# US 10,481,212 B2 · Secondary battery status estimation device and status estimation method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,212 B2 - Document ID: US10481212B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/703,812 - Filed: 2017-09-13 - Published: 2018-01-04 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-27 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takuma Iida; Takeshi Chiba; Shunsuke Nitta; Kazuhiro Sugie; Hiroyuki Jimbo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481212B2 ## CPC - G01R 31/3842: combining voltage and current measurements - G01R 31/3647: {for determining the ability of a battery to perform a critical function, e.g. cranking} - G01R 31/389: Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - G01R 31/385: Arrangements for measuring battery or accumulator variables (for monitoring G01R31/382) - H01M 10/06: Lead-acid accumulators (semi-lead accumulators H01M10/20) - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - H02J 7/14: for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle - H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC] - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - 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 ## Abstract A secondary battery status estimation device includes a sensor unit configured to detect a terminal voltage of a secondary battery, and an internal resistance calculator configured to calculate a direct current internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current detected by the sensor unit. The internal resistance calculator calculates a direct current internal resistance based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current detected by the sensor unit, in a stable period that is before starting a driving source for driving a vehicle and in which the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current of the secondary battery fall within a predetermined fluctuation range, and in a high-current output period in which electric power for starting the driving source is output from the secondary battery and the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is brought to substantially minimum. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A secondary battery status estimation device comprising: a sensor unit configured to detect a terminal voltage and a charge-discharge current of a secondary battery; and an internal resistance calculator configured to calculate a direct current internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current detected by the sensor unit, wherein: the internal resistance calculator calculates the direct current internal resistance based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current that have been detected by the sensor unit, in a stable period and in a high-current output period, the stable period is before starting a driving source for driving a vehicle and the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current of the secondary battery fall within a predetermined fluctuation range in the stable period, when starting the driving source, electric power for starting the driving source is output from the secondary battery and the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is brought to substantially minimum in the high-current output period, the secondary battery supplies electric power for switching a relay between open and close, the relay capable of supplying electric power to a starter motor of the vehicle, and the stable period is a latter half period of a period in which a current for switching the relay is output from the secondary battery so as to allow the electric power to be supplied to the starter motor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The secondary battery status estimation device according to claim 1, wherein: the secondary battery supplies driving electric power to the starter motor of the vehicle in which an engine as the driving source is started up by driving of the starter motor; and the high-current output period is a period in which the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is brought to substantially minimum by starting the starter motor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The secondary battery status estimation device according to claim 2, wherein the high-current output period is a period between 5 ms earlier and 15 ms later, inclusive, than a timing at which the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is minimum. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The secondary battery status estimation device according to claim 1, wherein the stable period is a period between 10 ms earlier than a start timing and the start timing at which electric power starts to be supplied to the starter motor, inclusive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The secondary battery status estimation device according to claim 1, further comprising an additional sensor unit configured to detect at least one of a state-of-charge, an open circuit voltage, and a temperature of the secondary battery, wherein the internal resistance calculator calculates the direct current internal resistance further using a result detected by the additional sensor unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The secondary battery status estimation device according to claim 1, further comprising a state-of-function calculator configured to calculate a state-of-function of the secondary battery based on the calculated direct current 5 internal resistance and an open circuit voltage of the secondary battery. ### Claim 7 A secondary battery status estimation method comprising: detecting, by a sensor unit, a terminal voltage and a charge-discharge current of a secondary battery; and calculating, by an internal resistance calculator, a direct current internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the detected terminal voltage and the detected charge-discharge current that is detected by the sensor unit, wherein: the direct current internal resistance is calculated, by the internal resistance calculator, based on the detected terminal voltage and the detected charge-discharge current, in a stable period and in a high-current output period, the stable period is before starting a driving source for driving a vehicle and the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current of the secondary battery fall within a predetermined fluctuation range in the stable period, and when starting the driving source, electric power for starting the driving source is output from the secondary battery and the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is brought to substantially minimum in the high-current output period, the secondary battery supplies electric power for switching a relay between open and close, the relay capable of supplying electric power to a starter motor of the vehicle, and the stable period is a latter half period of a period in which a current for switching the relay is output from the secondary battery so as to allow the electric power to be supplied to the starter motor.