Method and apparatus with training of short circuit detection model

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025124346-A1
Application number	US-202418795490-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 6, 2024
Priority date	Oct 17, 2023
Publication date	Apr 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and apparatus for training a short circuit detection model are disclosed. The method includes generating virtual battery models with different battery parameter sets, based on battery data measured by a real battery in a non-short circuit state, by applying a constraint corresponding to a short circuit state to the virtual battery models, generating a virtual test result of the short circuit state, and training a short circuit detection model configured to detect the short circuit state using the virtual test result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of training a model, the method performed by a computing device comprising storage hardware and processing hardware, the method comprising:
generating, by the processing hardware, virtual battery models with respective different battery parameter sets, the generating based on battery data measured from a physical reference battery in a non-short circuit state; generating, by the processing hardware, virtual test results of the short circuit state, by applying a constraint corresponding to a short circuit state to the virtual battery models; and training, by the processing hardware, a short circuit detection model configured to detect the short circuit state using the virtual test results, the short circuit detection model configured to receive a measurement of a battery as an input and infer therefrom a short circuit state of the battery.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the virtual battery models comprises, based on indications of performance of respective candidate virtual battery models generated by an optimization process for a battery parameter, selecting the virtual battery models from among the candidate virtual battery models.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the constraint is set by assigning a resistance value of a predetermined level to a battery separator component of the virtual battery models.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the short circuit state is associated with different resistance levels,
wherein virtual test results corresponding to a number of the virtual battery models multiplied by a number of resistance levels of the non-short circuit state and by the different resistance levels of the short circuit state are generated as the constraint is applied to the virtual battery models.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein
there are over one hundred virtual battery models, and the different resistance levels are two or more resistance levels.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the short circuit detection model comprises:
a neural network comprised of layers of respective nodes, the nodes of adjacent layers having weights of connections therebetween, the layers including:
compression layers configured to generate feature data by compressing input battery data; and
detection layers configured to perform short circuit detection based on the feature data.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the compression layers comprise:
a first layer configured to process a specific type of the input battery data; a second layer configured to perform primary compression by performing a first pooling operation on an output of the first layer; a third layer configured to apply a batch normalization (BN) and a nonlinear function to an output of the second layer; and a fourth layer configured to perform secondary compression by performing a second pooling operation on an output of the third layer.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the detection layers comprise a fully connected (FC) layer configured to classify the feature data into one of different resistance levels of the non-short circuit state and the short circuit state and output indications of the classifications.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein
the virtual test result corresponds to a partial charging section of a charging profile, and the measurement of the battery corresponds to the partial charging section.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the partial charging section corresponds to constant voltage (CV) and rest sections.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual battery models model electrochemical thermal (ECT) properties of batteries.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the short circuit detection model is a neural network model.

13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the virtual test results by applying an optimization process thereto.

14 . An apparatus for training a model, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
generate virtual battery models with respective different battery parameter sets, based on battery data measured from a physical reference battery that is in a non-short circuit state;
by applying a constraint corresponding to a short circuit state to the virtual battery models, generate a virtual test result of the short circuit state; and
train a short circuit detection model configured to detect the short circuit state using the virtual test result, the short circuit detection model configured to receive a measurement of a battery as an input and infer therefrom a short circuit state of the battery.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the one or more processors to, based on indications of performance of respective candidate virtual battery models generated by an optimization process for a battery parameter, select the virtual battery models from among the candidate virtual battery models.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the constraint is set by assigning a resistance value of a predetermined level to a battery separator component of the virtual battery models.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the short circuit state comprises different resistance levels,
wherein virtual test results corresponding to a number of the virtual battery models multiplied by a number of a resistance level of the non-short circuit state and by the different resistance levels of the short circuit state are generated as the constraint is applied to the virtual battery models.

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the short circuit detection model comprises:
a neural network comprised of layers of respective nodes, the nodes of adjacent layers having weights of connections therebetween, the layers including:
compression layers configured to generate feature data by compressing input battery data; and
detection layers configured to perform short circuit detection based on the feature data.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the compression layers comprise:
a first layer configured to process a specific type of the input battery data; a second layer configured to perform primary compression by performing a first pooling operation on an output of the first layer; a third layer configured to apply a batch normalization (BN) and a nonlinear function to an output of the second layer; and a fourth layer configured to perform secondary compression by performing a second pooling operation on an output of the third layer.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the detection layer group comprises a fully connected (FC) layer configured to classify the feature data into one of different resistance levels of the non-short circuit state and the short circuit state and output indications of the classifications.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Postech Res & Business Dev Found

Inventors

• Lee Myeongjae
• Kim Joonhee
• Han Soohee
• Kim Jungsoo
• Kim Jinho
• KIM Hangyeol
• Moon Hyosik
• Chun Huiyong

Classifications

• G06N20/00 Primary

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06N3/02

  Neural networks · CPC title

• G01R31/52

  Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults · CPC title

• G01R31/385

  Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables (for monitoring G01R31/382) · CPC title

• G01R31/382

  Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC · CPC title