# US 10,482,472 B2 · Information processing device, control method for same, control program, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,472 B2 - Document ID: US10482472B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/554,969 - Filed: 2016-01-13 - Published: 2018-02-15 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-12 - Assignees: OMRON Corporation - Applicants: OMRON Corporation - Inventors: Hiromasa Takatsuka; Kazuki Kasai; Taiji Yoshikawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482472B2 ## CPC - G06Q 30/018: Certifying business or products - G01R 31/367: Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables - G01R 31/392: Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health - G06Q 10/063: Operations research, analysis or management - G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal - G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - Y02W 90/00: Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation - 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 - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract An extraction component extracts one or more batteries such that the sum total of the full charge capacity falls within an exclusion target range. An index calculator calculates an index value indicating the usage status of the batteries included among the one or more extracted batteries. An exclusion candidate determination component determines which batteries to exclude from those to be loaned out, on the basis of the ranking of the index value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device for determining which batteries are to be excluded from among those to be loaned out in a system for loaning out a plurality of batteries, the information processing device comprising: an extraction component extracting one or more of the batteries such that a sum total of a full charge capacity or a battery count falls within an exclusion target range; an index calculator calculating an index that indicates a usage status of one or more of the batteries extracted by the extraction component; and a selector selecting one or more batteries to exclude from those that will be loaned out, from among the batteries extracted by the extraction component, on the basis of an index ranking calculated by the index calculator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the exclusion target range is at or below a surplus power supply amount of the plurality of battery with respect to a power demand in the system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the usage state is a degree of deterioration of the battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the usage state is a cumulative operating time of the battery. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the usage state is a cumulative travel distance of a vehicle in which the battery is installed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein, if the one or more batteries extracted by the extraction component is one set, then the selector selects that one set as the batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein, if no batteries have been extracted by the extraction component, the selector determines that no batteries are to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the usage state is a degree of deterioration of the battery. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein, if the one or more batteries extracted by the extraction component is one set, then the selector selects that one set as the batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein, if no batteries have been extracted by the extraction component, the selector determines that no batteries are to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the usage state is a cumulative operating time of the battery. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein, if the one or more batteries extracted by the extraction component is one set, then the selector selects that one set as the batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the usage state is a cumulative travel distance of a vehicle in which the battery is installed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein, if the one or more batteries extracted by the extraction component is one set, then the selector selects that one set as the batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if the one or more batteries extracted by the extraction component is one set, then the selector selects that one set as the batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, if no batteries have been extracted by the extraction component, the selector determines that no batteries are to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a presentation component configured to present the one or more batteries selected by the selector as batteries to be excluded from those to be loaned out. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A control program for causing a computer to function as the information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control program causes the computer to function as the extraction component, the index calculator, and the selector. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 18 is recorded. ### Claim 20 A method for controlling an information processing device for determining which of a plurality of batteries are to be excluded from among those to be loaned out in a system for loaning out a plurality of batteries, the method comprising: extracting, from among the plurality of batteries, one or more of the batteries in which a sum total of a full charge capacity or a battery count falls within an exclusion target range; calculating an index that indicates a usage state of the one or more batteries extracted in the extracting step; and selecting which batteries to exclude from those to be loaned out, from among the one or more batteries extracted in the extraction step, on the basis of a ranking of the index calculated in the index calculation step.