Patents by Inventor A-Ming Cha

A-Ming Cha has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12117501
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure a first voltage of a battery cell at a first time point and measure a second voltage and a second capacity of the battery cell at a second time point later than the first time point, and a control unit configured to calculate a voltage deviation between the first voltage and the second voltage, calculate a capacity deviation between a first capacity corresponding to the first voltage and the second capacity, determine a positive electrode side reaction factor and a negative electrode side reaction factor for the battery cell based on the voltage deviation and the capacity deviation, and judge the type of a side reaction of the battery cell based on the positive electrode side reaction factor and the negative electrode side reaction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae, Kyung-Hwa Woo
  • Patent number: 12092681
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes an EIS unit configured to output an AC current to a battery at a plurality of times and generate an EIS profile representing a resistance of the battery as a corresponding relationship between a real part and an imaginary part at each of the plurality of times, and a control unit configured to obtain the plurality of EIS profiles for the battery generated by the EIS unit, determine a plurality of arcs in each of the plurality of EIS profiles, calculate an arc resistance value for each of the plurality of determined arcs, calculate a resistance change rate for the arc resistance value between corresponding arcs among the plurality of arcs, and determine each of the plurality of arcs as a negative electrode-originated arc or a positive electrode-originated arc based on the plurality of calculated resistance change rates and a preset criterion change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Patent number: 12007449
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus, battery management method and battery pack that detects feature points of each of a first differential capacity curve acquired by charging the battery with a first constant current, a second differential capacity curve acquired by discharging the battery with the first constant current, a third differential capacity curve acquired by charging the battery with a second constant current and a fourth differential capacity curve acquired by discharging the battery with the second constant current, and determines degradation information of the battery based on voltage values of the feature points detected from each differential capacity curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Patent number: 11959972
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure voltage and temperature of a battery, an ohmic resistance determining unit configured to determine an ohmic resistance of the battery based on an impedance profile generated for the battery, and a control unit configured to calculate a voltage change amount by comparing the voltage of the battery measured by the measuring unit with a reference voltage, calculate a resistance change rate by comparing the ohmic resistance determined by the ohmic resistance determining unit with a reference resistance, judge an internal gas generation level of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated resistance change rate and a criterion resistance change rate, and judge an internal gas generation cause of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated voltage change amount and a criterion voltage change amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Woo, Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Patent number: 11929472
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure discharge capacity and temperature of a battery, an ohmic resistance determining unit configured to determine an ohmic resistance of the battery based on an impedance profile generated for the battery, and a control unit configured to calculate a capacity change rate by comparing the discharge capacity of the battery measured by the measuring unit with a reference capacity, calculate a resistance change rate by comparing the ohmic resistance determined by the ohmic resistance determining unit with a reference resistance, judge an internal gas generation level of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated resistance change rate and a criterion resistance change rate, and judge an internal gas generation cause of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated capacity change rate and a criterion capacity change rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Woo, Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20240061050
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method and battery pack for determining a degradation degree of a battery. The apparatus generates first sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery while the battery is charged with a first constant current. The apparatus generates second sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery for a second period during which the battery is discharged with a second constant current. The apparatus determines a first differential capacity curve based on the first sensing information and a second differential capacity curve based on the second sensing information. The apparatus is configured to determine the degradation degree of the battery based on a voltage value of a first charge feature point of the first differential capacity curve and a voltage value of a first discharge feature point of the second differential capacity curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: A-Ming CHA, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Publication number: 20240044995
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus including a processor and memory having programmed thereon instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the processor to generate a differential profile for a battery profile representing a corresponding relationship between voltage and capacity of a battery; determine a criterion peak and a target peak in the differential profile, and diagnose a state of the battery based on a result of comparing a differential value of the criterion peak and a differential value of the target peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Patent number: 11852688
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method and battery pack for determining a degradation degree of a battery. The apparatus generates first sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery while the battery is charged with a first constant current. The apparatus generates second sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery for a second period during which the battery is discharged with a second constant current. The apparatus determines a first differential capacity curve based on the first sensing information and a second differential capacity curve based on the second sensing information. The apparatus is configured to determine the degradation degree of the battery based on a voltage value of a first charge feature point of the first differential capacity curve and a voltage value of a first discharge feature point of the second differential capacity curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Publication number: 20230393214
    Abstract: A battery classification apparatus includes: a measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery and measure a resistance corresponding to the voltage of the battery; a profile generating unit configured to obtain battery information about the voltage and the resistance of the battery measured by the measuring unit and generate a resistance profile representing a corresponding relationship between the voltage and the resistance based on the battery information; and a control unit configured to determine a criterion resistance based on a resistance value in the resistance profile, determine a reference resistance corresponding to a highest voltage in the resistance profile, and classify a type of the battery based on the criterion resistance and the reference resistance according to a content of nickel contained in the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Patent number: 11824395
