Charging system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023420964-A1
Application number	US-202318209681-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 14, 2023
Priority date	Jun 24, 2022
Publication date	Dec 28, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A charging system includes a charging control unit, a detector, an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and an estimation unit. The charging control unit controls a charging operation performed from a power feeding system including a power storage device to a storage battery. The detector detects, multiple times, charging electric power supplied to the storage battery. The acquisition unit acquires pieces of charging data each including data indicating a temporal change in the charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to the storage battery. The calculation unit calculates respective approximate curves of the pieces of charging data. The estimation unit estimates a power feedable time during which the power feeding system is able to feed power, based on the approximate curves calculated based on the pieces of charging data, by using values of the charging electric power detected by the detector.

First claim

1 . A charging system comprising:
a charging control unit configured to control a charging operation performed from a power feeding system comprising a power storage device to a storage battery; a detector configured to detect, multiple times, charging electric power supplied to the storage battery; an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of charging data each comprising data indicating a temporal change in the charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to the storage battery; a calculation unit configured to calculate respective approximate curves of the pieces of charging data; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a power feedable time during which the power feeding system is able to feed power, based on the approximate curves calculated based on the pieces of charging data, by using values of the charging electric power detected by the detector.

2 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the estimation unit is configured to
estimate a charging curve indicating a change in the charging electric power, based on the approximate curves calculated based on the pieces of charging data, by using the values of the charging electric power detected by the detector, estimate the power feedable time based on the charging curve, and further estimate remaining storage battery power of the power storage device, based on the charging curve.

3 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the pieces of charging data comprise data generated within a predetermined period.

4 . The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein the pieces of charging data comprise data generated within a predetermined period.

5 . The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the pieces of charging data further comprise data indicating a temporal change in charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to another storage battery that is different from the storage battery and is of a same type as the storage battery.

6 . The charging system according to claim 2 , wherein the pieces of charging data further comprise data indicating a temporal change in charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to another storage battery that is different from the storage battery and is of a same type as the storage battery.

7 . The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage configured to hold the pieces of charging data; and a registration unit configured to generate charging data based on the data indicating the temporal change in the charging electric power detected by the detector, and register the generated charging data in the storage.

8 . The charging system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage configured to hold the pieces of charging data; and a registration unit configured to generate charging data based on the data indicating the temporal change in the charging electric power detected by the detector, and register the generated charging data in the storage.

9 . A charging system comprising:
a sensor configured to detect, multiple times, charging electric power supplied from a power feeding system comprising a power storage device to a storage battery; and circuitry configured to control a charging operation performed from the power feeding system to the storage battery, acquire pieces of charging data each comprising data indicating a temporal change in the charging electric power supplied from the power feeding system to the storage battery, calculate respective approximate curves of the pieces of charging data, and estimate a power feedable time during which the power feeding system is able to feed power, based on the approximate curves calculated based on the pieces of charging data, by using values of the charging electric power detected by the detector.

Assignees

• Subaru Corp

Inventors

• Ishibashi Tatsuya
• Okubo Yusuke

Classifications

• H02J7/80 Primary

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J7/0047 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G01R31/387

  Determining ampere-hour charge capacity or SoC · CPC title

• G01R31/367

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

• B60L53/62

  in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge · CPC title