# US 10,312,557 B2 · Storage battery relocation assistance apparatus and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,312,557 B2 - Document ID: US10312557B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/018,791 - Filed: 2018-06-26 - Published: 2018-10-18 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-06 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Satoshi Nakaya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10312557B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/54: Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators - B60L 58/10: for monitoring or controlling batteries - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - G01R 31/367: Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables - G01R 31/382: Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC - G01R 31/392: Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health - G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis} - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - H01M 10/482: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - B60L 2240/54: related to batteries - B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data - B60L 2240/80: Time limits - B60L 2260/50: by future state prediction - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/72: Electric energy management in electromobility - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - Y02W 30/84: Recycling of batteries or fuel cells - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract The present invention serves to reduce the costs associated with the overall fife cycle of storage batteries by performing support so that a plurality of batteries are transferred between and used at a plurality of facilities. This storage battery transfer support device comprises: a collection unit that collects battery information representing the status of each battery used at a plurality of facilities; a battery information storage unit that stores the battery information collected by the collection unit; and a deterioration prediction unit that, on the basis of the battery information stored in the battery information storage unit, predicts deterioration of storage batteries that have been transferred between and used at a plurality of facilities. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage battery relocation assistance apparatus comprising: a battery information storing section that stores battery information representing a state of a storage battery used in a vehicle; a requirement information input section that inputs requirement information for a storage battery in one or more facilities different from the vehicle; and an information output section that outputs, to an exterior, information on a relocation schedule including relocation time and a relocation destination when the storage battery used in the vehicle is relocated and used in the one or more facilities, based on the battery information and the requirement information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The storage battery relocation assistance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a relocation determination section that determines the relocation schedule based on the battery information and the requirement information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The storage battery relocation assistance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a relocation determination section that determines the relocation schedule based on a determination requirement representing a relocation condition for the storage battery, the battery information, and the requirement information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The storage battery relocation assistance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deterioration prediction section that predicts deterioration of the storage battery when the storage battery is relocated and used among respective facilities, based on the battery information, wherein the relocation determination section determines the relocation schedule based on the deterioration prediction and the requirement information. ### Claim 5 A storage battery relocation assistance method, performed by a storage battery relocation assistance apparatus comprising a processor having a plurality of sections configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, comprising: storing, in a battery information storing section, battery information representing a state of a storage battery used in a vehicle; storing, in a requirement information input section, requirement information for a storage battery in one or more facilities different from the vehicle; and outputting, by an information output section, to an exterior, information on a relocation schedule including relocation time and a relocation destination when the storage battery used in the vehicle is relocated and used in the one or more facilities, based on the battery information and the requirement information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The storage battery relocation assistance method according to claim 5, further comprising: relocating or using the storage battery used in the vehicle or the storage battery used in the one or more facilities based on the outputted information.