Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a power supply system, a power supply control method and a movable platform having the power supply system to solve the above problems.
A power supply system includes a battery pack and a controller electrically connected to the battery pack. The battery pack comprises a plurality of batteries which are connected in series or/and in parallel, each battery comprises an input device for receiving input operation and generating a corresponding input signal, and the input device of any one battery is operated to simultaneously turn on or turn off all the batteries. Wherein, when any one of the batteries generates an input signal, the controller acquires the corresponding input signal and generates a control signal for controlling the plurality of batteries according to the input signal.
Further, if the control signal is a circuit connection control signal, the controller controls the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a corresponding connection state.
Further, if the circuit connection control signal is a series of parallel connection switching control signals, the controller controls the plurality of batteries to be switched between a mutually series connection state and a mutually parallel connection state;
or, if the circuit connection control signal is a parallel-serial connection control signal, the controller controls the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a corresponding parallel-serial connection state;
or, if a parallel-serial connection state has been formed among the plurality of batteries and the circuit connection control signal is a series-parallel switching control signal, the controller switches the parallel-serial connection state among the plurality of batteries to a mutual series connection state or a mutual parallel connection state;
and/or when the plurality of batteries enter the starting-up state from the shutdown state, the controller automatically controls the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a preset series-parallel combination state.
Furthermore, each battery comprises a switch unit and a battery cell, and the switch unit is used for controlling the on-off of the battery cell.
Further, the controller controls the battery generating the input signal to perform corresponding operation according to the input signal.
Further, the respective operations include at least one of: and switching on the switch unit of the battery, switching off the switch unit of the battery, and detecting the state parameter of the battery.
Further, the control signal includes at least one of: the power control method comprises the steps of turning on the power-on control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, turning off the power-off control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, connecting the circuits of the plurality of batteries in a serial-parallel combined state with the power control signals, and adjusting the power control signals of the output powers of the plurality of batteries.
Further, the control signal includes at least one of: the power control method comprises the steps of conducting starting control signals of switch units of the batteries, disconnecting power control signals of the switch units of the batteries, connecting the circuits of the batteries in a serial-parallel combined state with the control signals, and adjusting power control signals of output power of the batteries.
Further, the switch unit adopts any one of a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, a relay, a triode and an insulated gate bipolar transistor.
Further, the input device adopts a key switch or a touch sensor.
Further, the controller is electrically connected to a memory, the memory is used for pre-storing a corresponding relationship table, the corresponding relationship table is used for defining a corresponding relationship table between various input signals and various control signals, and the controller generates corresponding control signals according to the input signals and the corresponding relationship table.
Further, when the input device receives a first input operation to generate a first input signal, the controller generates a power-on control signal according to the first input signal, wherein the first input operation is any one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation;
or, when the input device receives a second input operation to generate a second input signal, the controller generates a shutdown control signal according to the second input signal, wherein the second input operation is any one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation;
or, when the input device receives a third input operation to generate a third input signal, the controller generates a series of parallel switching control signals according to the third input signal, wherein the third input operation is one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation and is different from the second input operation;
or, when the input device receives a fourth input operation to generate a fourth input signal, the controller generates a hybrid control signal according to the fourth input signal, wherein the fourth input operation is a combination of multiple short-press operations and multiple long-press operations.
A power supply control method is used for controlling the power supply mode of a battery pack, the battery pack comprises a plurality of batteries which are connected in series or/and in parallel, each battery comprises an input device, and all the batteries can be turned on or off simultaneously by operating any one input device. The method comprises the following steps: when any one of the batteries generates an input signal, a control signal for controlling the plurality of batteries is generated according to the input signal.
Further, the method further comprises the steps of: and if the control signal is a circuit connection control signal, electrically connecting the plurality of batteries to form a corresponding connection state.
Further, the step of electrically connecting the plurality of batteries to form respective connection states includes: if the circuit connection control signal is a series of parallel connection switching control signals, controlling the plurality of batteries to be switched between a mutually series connection state and a mutually parallel connection state;
or if the circuit connection control signal is a parallel-serial connection control signal, controlling the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a corresponding parallel-serial connection state.
Or, if the plurality of batteries are connected in series-parallel and the circuit connection control signal is a series-parallel switching control signal, the series-parallel connection state between the plurality of batteries is switched to a mutual series connection state or a mutual parallel connection state.
Or/and, the method further comprises the steps of: and when the plurality of batteries enter the starting-up state from the shutdown state, automatically controlling the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a preset series-parallel combination state.
