Battery charging management method and device, electronic equipment and medium

Abstract

The invention provides a battery charging and replacing management method and device, electronic equipment and a medium. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a vehicle unique identifier of a vehicle and a battery unique identifier of a power-lack battery based on a received battery replacement request of the vehicle; the battery unique identifier is bound with the vehicle unique identifier; determining a current swap-in bin for charging a swap-in battery from idle and available battery bins of the swap station; generating a battery record under the condition that the power-deficient battery is charged by using the current replacement bin; the battery record comprises a charging record; carrying out association binding on the position number of the current swap-in bin in the charging record and the unique identification of the battery and the unique identification of the vehicle; if it is detected that the power-deficient battery is charged to the full electric quantity, obtaining all charging records of the power-deficient battery associated and bound with the vehicle unique identifier according to the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier; all the charging records are used for managing the charging process of the power-lack battery.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of battery replacement technology, and in particular to a battery charging and replacement management method, device, electronic device and medium. Background Art

[0002] At present, some vehicles can directly replace batteries for energy replenishment when they enter the battery swap station. Among them, the battery, as the power source of the vehicle, can be repeatedly charged and output power. After each battery swap, the low-power battery will be swapped into the battery compartment for charging, and the fully charged battery will be swapped out to the vehicle. The swapped-in battery must be placed in a battery compartment that is idle and has no other batteries. After the swapped-in battery is placed, the automatic charging function will be triggered. The battery can also be moved between multiple compartments. After each move, if the battery is not fully charged, the automatic charging function will be triggered.

[0003] Therefore, how to track the entire charging process of the battery in the battery compartment has become a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present application provides an improved battery charging and swapping management method, device, electronic device and medium.

[0005] The present application provides a battery charging and swapping management method, including:

[0006] Based on the received battery replacement request of the vehicle, the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle and the battery unique identifier of the low-power battery are obtained; the battery unique identifier is bound to the vehicle unique identifier;

[0007] Determine the swap-in compartment for charging the swapped-in battery from the idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station;

[0008] When the depleted battery is charged using the warehouse this time, a battery record is generated; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the warehouse this time in the charging record is associated and bound with the unique identification of the battery and the unique identification of the vehicle respectively;

[0009] If it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier are obtained based on the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier; all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

[0010] Further, the swapped-in compartment this time includes a first battery compartment swapped in for the first time; the first battery compartment is a battery compartment determined from the idle and available battery compartments for first swapping in the low-power battery; the generating of a battery record when the low-power battery uses the swapped-in compartment for charging includes: generating a first charging record when the low-power battery uses the first battery compartment for charging; wherein the position number of the first battery compartment in the first charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier, respectively;

[0011] and / or,

[0012] After obtaining all charging records of the deflated battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on the vehicle unique identifier, the method further includes: generating a charging bill associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on all charging records of the deflated battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier; wherein the charging bill is used for the vehicle to perform charging settlement based on the charging bill.

[0013] Further, the battery record includes a storage location record;

[0014] When the low-power battery is charged using the warehouse replaced this time, a battery record is generated, including:

[0015] When the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, a storage location record of the replacement compartment is generated;

[0016] Among them, the warehouse location record of the current replacement warehouse is used to record the information corresponding to the warehouse location number of the current replacement warehouse, and the battery unique identifier in the warehouse location record is associated and bound with the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle.

[0017] Furthermore, the currently replaced compartment includes the first battery compartment replaced for the first time;

[0018] When the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, a storage location record of the replacement compartment is generated, including:

[0019] When the low-power battery is replaced into the first battery compartment, generating a first compartment record;

[0020] Among them, the first bin record is used to record the information corresponding to the bin number of the first battery bin.

[0021] Furthermore, before obtaining all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on the vehicle unique identifier, the method further includes:

[0022] If it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, then when the fully-charged battery is replaced, a replacement record is generated according to the unique identification of the battery;

[0023] The unique identification of the battery in the swap record and the location number of the swap location where the fully charged battery is located are associated and bound with the first location record.

[0024] Furthermore, when the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, a storage location record of the replacement compartment is generated, including:

[0025] In the case where the low-power battery needs to be replaced in a battery compartment for charging, the compartment to be replaced this time is determined as the destination compartment from other idle and available battery compartments; wherein the other idle and available battery compartments are other battery compartments of the battery swap station except the initial compartment used before this change; the initial compartment includes the first battery compartment;

[0026] When the low-power battery is replaced into the destination bin, a second bin location record is generated;

[0027] The second bin record includes the bin number of the initial bin, the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the initial bin, the bin number of the destination bin, and the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the destination bin.

[0028] Furthermore, after generating the second bin record, the method further includes:

[0029] Determine whether the unique battery identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin;

[0030] If they are consistent, then when the low-power battery uses the destination warehouse for charging, a second charging record is generated according to the unique battery identifier;

[0031] Among them, the bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier; or, the bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the charging record corresponding to the first battery bin where the depleted battery is first replaced.

[0032] Furthermore, after determining whether the battery unique identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination bin, the method further includes:

[0033] If they are inconsistent, the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination warehouse is updated to the battery unique identifier bound to the initial warehouse; and when the depleted battery is charged using the destination warehouse, a second charging record is generated based on the battery unique identifier.

