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Granted Patent B2
US 12,650,473 · App. 18/472,397 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Battery management system and battery management method

Inventors: Doo Jin Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Jeong Min Seo (Daejeon, KR); Kyu Min Hwang (Daejeon, KR); Byung Eun Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK On Co., Ltd.
G01R31/392G01R31/382G01R31/396H01M10/4257H01M2010/4271
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Patent No.
US 12,650,473
App. No.
18/472,397
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a battery management system and a battery management method using the same. According to the present invention, it is possible to select high-risk battery cells that are highly likely to be out of an operating voltage range by applying a change amount according to SoH for each of the battery cells to each SoC for each of the battery cells, and calculate the representative SoH of the battery pack based on the selected high-risk battery cells, and then calculate the actual usable capacity of the battery pack.

Claims (26)

1 . A battery management system for selecting a high-risk battery cell, from a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack, that has a risk that a terminal voltage during charging or a terminal voltage during discharging is out of an operating voltage, the battery management system comprising:

a state information calculator that calculates state information of each of the plurality of battery cells; and

a cell selector that selects the high-risk battery cell using the state information,

wherein the state information calculated by the state information calculator includes at least one of a state of charge (SoC) or a state of health (SoH), and the cell selector selects the high-risk battery cell by using the state information of at least one of the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells or the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells;

the high-risk battery cell is selected according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells; and

and the cell selector selects a battery cell having the lowest SoH among the plurality of battery cells as the high-risk battery cell.

2 . A battery management system for selecting a high-risk battery cell from a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack, that has a risk that a terminal voltage during charging or a terminal voltage during discharging is out of an operating voltage the battery management system comprising:

a state information calculator that calculates state information of each of the plurality of battery cells, and

a cell selector that selects the high-risk battery cell using the state information,

wherein the state information calculated by the state information calculator includes at least one of a state of charge (SoC) or a state of health (SoH), and the cell selector selects the high-risk battery cell by using the state information of at least one of the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells or the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells;

the high-risk battery cell is selected according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells;

the cell selector selects the high-risk battery cell by applying a change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells at a current measurement time point; and

the cell selector selects a battery cell to be fully charged first as the high-risk battery cell when applying the change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells at the current measurement time point, and selects a battery cell to be fully discharged first as the high-risk battery cell when applying the change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells at the current measurement time point.

3 . A battery management method using a battery management system for selecting a high-risk battery cell, from a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack, that has a risk that a terminal voltage during charging or a terminal voltage during discharging is out of an operating voltage, the battery management method comprising:

calculating state information of each of the plurality of battery cells; and

selecting the high-risk battery cell using the state information,

wherein the state information includes at least one or SoC or SoH, and the high-risk battery cell is selected by using the state information of at least one of the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells or the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells in the selecting of the high-risk battery cell,

the high-risk battery cell is selected according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells, and

in the selecting of the high-risk battery cell, a battery cell having a lowest SoH among the plurality of battery cells is selected as the high-risk battery cell.

4 . A battery management method using a battery management system for selecting a high-risk battery cell, from a plurality of battery cells in a battery pack, that has a risk that a terminal voltage during charging or a terminal voltage during discharging is out of an operating voltage, the battery management method comprising:

calculating state information of each of the plurality of battery cells; and

selecting the high-risk battery cell using the state information,

wherein the state information includes at least one of SoC or SoH, and the high-risk battery cell is selected by using the state information of at least one of the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells or the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells in the selecting of the high-risk battery cell,

the high-risk battery cell is selected according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells,

the high-risk battery cell is selected by applying a change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells to the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells at a current measurement time point, and

in the selecting of the high-risk battery cell, a battery cell to be fully charged first is selected as the high-risk battery cell when applying the change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the SoC of each of the plurality of battery cells at the current measurement time point, and a battery cell to be fully discharged first is selected as the high-risk battery cell when applying the change amount of the SoC according to the SoH of each of the plurality of battery cells based on the SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells at the current measurement time point.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2023
From: JEONG, DOO JIN; SEO, JEONG MIN; HWANG, KYU MIN; LEE, BYUNG EUN
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064993/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2023
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064993/0823 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0030806 · Mar 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17198401 · Mar 11, 2021
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