Universal Battery Management Device for Multi-Model Recognition

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing diversification of battery models and the need to manage batteries of various types within a single system pose challenges for existing battery management devices, which require separate optimization and replacement when battery characteristics change.

Innovation Solution

A system that includes a battery management device connected to a battery information storage device, allowing automatic recognition and optimization of battery management criteria based on the battery's model and characteristic information, enabling efficient operation without the need for separate devices for each battery model.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If different battery management devices are used for various battery models, then battery management criteria can be optimized for each model, but device complexity and system operation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery management optimizationVSAvoidsystem operation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal battery management device that can manage multiple battery models by incorporating a battery information storage device that stores characteristics of various battery models. The management device reads the battery model information, identifies the appropriate model, and applies the corresponding management criteria, thus achieving multi-functionality without requiring separate devices for each battery type.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a battery information storage device as an intermediary between the battery and the management device. This storage device contains battery model information and characteristics, enabling the management device to automatically identify the battery type and select appropriate management parameters without requiring complex hardware configurations or manual settings for different battery models.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If battery management devices are replaced when battery characteristics change, then management criteria can be optimized, but loss of time and operational disruption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanagement criteria optimizationVSAvoiddevice replacement time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent stores battery model information and management criteria in advance in the battery information storage device. When a battery is connected, the management device automatically reads the stored information and configures the appropriate management parameters without requiring device replacement or manual reconfiguration, thus eliminating time loss associated with changing management devices when battery characteristics change.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables the battery management device to dynamically adapt to different battery models by automatically reading battery model information and adjusting management parameters in real-time. This dynamic configuration capability allows the system to handle different battery characteristics without requiring physical device replacement, maintaining continuous operation without interruption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple battery models are managed in a single system, then system versatility improves, but measurement and recognition difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem versatilityVSAvoidbattery characteristic recognition
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a battery information storage device as an intermediary that provides structured battery model information to the management device. This storage device contains organized data about battery characteristics, enabling automatic identification and recognition without requiring complex measurement systems or manual characterization of each battery model.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements an automatic recognition system where the management device reads battery model information from the storage device, identifies the battery model, and uses this feedback information to automatically select and apply the appropriate management criteria. This closed-loop feedback mechanism simplifies the recognition process by using stored information rather than requiring complex real-time measurement and analysis of battery characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP2793309B1System for automatically recognizing battery characteristic, battery information storage device for the same, and method for automatically optimizing battery management device by using the same
Publication Date: 2022.11.02 LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD
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AI summary

A system for automatically recognizing a battery characteristic includes a battery information storage device for storing battery information; and a battery management device is connected to the battery information storage device and configured to battery management standards with reference to the battery information stored in the battery information storage device. In various cases in which a battery model applied to a system changes or various battery models are applied to a single system, the battery management device automatically recognizes characteristics of the different battery models, which allows the battery to be managed according to the optimized management standards suitable for the characteristics of the battery.