changed to a regular time interval; and performing an elimination of noise from the battery signal.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the learned battery state estimation model is generated from a battery state probability density model learned using reference segment data of a battery signal previously measured from a reference battery.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising learning the battery state estimation model based on the learned battery state probability density model.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the battery state probability density model comprises a normal state estimation model corresponding to a normal state of the reference battery and an abnormal state estimation model corresponding to an abnormal state of the reference battery.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the battery state probability density model is generated from a feature space transformation model corresponding to a feature of the battery state by projecting the reference segment data to a corresponding feature space.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer readable code to control at least one processing device to implement the method of claim 14 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sung Jaemo

Classifications

• G06N7/01

  Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks · CPC title

• H01M10/48

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• G06N7/005

  Physics · mapped topic

• H01M10/4285

  Testing apparatus · CPC title

• G06N99/005 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic