Fool-proof battery assembly and automatic identification method of battery identity

Abstract

The invention discloses a fool-proof battery assembly and a battery identity automatic identification method. The fool-proof battery assembly comprises a wire rod group and X batteries. The wire group has a plurality of first ports. Each first port comprises N first connection pins, the N first connection pins are arranged according to an independent rule, and the independent rules of the plurality of first ports are different from each other. Each battery comprises a second port, a detection unit and an identification unit. The second port is provided with M second connection pins. The M second connection pins are arranged according to a configuration sequence. The detection unit has M bits according to a configuration sequence. The detection unit can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a binary first signal or a binary second signal to the Mth bit so as to generate an identification bit. The identification unit obtains the identification bits and compares the identification bits with the identity table to send out identity data.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to a battery assembly and an identification method, and more particularly to a foolproof battery assembly and an automatic identification method for the battery identity. Background Art

[0002] In order to prevent the user from not connecting the battery to the designated first port during the process of assembling the battery assembly, the existing battery assembly adopts the following methods: (i) When the battery is connected to the first port, the existing battery assembly actively assigns the battery an independent identity through software; (ii) When the battery is connected to the first port, the existing battery assembly assigns the battery an independent identity by operating a physical DIP switch. However, the methods adopted by the existing battery assembly have the following disadvantages: (A) The user does not correctly operate the DIP switch to the predetermined position, resulting in different batteries having the same identity data; (B) The user does not correctly operate the DIP switch to the predetermined position, resulting in the battery being unable to be identified.

[0003] Therefore, the inventor believes that the above defects can be improved, and has devoted himself to research and applied scientific principles, and finally proposed the present application which has a reasonable design and effectively improves the above defects. Summary of the invention

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide a foolproof battery assembly and a method for automatically identifying the identity of the battery in view of the deficiencies of the prior art.

[0005] The present application discloses a foolproof battery assembly, comprising: a wire group, having a plurality of first ports, each of the first ports comprising N first connection pins, the N first connection pins being arranged according to an independent rule, and the independent rules of the plurality of first ports are different from each other, N is a positive integer not less than 1; and X batteries, X is a positive integer not less than 1, each of the batteries comprising: a second port, having M second connection pins, the M second connection pins being arranged according to a configuration sequence, M is a positive integer not less than N, and 2M is greater than X, the second port can be electrically coupled to its one of the first ports, so that the second connection pin corresponding to the position is electrically coupled to the first connection pin; a detection unit, electrically coupled to the second port, the detection unit has M bits according to the configuration sequence, and the detection unit can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a first signal or a second signal in binary to the Mth bit to generate an identification bit; and an identification unit, electrically coupled to the detection unit, the identification unit has an identity table, the identification unit obtains the identification bit and compares the identity table to send an identity data.

[0006] Optionally, when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug-in port of any one of the batteries, the detection unit sends the first signal to the Mth bit when it detects that the voltage value of the Mth second connection pin is 0; when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug-in port of any one of the batteries, the detection unit sends the second signal to the Mth bit when it detects that the voltage value of the Nth second connection pin is greater than 0.

[0007] Optionally, M is greater than N; when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug port of any of the batteries, only a portion of the M second connection pins respectively contact the N first connection pins.

[0008] Optionally, N is equal to M; when one of the first ports is plugged into any of the second plug-in ports of the batteries, the M second connecting pins respectively contact the N first connecting pins.

[0009] The present application discloses a method for automatically identifying the identity of a battery, which can perform identity identification when one of the multiple ports of a cable set is plugged into any battery. The identification method includes the following steps: establishing multiple identity data; establishing multiple identity bits that are different from each other and assigning them to the multiple identity data; wherein each of the identity bits has M bits, and the M bits correspond to M connection pins of the second port, and M is a positive integer not less than 1; detecting a voltage value of the Mth connection pin to establish an identification bit; wherein when the voltage value is 0, a first signal is sent to the Mth bit, and when the voltage value is greater than 0, a second signal is sent to the Mth bit; and using the identification bit to compare the multiple identity bits one by one to send out the corresponding identity data.

[0010] In summary, the fool-proof battery assembly and the automatic identification method of the battery identity disclosed in the present application can preset the battery identity to identify each battery through the design of "the detection unit can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a first signal or a second signal in binary to the Mth bit to generate an identification bit", and "the identification unit obtains the identification bit and compares the identity table to send an identity data".

[0011] To further understand the features and technical contents of the present application, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings of the present application. However, such description and drawings are only used to illustrate the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1Schematic diagram of a circuit block of a foolproof battery assembly according to the first embodiment of the present application.

[0013] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the detection unit of the first embodiment of the present application detecting a voltage value greater than 0 through the plug port.

[0014] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the detection unit of the first embodiment of the present application detecting that the voltage value is 0 through the plug port.