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus for providing more specific information about degradation of a battery cell and changing a control condition according to a degradation pattern of the battery cell. Since not only the degradation degree of the battery cell but also the degradation pattern of the battery cell is estimated, the present state of the battery cell may be more accurately estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230314515
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to generate a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between a voltage of a battery and a differential capacity for the voltage of the battery and a control unit configured to receive the differential profile from the profile generating unit, determine a target peak in the differential profile, determine a behavior pattern of the target peak based on a reference peak included in a preset reference profile, and diagnose a state of a negative electrode of the battery by comparing the behavior pattern determined for the target peak with a plurality of preset behavior types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha, Kyung-Hwa Woo, Hee-Seok Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230280403
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus and method performs appropriate control to increase the lifespan of a battery cell by judging whether degradation of the battery cell is accelerated. Since both the voltage change pattern and the differential capacity change pattern between the plurality of peaks included in the plurality of differential profiles are considered, there is an advantage that it is possible to accurately determine whether the state of the battery cell is in a degradation accelerated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Seok Jeong, Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230273263
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus includes: an ohmic resistance determining unit configured to determine an ohmic resistance of a battery cell in each of a plurality of impedance profiles generated at different time points for the battery cell, a resistance change rate calculating unit configured to calculate a resistance change rate between the plurality of determined ohmic resistances, a gas generation level determining unit configured to determine an internal gas generation level of the battery cell based on the calculated resistance change rate, and a state diagnosing unit configured to diagnose a state of the battery cell according to the determined internal gas generation level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, Kyung-Hwa Woo, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230275449
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to obtain a battery profile representing a correspondence between voltage and SOC of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a correspondence between the SOC and a differential voltage of the SOC based on the obtained battery profile, and a control unit configured to receive the differential profile from the profile generating unit, calculate a degree of association between the differential profile and a preset criterion profile, and judge a type of a negative electrode of the battery based on the calculated degree of association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae
  • Publication number: 20230191942
    Abstract: A battery management system includes a sensor to sense voltage and current of a battery, memory to store over-potential management information including reference peak and reference peak voltage values, and a controller to command constant-current charging using a maximum allowable C-rate to a charging circuit when the reference peak value is equal to or larger than a threshold peak value, in response to a charge request, determine a differential capacity curve indicating a correlation between the voltage and differential capacity of the battery within a range based on the sensed voltage and current during the charging, determine main peak and main peak voltage values indicating differential capacity and voltage of a peak of the differential capacity curve, respectively. and update the reference peak and reference peak voltage values to equal the main peak and main peak voltage values, when the main peak value is less than the threshold peak value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ming Cha, Yoon-Jung Bae, Dae-Soo Kim, Bo-Mi Lim, Hyun-Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20230198038
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure discharge capacity and temperature of a battery, an ohmic resistance determining unit configured to determine an ohmic resistance of the battery based on an impedance profile generated for the battery, and a control unit configured to calculate a capacity change rate by comparing the discharge capacity of the battery measured by the measuring unit with a reference capacity, calculate a resistance change rate by comparing the ohmic resistance determined by the ohmic resistance determining unit with a reference resistance, judge an internal gas generation level of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated resistance change rate and a criterion resistance change rate, and judge an internal gas generation cause of the battery by comparing magnitudes of the calculated capacity change rate and a criterion capacity change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hwa Woo, Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230184843
    Abstract: A battery classification apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to obtain battery information about capacity and voltage of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between the capacity and a differential voltage based on the capacity and the voltage, and a control unit configured to obtain the differential profile from the profile generating unit, detect a plurality of peaks in the obtained differential profile, and classify the battery into any one of a plurality of preset groups based on a plurality of classification conditions preset for the number of the plurality of detected peaks and the differential voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha, Hyun-Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20230179007
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to obtain battery information about capacity and voltage of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between the capacity and a differential voltage based on the capacity and the voltage and a control unit configured to obtain the differential profile from the profile generating unit, detect a plurality of peaks in the obtained differential profile, calculate a degradation degree of the battery based on a capacity corresponding to each of the plurality of detected peaks, and set an upper limit of a charge termination voltage for the battery according to a result of comparing the calculated degradation degree with a preset criterion degradation degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230176128
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus and method capable of preventing lithium plating from occurring in a battery cell by determining an optimal upper limit C-rate corresponding to the battery cell. In particular, since the charging and discharging of the battery cell may be controlled according to the determined upper limit C-rate, it is possible to prevent side reactions from occurring in the battery cell due to charging and discharging according to the high C-rate, and since the degradation of the battery cell may be slowed, the lifespan of the battery cell may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha
  • Publication number: 20230168292
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes an EIS unit configured to output an AC current to a battery at a plurality of times and generate an EIS profile representing a resistance of the battery as a corresponding relationship between a real part and an imaginary part at each of the plurality of times, and a control unit configured to obtain the plurality of EIS profiles for the battery generated by the EIS unit, determine a plurality of arcs in each of the plurality of EIS profiles, calculate an arc resistance value for each of the plurality of determined arcs, calculate a resistance change rate for the arc resistance value between corresponding arcs among the plurality of arcs, and determine each of the plurality of arcs as a negative electrode-originated arc or a positive electrode-originated arc based on the plurality of calculated resistance change rates and a preset criterion change rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jung Bae, A-Ming Cha