Battery Sensor Correction for Aging Measurement Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing battery sensors face challenges in accurately estimating age-related changes and maintaining measurement accuracy due to factors like temperature, usage, and mechanical loads, which are difficult to predict and correct for, especially without pre-aging, leading to increased costs and reduced precision.

Innovation Solution

A method and battery sensor design that utilize a correction value determination device to assess influencing parameters and apply correction factors based on pre-determined rules and value ranges, allowing for continuous adaptation of measurement accuracy without pre-aging, using a combination of detection devices and an evaluation circuit to output corrected battery values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If pre-aging is performed on components before installation, then measurement accuracy is improved, but manufacturing time and cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeasurement accuracyVSAvoidmanufacturing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-determining and storing assignment rules that map influencing parameter values to correction factors before the battery sensor is installed. This allows the system to compensate for aging effects from the start of operation without requiring time-consuming pre-aging processes, thus improving measurement accuracy while avoiding the time and cost penalties of traditional pre-aging methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If pre-aging is performed on components before installation, then measurement accuracy is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeasurement accuracyVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical/physical pre-aging process with an information-based system. Instead of physically stressing components before installation, the system uses detection devices to measure influencing parameters and applies correction factors from stored assignment rules. This substitution eliminates the need for expensive pre-aging equipment and processes while maintaining measurement accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Measurement precision

If components are selected with tight tolerances to minimize total deviation, then measurement accuracy is improved, but manufacturing cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeasurement accuracyVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the approach from selecting components with tight physical tolerances to using parameter-based correction. The system detects influencing parameters (such as temperature, humidity, mechanical stress) and applies correction factors based on these parameters. This allows the use of components with standard tolerances while achieving high measurement accuracy through dynamic compensation, thereby reducing manufacturing costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Device complexity

If aging effects are not compensated for, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement accuracy deteriorates over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice complexityVSAvoidmeasurement accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling the battery sensor to automatically compensate for its own aging effects. The detection devices monitor influencing parameters, and the evaluation circuit automatically applies correction factors from stored assignment rules. This self-compensation mechanism maintains measurement accuracy over time without requiring external calibration or complex additional hardware, achieving a balance between device complexity and measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach significantly improves measurement accuracy by precisely estimating aging changes and reducing manufacturing costs, as the method adapts correction factors in real-time to influencing parameters, ensuring accurate battery parameter monitoring without the need for pre-aging.

Implementation Method 1

an electrical resistance of a measuring resistor of a detection device can be temperature-dependent

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical Resistance: Electrical Resistance

Implementation Method 2

the temperature of the battery, with the battery voltage and the battery current in particular having to be recorded continuously

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTemperature sensing:

Data Source

PatentEP3640652B1Battery sensor and method for operating same
Publication Date: 2023.03.29 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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  • EP3640652B1 patent drawingFigure 3

AI summary

The invention relates to a method for operating a battery sensor (26) and a battery sensor (26) comprising at least one detection device (38, 44, 60) for detecting at least one battery parameter and for outputting a battery value (116) dependent on the battery parameter, an evaluation circuit (42) for determining a corrected battery value (126) from the battery value (116) and a correction value (84), and a correction value determination device (70) for detecting at least one influence value of an influence parameter of the correction value, wherein a pre-determined relationship between the influence parameter (72, 74, 76) and a correction factor (82, 86, 88, 90) is stored in the correction value determination device (70) for at least two value ranges of the influence parameter, wherein the correction value (84) is determined by the following steps: a) detecting at least one influence value of the at least one influence parameter (72, 74, 76),b) Determining the range of values ​​of the influence parameter (72, 74, 76), c) Selecting at least one relationship between the influence parameter (72, 74, 76) and the correction factor (82, 86, 88, 90) corresponding to the range of values, and d) Determining and outputting the correction factor (82, 86, 88, 90) corresponding to the range of values ​​of the influence parameter (72, 74, 76), and e) Determining the correction value (84) with the correction factor (82, 86, 88, 90).