Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and thus the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
As used herein, the terms "a," "an," "the," and/or "the" are not intended to be inclusive and include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In general, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" merely indicate that steps and elements are included which are explicitly identified, that the steps and elements do not form an exclusive list, and that a method or apparatus may include other steps or elements.
The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of protection of the present application is not to be construed as being limited. Further, although the terms used in the present application are selected from publicly known and used terms, some of the terms mentioned in the specification of the present application may be selected by the applicant at his or her discretion, the detailed meanings of which are described in relevant parts of the description herein. Further, it is required that the present application is understood not only by the actual terms used but also by the meaning of each term lying within.
Flow charts are used herein to illustrate operations performed by systems according to embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that the preceding or following operations are not necessarily performed in the exact order in which they are performed. Rather, various steps may be processed in reverse order or simultaneously. Meanwhile, other operations are added to or removed from these processes.
Embodiments of the present application describe a method and system for recharging a battery of a vehicle and a computer readable medium.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a charge replenishing method for a battery of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present application.
As shown in fig. 1, the method for replenishing the charge of the battery of the vehicle comprises a step 101 of monitoring the voltage of the battery and the state information of the vehicle at a first cycle by a battery management system and including them in a first data set; step 102, acquiring state information of the vehicle from a cloud server end through a vehicle-mounted T-BOX in a second period, detecting a voltage value of the storage battery at a vehicle control unit, and including the voltage value in a second data group; 103, when the vehicle control unit judges that the first data set can be acquired, judging whether the storage battery needs to be supplemented with electric quantity according to the first data set; and step 104, when the vehicle control unit judges that the first data set can not be acquired, judging whether the storage battery needs to be supplemented with electric quantity according to the second data set.
Specifically, in step 101, the voltage of the Battery and the state information of the vehicle are monitored at a first cycle by a Battery Management System (BMS) and included in a first data set. The battery includes a lead-acid battery on a vehicle, such as a new energy automobile or an electric automobile. The storage battery obtains the supplement of electric quantity from a power battery of the vehicle, such as a lithium battery. The power battery of the vehicle can be charged through the charging pile, and the power battery can be replaced. The power supply voltage of the power battery is high, and may be, for example, hundreds of volts (V).
The accumulator can then supply the control system or the network communication system of the vehicle, and the supply voltage of the accumulator is relatively low compared with the power battery, for example 10-20 volts, or set according to the actual situation.
In step 102, state information of the vehicle is acquired from a cloud server side through an on-board T-BOX at a second period, and a voltage value of the storage battery is detected at a vehicle control unit and included in a second data set.
The vehicle-mounted T-BOX (telematics BOX) refers to a vehicle networking system or a vehicle-mounted intelligent interconnection terminal. The vehicle-mounted T-BOX can be connected with the cloud server end through a network.
In some embodiments, the status information of the vehicle includes whether the vehicle is in a running state. The second period may be greater than the first period. The state information of the vehicle monitored by the battery management system may be acquired by a Body Control Module (BCM). The first period is, for example, tens of seconds, or minutes, or hours. The second period may be a natural day (one day) and a time interval of two natural days (two days).
In step 103, when the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) determines that the first data set can be acquired, it is determined whether the battery needs to be replenished with electric energy based on the first data set. In one embodiment, according to information included in the first data, when the vehicle is in a non-running state and the voltage of the storage battery is smaller than a set threshold value, the vehicle control unit sends an enable signal to start a charging operation of the storage battery by the direct current converter. The DC converter charges the storage battery with the electric energy of the power battery. The set threshold values are, for example, 10V, 10.5V, 11V, 11.5V, … ….
In step 104, when the vehicle control unit determines that the first data set cannot be acquired, it is determined whether the battery needs to be replenished with electric energy based on the second data set. In one embodiment, according to information included in the second data, when the vehicle is in a non-running state and the voltage of the battery is less than a set threshold, the vehicle control unit sends an enable signal to start a charging operation of the battery by the dc converter.
In some embodiments, the method for replenishing the battery of the vehicle of the present application further includes a power supply discharge operation, and the power supply exit operation includes: and when the voltage of the storage battery acquired by the vehicle control unit from the battery management system is greater than a second threshold value or the state information of the vehicle meets a set condition, sending an enabling signal and quitting the charging operation. The issued enable signal for example turns off the dc converter. The second threshold is, for example, 12V, 12.1V, 12.2V, …, 12.5V, …, or the like.
In one embodiment, the state information of the vehicle satisfies the set condition, for example, including that the vehicle is in a running state.
When the vehicle is in the running state, the storage battery is always powered by the power battery to meet the electric quantity requirement of the storage battery, and whether power supplementing operation is needed or not or quit the power supplementing operation is not needed to be judged through the control logic.
When the vehicle is in a non-running state, the storage battery can be in a slow feeding state (namely, the electric quantity contained in the storage battery is slowly reduced due to the inherent characteristic of the storage battery), and when the electric quantity of the storage battery is reduced to be below a specific value, the working voltage which can be provided by the storage battery can possibly fail to meet the requirements of starting and running of the vehicle, namely the requirements of supplying power to a control system and a network communication system of the vehicle, and can cause the vehicle to fail to start normally or to operate normally. When the running state of the vehicle changes or the voltage of the storage battery is larger than a second threshold value, an enabling signal is sent out through the vehicle control unit, and the charging operation is quitted.
Therefore, the electric quantity supplementing method of the storage battery of the vehicle can maintain the voltage of the storage battery of the vehicle at a level which can meet the starting and running conditions of the vehicle, and therefore the storage battery of the vehicle is ensured to be in a normal use state.