Furthermore, each battery comprises a switch unit and a battery cell, and the on-off state of the battery cell is controlled by controlling the on-off state of the switch unit.
Further, before the step of generating the control signal for controlling the plurality of batteries according to the input signal, the method further includes: and controlling the battery generating the input signal to perform corresponding operation according to the input signal.
Further, the respective operations include at least one of: and switching on the switch unit of the battery, switching off the switch unit of the battery, and detecting the state parameter of the battery.
Further, the control signal includes at least one of: the power control method comprises the steps of turning on the power-on control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, turning off the power-off control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, connecting the circuits of the plurality of batteries in a serial-parallel combined state with the power control signals, and adjusting the power control signals of the output powers of the plurality of batteries.
Further, the control signal includes at least one of: the power control method comprises the steps of conducting starting control signals of switch units of the batteries, disconnecting power control signals of the switch units of the batteries, connecting the circuits of the batteries in a serial-parallel combined state with the control signals, and adjusting power control signals of output power of the batteries.
Further, each of the batteries includes an input device, and the input signal is generated by operating the input device.
A movable platform, comprising: the power supply system and the machine body are provided with at least one battery compartment for installing the battery pack of the power supply system.
Further, the movable platform is an unmanned aerial vehicle, a handheld cloud platform, a remote controller, an unmanned aerial vehicle base station or a remote control combat tank.
A movable platform, comprising: a body provided with a power device; and the battery pack is electrically connected with the power device and used for supplying power to the power device, the battery pack comprises a plurality of batteries which are connected in series or/and in parallel, each battery comprises an input device and a controller, the controllers of the plurality of batteries can be communicated with each other, the input device is used for receiving input operation and generating corresponding input signals, and the input device for operating any battery can simultaneously turn on or turn off all the batteries. When any one of the batteries generates an input signal, the controller of the battery is used as a master controller, the controllers of the other batteries are used as slave controllers, and the master controller acquires the corresponding input signal and generates a control signal for controlling the plurality of batteries according to the input signal.
According to the power supply system provided by the invention, the on-off states of all batteries and the connection states of all batteries can be controlled by operating the input device of any battery, so that the effect of quickly and conveniently controlling the power supply system is achieved.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, a movable platform 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the movable platform 100 may be an unmanned aerial vehicle, a handheld cradle head, a remote controller, an unmanned aerial vehicle base station, a remote control combat tank, and the like. The movable platform 100 includes a body 10, and a power supply system 20 and a power device 30 disposed in the body 10. The power supply system 20 is electrically connected to the power device 30 and supplies power to the power device 30.
Referring to fig. 2, the power supply system 20 includes a battery pack 21, the battery pack 21 includes a plurality of batteries 211 connected in series or/and in parallel, and at least one battery compartment (not shown) for mounting the battery pack 21 is disposed in the machine body 10.
Referring to fig. 3, each battery 211 includes a housing 2111, an input device 2112 disposed on the housing 2111, and a battery core 2113 and a switch unit 2114 disposed in the housing 2111. The switch unit 2114 is electrically connected to the battery cell 2113, and is configured to control on/off of the battery cell 2113. The battery core 2113 may be a lithium battery core.
The input device 2112 may be a key switch or a touch sensor for receiving an input operation and generating a corresponding input signal. In the present embodiment, the input device 2112 is a key switch. The switch unit 2114 is configured to control on/off of a battery core 2113 of the battery 211 where the switch unit is located. The switch unit 2114 may be a Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET), a relay, a triode, or an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT).
In the first embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the power supply system 20 further includes a controller 22, and the controller 22 is electrically connected to the battery pack 21 and is configured to detect and obtain an input signal generated by the input device 2112 of each battery 211. In the first embodiment, when any one of the cells 211 generates an input signal, the controller 22 acquires the corresponding input signal, and generates a control signal for controlling the plurality of cells 211 according to the input signal. The controller 22 may be a single chip microcomputer.
In the first embodiment, the movable platform 100 further includes a memory 40 for pre-storing a correspondence table, the correspondence table is used for defining a correspondence table between a plurality of input signals and a plurality of control signals, and the controller 22 generates corresponding control signals according to the input signals and the correspondence table.
