Battery device, battery management system, and battery management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9608300-B2
Application number	US-201113884384-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2011
Priority date	Nov 16, 2010
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a battery device, a battery management system, and a battery management method which can facilitate management of a battery.
A battery device 11 includes a battery 51 , an IC chip 53 , and a direct-current blocking section 52 . The direct-current power of the battery 51 is outputted via power lines 17, 18 . By the IC chip 53 , stored battery information is outputted via the power lines 17, 18 by load-modulating an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power lines 17, 18 . By the direct-current blocking section 52 , the direct-current power outputted via the power lines 17, 18 is blocked from being inputted to the IC chip 53 . A voltage generating section 151 that is connected in parallel with the IC chip 53 , and supplies a voltage generated by the alternating-current signal exchanged via the power lines 17, 18 to the IC chip 53 can be provided. The present invention can be applied to an electronic apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery device, comprising:
a battery configured to output direct-current power via a power line;
a memory element configured to output stored battery information via the power line, by load modulation of an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line; and
a direct-current blocking section, which is connected in series to the power line, configured to block the direct-current power outputted via the power line to be inputted to the memory element.

2. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the memory element is an electronic tag.

3. A battery device, comprising:
a battery configured to output direct-current power via a power line;
a memory element configured to output stored battery information via the power line, by load modulation of an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line;
a direct-current blocking section configured to block the direct-current power outputted via the power line to be inputted to the memory element; and
a voltage generating section configured to be connected in parallel with the memory element, and supply a voltage generated by the alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line to the memory element;
wherein the voltage generating section includes a coil or a transformer.

4. The battery device according to claim 3 , wherein the direct-current blocking section includes a capacitor.

5. The battery device according to claim 1 , wherein the battery information is configured to be stored in the memory element that includes at least one of identification information, specifications information, history information, or billing information.

6. The battery device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
one or more battery cells, wherein each of the one or more battery cells has the battery, the memory element, and the direct-current blocking section, and
the memory element is configured to store the identification information of a battery cell of the one or more battery cells in which the memory element is installed.

7. The battery device according to claim 6 , wherein
the memory element is configured to store the identification information of the battery device, and is unassociated with the battery.

8. The battery device according to claim 7 , wherein the memory element, that is unassociated with the battery, is configured to output the battery information in precedence to the memory element of the battery cell.

9. The battery device according to claim 4 , wherein a combination of the capacitor and the coil is a series resonant circuit whose center frequency is a fundamental frequency of a carrier of the alternating-current signal.

10. A battery management method for a battery device that includes a battery, a memory element, and a direct-current blocking section, comprising:
outputting direct-current power of the battery via a power line;
outputting stored battery information via the power line by load-modulating an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line, by the memory element;
blocking the direct-current power outputted via the power line from being inputted to the memory element, by the direct-current blocking section which is connected in series to the power line; and
providing a voltage generating section configured to be connected in parallel with the memory element, and supply a voltage generated by the alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line to the memory element;
wherein the voltage generating section includes a coil or a transformer.

11. A battery management system, comprising:
a battery device including a battery which configured to output direct-current power via a power line, a memory element configured to output stored battery information by load modulation of an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line, and a direct-current blocking section configured to block the direct-current power outputted via the power line to be inputted to the memory element;
a management device configured to supply the alternating-current signal to the memory element via the power line to read the battery information and control charging or discharging of the battery;
a high-pass filter configured to cut off input of the direct-current power to the management device, and pass the alternating-current signal so that the management device can exchange the alternating-current signal with the memory element; and
a low-pass filter configured to pass the direct-current power at discharging or charging to a block is configured to operate on the direct-current power, and cut off the alternating-current signal.

12. The battery management system according to claim 11 , wherein the management device includes:
a reader/writer configured to communicate with the memory element by the alternating-current signal; and
a controller configured to control operation of the reader/writer.

13. The battery management system according to claim 12 , wherein the battery device, the management device, the high-pass filter, and the low-pass filter are included in an electronic apparatus.

14. The battery management system according to claim 13 , wherein the management device, the high-pass filter, and the low-pass filter are included in a charging device that is configured to charge the battery device.

15. The battery management system according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a switch configured to cut off the direct-current power to the battery device at charging.

16. The battery management system according to claim 15 , wherein the management device is configured to control the switch so as to cut off the direct-current power in a case where the battery information is invalid.

17. A battery management method for a battery management system, the battery management system including:
a battery device including a battery which configured to output direct-current power via a power line, a memory element configured to output stored battery information by load modulation of an alternating-current signal exchanged via the power line, and a direct-current blocking section configured to block the direct-current power outputted via the power line to be inputted to the memory element,
a management device,
a high-pass filter, and
a low-pass filter,
the method comprising:
supplying, by the management device, the alternating-current signal to the memory element via the power line to read the battery information and controlling charging or discharging of the battery;
cutting off, by the high-pass filter, input of the direct-current power to the management device, and passing the alternating-current signal so that the management device can exchange the alternating-current signal with the memory element; and
passing, by the low-pass filter, the direct-current power at discharging or charging to a block that operates on the direct-current power, and cutting off the alternating-current signal.

18. The battery device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a resonant section, wherein a coil of the resonant section is configured to function as an antenna based on reception of an alternating-current signal at a frequency.

19. The battery management system according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a power meter configured to measure and display the power of the charging.

Assignees

• Washiro Takanori
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Washiro Takanori

Classifications

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01M10/4257

  Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries · CPC title

• H04B2203/547

  via DC power distribution · CPC title

• H04B3/546

  Combination of signalling, telemetering, protection (circuits for remote indication of supply or distribution network condition H02J13/00) · 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