[0015] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the process flow of the automatic battery identification method according to the second embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] The following is an explanation of the embodiments disclosed in the present application through specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present application from the contents disclosed in this specification. The present application can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and the details in this specification can also be modified and changed in various ways based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the concept of the present application. In addition, the drawings of the present application are only simple schematic illustrations and are not depicted according to actual sizes. It is stated in advance. The following embodiments will further explain the relevant technical contents of the present application in detail, but the disclosed contents are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

[0017] It should be understood that, although the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. may be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are mainly used to distinguish one component from another component, or one signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or" used herein may include any one or more combinations of the associated listed items depending on the actual situation. Furthermore, the term "electrically coupled" used herein refers to one of "indirect electrical connection" and "direct electrical connection".

[0018] First embodiment

[0019] See also Figures 1 to 3 As shown, this embodiment provides a foolproof battery assembly 100, and the foolproof battery assembly 100 includes a wire group 1 and X batteries 2. Wherein, X is a positive integer not less than 1. In actual use, the user can plug the wire group 1 into any of the batteries 2 (i.e., electrically couple), and the battery 2 can be identified and sent through the default identity data, that is, there is no need to reallocate the identity or manually adjust the identity. The following will introduce the structure of each component of the foolproof battery assembly 100, and explain the connection relationship between the various components of the foolproof battery assembly 100 when appropriate.

[0020] Cooperate Figure 1 As shown, the wire set 1 has a plurality of first ports 11, each of the first ports 11 includes N first connection pins (not shown), where N is a positive integer not less than 1. The N first connection pins are arranged according to an independent rule, and the independent rules of the plurality of first ports 11 are different from each other. In other words, the arrangement and combination of the N first connection pins of each first port 11 will not be repeated with the arrangement and combination of the N first connection pins of any first port 11.

[0021] Cooperate Figure 1 As shown, each of the X batteries 2 has a second port 21, a detection unit 22, and an identification unit 23. The second port 21 has M second connection pins (not shown). When the second port 21 of a battery 2 is plugged into any of the first ports 11, (part of) the M second connection pins can be electrically coupled to the N first connection pins.

[0022] It should be noted that M is a positive integer not less than N, and 2M is greater than X. For example, when the number of the M second connection pins is two (ie, M is 2), the number of the X batteries 2 can be four, three, two or one, and the number of the N connection pins can be two or one.

[0023] In practice, the number of the M second connection pins may be the same as the number of the N first connection pins. Specifically, in one embodiment, the second port 21 has M plug-in holes (not shown), and the M plug-in holes respectively have the M second connection pins, that is, each of the M plug-in holes has one second connection pin. When the second port 21 of the battery 2 is plugged into any one of the first ports 11, the M plug-in holes respectively accommodate the N connection pins, and the M second connection pins are respectively electrically coupled to the N first connection pins. Of course, in another embodiment, the second port 21 has only one plug-in hole, and the M second connection pins may also be collectively accommodated in the plug-in hole.

[0024] In addition, the number of the M second connection pins may also be greater than the number of the N first connection pins. Specifically, in another embodiment, when the second port 21 of the battery 2 is plugged into any of the first ports 11, only a portion of the M plugging holes respectively accommodate the N first connection pins, so that the N first connection pins are respectively electrically coupled to a portion of the M second connection pins. In other words, the other portion of the M plugging holes does not have any first connection pins.

[0025] Furthermore, the M second connection pins are arranged according to a configuration sequence. For example, when M is 4, the M second connection pins may be arranged in a 1×4 matrix and defined as one, two, three, and four from left to right. Alternatively, the M second connection pins may be arranged in a 2×2 matrix and defined as one and two from left to right in the first row, and three and four from left to right in the second row.

[0026] Re-reference Figure 1 As shown, the detection unit 22 is electrically coupled to the second port 21, and the detection unit 22 has M bits according to the configuration order, and the detection unit 22 can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a first signal or a second signal in binary to the Mth bit to generate an identification bit.

[0027] For example, when the configuration sequence is a 1×3 matrix and is defined as 1, 2, and 3 from left to right (i.e., M is 3), the detection unit 22 has three bits, and the four bits are arranged in sequence as a first bit, a second bit, and a third bit. The first bit corresponds to the first second connection pin, the second bit corresponds to the second second connection pin, and the third bit corresponds to the third second connection pin. When the first signal and the second signal are binary 1 and 0, the detection unit 22 can output signals of 1 or 0 to the first bit, the second bit, and the third bit, respectively, to generate the identification bit composed of 1 and 0 (e.g.,

[101] ).

[0028] In practice, when the second port 21 of the battery 2 is plugged into any of the first ports 11, the detection unit 22 detects that the voltage value of the Mth second connection pin is 0 (for example, the voltage value is digital 0, i.e., grounded), and sends the first signal (such as Figure 3 On the contrary, when the second port 21 of the battery 2 is plugged into any of the first ports 11, the detection unit 22 detects that the voltage value of the Mth second connection pin is greater than 0 (for example, the voltage value is digital 1, i.e. connected to Vcc), and sends the second signal (such as Figure 2 shown).

