Battery cell replacement detection apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Shin Cho, Jong Sam Park, Kyung Do Kang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a battery cell replacement detection apparatus and method, and is directed to providing a mechanism that can prevent the mount of non-genuine batteries in a battery pack by detecting whether the battery cell in the battery pack has been replaced. To achieve this, the present disclosure provides a configuration for detecting whether the battery cell mounted in the battery pack has been replaced by analyzing changes in a unique characteristic parameter, that depends on at least one chemical characteristic of the battery cell, during a process in which the battery cell mounted in the battery pack is charged and discharged.
Claims20
A battery cell replacement detection apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory configured to store at least one command executed by the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to detect whether a battery cell mounted in a battery pack has been replaced by analyzing changes in a unique characteristic parameter, that depends on at least one chemical characteristic of the battery cell, during a process in which the battery cell mounted in the battery pack is charged and discharged.
A battery cell replacement detection method, comprising:
- performing, by a processor, charging and discharging of a battery cell mounted in a battery pack;
- and
- detecting, by the processor, whether the battery cell mounted in the battery pack has been replaced by analyzing changes in a unique characteristic parameter, that depends on at least one chemical characteristic of the battery cell, during a process in which the battery cell mounted in the battery pack is charged and discharged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.