In one embodiment, the controller 22 controls the battery 211 generating the input signal to operate accordingly according to the input signal. Wherein the corresponding operation comprises at least one of: the switching unit 2114 of the battery 211 is turned on, the switching unit 2114 of the battery 211 is turned off, and the state parameter of the battery 211 is detected. The control signal includes at least one of: turning on the power-on control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the other battery 211 which does not generate the input signal, turning off the power-off control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the other battery 211 which does not generate the input signal, forming the plurality of batteries 211 into a circuit connection control signal in a serial-parallel combination state, and adjusting the power control signal of the output power of the plurality of batteries 211.
In another embodiment, the control signal includes at least one of: turning on the power-on control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, turning off the power-off control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, forming the plurality of batteries 211 into a circuit connection control signal in a serial-parallel combination state, and adjusting the power control signal of the output power of the plurality of batteries 211.
In the first embodiment, when the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 receives a first input operation to generate a first input signal when the battery is in the shutdown state, the controller 22 generates the power-on control signal according to the first input signal. Wherein, the first input operation can be any one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation. Wherein the long press operation is to press the input device 2112 and hold it for a predetermined time, for example, 2 seconds.
When the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 receives a second input operation to generate a second input signal when the battery 211 is in the power-on state, the controller 22 generates the power-off control signal according to the second input signal. Wherein, the second input operation can be any one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation.
In this way, the on/off state of all the batteries 211 can be controlled by operating the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 in the battery pack 21.
In the first embodiment, when the plurality of batteries 211 enters the power-on state from the power-off state, the controller 22 automatically controls the plurality of batteries 211 to be electrically connected to form a preset serial-parallel combination state.
In the first embodiment, the controller 22 further controls the plurality of batteries 211 to be electrically connected to form corresponding connection states according to the circuit connection control signal. In the first embodiment, the circuit connection control signal includes at least one of: a series-parallel switching control signal and a parallel-series control signal.
In the first embodiment, when the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 receives a third input operation to generate a third input signal when the battery 211 is in the on state, the controller 22 generates the serial-parallel switching control signal according to the third input signal. Wherein the third input operation is one of a single short-press operation and a single long-press operation, and is different from the second input operation to avoid conflict with a shutdown operation. The controller 22 is configured to control the plurality of batteries 211 to switch between a mutually series-connected state and a mutually parallel-connected state according to the series-parallel switching control signal.
In the first embodiment, when the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 receives a fourth input operation to generate a fourth input signal when the battery 211 is in the on state, the controller 22 generates the parallel-serial control signal according to the fourth input signal. The controller 22 is configured to connect the battery cores 2113 of the multiple batteries 211 according to the parallel-serial control signal to form a corresponding parallel-serial connection state.
Wherein the fourth input operation is a combination of a plurality of short-press operations and a plurality of long-press operations. For example, if a battery pack 21 composed of 12 batteries 211 needs to form a 4-string 3-parallel hybrid circuit, the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 can be pressed 4 times short and 3 times long; if it is necessary to change the circuit to a 3-string 4-parallel series-parallel circuit, the input device 2112 of one of the batteries 211 may be pressed 3 times short and 4 times long. Or, if a series-parallel circuit with 4 strings and 3 parallel circuits is required, the input device 2112 of one of the batteries 211 can be pressed for 4 times in length and then pressed for 3 times in length; if it is necessary to change the circuit to a 3-string 4-parallel series-parallel circuit, the input device 2112 of one of the batteries 211 may be pressed 3 times long and 4 times short.
In the first embodiment, if the plurality of batteries 211 are connected in series-parallel and the circuit connection control signal is the serial-parallel switching control signal, the controller 22 switches the series-parallel connection state of the plurality of batteries 211 to the serial-parallel connection state or the parallel-parallel connection state according to the serial-parallel switching control signal.
In this manner, the connection state between all the batteries 211 can be controlled by operating the input device 2112 of any one of the batteries 211 of the battery pack 21.
In the second embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, each of the batteries 211 includes one controller 2115, and the controllers 2115 of the plurality of batteries 211 are capable of communicating with each other.
In the second embodiment, when any one of the cells 211 generates an input signal, the controller 2115 of the cell 211 serves as a master controller, the controllers 2115 of the other cells 211 serve as slave controllers, and the master controller 2115 acquires the corresponding input signal and generates a control signal for controlling the plurality of cells 211 according to the input signal.
In one embodiment, the main controller 2115 controls the battery 211 generating the input signal to operate accordingly according to the input signal. Wherein the corresponding operation comprises at least one of: the switching unit 2114 of the battery 211 is turned on, the switching unit 2114 of the battery 211 is turned off, and the state parameter of the battery 211 is detected. The control signal includes at least one of: turning on the power-on control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the other battery 211 which does not generate the input signal, turning off the power-off control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the other battery 211 which does not generate the input signal, forming the plurality of batteries 211 into a circuit connection control signal in a serial-parallel combination state, and adjusting the power control signal of the output power of the plurality of batteries 211.
