Patents by Inventor Changhui Yang

Changhui Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20260058486
    Abstract: In a deterioration inhibition control system, a data obtainment unit obtains battery data including a voltage and an electric current of a secondary battery. A deterioration estimation unit estimates, based on the battery data of the secondary battery, a rate of decrease in an excess capacity of a positive electrode from an initial excess capacity to a current excess capacity of the positive electrode and a rate of decrease in an excess capacity of a negative electrode from an initial excess capacity to a current excess capacity of the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: CHANGHUI YANG, TAKASHI MATSUDA, TOMOKAZU SADA
  • Patent number: 12517184
    Abstract: An information processing method, by a computer, includes: instructing a charger for charging a battery to: repeat a charge control including a set of charging having a first interval and charging suspension having a second interval; and finish the charge control when a charge amount reaches a predetermined amount; and acquiring operational data indicating a voltage and a charge capacity of the battery at an end time of each second interval of the charge control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sada, Takashi Iida, Changhui Yang, Takashi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12496931
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires charge/discharge information indicating a charge/discharge amount per unit period of a battery having a plurality of cells; acquires first relationship information indicating a relationship between the charge/discharge amount per the unit period and a deterioration degree of the battery; acquires second relationship information indicating a relationship between an elapsed time or the charge/discharge amount, and a voltage difference generated between the plurality of cells; acquires first cost information indicating a first cost generated by deterioration of the battery and second cost information indicating a second cost required for reducing the voltage difference; and determines, on the basis of the charge/discharge information, the first and second relationship information, and the first cost and second information, work timing at which the work in a charge/discharge plan is performed, the work timing being timing at which a sum of the first and second cost satisf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nishikawa, Changhui Yang, Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 12496932
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires power consumption information indicating information corresponding to a power consumption amount per use unit of an electric apparatus driven by a battery; acquires initial capacity information indicating an initial capacity of the battery; calculates a first end of life of the battery on the basis of the power consumption information and the initial capacity information; acquires a second end of life of the battery set according to characteristics of the battery; and outputs a shorter one of the first end of life and the second end of life as a third end of life of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nishikawa, Changhui Yang, Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 12472842
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: acquiring a weight of an electric mobile body; acquiring an amount of power consumption of the mobile body for each of numbers of one or more batteries mounted on the mobile body, the amount of power consumption being calculated based on the number of batteries; calculating a degradation cost of batteries for each of the numbers of the one or more batteries, the degradation cost being calculated based on the amount of power consumption and on the number of batteries; calculating a charging cost for each of the numbers of the one or more batteries, the charging cost being calculated based on the weight; and determining a number of batteries to be actually mounted on the mobile body, in accordance with the degradation cost and the charging cost, and outputting the number of batteries to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Nishikawa, Takashi Iida, Changhui Yang, Masaharu Amaike
  • Publication number: 20250167331
    Abstract: A battery temperature acquirer acquires a measured battery temperature of a battery module in a battery pack installed in an electric vehicle. A target temperature determination unit determines a target temperature of the battery module at the time of arrival at an installation place of a charger to which the electric vehicle is to head. A set value determination unit determines a combination of a set value for regenerative charging, a set value for output suppression, and a set value for a temperature adjustment unit such that the battery temperature becomes closer to the target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Makoto HASHIMOTO, Changhui YANG, Masaharu AMAIKE
  • Publication number: 20250116712
    Abstract: In a battery abnormality detection system, a data acquirer acquires voltage data and current data of each cell of a battery pack having a plurality of cells connected in series or of each parallel cell block of a battery pack having serially connected parallel cell blocks having a plurality of cells connected in parallel. The abnormality detector detects a cell or parallel cell block in an abnormal state on the basis of a relative voltage change amount among the plurality of cells or among the plurality of parallel cell blocks in a constant voltage charging period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke ITAKURA, Changhui YANG, Shinya NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12227101
    Abstract: A charger information holding unit of a management system holds an identification information item and charging efficiencies of a plurality of chargers for charging an electric vehicle, the identification information item and the charging efficiencies being associated with each other. A communication unit of the management system receives an identification information item on a charger from an electric vehicle connected to the charger, via a network. A creating unit of the management system creates a charging plan for the electric vehicle, based on a required charging amount and a target charging termination time. The creating unit of the management system refers to the charger information holding unit and determines a charging efficiency of the charger connected to the electric vehicle, based on the received identification information item, and creates a charging plan with the charging efficiency of the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuda, Changhui Yang
  • Publication number: 20250033516
    Abstract: A predicted distribution creation unit performs statistical processing on use histories of a plurality of battery packs used by being mounted on a moving body and creates a predicted distribution of the use amounts of the plurality of battery packs per day. A charging plan creation unit creates charging plans of the plurality of battery packs prepared for the operation of a target date on the basis of the created predicted distribution of the use amounts of the plurality of battery packs. The charging plan creation unit determines the distribution of charging end SOCs (State Of Charge) of the plurality of battery packs on the basis of the predicted distribution of the use amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tomokazu SADA, Changhui YANG
  • Publication number: 20250028006
    Abstract: A data acquisition unit acquires usage data of a secondary battery and battery information for specifying the type of the secondary battery. A degradation characteristic search unit searches a degradation characteristic database on the basis of the battery information and specifies a degradation characteristic information that includes a storage degradation characteristic, a charging degradation characteristic, and a discharging degradation characteristic of the secondary battery. A degradation state analysis unit estimates a storage degradation amount, a charging degradation amount, and a discharging degradation amount of the secondary battery on the basis of the usage data of the secondary battery and the specified degradation characteristic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Changhui YANG, Takashi MATSUDA
  • Patent number: 12196812
