Vehicle, controlling method thereof and power management apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorTaehoon KIM
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a generator configured to generate power; a battery configured to store power generated by the generator; a battery sensor configured to detect a voltage, current and state of charge (SOC) value of the battery; and a power management apparatus configured to receive the voltage, the current and the SOC value of the battery from the battery sensor, configured to identify whether the battery is low-charged based on the SOC value of the battery, and configured to identify a cause of the low charge of the battery based on the voltage and the current of the battery.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a generator configured to generate power;
- a battery connected to the generator and configured to store electrical power generated by the generator;
- a battery sensor engaged to the battery and configured to detect a voltage, a current and a state of charge (SOC) value of the battery;
- and
- a power management apparatus engaged to the battery sensor, configured to receive the voltage, the current and the SOC value of the battery from the battery sensor, configured to identify when the battery is on a low charge based on the SOC value of the battery, and configured to identify a cause of the low charge of the battery based on the voltage and the current of the battery.
A controlling method of a vehicle comprising a generator configured to generate electrical power and a battery configured to store the electrical power generated by the generator, the controlling method including:
- detecting a voltage, a current and a state of charge (SOC) value of the battery;
- identifying when the battery is on a low charge based on the SOC value of the battery;
- and
- identifying a cause of the low charge of the battery based on the voltage and the current of the battery.
A power management apparatus comprising:
- a communicator configured to communicate with a battery sensor configured to detect a voltage, a current and a state of charge (SOC) value of the battery;
- a storage configured to store the voltage, the current and the SOC value of the battery;
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- a controller configured to receive the voltage, the current and the SOC value of the battery from the battery sensor through the communicator, configured to identify when the battery is on a low charge based on the SOC value of the battery, and configured to identify a cause of the low charge of the battery based on the voltage and the current of the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.