Battery Movement Detection With Adaptive Communication Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

During the logistics movement of batteries, impacts on trays or congestion in the logistics movement can damage batteries, leading to performance and quality degradation. Real-time detection of impacts and congestion, along with tracking the battery's location, is essential to prevent such damage.

Innovation Solution

A battery movement detection apparatus comprising a speed sensor, a power supply unit, an environment sensor, a communication unit, and a controller. The apparatus detects speed information, calculates the available power supply limit based on environmental conditions, and adjusts communication periods to ensure reliable data transmission and prevent power supply issues.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If real-time communication is performed to detect battery movement and location, then detection reliability is improved, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection reliabilityVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The communication period is dynamically adjusted based on the available power supply limit. When power is充足, communication occurs more frequently for reliable detection. When power is limited, the communication period increases to reduce consumption. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction between detection reliability and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the communication parameter (communication period) based on power supply conditions. By calculating the available power supply limit and adjusting the communication period accordingly, the system optimizes the balance between detection reliability and power consumption under different operating conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If communication frequency is increased to improve real-time tracking, then location tracking accuracy is improved, but power supply stability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelocation tracking accuracyVSAvoidpower supply stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The communication period is dynamically adjusted based on available power supply limit. When power is充足, more frequent communication provides accurate location tracking. When power is limited, the communication period increases to maintain power supply stability. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between tracking accuracy and power supply stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Manufacturing precision

If environment sensing is performed continuously to calculate available power supply limit, then power management accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower management accuracyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses environment sensors to automatically detect temperature and humidity, calculates the available power supply limit based on these environmental conditions, and adjusts communication parameters accordingly. This self-service approach improves power management accuracy without requiring complex external control systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250062424A1Battery movement detection apparatus and battery monitoring system including the same
Publication Date: 2025.02.20 LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD
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AI summary

Discussed is a battery movement detection apparatus that may include a speed sensor configured to obtain speed information of a tray accommodating a battery, a power supply unit configured to provide a driving power, an environment sensor configured to obtain environment information about a surrounding environment of the battery movement detection apparatus, a communication unit configured to transmit the speed information to a battery position detection apparatus, and a controller configured to calculate an available limit of the power supply unit based on the environment information and control an operation of the communication unit based on the available limit of the power supply unit.