CN117355975A

CN117355975A - Battery replacement method, device, control equipment and battery replacement station

Info

Publication number: CN117355975A
Application number: CN202280035170.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王清明
Original assignee: Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd
Current assignee: Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-08
Filing date: 2022-03-08
Publication date: 2024-01-05
Also published as: WO2023168600A1

Abstract

The application provides a battery replacement method, a device, control equipment and a battery replacement station, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring first battery information of each battery on a target vehicle, wherein the first battery information comprises first battery identifications and first battery positions associated with each first battery identification; determining second battery information of a target battery required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the acquired power change requirement; and replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information. By obtaining the battery distribution condition on the vehicle in advance, the efficiency of battery replacement can be improved.

Description

Battery replacement method, device, control equipment and battery replacement station

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of control of a power exchange station, in particular to a battery replacement method, a device, control equipment and the power exchange station.

Background

At present, an electric vehicle generally adopts a charging mode to charge a vehicle with insufficient electric quantity, but the electric vehicle needs longer to be charged at present

Based on the current situation, a battery replacement station is currently available, so that the battery on the vehicle can be directly replaced, and the time required for battery replacement is far less than the time required for charging. However, the current battery treatment mode is to replace all batteries at one time, so that the requirements of more scenes are difficult to meet.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, an object of an embodiment of the present application is to provide a battery replacement method, apparatus, control device, and power exchange station, so as to improve the problem of low power exchange efficiency.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a battery replacement method, including: acquiring first battery information of each battery on a target vehicle, wherein the first battery information comprises first battery identifications and first battery positions associated with each first battery identification; determining second battery information of a target battery required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the acquired power change requirement; and replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

In an alternative embodiment, the replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information includes:

determining a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the battery type of the target battery;

and replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the second battery information and the target storage position of the target battery.

In an optional embodiment, the determining, according to the first battery information and the battery type of the target battery, a target storage location of the target battery on the target vehicle includes:

determining the required battery type of each battery storage position of the target vehicle according to the first battery information;

and determining a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the battery type currently stored in the battery storage position and the battery type of the target battery.

acquiring an ith target battery from a battery storage position of the target battery;

and replacing the battery to be replaced of the ith target battery storage position, wherein i is a positive integer which is greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to the number of target batteries required by the target vehicle.

Acquiring a target power supply battery in the target battery according to the second battery information;

determining an mth storage position on the target vehicle according to the first battery information;

replacing a battery to be replaced at an mth storage position on the target vehicle with the target power supply battery;

acquiring a target simulation battery in the target battery according to the second battery information;

and replacing the battery to be replaced at the nth storage position on the target vehicle with the target simulation battery, wherein m and n are positive integers which are smaller than or equal to the total number of the battery storage positions on the target vehicle.

In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises:

acquiring target vehicle information of the target vehicle;

and determining a first storage position of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information, wherein the first storage position is a storage position for storing a power supply battery.

In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises:

acquiring the power conversion requirement;

determining whether the power change demand includes a demand for a power supply battery and a demand for an analog battery;

and if the power changing requirement comprises the requirement on a power supply battery and the requirement on an analog battery, executing the step of acquiring the first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a battery replacement device, including:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle, wherein the first battery information comprises first battery identifications and first battery positions associated with each first battery identification;

the first determining module is used for determining second battery information of the target battery required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the first battery identifier and the first battery position;

and the replacement module is used for replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control apparatus, including: a processor, a memory storing machine readable instructions executable by the processor, which when executed by the processor perform the steps of the method described above when the control device is run.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method described above.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a power exchange station, including: the conveying system, the battery compartment and the control equipment.

According to the battery replacement method, the device, the control equipment and the battery replacement station, the battery installation condition on the vehicle is determined before battery replacement, the battery can be properly replaced for the vehicle based on the installation condition of the existing battery on the vehicle, and the battery replacement efficiency can be improved.

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered limiting the scope, and that other related drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an operating environment of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a power exchange station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a detailed flowchart of step 460 of the battery replacement method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is another detailed flowchart of step 460 of the battery replacement method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure in further detail at step 460;

FIG. 7 is a partial flow chart of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is another partial flow chart of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic functional block diagram of a battery replacement device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and thus are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," etc. are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" refers to two or more (including two), and "plural sheets" refers to two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and for simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

With the importance of environmental protection, new energy electric vehicles with more environmental protection are also rapidly developed. However, the charging speed of the electric vehicle is slow, and if the electric vehicle has insufficient electric quantity in the process of using the electric vehicle, the driver needs to wait for a long time, which can certainly affect the use experience of the driver.

Based on the current situation, a new technology is presented, the battery on the electric vehicle can be directly replaced by a full-charge battery, and the time required for replacing the battery is far less than the time required for fully charging the battery.

The inventor researches and knows that the sizes of different vehicle models are different, the required batteries are different, the positions for accommodating the batteries are also different, and the number of the batteries which can be accommodated is also different, so that the actions of changing the batteries of different vehicles are different. In some cases, the number of battery storage locations on the vehicle may be greater than the user's demand for battery storage locations, and thus, there are some battery storage locations that may not be available for use.

Based on the above, the battery replacement method provided by the application can determine the target battery based on the current battery distribution condition of the vehicle. The battery replacement method provided by the present application is described below by way of several examples.