In another embodiment, the control signal includes at least one of: turning on the power-on control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, turning off the power-off control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, forming the plurality of batteries 211 into a circuit connection control signal in a serial-parallel combination state, and adjusting the power control signal of the output power of the plurality of batteries 211.
In the second embodiment, when the plurality of batteries 211 enters the power-on state from the power-off state, the main controller 2115 automatically controls the plurality of batteries 211 to be electrically connected to form a preset serial-parallel combination state.
In the second embodiment, the main controller 2115 further controls the plurality of batteries 211 to be electrically connected to form a corresponding connection state according to the circuit connection control signal. In the second embodiment, the circuit connection control signal includes at least one of: a series-parallel switching control signal and a parallel-series control signal.
In the second embodiment, the main controller 2115 is configured to control the plurality of batteries 211 to switch between a mutual series connection state and a mutual parallel connection state according to the series-parallel connection switching control signal, or is configured to connect the battery cores 2113 of the plurality of batteries 211 to form a corresponding series-parallel connection state according to the series-parallel connection switching control signal.
If the plurality of batteries 211 are connected in series-parallel and the circuit connection control signal is the series-parallel switching control signal, the main controller 2115 switches the series-parallel connection state of the plurality of batteries 211 to the mutual series connection state or the mutual parallel connection state according to the series-parallel switching control signal.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a power supply control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the power supply control method includes the steps of:
in step 501, it is detected whether the input device 2112 of each battery 211 generates an input signal.
Step 502, when any one of the batteries 211 generates an input signal, controlling the battery 211 generating the input signal to perform corresponding operation according to the input signal.
The corresponding operation includes at least one of: and switching on the switch unit of the battery, switching off the switch unit of the battery, and detecting the state parameter of the battery.
In step 503, corresponding input signals are obtained, and control signals for controlling the plurality of batteries 211 are generated according to the input signals.
The control signal includes at least one of: the power control method comprises the steps of turning on the power-on control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, turning off the power-off control signals of the switch units of other batteries which do not generate the input signals, connecting the circuits of the plurality of batteries in a serial-parallel combined state with the power control signals, and adjusting the power control signals of the output powers of the plurality of batteries.
Step 504, controlling the plurality of batteries 211 according to the control signal.
In this embodiment, if the control signal is a power-on control signal or a power-off control signal, the switch units of the other batteries 211 that do not generate the input signal are turned on or off.
In this embodiment, when the plurality of batteries enters the power-on state from the power-off state, the plurality of batteries are automatically controlled to be electrically connected to form a preset series-parallel combination state.
In this embodiment, if the control signal is a circuit connection control signal, the plurality of batteries are electrically connected to form a corresponding connection state.
Specifically, if the circuit connection control signal is a series of parallel connection switching control signals, the plurality of batteries are controlled to be switched between a mutually series connection state and a mutually parallel connection state.
And if the circuit connection control signal is a parallel-serial connection control signal, controlling the plurality of batteries to be electrically connected to form a corresponding parallel-serial connection state.
And if the plurality of batteries form a series-parallel connection state and the circuit connection control signal is a series-parallel connection switching control signal, switching the series-parallel connection state between the plurality of batteries into a mutual series connection state or a mutual parallel connection state.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a power supply control method according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the another embodiment, the power supply control method includes the steps of:
in step 601, it is detected whether the input device 2112 of each battery 211 generates an input signal.
Step 602, when any one of the batteries 211 generates an input signal, acquiring a corresponding input signal, and generating a control signal for controlling the plurality of batteries 211 according to the input signal.
The control signal includes at least one of: turning on the power-on control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, turning off the power-off control signal of the switch unit 2114 of the plurality of batteries 211, forming the plurality of batteries 211 into a circuit connection control signal in a serial-parallel combination state, and adjusting the power control signal of the output power of the plurality of batteries 211.
Step 603, controlling the plurality of batteries 211 according to the control signal.
According to the power supply system 20 provided by the invention, the on-off state of all the batteries 211 and the connection state of all the batteries 211 can be controlled by operating the input device 2112 of any one battery 211, so that the effect of quickly and conveniently controlling the power supply system 20 is achieved.
Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting, and although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications or equivalent substitutions may be made on the technical solutions of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.