Apparatus and method for managing battery
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
InventorsJinyong JEON, Taejung YEO, Seong Chon CHOI, Soon Ryung LEE, Bong Yeon CHOI
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for managing a battery are disclosed. The apparatus may include a state verifier configured to verify respective states of charge (SoCs) of batteries to be balanced by the apparatus, and a controller configured to control power converters configured to convert respective amounts of power of the batteries to allow a greater amount of power to be output from a battery having a greater SoC among the batteries.
Claims20
A battery managing apparatus, comprising:
- a state verifier configured to verify respective states of charge (SoCs) of batteries to be balanced by the battery managing apparatus;
- and
- a controller configured to control power converters configured to convert respective amounts of power of the batteries to allow a greater amount of power to be output from a battery having a greater SoC among the batteries.
A battery managing method to be performed by a battery managing apparatus, the method comprising:
- verifying respective states of charge (SoCs) of batteries to be balanced by the battery managing apparatus;
- and
- controlling power converters configured to convert respective amounts of power of the batteries to allow a greater amount of power to be output from a battery having a greater SoC among the batteries.
A battery managing apparatus, comprising:
- a controller configured to control a power supply apparatus to convert respective amounts of power of batteries based on a comparison of respective states of charge (SOCs) of the batteries in order to balance the SOCs of the batteries.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.