Vehicle, method of estimating state of charge of secondary battery, and method of controlling vehicle

A method of estimating a state of charge of a secondary battery that is chargeable and dischargeable, comprising the steps of:

• determining an operation mode in which said secondary battery is used;
• estimating the state of charge of said secondary battery by a first estimation method of estimating an open circuit voltage of said secondary battery and determining said state of charge based on a value obtained by correcting said open circuit voltage based on polarization, when said step of determining an operation mode determines that said operation mode is a first operation mode in which a charging cycle and a discharging cycle are repeated;
• and
• estimating the state of charge of said secondary battery by a second estimation method different from said first estimation method, determining said state of charge based on a result of integration of electric current detected by the current sensor, when said step of determining an operation mode determines that said operation mode is a second operation mode in which one of charging and discharging is continued,
• said second estimation method determining said state of charge based on a result of integration of electric current detected by the current sensor,
• said secondary battery being mounted on a vehicle,
• said vehicle being configured to be able to perform external charging by which said secondary battery is charged from a source external to the vehicle,
• said step of determining an operation mode determining that the operation mode is said second operation mode when said external charging is performed,
• said vehicle further including an air conditioning apparatus capable of executing pre-ride air conditioning using electric power supplied from said secondary battery,
• said second operation mode being selected when said external charging is performed and when said pre-ride air conditioning is performed, and
• said method further comprising the step of storing, when one of said external charging and said pre-ride air conditioning is executed as a preprocess and the other of said external charging and said pre-ride air conditioning is executed as a post-process performed subsequently to said preprocess, an offset value of said current sensor before said preprocess is executed and, when said post-process is executed, using said offset value stored before said preprocess is executed, to correct the electric current detected by said current sensor.

A vehicle comprising:

• a secondary battery configured to be capable of being charged from a source external to the vehicle;
• a current sensor for detecting electric current of said secondary battery;
• an air conditioning apparatus capable of executing pre-ride air conditioning using electric power supplied from said secondary battery;
• and
• a controller receiving an output of said current sensor for controlling charging and discharging of said secondary battery,
• when said secondary battery is discharged and said pre-ride air conditioning is executed, said controller calculating an amount of discharge current by integrating the discharge current and, when said secondary battery is charged from a source external to the vehicle immediately after said pre-ride air conditioning is ended, said controller performing control by calculating an integral of charge current so that said secondary battery is charged with the charge current of the integral equal to said calculated amount of discharge current.

A method of controlling a vehicle,

• said vehicle including:
• a secondary battery configured to be capable of being charged from a source external to the vehicle;
• a current sensor for detecting electric current of said secondary battery;
• and
• an air conditioning apparatus capable of executing pre-ride air conditioning using electric power supplied from said secondary battery,
• said method comprising the steps of:
• calculating, when said secondary battery is discharged and said pre-ride air conditioning is executed, an amount of discharge current by integrating discharge current detected by said current sensor;
• and
• calculating, when said secondary battery is charged from a source external to the vehicle immediately after said pre-ride air conditioning is ended, an integral of charge current detected by said current sensor so that said secondary battery is charged with the charge current of the integral equal to said calculated amount of discharge current.