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Granted Patent B2
US 12,545,145 · App. 18/551,561 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Storage battery management system, vehicle, and server device

Inventors: Takeshi Osada (Kanagawa, JP); Noboru Inoue (Kanagawa, JP); Haruki Katagiri (Kanagawa, JP); Yosuke Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Mayumi Mikami (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuki Tanemura (Kanagawa, JP); Kousuke Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
B60L58/22B60L50/60B60L58/12H01M10/425H01M50/209H01M50/211H01M50/213H02J7/0014G07C5/008H01M2010/4271H01M2010/4278H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,545,145
App. No.
18/551,561
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system is provided with which data on the internal state of a storage battery such as SOC-OCV characteristics and FCC can be obtained with high accuracy and highly accurate estimation is possible even in the case of repeating charging and discharging for a long period. The storage battery management system includes a vehicle that includes a unit enabling data transmission and reception; the vehicle includes a storage battery, a balancing circuit electrically connected to the storage battery, and a vehicle control unit having a function of controlling the balancing circuit; the storage battery includes an assembled battery including a plurality of battery cells; the vehicle control unit has a function of selecting an estimated value that most closely shows a state of each of the battery cells included in the assembled battery; and the balancing circuit has a function of being controlled in accordance with the selected estimated value.

Claims (44)

1 . A storage battery management system comprising a server device and a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises:

a storage battery comprising an assembled battery comprising a plurality of battery cells;

a balancing circuit electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells; and

a vehicle control unit comprising a CPU and a communication portion,

wherein the server device is configured to receive first data on internal states of the plurality of battery cells transmitted from the communication portion, calculate a plurality of estimated values in accordance with the first data, and transmit second data including the plurality of estimated values to the communication portion,

wherein the CPU is configured to select an estimated value that shows a state of each of the plurality of battery cells from the plurality of estimated values, and

wherein the balancing circuit is configured to equalize SOC of the plurality of battery cells in accordance with the selected estimated value.

2 . A storage battery management system comprising a server device and a vehicle,

wherein the vehicle comprises:

a storage battery comprising an assembled battery comprising a plurality of battery cells;

a balancing circuit comprising a plurality of circuits, the plurality of circuits electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells; and

a vehicle control unit comprising a CPU and a communication portion,

wherein the server device is configured to calculate a plurality of estimated values in accordance with first data on an internal state of the assembled battery that is transmitted from the communication portion and transmit second data including the plurality of estimated values to the communication portion,

wherein the CPU is configured to select an estimated value that shows a state of each of the plurality of battery cells from the plurality of estimated values, and

wherein the balancing circuit is configured to be controlled equalize SOC of the plurality of battery cells in accordance with the selected estimated value.

3 . The storage battery management system according to claim 2 , wherein the first data comprises successive data on the internal state of the assembled battery.

4 . The storage battery management system according to claim 3 , wherein the successive data comprises an SOC-OCV characteristic.

5 . The storage battery management system according to claim 3 , wherein the successive data comprises internal resistance.

6 . The storage battery management system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the internal resistance comprises a resistance component R 1 with a first response speed and a resistance component R 2 with a second response speed, and

wherein the first response speed is faster than the second response speed.

7 . The storage battery management system according to claim 6 , wherein the server device is configured to predict changes in the resistance component R 1 and the resistance component R 2 with LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory).

8 . A vehicle comprising:

a storage battery comprising an assembled battery comprising a plurality of battery cells;

a balancing circuit comprising a plurality of circuits, the plurality of circuits electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells; and

a vehicle control unit comprising a CPU and a communication portion,

wherein the communication portion is configured to transmit first data on internal states of the plurality of battery cells to a server device and receive second data including a plurality of estimated values from the server device,

wherein the CPU is configured to select an estimated value that shows a state of each of the plurality of battery cells from the plurality of estimated values, and

wherein the balancing circuit is configured to equalize SOC of the plurality of battery cells in accordance with the selected estimated value.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the first data comprises successive data on an internal state of the assembled battery that is transmitted from the vehicle.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the successive data comprises an SOC-OCV characteristic.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the successive data comprises internal resistance.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 11 ,

wherein the internal resistance comprises a resistance component R 1 with a first response speed and a resistance component R 2 with a second response speed, and

wherein the first response speed is faster than the second response speed.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the internal resistance comprises a measured value of each of the plurality of battery cells.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 11 configured to measure the internal resistance by a current-rest-method.

15 . The storage battery management system according to claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises successive data on an internal state of the assembled battery.

16 . The storage battery management system according to claim 15 , wherein the successive data comprises an SOC-OCV characteristic.

17 . The storage battery management system according to claim 15 , wherein the successive data comprises internal resistance.

18 . The storage battery management system according to claim 17 ,

wherein the internal resistance comprises a resistance component R 1 with a first response speed and a resistance component R 2 with a second response speed, and

wherein the first response speed is faster than the second response speed.

19 . The storage battery management system according to claim 18 , wherein the server device is configured to predict changes in the resistance component R 1 and the resistance component R 2 with LSTM.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2023
From: OSADA, TAKESHI; INOUE, NOBORU; KATAGIRI, HARUKI; TSUKAMOTO, YOSUKE; MIKAMI, MAYUMI; TANEMURA, KAZUKI; SASAKI, KOUSUKE
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064974/0083 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2021-052939 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
JP 2021-066429 · Apr 9, 2021 · national
JP 2022-001612 · Jan 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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