Replacement Battery Authentication for Safe Embedded Battery Repair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Lithium-ion batteries pose safety risks if not handled properly, and existing technologies face challenges in authenticating and ensuring the compatibility of replacement batteries, leading to potential performance and safety issues.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method for right-to-repair battery replacement that includes detecting and authenticating replacement batteries through image recognition, using a server to verify compatibility, and monitoring battery health via a subscription-based service, ensuring safe installation and usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If battery authentication systems are implemented to ensure correct battery usage, then safety and reliability are improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to multiple authentication steps and server communications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs battery authentication in advance by capturing images of the battery and device identification codes, communicating with the server to verify compatibility, and obtaining authentication results before the battery is physically installed. This preliminary verification ensures safety while simplifying the actual installation process, as the complex authentication steps are completed beforehand rather than during installation.
2Reliability
If multiple authentication and verification steps are required for battery replacement, then reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to increased user effort and time required
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs image capture, server communication, and authentication verification before physical battery installation. The user only needs to capture images and wait for automated verification, rather than manually checking compatibility or performing complex authentication steps during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically captures images of identification codes, communicates with the server to verify compatibility, and provides authentication results without requiring manual user intervention for each verification step. The process is self-serve in that the system handles the complex authentication logic automatically.
3Measurement precision
If image recognition and server verification are used to authenticate replacement batteries, then manufacturing precision and measurement precision are improved, but loss of time increases due to additional verification steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual battery identification and compatibility checking with automated image recognition technology. The system captures images of battery and device identification codes, uses optical character recognition to extract information, and automatically communicates with the server to verify compatibility, eliminating manual verification steps and reducing time loss.
Data Source
AI summary
The present document describes techniques associated with right-to-repair battery-replacement methodologies and applications thereof. These techniques include detecting a replacement battery in an electronic device (a new battery or the same battery reinstalled), authenticating the replacement battery, and monitoring battery characterization and health of the replacement battery. Using these techniques fulfills sustainability and right-to-repair options, aligning with customer rights and government regulations. Further, these techniques enable replacement of an embedded battery in a user's device and detection that the replacement battery was installed and is safe for use by the device. A battery health monitor may be implemented on the device to monitor the health of the replacement battery. In some aspects, the battery health monitor may be a subscription-based service implemented via an application executed on the device or via a system-level application.