[0034] The present application provides a battery charging and swapping management device, comprising:

[0035] An information acquisition module, used to obtain the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle and the battery unique identifier of the low-power battery based on the received battery replacement request of the vehicle; the battery unique identifier is bound to the vehicle unique identifier;

[0036] A swap-in compartment determination module, used to determine a swap-in compartment for battery charging from idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station;

[0037] A battery charging module, used for generating a battery record when the low-power battery is charged using the current replacement warehouse; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the current replacement warehouse in the charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier respectively;

[0038] A charging record management module is used to obtain all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier if it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power; wherein all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

[0039] The present application provides an electronic device, comprising one or more processors, for implementing any of the methods described above.

[0040] The present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon. When the program is executed by a processor, the method described in any one of the above items is implemented.

[0041] The present application provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program / instruction, which implements any of the above methods when executed by a processor.

[0042] In some embodiments, the battery charging and replacement management method of the present application, when a low-power battery is charged in a battery compartment, records the charging status of the low-power battery through the battery unique identifier to obtain a battery record. And, the charging record is bound to the vehicle unique identifier to determine all charging records related to the low-power battery and the vehicle. In this way, the record is automated. In addition, the battery record can be used to facilitate the whole process tracking and management of the charging flow of the low-power battery in the battery compartment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0043] Figure 1 Shown is a schematic diagram of the layout of a battery swap station in the battery charging and swapping management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0044] Figure 2 The battery charging and swapping management method according to an embodiment of the present application includes a schematic diagram of battery record generation;

[0045] Figure 3 The diagram shows a battery charging and swapping management method including generation of swapping records in an embodiment of the present application;

[0046] Figure 4 Shown is a schematic diagram of a battery charging and swapping management method including charging settlement according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0047] Figure 5 Shown Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the entire process of battery replacement in which a battery replacement station automatically rotates battery compartments in the battery charging and replacement management method shown;

[0048] Figure 6a Shown Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the initial state of the battery compartment layout before battery replacement during the entire battery replacement process shown;

[0049] Figure 6b Shown Figure 5 The schematic diagram of the battery compartment layout of the battery with a low power battery during the whole battery replacement process is shown as being replaced into the battery compartment corresponding to the No. 2 compartment;

[0050] Figure 6c Shown Figure 5 The schematic diagram of the battery compartment layout of the battery with a low power battery being replaced into the No. 4 compartment during the whole battery replacement process is shown;

[0051] Figure 6d Shown Figure 5 The schematic diagram of the battery replacement process is shown in which the depleted battery is replaced from the No. 4 compartment to the battery compartment layout corresponding to the vehicle;

[0052] Figure 7 The figure is a schematic diagram of the structure of the battery charging and swapping management device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0053] Figure 8 Shown Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of the modules included in the battery charging and swapping management device shown;

[0054] Fig. 9 Shown is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0055] Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with one or more embodiments of the present specification. Instead, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of one or more embodiments of the present specification as detailed in the appended claims.

[0056] It should be noted that: in other embodiments, the steps of the corresponding method are not necessarily performed in the order shown and described in this specification. In some other embodiments, the steps included in the method may be more or less than those described in this specification. In addition, a single step described in this specification may be decomposed into multiple steps for description in other embodiments; and multiple steps described in this specification may be combined into a single step for description in other embodiments.

[0057] In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem of how to track the entire charging process of the battery in the battery compartment, an embodiment of the present application provides a battery charging and replacement management method. When a low-power battery is charged in the battery compartment, the charging status of the low-power battery is recorded through the battery unique identifier to obtain a battery record. In addition, the charging record is bound to the vehicle unique identifier to determine all charging records related to the low-power battery and the vehicle. In this way, the record is automated. In addition, the battery record can be used to facilitate the whole-process tracking and management of the charging process of the low-power battery in the battery compartment.

[0058] Figure 1 Shown is a schematic diagram of the layout of a battery charging and swapping management method according to an embodiment of the present application applied to a battery swapping station.

[0059] like Figure 1 As shown, the battery charging and swapping management method is applied to the battery swapping station, which is an energy station that provides vehicle battery swapping services and centrally stores and charges a large number of batteries. By separating the vehicle and the battery, the vehicle does not need to be charged, but directly replaces the battery for energy replenishment to meet the range requirements.

[0060] Continue to see Figure 1 As shown, the core hardware system of the above-mentioned battery swap station may include but is not limited to a battery swap channel and / or a battery compartment.

[0061] The battery swap channel of the embodiment of the present application is used to park vehicles that need to replace batteries (also referred to as battery swap vehicles). The battery swap channel is an open space in the battery swap station, where battery swap vehicles are parked to achieve parking and positioning of the vehicles. When the vehicle enters the battery swap channel, the low-power battery can be swapped out and replaced with a fully charged battery. The brief process of replacing a low-power battery is described as follows:

[0062] When a vehicle enters a battery swap station and needs to swap batteries, it is parked in the parking area of ​​the battery swap channel. At this time, the vehicle can communicate with the above-mentioned battery swap station to indicate that it needs to replace the battery unique identifier of the depleted battery and the unique identifier of the vehicle. After removing the depleted battery from the vehicle, put it in the battery compartment for charging. Then, the battery charging and swapping management system in the battery compartment (referred to as) of the battery swap station selects a fully charged battery and swaps it into the vehicle to complete the battery swap operation. Among them, a depleted battery refers to a battery that needs to be charged. A fully charged battery refers to a battery that can be discharged and used.

[0063] The battery compartment of the battery swap station of the embodiment of the present application is the core hardware system of the battery swap station. The battery compartment includes a charging compartment (with a charger), a charging base and a battery placed thereon. The battery compartment is used to charge the swapped-in battery through the charger. The battery compartment may include, but is not limited to, a faulty compartment (referred to as a faulty compartment) and a compartment that is operating normally (referred to as a compartment that can participate in battery swapping). Among them, the compartments that are operating normally may include, but are not limited to, one or more of an empty compartment that is free of faults and in an idle state (referred to as the current swap-in compartment), a compartment that is free of faults and is normally charging a depleted battery, and a compartment that is free of faults and has a fully charged battery (referred to as a swap-out compartment).