[0029] That is, the detection unit 22 determines whether to send the first signal or the second signal to each bit to generate the identification bit by grounding, but the present application is not limited to this. For example, the detection unit 22 can also detect whether the voltage value of the Mth second connection pin changes to determine whether to send the first signal or the second signal to the Mth bit, that is, when the Mth second connection pin does not have an electrical relationship with the corresponding first connection pin, the detection unit 22 sends the first signal or the second signal to the Mth bit.

[0030] Re-reference Figure 1 As shown, the identification unit 23 is electrically coupled to the detection unit 22 . The identification unit 23 has an identity table. The identification unit 23 obtains the identification bit and compares the identity table to issue an identity data.

[0031] For example, when the number of the M second connection pins is three (ie, M is 3), the identity table may be as follows:

[0032] Battery ID Identity Bit Battery ID Identity Bit Number One

[000] Number Five

[100] Number Two

[001] Number Six

[101] Number Three

[010] Number 7

[110] Number Four

[100] Number 8

[111]

[0033] When the identification unit 23 obtains the identification bit of

[010] , the identification unit 23 compares the identification bit with each identity bit of the identity table, thereby issuing the identity of the battery 2 as No. 3. In other words, when the second port 21 of any battery 2 is plugged into any first port 11, the identification module 2 can issue the identity data to the battery 2 through the default battery identity and electrical relationship to achieve the purpose of identification.

[0034] Second embodiment

[0035] like Figure 4 As shown, it is the second embodiment of the present application. This embodiment provides a method for automatically identifying the identity of a battery. The method is applicable to the foolproof battery assembly 100 of the first embodiment. Therefore, please cooperate with the Figures 1 to 3 Of course, the method can also be applied to other foolproof battery components. The automatic identification method includes steps S101 to S107.

[0036] Step S101: Establish multiple identity data.

[0037] Step S103: Establish a plurality of different identity bits and allocate them to the plurality of identity data; wherein each of the identity bits has M bits, and the M bits correspond to M connection pins of the second port, and M is a positive integer not less than 1.

[0038] Step S105: Detect a voltage value of the Mth connecting pin to establish an identification bit, wherein when the voltage value is 0, a first signal is sent to the Nth bit, and when the voltage value is greater than 0, a second signal is sent to the Nth bit.

[0039] Step S107: using the identification bit to compare the plurality of identity bits one by one to issue the corresponding identity data.

[0040] Technical Effects of the Invention

[0041] In summary, the fool-proof battery assembly and the automatic identification method of the battery identity disclosed in the present application can preset the battery identity to identify each battery through the designs of "the detection unit can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a first signal or a second signal in binary to the Mth bit to generate an identification bit" and "the identification unit obtains the identification bit and compares the identity table to send an identity data".

[0042] The above description is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent scope of the present application shall fall within the protection scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A foolproof battery assembly, characterized in that: The foolproof battery assembly comprises: A wire set having a plurality of first ports, each of the first ports comprising N first connection pins, the N first connection pins being arranged according to an independent rule, and the independent rules of the plurality of first ports are different from each other, and N is a positive integer not less than 1; and X batteries, X is a positive integer not less than 1, each of the batteries comprising: a second port having M second connection pins, the M second connection pins being arranged in a configuration order, M being a positive integer not less than N, and 2M being greater than X, the second port being electrically coupled to one of the first ports, so that the second connection pin corresponding to the position is electrically coupled to the first connection pin; a detection unit electrically coupled to the second port, the detection unit having M bits according to the configuration sequence, and the detection unit can detect a voltage value of the Mth second connection pin and send a first signal or a second signal in binary to the Mth bit to generate an identification bit; and An identification unit is electrically coupled to the detection unit. The identification unit has an identity table. The identification unit obtains the identification bit and compares the identity table to issue an identity data.

2. The foolproof battery assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that: When one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug-in port of any one of the batteries, the detection unit sends the first signal to the Mth bit when it detects that the voltage value of the Mth second connection pin is 0; when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug-in port of any one of the batteries, the detection unit sends the second signal to the Mth bit when it detects that the voltage value of the Nth second connection pin is greater than 0.

3. The foolproof battery assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that: M is greater than N; when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plugging port of any of the batteries, only a portion of the M second connecting pins are in contact with the N first connecting pins.

4. The foolproof battery assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that: N is equal to M; when one of the first ports is plugged into the second plug-in port of any of the batteries, the M second connecting pins respectively contact the N first connecting pins.

5. A method for automatically identifying a battery identity, capable of performing identity identification when one of the multiple ports of a cable assembly is plugged into any battery, characterized in that: The identification method comprises the following steps: establishing a plurality of identity data; Establishing a plurality of identity bits that are different from each other and assigning them to the plurality of identity data; wherein each of the identity bits has M bits, and the M bits correspond to M connection pins of the second port, and M is a positive integer not less than 1; Detecting a voltage value of the Mth connecting pin to establish an identification bit; wherein when the voltage value is 0, a first signal is sent to the Mth bit, and when the voltage value is greater than 0, a second signal is sent to the Mth bit; and The identification bits are used to compare the plurality of identity bits one by one to issue the corresponding identity data.

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