Electric storage apparatus and power control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9318917-B2
Application number	US-73192910-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2010
Priority date	Apr 9, 2009
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

An electric power apparatus includes an energy device, a device manager, and a storage system manager.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. An electric power apparatus comprising:
an energy device;
a device manager; and
a storage system manager,
wherein the energy device includes at least one of a primary battery, a secondary battery, a capacitor, a solar cell and a fuel cell,
wherein the device manager or the storage system manager has storage information,
wherein the device manager or the storage system manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to a home controller which controls the home electric power, and
wherein the storage system manager and the home controller perform mutual authentication.

2. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the energy device has an ID and performs mutual authentication with respect to the storage system manager by using the ID.

3. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage information includes one or more of: a using status of the energy device, characteristics of the energy device, a type of the energy device, a temperature of the energy device, a capacity of the energy device, a resistance value of the energy device, an output voltage from the energy device, an output current from the energy device, a remaining capacity of the energy device.

4. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device manager and the storage system manager are configured to receive and transmit the storage information.

5. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to the storage system manager via an information bus.

6. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device manager or the storage system manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to a server on a network.

7. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the device manager or the storage system manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to a power regulating apparatus.

8. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage system manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to the device manager.

9. The electric power apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the device manager, the storage system manager, or a home controller acquires storage control information from a server on a network.

10. The electric power apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the storage control information includes one or more of: information on a product, information on maintenance, information on trouble, information on climate, charging control information, discharging control information.

11. The electric power apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the device manager, the storage system manager, or the home controller controls the energy device according to the storage control information.

12. The electric power apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the home controller supplies the storage information to a server on a network.

13. A power control system comprising:
an electric power apparatus having an energy device, a device manager, and a storage system manager;
a home controller;
a power regulating apparatus,
wherein the energy device includes at least one of a primary battery, a secondary battery, a capacitor, a solar cell and a fuel cell,
wherein the device manager or the storage system manager has storage information,
wherein the device manager or the storage system manager receives or transmits the storage information from or to a home controller which controls the home electric power, and
wherein the storage system manager and the home controller perform mutual authentication.

Assignees

• Kubota Eiichiro
• Moriai Shiho
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kubota Eiichiro
• Moriai Shiho

Classifications

• H01M10/425

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title

• H02J3/32 Primary

  using batteries or super capacitors with converting means · CPC title

• H02J7/34 Primary

  Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering (H02J7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02E70/30

  Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title