[0064] Each battery swap station can set the number of battery compartments according to the battery demand. The number of battery swap compartments can be greater than 3, and is not limited here. Figure 1 For example, a battery swap station may include but is not limited to 8 battery compartments, for example, No. 1 to No. 8 are battery compartments (referred to as compartments). Among them, No. 1 compartment can be used as a maintenance compartment, and batteries are generally not placed there. At the same time, No. 1 compartment can also be used as a transfer compartment for batteries to temporarily store batteries. The system can hold up to 7 batteries. In this way, it is intelligent and automatically matches different types of battery swap stations, without considering differentiated scenarios such as battery models and specifications.

[0065] The battery charging and swapping management method of the embodiment of the present application can be applied to vehicles that need to replace batteries at a battery swap station to ensure that the vehicle has sufficient power, thereby improving the safety of vehicle use. For example, the vehicle includes a new energy vehicle. Exemplarily, the vehicle may include but is not limited to one or more of a heavy truck, a light commercial vehicle, and a passenger car. In this way, the method is applied to a variety of battery swapping application scenarios such as heavy trucks, light commercial vehicles, and passenger cars, thereby improving the versatility of the method.

[0066] Figure 2 Shown is a schematic diagram of the battery charging and swapping management method including battery record generation in an embodiment of the present application.

[0067] like Figure 2 As shown, the battery charging and swapping management method may include but is not limited to the following steps 110, 130, 150 and 170:

[0068] Step 110, based on the received battery replacement request of the vehicle, obtain the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle and the battery unique identifier of the low-power battery; the battery unique identifier is bound to the vehicle unique identifier.

[0069] It should be noted that this battery replacement demand is, for example, the need to replace a depleted battery with a fully charged battery.

[0070] The above-mentioned vehicle may include but is not limited to one vehicle or multiple vehicles. The specific number of vehicles is related to the actual battery replacement request of the vehicle. After the vehicle enters the battery replacement station, the vehicle establishes a communication connection with the above-mentioned battery charging and replacement management system, and sends the battery replacement instruction to the battery charging and replacement management system. In this way, the battery charging and replacement management system can receive the battery replacement instruction, grasp the vehicle's battery replacement request, and execute this method.

[0071] The unique identification of the battery is used to reflect the uniqueness of the battery so as to distinguish it from other batteries. For example, the unique identification of the battery can be a battery number. For another example, the unique identification of the battery can be a battery serial number.

[0072] Similarly, the unique identification of a vehicle is used to reflect the uniqueness of the vehicle to distinguish it from other vehicles. For example, the unique identification of a vehicle may be the license plate information. The license plate information may be the license plate number. For another example, the unique identification of a vehicle may be the vehicle frame number. In addition, the vehicle unique identification may also include the account logged in by the driver through the mobile terminal used by the driver of the vehicle to establish a connection with the vehicle in advance. The account is uniquely bound to the vehicle.

[0073] Step 130, determine the current swapping compartment for charging the swapped battery from the idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station.

[0074] Step 150, when the low-power battery uses the warehouse that is replaced for charging, a battery record is generated; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the warehouse that is replaced in the charging record is associated and bound with the unique identification of the battery and the unique identification of the vehicle. In this way, the low-power battery can be bound to the battery replacement vehicle in all charging records, and the business calculation can be accurately realized to avoid the loss of charging capacity caused by the movement of the low-power battery affecting the business settlement.

[0075] The battery record includes a unique battery identifier. In this way, the battery record is conveniently searched using the unique battery identifier. The battery record is used to record all charging flows of a low-power battery. For example, all charging flows may include but are not limited to the charging status of a low-power battery, the replacement of a battery compartment, and / or the replacement of a corresponding full-power battery when the low-power battery is charged to full power.

[0076] The charging record may include but is not limited to the unique battery identifier, the charging record number, and the charging SOC (State of Charge). The charging record may also include but is not limited to the swap-in time, swap-out time, charging duration, etc., which are not limited here.

[0077] Step 170, if it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier are obtained based on the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier; all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

[0078] In an embodiment of the present application, when a low-power battery is charged in a battery compartment, the charging status of the low-power battery is recorded through the battery unique identifier to obtain a battery record. In addition, the charging record is bound to the vehicle unique identifier to determine all charging records related to the low-power battery and the vehicle. In this way, the record is automated. In addition, the battery record can be used to facilitate the whole process tracking and management of the charging flow of the low-power battery in the battery compartment.

[0079] Continue to see Figure 2 As shown, the current replacement compartment includes the first battery compartment that is replaced for the first time; the first battery compartment is a battery compartment determined from the idle and available battery compartments for the first replacement of the low-power battery. In this way, after receiving the battery replacement request of the vehicle, the battery replacement request can indicate the low-power battery that needs to be charged. Then, the low-power battery is placed in the first battery compartment for charging for the first time.

[0080] Accordingly, the above step 150 may include but is not limited to: generating a first charging record when the low-power battery is charged using the first battery compartment; wherein the compartment number of the first battery compartment in the first charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier, respectively. In this way, the low-power battery that is replaced for the first time can be identified in a timely manner, so as to determine the starting node of the battery record and start tracking the low-power battery.

[0081] Continue to see Figure 2 As shown, the battery record includes a storage location record. Accordingly, the step 150 may include but is not limited to: when a low-power battery is replaced into an idle and available battery storage, a storage location record of the storage location is generated.

