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Granted Patent B2
US 11,029,361 · App. 16/390,013 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Method for determining state of charge and electronic device thereof

Inventor: Chin-Yi Tsai (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Acer Incorporated
G01R31/3835G01R31/388
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Patent No.
US 11,029,361
App. No.
16/390,013
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining a state of charge adapted for a battery is provided, the method including: obtaining a plurality of discharge curves; determining that the battery is in a discharge mode; measuring a current C-rate and a current voltage of the battery in the discharge mode; selecting a first discharge curve and a second discharge curve from the plurality of discharge curves, wherein a first C-rate corresponding to the first discharge curve is greater than the current C-rate, and a second C-rate corresponding to the second discharge curve is less than the current C-rate; and calculating a state of charge of the battery according to the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a battery, supplying power of the electronic device;

a storage medium, storing a plurality of discharge curves and a plurality of commands; and

a controller coupled to the battery and the storage medium, the controller being configured to execute the plurality of commands, wherein the plurality of commands comprise:

determining that the battery is in a discharge mode;

measuring a current C-rate and a current voltage of the battery in the discharge mode;

selecting a first discharge curve and a second discharge curve from the plurality of discharge curves according to the current C-rate, wherein a first C-rate corresponding to the first discharge curve is greater than the current C-rate, and a second C-rate corresponding to the second discharge curve is less than the current C-rate; and

calculating a state of charge of the battery according to the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve, wherein

the plurality of discharge curves comprise a first discharge curve set having a C-rate greater than the current C-rate and a second discharge curve set having a C-rate less than the current C-rate,

among each of C-rates corresponding to the first discharge curve set, the first C-rate is closest to the current C-rate, and

among each of C-rates corresponding to the second discharge curve set, the second C-rate is closest to the current C-rate.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the operation of calculating the state of charge of the battery according to the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve comprises:

performing an interpolation operation on the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve to calculate the state of charge.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the operation of performing the interpolation operation on the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve to calculate the state of charge comprises:

obtaining a first state of charge corresponding to the current voltage from the first discharge curve;

obtaining a second state of charge corresponding to the current voltage from the second discharge curve; and

calculating the state of charge according to the current C-rate, the first C-rate, the second C-rate, the first state of charge, and the second state of charge.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of commands further comprise:

determining that the battery is in a resting mode;

measuring a second voltage of the battery in the resting mode; and

calculating the state of charge of the battery according to the second voltage.

5. A method for determining a state of charge adapted for a battery, the method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of discharge curves;

determining that the battery is in a discharge mode;

measuring a current C-rate and a current voltage of the battery in the discharge mode;

selecting a first discharge curve and a second discharge curve from the plurality of discharge curves according to the current C-rate, wherein a first C-rate corresponding to the first discharge curve is greater than the current C-rate, and a second C-rate corresponding to the second discharge curve is less than the current C-rate; and

calculating a state of charge of the battery according to the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve, wherein

the plurality of discharge curves comprise a first discharge curve set having a C-rate greater than the current C-rate and a second discharge curve set having a C-rate less than the current C-rate,

among each of C-rates corresponding to the first discharge curve set, the first C-rate is closest to the current C-rate, and

among each of C-rates corresponding to the second discharge curve set, the second C-rate is closest to the current C-rate.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the step of calculating the state of charge of the battery according to the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve comprises:

performing an interpolation operation on the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve to calculate the state of charge.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of performing the interpolation operation on the first discharge curve and the second discharge curve to calculate the state of charge comprises:

obtaining a first state of charge corresponding to the current voltage from the first discharge curve;

obtaining a second state of charge corresponding to the current voltage from the second discharge curve; and

calculating the state of charge according to the current C-rate, the first C-rate, the second C-rate, the first state of charge, and the second state of charge.

8. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

determining that the battery is in a resting mode;

measuring a second voltage of the battery in the resting mode; and

calculating the state of charge of the battery according to the second voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2019
From: TSAI, CHIN-YI
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 048944/0576 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 107143779 · Dec 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200182940A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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