    Abstract: When a use range of an SOC (State Of Charge) of a secondary battery is expanded, the use range of the SOC is expanded by increasing an upper limit value or decreasing a lower limit value of the use range of the SOC. The increasing the upper limit value or decreasing the lower limit value of the use range of the SOC is determined to a side causing a smaller increase in a degradation rate of the secondary battery, based on at least one of a cycle degradation characteristic that defines a cycle degradation rate in accordance with the use range of the SOC and a current rate of the secondary battery and a storage degradation characteristic that defines a storage degradation rate in accordance with the SOC and a temperature of the secondary battery, and a typical use condition of the secondary battery based on a use history of the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhui Yang, Takashi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12071022
    Abstract: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: acquiring an acceleration request for a mobile body that moves using a battery; calculating an output current in the battery based or the acceleration request; calculating a degradation degree of the battery based on the output current; generating an acceleration control instruction in response to the acceleration request in accordance with the degradation degree of the battery; and outputting the generated acceleration control instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaharu Amaike, Changhui Yang, Takashi Iida, Shinya Nishikawa, Takashi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 12071026
    Abstract: Controller determines an output limit value that defines an upper limit of a current or power recommended for suppressing cell deterioration based on a voltage, a current, and a temperature of each cell, and notifies host controller in electric vehicle of the determined output limit value. When electric vehicle climbs a hill, controller calculates a current value or power value to be discharged from power storage unit, the current value or power value being required for electric vehicle to climb the hill at a speed not less than a set minimum speed, while suppressing an amount of deterioration of cells within an allowable range, and when the calculated current value or power value is larger than the output limit value, replaces the output limit value with the calculated current value or power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yamasaki, Changhui Yang, Masaharu Amaike, Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 11975732
    Abstract: An acquisition unit of in-vehicle notification device mounted on electric vehicle acquires a discharge current value discharged from secondary battery in electric vehicle to motor for running in electric vehicle. According to the acquired discharge current value, a notification unit notifies the driver of information indicating an impact of a current driving condition by the driver of electric vehicle on degradation of secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuda, Changhui Yang, Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 11949257
    Abstract: A controller executes an equalization process of equalizing capacities of a plurality of cells, and a cell abnormality determination process of, of detected voltages of the plurality of cells, calculating a voltage difference between a representative voltage based on the detected voltage of at least one cell to be compared and the detected voltage of one cell to be detected at a first time and a second time, and when a difference between the two voltage differences is greater than or equal to a threshold value, determining that the cell to be detected is abnormal. In the case of executing the cell abnormality determination process during the equalization process, the controller provides the detected voltage of a target cell to be subjected to the equalization process with a compensation value corresponding to a voltage change based on energy transfer in the target cell due to the equalization process between the first time and the second time, and calculates the voltage difference at the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11913998
    Abstract: Provided is a controller configured: to calculate, among voltages detected from a plurality of cells, a voltage difference between the voltage detected from one cell of the plurality of cells, the one cell to be detected, and a representative voltage at each of a first time and a second time, the representative voltage based on the voltage detected from at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the at least one cell to be compared; and when a discrepancy between the voltage difference at the first time and the voltage difference at the second time is equal to or more than a threshold, to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the one cell to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Itakura, Changhui Yang, Shinya Nishikawa, Tohru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20240025295
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires power consumption information indicating information corresponding to a power consumption amount per use unit of an electric apparatus driven by a battery; acquires initial capacity information indicating an initial capacity of the battery; calculates a first end of life of the battery on the basis of the power consumption information and the initial capacity information; acquires a second end of life of the battery set according to characteristics of the battery; and outputs a shorter one of the first end of life and the second end of life as a third end of life of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya NISHIKAWA, Changhui YANG, Takashi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20230391221
    Abstract: A path finder sets a plurality of nodes in a state of charge (SOC) zone that is between a target SOC, which is set when a secondary battery provided in an electric moving body is charged, and a present SOC, and sets a plurality of nodes in a chargeable time period that is between a charging start time and a charging end time. A cost assigner refers to at least one of storage degradation characteristics, charge cycle degradation characteristics, or a time-of-use electricity fee table to assign a cost of a degradation amount or an electricity fee to each path between nodes. The path finder finds the charging path that minimizes a total cost of the paths between the nodes. A charging plan creator creates a charging plan based on the charging path found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: TAKASHI MATSUDA, CHANGHUI YANG, TAKASHI IIDA, ATSUYOSHI KITA
  • Publication number: 20230296687
    Abstract: An information processing method, by a computer, includes: instructing a charger for charging a battery to: repeat a charge control including a set of charging having a first interval and charging suspension having a second interval; and finish the charge control when a charge amount reaches a predetermined amount; and acquiring operational data indicating a voltage and a charge capacity of the battery at an end time of each second interval of the charge control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tomokazu SADA, Takashi IIDA, Changhui YANG, Takashi MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230256863
    Abstract: An information processing device acquires charge/discharge information indicating a charge/discharge amount per unit period of a battery having a plurality of cells; acquires first relationship information indicating a relationship between the charge/discharge amount per the unit period and a deterioration degree of the battery; acquires second relationship information indicating a relationship between an elapsed time or the charge/discharge amount, and a voltage difference generated between the plurality of cells; acquires first cost information indicating a first cost generated by deterioration of the battery and second cost information indicating a second cost required for reducing the voltage difference; and determines, on the basis of the charge/discharge information, the first and second relationship information, and the first cost and second information, work timing at which the work in a charge/discharge plan is performed, the work timing being timing at which a sum of the first and second cost satisf
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya NISHIKAWA, Changhui YANG, Takashi IIDA