[0082] Among them, the storage location record of this swap-in storage is used to record the information corresponding to the storage location number of this swap-in storage, and the battery unique identifier in the storage location record is associated and bound with the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle. The storage location record may include but is not limited to the vehicle unique identifier, the battery unique identifier, the storage location record number, etc. The storage location record may also include but is not limited to the swap-in time, swap-out time, etc., which are not limited here.

[0083] The replaced empty and available battery compartment is used as the current replacement compartment. The above-mentioned current replacement compartment may include but is not limited to the first battery compartment, and other empty and available battery compartments corresponding to subsequent battery compartment replacement.

[0084] In the embodiment of the present application, the battery positions are recorded individually, so that low-power batteries can be effectively managed.

[0085] At least one of the following optional embodiments may be used to generate a storage location record of the storage location when a low-power battery is replaced into an idle and available battery storage location:

[0086] In an optional embodiment, the current replacement compartment includes the first battery compartment that is replaced for the first time. When the low-power battery is replaced in the first battery compartment, a first compartment record is generated; wherein the first compartment record is used to record the information corresponding to the compartment number of the first battery compartment. In this way, the information corresponding to the first battery compartment of the low-power battery that is replaced for the first time can be recorded in a timely manner.

[0087] In another optional embodiment, ①, when a low-power battery needs to be replaced in a battery compartment for charging, the compartment to be replaced is determined as the destination compartment from other idle and available battery compartments; wherein, the other idle and available battery compartments are other battery compartments of the battery swap station except the initial compartment used before this change; the initial compartment includes the first battery compartment.

[0088] The battery compartment used before the above-mentioned low-power battery is replaced is called the initial compartment. The battery compartment used after the above-mentioned low-power battery is replaced is called the destination compartment.

[0089] ②. When the depleted battery is replaced in the destination bin, a second bin record is generated.

[0090] The second bin record includes the bin number of the initial bin, the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the initial bin, the bin number of the destination bin, and the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the destination bin.

[0091] The "first" in the "first bin record" and the "second" in the "second bin record" in this article are to distinguish two different bin records, and are not intended to limit the order of precedence.

[0092] In the embodiment of the present application, during the charging process of the low-power battery, when the low-power battery is being charged in the battery compartment, the compartment is moved, and the charging and moving of the low-power battery are recorded through the unique battery identifier, and the compartment record and charging record are obtained. In addition, the compartment record and the charging record are bound to the unique vehicle identifier, and all charging records of the low-power battery related to the vehicle can be determined; based on all charging records, a charging bill is generated for the vehicle, so that the vehicle can perform charging settlement, avoid missing charging information in the settlement, and reduce charging losses at the battery swap station.

[0093] In some practical applications, the low-power battery can be charged to full capacity in the first battery compartment, and there is no need to replace the battery compartment. In other practical applications, the low-power battery is not charged to full capacity in the first battery compartment. In addition, when the first battery compartment cannot continue to charge, it is necessary to switch to other idle and available battery compartments for further charging. This process can be called moving the compartment. At this time, other battery compartments may malfunction or data reading errors may occur, resulting in inconsistent unique battery identifiers before and after replacing the battery compartment. If the battery compartment is replaced again, it is easy to fail to identify or track the low-power battery.

[0094] In order to solve the above technical problem that it is easy to fail to identify or track the low-power battery, the battery charging and replacement management method provided in the embodiment of the present application, after the above step ②, the above method also includes the following steps: <1> To step <3> :

[0095] <1> , determine whether the unique battery identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin. If they are consistent, execute step <2> If they are inconsistent, it means that there is an error in the unique identification of the battery. This error may be missing data or garbled characters. Then execute step <3> .

[0096] <2> When the low-power battery is charged using the destination warehouse, a second charging record is generated based on the unique identification of the battery.

[0097] The bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated with the unique battery identifier; or the bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated with the unique battery identifier and the charging record corresponding to the first battery bin where the depleted battery is first replaced. In this way, if the unique battery identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin, charging will continue.

[0098] The “first” in the “first charging record” and the “second” in the “second charging record” herein are to distinguish two different charging records, and are not intended to limit the order of precedence.

[0099] <3> , updating the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination warehouse to the battery unique identifier bound to the initial warehouse; and, when the low-power battery uses the destination warehouse for charging, generating a second charging record based on the battery unique identifier.

[0100] The above steps <3> There are multiple implementation methods for the update. In one optional implementation method, the unique battery identifier corresponding to the updated destination bin received manually input is the unique battery identifier bound to the initial bin. In another implementation method, the unique battery identifier bound to the initial bin (including the first battery bin) is directly used to update the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin.

[0101] In this embodiment, if the unique battery identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is inconsistent with the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin, they are updated to be consistent and charging is continued. In this way, the incorrect unique battery identifier is modified in a timely manner to avoid the loss of the unique battery identifier due to an error, thereby ensuring the subsequent effective management and tracking of the charging flow of the low-power battery.

[0102] Figure 3 The figure shows a schematic diagram of the battery charging and swapping management method including the generation of swapping records in an embodiment of the present application.

[0103] Combination Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, before the above step 170, the above method further includes: step 160, if it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, then when the fully-charged battery is replaced, a replacement record is generated according to the battery unique identifier; wherein the battery unique identifier in the replacement record and the position number of the replacement position where the fully-charged battery is located are associated and bound with the first position record. The replacement position refers to the position used to replace the battery of a fully-charged vehicle from the battery position of the battery replacement station.

