EV Battery Degradation Diagnosis for Charging Logic Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to effectively monitor and manage battery performance degradation in electric vehicles, leading to inefficient charging/discharging control and inaccurate valuation of battery residual value, which hinders the expansion of the electric vehicle market.

Innovation Solution

A battery service providing system that collects and analyzes operation and driving characteristic data from electric vehicles to diagnose battery degradation, optimize charging/discharging control, and provide services such as residual value determination and rental options.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If battery performance monitoring is implemented, then battery degradation can be diagnosed accurately, but system complexity and data management burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery degradation diagnosis accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A remote server acts as an intermediary between multiple electric vehicle control devices and the battery service providing system. The server collects operation information from multiple vehicles, manages the data centrally, and performs unified analysis to diagnose battery degradation. This mediator approach allows accurate monitoring without requiring complex local systems in each vehicle.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The remote server performs multiple functions: collecting operation information from various vehicles, storing data in databases, analyzing battery degradation patterns, and providing diagnostic results. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a single system that serves multiple purposes, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining diagnostic accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If centralized data collection from multiple vehicles is implemented, then battery service optimization is improved, but data management complexity and communication overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery service optimization efficiencyVSAvoiddata communication time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously collects operation information from electric vehicles and maintains ongoing data accumulation in databases. This continuous data collection enables persistent optimization of battery services without requiring repeated full data transmissions, reducing communication overhead while maintaining service optimization efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The remote server creates and manages copies of operation information data in structured databases, allowing efficient storage, retrieval, and analysis of battery performance data. This data copying and centralized management approach enables rapid access to historical data for optimization decisions without requiring continuous real-time communication with all vehicles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12447825B2Battery service providing system and method
Publication Date: 2025.10.21 LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD
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AI summary

A battery service providing system and method, the battery service providing system including a battery service server for collecting diagnostic analysis data including operation characteristic information of a battery and driving characteristic information of an electric vehicle from an electric vehicle control device and providing update information of a charging/discharging control logic of the battery according to the degree of degradation determined from the diagnostic analysis data to the electric vehicle control device, determining a residual value or a usage fee of the battery based on the determined degree of degradation, transmitting the usage fee or the residual value of the battery to an external server, or setting a warranty flag for the battery whose charging and discharging is controlled according to the update information of the charging/discharging control logic.