Granted Patent B2

US 12,558,993 · App. 18/006,363 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Inventor: Yohei Ishii (Osaka, JP)

Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

B60L58/16G01R31/367G01R31/392

Abstract

Claims (38)

1 . A computing system comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

acquire travel data including data of each of batteries, the batteries being respectively mounted in each of a plurality of electrically-driven mobile units;

identify a state of health of each of the batteries based on the battery data included in the travel data acquired;

perform curve regression on a plurality of data points of the states of health identified in time series for each of the batteries to generate a deterioration regression curve for each of the batteries;

generate a regression function having (i) a deterioration coefficient of the deterioration regression curve of the batteries as a dependent variable and (ii) an average travel distance or an average discharge amount per unit period of the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units as an independent variable;

predict a remaining life of a specific battery among the batteries based on a set state of health that is set to be a life of each of the batteries and a deterioration regression curve of the specific battery;

receive a change in travel conditions of an electrically-driven mobile unit in which the specific battery is mounted among the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units, the change being input by a user;

identify the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period in accordance with the change received in the travel conditions;

apply the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period to the regression function of the deterioration coefficient to identify a deterioration coefficient after the change in the travel conditions; and

change the deterioration regression curve of the specific battery mounted in the electrically-driven mobile unit, using the deterioration coefficient.

2 . The computing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to calculate the average travel distance per unit period of each electrically-driven mobile unit based on a cumulative travel distance acquired from each electrically-driven mobile unit and a period of service of each electrically-driven mobile unit.

3 . The computing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to:

generate the regression function using the average discharge amount per unit period of the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units as the independent variable;

receive a change in the average travel distance per unit period of an electrically-driven mobile unit in which a corresponding battery among the plurality of batteries is mounted; and

convert the average travel distance per unit period received into the average discharge amount per unit period based on electricity consumption of the corresponding electrically-driven mobile unit.

4 . The computing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to:

calculate, as a remaining life of the corresponding battery, at least one of a remaining usable period of the corresponding battery and a remaining travelable distance of the electrically-driven mobile unit in which the corresponding battery is mounted based on a deterioration regression curve after a change in the corresponding battery; and

display the calculated one on a display unit.

5 . A battery deterioration predicting method comprising:

acquiring travel data including data of each of batteries, the batteries being respectively mounted in each of a plurality of electrically-driven mobile units;

identifying a state of health of each of the batteries based on the battery data included in the travel data acquired;

performing curve regression on a plurality of the states of health identified in time series for each of the batteries to generate a deterioration regression curve for each of the batteries;

generating a regression function having (i) a deterioration coefficient of the deterioration regression curve of the batteries as a dependent variable and (ii) an average travel distance or an average discharge amount per unit period of the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units as an independent variable;

predicting a remaining life of a specific battery among the batteries based on a set state of health that is set to be a life of the battery and a deterioration regression curve of the specific battery;

receiving a change in travel conditions of an electrically-driven mobile unit in which the specific battery is mounted among the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units, the change being input by a user; and

identifying the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period in accordance with the change received in the travel conditions, applying the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period to the regression function of the deterioration coefficient to identify a deterioration coefficient after the change in the travel conditions, and using the deterioration coefficient to change the deterioration regression curve of the specific battery mounted in the electrically-driven mobile unit.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a battery deterioration predicting program configured to cause a computer to execute processing of:

acquiring travel data including data of each of batteries, the batteries being respectively mounted in each of a plurality of electrically-driven mobile units;

identifying a state of health of each of the batteries based on the battery data included in the travel data acquired;

performing curve regression on a plurality of the states of health identified in time series for each of the batteries to generate a deterioration regression curve for each of the batteries;

generating a regression function having (i) a deterioration coefficient of the deterioration regression curve of the batteries as a dependent variable and (ii) an average travel distance or an average discharge amount per unit period of the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units as an independent variable;

predicting a remaining life of a specific battery among the batteries based on a set state of health that is set to be a life of the battery and a deterioration regression curve of the specific battery;

receiving a change in travel conditions of an electrically-driven mobile unit in which the specific battery is mounted among the plurality of electrically-driven mobile units, the change being input by a user; and

identifying the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period in accordance with the change received in the travel conditions, applying the average travel distance or the average discharge amount per unit period to the regression function of the deterioration coefficient to identify a deterioration coefficient after the change in the travel conditions, and using the deterioration coefficient to change the deterioration regression curve of the specific battery mounted in the electrically-driven mobile unit.

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