[0104] It should be noted that a fully charged battery refers to a fully charged battery of a depleted battery. The corresponding vehicle for which the fully charged battery is replaced may include but is not limited to the vehicle for which the battery is replaced or other vehicles other than the vehicle for which the battery is replaced that need to replace the depleted battery.

[0105] In this embodiment, the fully charged battery is out of the warehouse, and the fully charged battery ends its circulation, thus ending the tracking of the low-charged battery. In this way, the replacement of the low-charged battery can be identified in a timely manner, so as to determine the end node of the battery record, and the turnover track of all warehouses corresponding to the process of all batteries from replacement to transfer to the final replacement can be recorded, so as to realize the full life cycle management of the battery circulation.

[0106] In some application examples, the battery swap station compares and calculates the SOC value of the remaining power when the battery is swapped in with the SOC value of the power after it is fully charged. The difference is the charge amount of the battery after it is swapped in the battery compartment, which is used to settle the electricity price with the driver.

[0107] In the related art, when a battery is replaced in a battery compartment, it is randomly placed in any empty compartment. Later, due to equipment maintenance and battery scheduling, the battery needs to be moved to other empty compartments. For example, the control system controls the battery to be transferred from compartment 1 to another empty compartment, such as compartment 2. In extreme cases, there will be a situation where the battery continues to move, such as continuing to move the battery from compartment 2 to the idle compartment 3. At this time, the battery will generate different data records when charged in different compartments. These data records cannot be linked together through a complete clue, and the entire process of battery circulation cannot be tracked, resulting in the inability to achieve full life cycle management of the battery in the warehouse.

[0108] For example, a low-power battery is swapped from the vehicle to the battery compartment. The first time it is placed in compartment No. 1, the low-power battery starts charging, generating one charging record; later, due to a malfunction of the charger in compartment No. 1, the system moves the battery to the idle compartment No. 2. At this time, the low-power battery starts charging, generating another charging record; and so on, the low-power battery may generate multiple charging records through multiple moves. All these charging records must be associated with the vehicle being swapped, and the user will be charged by accumulating the charging amount of multiple charging records. If the battery's trajectory during the move cannot be accurately tracked, the charging record after the battery is moved will be lost, and it cannot be accurately and automatically bound to the vehicle being swapped, resulting in undercounting of part of the charging amount during billing, causing certain losses to the operation of the battery swap station.

[0109] In order to solve the above technical problem that causes certain losses to the operation of the battery swap station, the battery charging and swap management method provided in the embodiment of the present application tracks and manages the battery records of all charging flows of the low-power battery, thereby avoiding missing part of the charging amount during billing, thereby reducing the loss of the operation of the battery swap station. See below for detailed description.

[0110] Figure 4 Shown is a schematic diagram of the battery charging and swapping management method including charging settlement in an embodiment of the present application.

[0111] Combination Figure 2 and Figure 4 As shown, after the above step 170, the above method also includes: step 190, generating a charging bill associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on all charging records of the low-power battery associated and bound to the vehicle unique identifier; wherein the charging bill is used for the vehicle to perform charging settlement based on the charging bill.

[0112] In this paper, at least one of the following optional implementations can be used to implement charging settlement of the vehicle in the above step 190 according to the charging bill:

[0113] In an optional implementation, a charging bill is sent to the vehicle so that the vehicle performs charging settlement according to the charging bill.

[0114] In another optional implementation, an instruction is received for the vehicle to extract a charging bill, so that the vehicle performs charging settlement according to the charging bill.

[0115] In the embodiment of the present application, by accurately recording and tracking the movement trajectory of the replaced battery in the battery compartment, and recording the complete trajectory of all battery processes from replacement to movement, and then to the final replacement, the entire life cycle tracking of the battery can be achieved, and at the same time, all the data of the battery can be bound to the vehicle used in this battery replacement, thereby facilitating the business operations of the battery replacement station.

[0116] At the same time, it improves the accuracy and completeness of battery management tracking and related settlement business throughout the life cycle. This can effectively avoid the reduction of business settlement amount caused by the inability to track battery charging records, which is of promotion and replication significance, and has a high cost-effectiveness ratio. In addition, it can achieve complete association and logical binding of battery replacement records, all warehouse transfer records, and charging records, and track the circulation and charging of batteries in real time, so as to realize the full process supervision of battery assets in the battery warehouse.

[0117] Figure 5 Shown Figure 2 The schematic diagram of the battery charging and swapping management method shown is a schematic diagram of the entire battery swapping process in which a battery swapping station automatically rotates battery compartments. Figure 6a Shown Figure 5 The schematic diagram of the initial state of the battery compartment layout before the battery replacement process is shown. Figure 6b Shown Figure 5 The diagram shows the battery compartment layout in which the depleted battery is replaced into the corresponding compartment No. 2 during the entire battery replacement process. Figure 6c Shown Figure 5 The diagram shows the battery compartment layout in which the depleted battery is replaced into the corresponding compartment No. 4 during the entire battery replacement process. Figure 6d Shown Figure 5 The diagram shows the layout of the battery compartment corresponding to the vehicle during the entire battery replacement process, in which the depleted battery is swapped out from compartment No. 4.

[0118] Combination Figure 5 As shown, Figure 6a , Figure 6b , Figure 6c and Figure 6d Before the battery replacement begins, the batteries are randomly distributed in the battery compartment, including:

[0119] The battery compartments 1 to 8 are used to place the replaced low-power batteries. Among them, compartments 1 and 7 already have batteries and are not involved in this battery replacement and transfer. Compartments 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 are empty and can be used to place replaced batteries and transfer.

