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US 10,855,090 B2Granted
Battery management apparatus, battery module, and battery pack
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin Yong Jeon, Young Jae Kim
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Abstract
A battery management apparatus includes a processor configured to collect sensing data of a battery using a sensor, and infrared (IR) communicators located to face a neighboring battery management apparatus of the battery management apparatus. The processor is configured to transmit the collected sensing data to the neighboring battery management apparatus using one of the IR communicators.
Claims23
A battery management apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to collect sensing data of a battery using a sensor;
- and
- infrared (IR) communicators located to face a neighboring battery management apparatus of the battery management apparatus,
- wherein the processor is configured to transmit the collected sensing data to the neighboring battery management apparatus using one of the IR communicators,
- wherein the IR communicators comprise:
- a first IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a first lateral direction of the battery management apparatus;
- a second IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a second lateral direction of the battery management apparatus;
- a third IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communications in a third lateral direction of the battery management apparatus;
- and
- a fourth IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a fourth lateral direction of the battery management apparatus.
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A battery module comprising:
- batteries;
- and
- battery management apparatuses corresponding to the batteries,
- wherein each of the battery management apparatuses comprises a processor configured to collect sensing data of a corresponding battery of the batteries, and infrared ray (IR) communicators located to face a neighboring battery management apparatus of the each of the battery management apparatuses,
- wherein the IR communicators comprise:
- a first IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a first lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- a second IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a second lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- a third IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a third lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- and
- a fourth IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a fourth lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses.
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A battery pack comprising:
- batteries;
- slave battery management apparatuses corresponding to the batteries, each of the slave battery management apparatuses comprising a processor configured to collect sensing data of a corresponding battery of the batteries, and infrared ray (IR) communicators located to face a neighboring slave battery management apparatus of the each of the slave battery management apparatuses;
- and
- a master battery management apparatus configured to control the slave battery management apparatuses,
- wherein the IR communicators comprise:
- a first IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a first lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- a second IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a second lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- a third IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a third lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses;
- and
- a fourth IR communicator set configured to perform an IR communication in a fourth lateral direction of each of the battery management apparatuses.
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A battery management apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to collect sensing data of a battery using a sensor;
- and
- infrared (IR) communicators located to face a neighboring battery management apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to
- transmit the collected sensing data to the neighboring battery management apparatus using one of the IR communicators, in response to the battery management apparatuses being aligned with the neighboring battery management apparatus, and
- transmit the collected sensing data to the neighboring battery management apparatus using wire communication, in response to the battery management apparatuses being misaligned with the neighboring battery management apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.