# US 10,310,018 B2 · Device for generating a simulation-signal serving as a command signal of charge/discharge for an energy-storage system, method for generating the simulation signal, and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,018 B2 - Document ID: US10310018B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/063,960 - Filed: 2016-03-08 - Published: 2016-12-22 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-17 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Masatake Sakuma; Takahiro Yamamoto; Takenori Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310018B2 ## CPC - G01R 31/3648: {comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm} - G01R 31/3865: {related to manufacture, e.g. testing after manufacture} - H02J 3/32: using batteries or super capacitors with converting means - H02J 2103/30: Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y04S 40/20: Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a simulation-signal generation device includes a charge/discharge-condition acquirer to acquire a charge/discharge condition of an energy-storage system; a signal-characteristic-amount acquirer to acquire a plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts for the energy-storage system; a characteristic-signal generation processor to generate a plurality of characteristic signals respectively having the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts, based on the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts; and a simulation-signal generator to synthesize the plurality of characteristic signals to generate a simulation signal serving as a command signal of charge/discharge for the energy-storage system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A simulation-signal generation device comprising: a signal-characteristic-amount acquirer to acquire a plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts corresponding to characteristics of a charge/discharge command signal for an energy-storage system; a characteristic-signal generation processor to generate a plurality of characteristic signals respectively having the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts, based on the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts; and a simulation-signal generator to synthesize the plurality of characteristic signals to generate a simulation signal of the command signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 1, further comprising: a signal-data acquirer to acquire a charge/discharge signal satisfying an operational condition of the energy-storage system from among a plurality of charge/discharge signals measured in at least one other energy-storage system; and a signal-characteristic-amount extractor to extract one or more of the plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts from the charge/discharge signal acquired by the signal-data acquirer, wherein the signal-characteristic-amount acquirer acquires one or more of the plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts extracted by the signal-characteristic-amount extractor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 2, wherein the signal-characteristic-amount extractor extracts information on a frequency spectrum and a phase spectrum of the charge/discharge signal as the charge/discharge-signal characteristic amount. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts includes a plurality of arbitrary pieces of: information on a probability density function, information on a frequency spectrum density, information on a use application of the energy-storage system, and information on at least one of averaging and dispersing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 1, further comprising: a charge/discharge-condition acquirer to acquire a charge/discharge condition of an energy-storage system; and a simulation basic-signal generator to synthesize a plurality of signals to thereby generate a basic signal, the signals being generated by random numbers based on a uniform distribution or a Gaussian distribution of signals which satisfy the charge/discharge condition of the energy-storage system, wherein the simulation-signal generator synthesizes the plurality of characteristic signals and the basic signal to generate the simulation signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 1, further comprising: an energy-storage response acquirer to acquire charge/discharge measurement data measured when the energy-storage system carries out charge/discharge in accordance with the simulation signal; a response characteristic evaluator to evaluate a characteristic of the charge/discharge measurement data; and a simulation-signal corrector to correct the simulation signal generated by the simulation-signal generator in accordance with an evaluation result of the response characteristic evaluator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The simulation-signal generation device according to claim 6, wherein the response characteristic evaluator judges whether the charge/discharge measurement data satisfies an operational condition serving as a condition required for the energy-storage system in operation; and, when the charge/discharge measurement data does not satisfy the operational condition, the simulation-signal corrector corrects the simulation signal. ### Claim 8 A simulation-signal generation method comprising: acquiring a plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts corresponding to characteristics of a charge/discharge command signal for an energy-storage system; generating a plurality of characteristic signals respectively having the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts, based on the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts; and synthesizing the plurality of characteristic signals to generate a simulation signal of the command signal. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program which causes a computer to perform processing comprising: acquiring a plurality of charge/discharge-signal characteristic amounts corresponding to characteristics of a charge/discharge command signal for an energy-storage system; generating a plurality of characteristic signals respectively having the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts, based on the plurality of charge/discharge signal characteristic amounts; and synthesizing the plurality of characteristic signals to generate a simulation signal of the command signal.