[0120] There is 1 vehicle in the battery swap channel, and there is 1 low-power battery in the vehicle participating in this battery swap.

[0121] The normal battery replacement process is as follows: a low-power battery on the vehicle is first placed in an empty compartment in the battery compartment (such as compartment 2, compartment 3, compartment 4, compartment 5, compartment 6 and compartment 8), and then the battery can be moved to the empty compartment.

[0122] like Figure 6a The low-power battery swap shown in the figure: put the low-power battery on the vehicle into the idle No. 2 bin, and generate a swap record (unique code), record the low-power battery swapped from the vehicle, the bin number (No. 2 bin) where the low-power battery is placed, and save the historical database. The swap record is as shown in Table 1:

[0123] Table 1 contains the battery replacement records of the first storage location

[0124]

[0125] For example, when the battery swap is completed, the system records a battery swap record, and the record number is 120240711004415, which is used to indicate that this battery swap record is unique. The license plate information of the vehicle for this battery swap is: Jin DxxxxxxD, the battery on the vehicle is: 122222340129, and the slot number of the battery compartment is: 2.

[0126] like Figure 6b The charging of the low-power battery shown: After the low-power battery is replaced in the No. 2 compartment, charging is started randomly, and a charging record (unique code) is generated. The charging record is associated and bound to the first step replacement record. The charging record shown includes the first charging record, which is shown in Table 2 below:

[0127] Table 2 First charging record

[0128]

[0129] The replaced battery starts charging in the No. 2 compartment. The charging record includes the charging record number, which is used to indicate that this charging record is unique. The compartment number of the first battery compartment is 2, the battery number is: 122222340129, the SOC (capacity) at the start of charging is: 4, and the SOC (capacity) at the end of charging is: 80.

[0130] like Figure 6cAs shown, the battery with low power is moved: when the battery compartment (compartment 2) where the low power battery is located fails, the low power battery is moved to another battery compartment without failure (compartment 4), and a transfer record (unique code) is generated, which is associated and bound to the first step of the replacement record. The above transfer record includes the second bin record, and the second bin record is as shown in Table 3 or Table 4 below:

[0131] Table 3 The second bin record, and the battery number of the destination bin is correct

[0132]

[0133] Subsequently, the battery underwent a warehouse move, and the warehouse move record included a warehouse move record number, which is used to indicate that the warehouse move record is unique. The warehouse position number of the initial warehouse is 2. The battery number of the initial warehouse (initial warehouse charger feedback): 122222340129, the warehouse position number of the destination warehouse: 4, the battery number of the destination warehouse (destination warehouse charger feedback): 122222340129. Among them, the warehouse move process requires manual input of the initial warehouse and the destination warehouse, for example, moving from 2 to 4 (the system can also automatically detect the charging battery number, associate it with the latest charging data in the previous charging data, and determine the starting warehouse and the destination warehouse of the move. The same is true for other warehouse move actions, which will not be repeated here.

[0134] Table 4 The second bin record, and the battery number of the destination bin is garbled

[0135]

[0136] Charging of low-power batteries: After the low-power batteries are moved into the No. 4 warehouse, charging is started randomly, and a charging record (unique code) is generated. The charging record is associated and bound to the first step of the replacement record. The charging record includes the second charging record. The second charging record is as follows in Table 5:

[0137] Table 5 Second charging record

[0138]

[0139] The swapped-in battery starts charging in the No. 4 bin, and the charging record includes a charging record number, which is used to indicate that the second charging record is unique. The bin number of the swapped-out bin is No. 4, the battery number is: 122222340129, the SOC (capacity) at the start of charging is: 80, and the SOC (capacity) at the end of charging is: 100.

[0140] like Figure 6d The fully charged battery is swapped out: When the depleted battery is fully charged, the depleted battery is swapped out from the No. 4 compartment to the vehicle, and a swap-out record (unique code) is generated. The swap-out record is further associated and bound to the first step swap-in record. The swap-out record is shown in Table 6 below:

[0141] Table 6 Swap-out records

[0142]

[0143] The swapped battery is charged in the No. 4 warehouse, and the swap record includes the swap record number. The swap record number is used to indicate that the swap process is unique. The swapped vehicle information: Jin DXXXXD, the swap warehouse position number 4, the battery number: 122222340129.

[0144] This application can achieve complete association and logical binding of deflated batteries from replacement records, replacement records, all warehouse transfer records, and charging records, and real-time tracking of deflated batteries' circulation, charging, etc., to achieve full-process supervision of deflated battery assets.

[0145] Based on the same application concept as the above method, the present application embodiment also proposes a battery charging and swapping management device, such as Figure 7 As shown, the device may include the following modules:

[0146] The information acquisition module 31 is used to obtain the vehicle unique identification of the vehicle and the battery unique identification of the low-power battery based on the received battery replacement request of the vehicle; the battery unique identification is bound to the vehicle unique identification;

[0147] A swap-in compartment determination module 32 is used to determine a swap-in compartment for charging a battery from the idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station;

[0148] The battery charging module 33 is used to generate a battery record when the low-power battery is charged in the current replacement warehouse; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the current replacement warehouse in the charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier respectively;

[0149] The charging record management module 34 is used to obtain all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier if it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power; wherein all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

[0150] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned device also includes: a charging bill generation module, which is used to generate a charging bill associated with the vehicle's unique identifier based on all charging records of the deflated battery associated with the vehicle's unique identifier after obtaining the deflated battery's associated with the vehicle's unique identifier based on the vehicle's unique identifier; wherein the charging bill is used for the vehicle to perform charging settlement based on the charging bill.

