Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a battery cell temperature includes a memory that stores a program instruction, a processor that executes the program instruction, and a plurality of first temperature sensors that detects whether temperatures of all or some of a plurality of battery cells exceed a threshold temperature. The first temperature sensor may correspond to an individual battery cell included in all or some of the plurality of battery cells in an N:1 relationship, where N may be a natural number greater than or equal to 1 and represent a number of the first temperature sensor, and 1 represents a number of individual batteries. The processor may collect data related to the temperatures of all or some of the plurality of battery cells based on detecting whether a temperature of the individual battery cell exceeds the threshold temperature through at least one of the plurality of first temperature sensors.

Abstract: An apparatus for managing a battery includes a voltage sensor that measures a voltage of a battery cell mounted on a vehicle, and a processor that determines a short circuit risk of the battery cell.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a control circuit configured to determine an internal resistance value for each of one or more battery cells included in a battery pack by using a current change amount of the battery pack and a voltage change amount of the one or more battery cells, and diagnose defects in the one or more battery cells by using internal resistance values of the one or more battery cells, in response to charging the battery pack, where the control circuit is configured to determine the current change amount of the battery pack and the voltage change amount of the one or more battery cells based on a current change request time point requiring a charging current change based on a voltage of the battery pack reaching a predetermined voltage during the charge of the battery pack.

Abstract: In an apparatus for correcting a voltage of a battery cell and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a voltage sensor configured for measuring voltages of a plurality of battery cells, and a controller which is configured for determining an amount of voltage change of each battery cell corresponding to a preset discharge current, detects target battery cells whose identification numbers have preset intervals while the amount of voltage change does not exceed a threshold value, and corrects the amount of voltage change of each target battery cell.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a voltage sensor configured to measure a voltage of one or more battery cells, a control circuit configured to diagnose a defect in the one or more battery cells by determining a voltage change amount of the one or more battery cells using the voltage of the one or more battery cells measured by the voltage sensor, and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to obtain a voltage for each battery cell by sequentially measuring the one or more battery cells, and to perform first voltage measurement on the one or more battery cells in a forward chronological order and to perform second voltage measurement on the one or more battery cells in a reverse chronological order.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a battery of a vehicle includes one or more sensors and a processor, wherein the one or more sensors may obtain a first voltage during a stabilization time of the battery, obtain a minimum voltage measured from a time point when the stabilization time ends to a time point when parking of the vehicle ends as a second voltage of the battery, and detect a temperature of the battery from a time point when the first voltage is obtained to a time point when the second voltage is obtained, and the processor may determine a first discharge amount based on the first voltage and the second voltage, determine a second discharge amount consumed in balancing the battery and operating the one or more sensors, determine a first self-discharge amount and a second self-discharge amount based on the first discharge amount, the second discharge amount, and the temperature, and determine whether a short circuit has occurred in the battery based on the first self-discharge amount and the second self-di

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting soft shorts of a battery cell and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor to measure voltages of a plurality of battery cells, and a controller to determine a slope of a voltage of each battery cell, the deviation of the slope of the voltage for each battery cell, and detect a battery cell, which has the soft shorts, of the plurality of battery cells, based on the slope and the deviation.

Abstract: A battery charging method, including obtaining a voltage capacity ratio for a reference charge C-rate and voltage capacity ratios for N (N an integer of 1 or more) charge C-rates greater than the reference charge C-rate, each of the voltage capacity ratios for the reference charge C-rate and the N charge C-rates being defined as a ratio of a voltage variance to a capacity variance depending on a change in state of charge (SOC) of a battery when the battery is charged at a corresponding one of the C-rates, comparing the voltage capacity ratio of the reference charge C-rate with each of the voltage capacity ratios of the N charge C-rates, and then setting a charge C-rate of the N charge C-rates so that a difference in voltage capacity ratio is minimized for each of SOC sections, and charging the battery with the charge C-rates corresponding to the SOC sections.

Abstract: A battery charging method, including obtaining a voltage capacity ratio for a reference charge C-rate and voltage capacity ratios for N (N an integer of 1 or more) charge C-rates greater than the reference charge C-rate, each of the voltage capacity ratios for the reference charge C-rate and the N charge C-rates being defined as a ratio of a voltage variance to a capacity variance depending on a change in state of charge (SOC) of a battery when the battery is charged at a corresponding one of the C-rates, comparing the voltage capacity ratio of the reference charge C-rate with each of the voltage capacity ratios of the N charge C-rates, and then setting a charge C-rate of the N charge C-rates so that a difference in voltage capacity ratio is minimized for each of SOC sections, and charging the battery with the charge C-rates corresponding to the SOC sections.