The present application also provides a charge replenishment system for a battery of a vehicle, the system including a Battery Management System (BMS), an on-board T-BOX, a direct current converter (DC-DC converter), and a Vehicle Control Unit (VCU).
As described above, fig. 2 is a schematic composition diagram of a charge amount supplement system for a battery of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present application.
In some embodiments, the battery management system is configured to: the voltage of the battery (e.g., arrow (c) in fig. 2) and the state information of the vehicle are monitored at a first cycle and included in a first data group. The onboard T-BOX is configured to: the status information of the vehicle is obtained from the cloud server side at the second period (e.g., obtained from the cloud server side by arrow r in fig. 2 and transferred to vehicle control unit VCU by arrow (c)) and included in the second data set. The vehicle control unit is configured to: the voltage value of the battery is detected (for example, by the flow of signals indicated by the arrow in fig. 2) and included in the second data set. The first data set and the second data set may be stored, for example, in a Vehicle Control Unit (VCU).
The vehicle control unit is further configured to perform the following operations: when the vehicle control unit judges that the first data set can be acquired (for example, when signal flow shown by an arrow (r) and/or an arrow (r) in fig. 2 can be normally transmitted), judging whether the storage battery needs to be supplemented with electric quantity according to the first data set; and when the vehicle control unit judges that the first data set cannot be acquired, judging whether the storage battery needs to be supplemented with electric quantity according to the second data set.
In some embodiments, the second period is greater than the first period. The state information of the vehicle includes whether the vehicle is in a running state. The state information of the vehicle monitored by the battery management system may be obtained by a Body Control Module (BCM) (e.g., a signal flow shown by an arrow (r) in fig. 2).
The battery includes a lead-acid battery on a vehicle, such as a new energy automobile or an electric automobile. The storage battery obtains the supplement of electric quantity from a power battery of the vehicle, such as a lithium battery. The power battery of the vehicle can be charged through the charging pile, and the power battery can be replaced. The power supply voltage of the power battery is high, and may be, for example, hundreds of volts (V). The accumulator can then supply the control system or the network communication system of the vehicle, and the supply voltage of the accumulator is relatively low compared with the power battery, for example 10-20 volts, or set according to the actual situation.
In an embodiment, according to the information included in the first data, when the vehicle is in a non-running state and the voltage of the battery is smaller than a set threshold, the vehicle control unit sends an enable signal (for example, through a signal stream indicated by an arrow (c) in fig. 2) to start the dc converter to perform a charging operation on the battery (for example, through a signal stream indicated by an arrow (c) in fig. 2).
In some embodiments, the method for replenishing the battery of the vehicle of the present application further includes a charge exiting operation, and the charge exiting operation includes: when the voltage of the storage battery acquired by the vehicle control unit from the battery management system is greater than a second threshold value or the state information of the vehicle satisfies a set condition, an enable signal is issued to exit the charging operation (for example, by a signal flow shown by a signal ninu and a signal (r) shown in fig. 2).
The above-described relationship between the operation process of the system and the signal flow is only a schematic representation for the convenience of understanding the scheme of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The actual signal flow per arrow does not have to strictly correspond to the above procedure, and may be adjusted according to the actual system configuration.
The electric quantity supplementing system of the storage battery of the vehicle can maintain the voltage of the storage battery of the vehicle at a level which can enable the storage battery to meet starting and running conditions of the vehicle, and therefore the storage battery of the vehicle is guaranteed to be in a normal use state.
This application uses specific words to describe embodiments of the application. Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," and/or "some embodiments" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with at least one embodiment of the present application is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, some features, structures, or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present application may be combined as appropriate.
Aspects of the present application may be embodied entirely in hardware, entirely in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or in a combination of hardware and software. The above hardware or software may be referred to as "data block," module, "" engine, "" unit, "" component, "or" system. The processor may be one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DAPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be represented as a computer product, including computer readable program code, embodied in one or more computer readable media. For example, computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips … …), optical disks (e.g., Compact Disk (CD), Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) … …), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive … …).
The computer readable medium may comprise a propagated data signal with the computer program code embodied therein, for example, on a baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electromagnetic, optical, and the like, or any suitable combination. The computer readable medium can be any computer readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code on a computer readable medium may be propagated over any suitable medium, including radio, electrical cable, fiber optic cable, radio frequency signals, or the like, or any combination of the preceding.
Similarly, it should be noted that in the preceding description of embodiments of the application, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not intended to require more features than are expressly recited in the claims. Indeed, the embodiments may be characterized as having less than all of the features of a single embodiment disclosed above.
Numerals describing the number of components, attributes, etc. are used in some embodiments, it being understood that such numerals used in the description of the embodiments are modified in some instances by the use of the modifier "about", "approximately" or "substantially". Unless otherwise indicated, "about", "approximately" or "substantially" indicates that the number allows a variation of ± 20%. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the numerical parameters used in the specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties of the individual embodiments. In some embodiments, the numerical parameter should take into account the specified significant digits and employ a general digit preserving approach. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the range are approximations, in the specific examples, such numerical values are set forth as precisely as possible within the scope of the application.
Although the present application has been described with reference to the present specific embodiments, it will be recognized by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the present application and that various changes and substitutions of equivalents may be made without departing from the spirit of the application, and therefore, it is intended that all changes and modifications to the above-described embodiments that come within the spirit of the application fall within the scope of the claims of the application.