[0151] In some embodiments, the above device further includes: a battery transfer module, which is used to determine the current replacement compartment as the destination compartment from other idle and available battery compartments when a low-power battery needs to be replaced with a battery compartment for charging; wherein the other idle and available battery compartments are other battery compartments of the battery swap station except the initial compartment used before the current change; the initial compartment includes the first battery compartment;

[0152] A battery replacement module, used to generate a second bin record when a low-power battery is replaced in a destination bin;

[0153] The second bin record includes the bin number of the initial bin, the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the initial bin, the bin number of the destination bin, and the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the destination bin.

[0154] In some embodiments, the above device further includes: a judgment module, which is used to judge whether the battery unique identifier corresponding to the initial warehouse in the second warehouse record is consistent with the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination warehouse after generating the second warehouse record;

[0155] The second charging record generation module is used to generate a second charging record based on the battery unique identifier if they are consistent, when the depleted battery is charged in the destination warehouse; wherein the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier through the warehouse number of the destination warehouse; or, the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the charging record corresponding to the battery warehouse where the depleted battery is first replaced through the warehouse number of the destination warehouse.

[0156] The update module is used to update the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination warehouse to the battery unique identifier bound to the initial warehouse if there is any inconsistency; and the second charging record generation module is used to generate a second charging record based on the battery unique identifier when the low-power battery uses the destination warehouse for charging.

[0157] In some embodiments, the above-mentioned device also includes: a battery replacement module, which is used to generate a replacement record based on the battery unique identifier when the fully charged battery is replaced, if it is detected that the low-charge battery is charged to full power before obtaining all charging records of the low-charge battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on the vehicle unique identifier; wherein the replacement record is associated and bound to the first bin record by associating the battery unique identifier and the bin number of the replacement bin where the fully charged battery is located.

[0158] Figure 8 Shown Figure 7 The schematic diagram of the structure of the modules included in the battery charging and swapping management device shown.

[0159] like Figure 8As shown, the above-mentioned battery replacement module is specifically used for the system to replace the deflated battery on the vehicle into the battery compartment through the battery replacement module and generate a replacement record (unique code), recording the SN (Serial Number) of the battery replaced from the vehicle, the position number (also called the initial compartment) of the battery compartment where the deflated battery is replaced, and save the historical database.

[0160] The above-mentioned battery charging module is specifically used to automatically charge the battery after the replaced deflated battery is placed in the battery compartment, and generate a charging record (unique code). The charging record is bound to the first step replacement record through the SN of the deflated battery and the position number of the battery compartment where the deflated battery is replaced.

[0161] The battery transfer module is specifically used to transfer the low-power battery to another battery compartment without fault (destination compartment) when the battery compartment (initial compartment) where the low-power battery is located fails, and generate a transfer record (unique code). The transfer record is bound to the first step replacement record by associating the low-power battery SN and the battery compartment position number.

[0162] The above-mentioned battery charging module is specifically used when the deflated battery is transferred to a new battery warehouse (also called the destination warehouse). If the deflated battery is not fully charged, the battery charging module continues to charge the deflated battery and generates a new charging record (unique code). The charging record is further associated and bound to the first step replacement record through the SN of the deflated battery and the warehouse number of the destination warehouse.

[0163] The battery swap module is specifically used to swap the fully charged battery to the vehicle through the battery swap module when the depleted battery is fully charged, and generate a swap record (unique code), which is further associated and bound to the first step swap record through the depleted battery SN and the storage bin number of the swap bin. Through the battery swap module, the fully charged battery is shipped out of the storage bin, and the depleted battery is finished in circulation.

[0164] A battery charging and swapping management device provided in an embodiment of the present application is used to implement the above-mentioned battery charging and swapping management method.

[0165] A battery charging and swapping management system provided in an embodiment of the present application includes the above-mentioned battery charging and swapping management device.

[0166] An electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application includes the above-mentioned battery charging and replacement management device.

[0167] The battery charging and swapping management method of the embodiment of the present application is applied to electronic devices. The above-mentioned electronic devices can be mobile terminals and PC (Personal Computer) terminal devices. Among them, PC terminal devices can include but are not limited to desktop computers, tablet computers or laptop computers. Any electronic device that can implement the embodiment of the present application belongs to the scope of protection of this application and is not limited here.

[0168] An interface for inputting information is set on a web page or an APP (application) page of a PC terminal device. In this way, the displayed interface for inputting information is used to fill in information to obtain user demand information to achieve the user's purpose.

[0169] The implementation process of the functions and effects of each module in the above-mentioned device is specifically described in the implementation process of the corresponding steps in the above-mentioned method, and the same technical effect can be achieved, which will not be repeated here.

[0170] Fig. 9 Shown is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device 50 provided in an embodiment of the present application.

[0171] like Fig. 9 As shown, the electronic device 50 includes one or more processors 51 for implementing the battery charging and replacement management method as described above.

[0172] In some embodiments, the electronic device 50 may include a storage medium 59. For example, the computer-readable storage medium may store a program that can be called by the processor 51, and may include a non-volatile storage medium. In some embodiments, the electronic device 50 may include a memory 58 and an interface 57. In some embodiments, the electronic device 50 may also include other hardware according to actual applications.

[0173] The computer-readable storage medium of an embodiment of the present application stores a program thereon, which, when executed by the processor 51, is used to implement the battery charging and swapping management method described above.

[0174] The present application provides a computer program product, comprising a computer program / instruction, which implements any of the above methods when executed by a processor.

[0175] The present application also provides a computer program, which is stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as Fig. 9 The computer program is stored in the storage medium 59, and when the processor executes the computer program, it causes the processor 51 to execute the method described above.

[0176] The present application may take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-readable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) containing program code. Computer-readable storage media include permanent and non-permanent, removable and non-removable media, and information storage can be implemented by any method or technology. Information can be computer-readable instructions, data structures, modules of programs, or other data. Examples of computer-readable storage media include but are not limited to: phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, read-only compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device.

[0177] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first", "second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0178] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of this specification and is not intended to limit this specification. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of this specification should be included in the scope of protection of this specification.

[0179] It should also be noted that the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, commodity or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, commodity or device. In the absence of more restrictions, the phrase "includes a ..." defines an element, and does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, commodity or device including the element.

Claims

1. A battery charging and replacement management method, characterized in that: include: Based on the received battery replacement request of the vehicle, obtaining the vehicle unique identification of the vehicle and the battery unique identification of the low-power battery; The battery unique identifier is bound to the vehicle unique identifier; Determine the swap-in compartment for charging the swapped-in battery from the idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station; When the depleted battery is charged using the warehouse this time, a battery record is generated; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the warehouse this time in the charging record is associated and bound with the unique identification of the battery and the unique identification of the vehicle respectively; If it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier are obtained based on the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier; all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

2. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The currently replaced battery compartment includes a first battery compartment replaced for the first time; the first battery compartment is a battery compartment determined from the idle and available battery compartments for first replacing the depleted battery; The generating of a battery record when the low-power battery uses the replaced warehouse for charging includes: generating a first charging record when the low-power battery uses the first battery warehouse for charging; wherein the warehouse number of the first battery warehouse in the first charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier respectively; and / or, After obtaining all charging records of the deflated battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on the vehicle unique identifier, the method further includes: generating a charging bill associated with the vehicle unique identifier based on all charging records of the deflated battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier; wherein the charging bill is used for the vehicle to perform charging settlement based on the charging bill.

3. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The battery record includes a bin record; When the low-power battery is charged using the warehouse replaced this time, a battery record is generated, including: When the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, a storage location record of the replacement compartment is generated; Among them, the warehouse location record of the current replacement warehouse is used to record the information corresponding to the warehouse location number of the current replacement warehouse, and the battery unique identifier in the warehouse location record is associated and bound with the vehicle unique identifier of the vehicle.

4. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 3, characterized in that: The currently replaced compartment includes the first battery compartment replaced for the first time; When the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, a storage location record of the replacement compartment is generated, including: When the low-power battery is replaced into the first battery compartment, generating a first compartment record; Among them, the first bin record is used to record the information corresponding to the bin number of the first battery bin.

5. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 4, characterized in that: Before obtaining all charging records of the low-power battery associated with and bound to the vehicle unique identifier based on the vehicle unique identifier, the method further includes: If it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power, then when the fully-charged battery is replaced, a replacement record is generated according to the unique identification of the battery; The unique identification of the battery in the swap-out record and the location number of the swap-out location where the fully charged battery is located are associated and bound with the first location record.

6. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 3, characterized in that: When the low-power battery is replaced into the idle and available battery compartment, generating a storage location record of the replacement compartment includes: In the case where the low-power battery needs to be replaced in a battery compartment for charging, the compartment to be replaced this time is determined as the destination compartment from other idle and available battery compartments; wherein the other idle and available battery compartments are other battery compartments of the battery swap station except the initial compartment used before this change; the initial compartment includes the first battery compartment; When the low-power battery is replaced into the destination bin, a second bin location record is generated; The second bin record includes the bin number of the initial bin, the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the initial bin, the bin number of the destination bin, and the unique identifier of the battery corresponding to the destination bin.

7. The battery charging and replacement management method according to claim 6, characterized in that: After generating the second bin record, the method further includes: Determine whether the unique battery identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the unique battery identifier corresponding to the destination bin; If they are consistent, then when the low-power battery uses the destination warehouse for charging, a second charging record is generated according to the unique battery identifier; Among them, the bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier; or, the bin number of the destination bin in the second charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the charging record corresponding to the first battery bin where the depleted battery is first replaced.

8. The battery charging and replacing management method according to claim 7, characterized in that: After determining whether the battery unique identifier corresponding to the initial bin in the second bin record is consistent with the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination bin, the method further includes: If they are inconsistent, the battery unique identifier corresponding to the destination warehouse is updated to the battery unique identifier bound to the initial warehouse; and when the depleted battery is charged using the destination warehouse, a second charging record is generated based on the battery unique identifier.

9. A battery charging and replacement management device, characterized in that: include: An information acquisition module, used to obtain a unique vehicle identifier of the vehicle and a unique battery identifier of a low-power battery based on a received battery replacement request of the vehicle; The battery unique identifier is bound to the vehicle unique identifier; A swap-in compartment determination module, used to determine a swap-in compartment for battery charging from idle and available battery compartments of the battery swap station; A battery charging module, used for generating a battery record when the low-power battery is charged in the current replacement warehouse; the battery record includes a charging record; the warehouse number of the current replacement warehouse in the charging record is associated and bound with the battery unique identifier and the vehicle unique identifier respectively; A charging record management module is used to obtain all charging records of the low-power battery associated with the vehicle unique identifier and the battery unique identifier if it is detected that the low-power battery is charged to full power; wherein all charging records are used to manage the charging process of the low-power battery.

10. An electronic device, characterized in that: It includes one or more processors for implementing the battery charging and swapping management method as described in any one of claims 1-8.

11. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: A program is stored thereon, and when the program is executed by a processor, the battery charging and swapping management method as described in any one of claims 1-8 is implemented.

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