The battery replaced in the battery replacing method provided by the embodiment of the application can be used in an electric vehicle, and the battery is used for providing power for the electric vehicle. The battery replacement method provided by the embodiment of the application can be used for replacing the battery for the electric vehicle with the battery replacement requirement, and the time spent by the electric vehicle from the power shortage state to the full-power state or the full-power state can be reduced. Further, one or more power supply batteries may be replaced for the electric vehicle, or the dummy batteries may be filled in an idle position on the electric vehicle, as desired. In the battery replacement process, through any combination of the power supply battery and the simulation battery, different numbers of available batteries can be provided for the electric vehicle, so that the requirements of the electric vehicle under different cruising conditions are met, and the number of battery storage positions, in which the batteries can be accommodated, on the electric vehicle can be met, and the user power replacement number is not limited.

The electric vehicle may be an electric vehicle, an electric car, for example.

To facilitate understanding of the present embodiment, an operating environment for performing a battery replacement method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application will be described first.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an operation environment of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present application. The battery replacement method may include the battery replacement station 100 and the server 200 in an operating environment. The server 200 is communicatively coupled to one or more of the power stations 100 for data communication or interaction via a network. The server 200 may be a web server, database server, or the like.

The battery exchange station 100 is used to exchange batteries for electric vehicles.

As shown in fig. 2, the power exchange station 100 may include: a conveyor system 110, a battery compartment 120, and a control device 130.

The conveyor system 110 is used to transport batteries that are replaced from an electric vehicle and may also be used to transport batteries that are taken from the battery compartment 120.

Illustratively, the delivery system 110 may include: a conveying tool, a conveying track and a programmable logic controller (Programmable Logic Controller, abbreviated as PLC). The transport means can travel on the transport track to move the battery to be treated.

The conveyance may be controlled by the programmable logic controller described above, and the conveyance moves in accordance with control instructions of the programmable logic controller. The programmable logic controller may control the conveyance based on data provided by the control device 130.

Illustratively, the conveyance may include a rail guided vehicle (Rail Guided Vehicle; RGV for short), stacker, or the like.

Referring again to fig. 2, the power exchange station 100 may further include: parking space 140. The parking space 140 is used for parking a vehicle requiring battery replacement.

The power exchange station 100 may communicate with a server via a control device 130. The control device 130 may also establish a communication connection with the electric vehicle of the battery to be replaced to obtain data transmitted by the electric vehicle of the battery to be replaced.

In this embodiment, the control device 130 may include a memory and a processor.

The memory and the processor are electrically connected with each other directly or indirectly to realize data transmission or interaction. For example, the components may be electrically connected to each other via one or more communication buses or signal lines. The processor is configured to execute the executable modules stored in the memory.

The Memory may be, but is not limited to, random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), read Only Memory (ROM), programmable Read Only Memory (Programmable Read-Only Memory, PROM), erasable Read Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, EPROM), electrically erasable Read Only Memory (Electric Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, EEPROM), etc. The memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor executes the program after receiving an execution instruction, where the method executed by the control device 130 defined by the process disclosed in any embodiment of the present application may be applied to, or implemented by, the processor.

The processor may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. The processor may be a general-purpose processor, including a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU for short), a network processor (Network Processor, NP for short), etc.; but also digital signal processors (digital signal processor, DSP for short), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC for short), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The disclosed methods, steps, and logic blocks in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above examples of the components included in the control device according to the embodiments of the present application should not be limited to the structure of the control device 130. For example, the control device 130 may also include more or fewer components, or a different configuration.

For example, the control device 130 may further comprise a display unit providing an interactive interface (e.g. a user-operated interface) between the control device 130 and the user or for displaying image data to a user reference. In this embodiment, the display unit may be a liquid crystal display or a touch display. In the case of a touch display, the touch display may be a capacitive touch screen or a resistive touch screen, etc. supporting single-point and multi-point touch operations. Supporting single-point and multi-point touch operations means that the touch display can sense touch operations simultaneously generated from one or more positions on the touch display, and the sensed touch operations are passed to the processor for calculation and processing.

Referring again to fig. 1, the operating environment of the battery replacement method may further include a user terminal 300, and the user terminal 300 may be communicatively connected to the server 200 through a network.

The user terminal 300 may be a personal computer (personal computer, PC), tablet, smart phone, personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), or the like.

The user terminal 300 can access the service provided by the server 200. For example, the user terminal 300 may log into a service provided by the server 200, and may transmit a power change request to the server. For another example, the user terminal 300 may also send a request to the server 200 to register in a vehicle.

The control device 130 in this embodiment may be configured to perform each step in each method provided in the embodiments of the present application. The implementation of the battery replacement method is described in detail below by means of several embodiments.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a battery replacement method according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The specific flow shown in fig. 3 will be described in detail.

Step 420, obtaining first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle.

The first battery information includes first battery identifications and first battery locations associated with each of the first battery identifications.

The first battery identification refers to an identification capable of representing a battery to be replaced currently installed on the target vehicle. The first battery identifier may be a character string or an identification code, for example, the identification code may be a two-dimensional code, a bar code, or the like. For example, if a power supply battery is mounted on the target vehicle, the first battery identification of the power supply battery is an identification capable of uniquely representing the power supply battery. For example, if a simulated battery is installed on the target vehicle, the first battery identification of the simulated battery may be a specified battery identification. For example, the battery identifications of all the analog batteries are the specified battery identifications. The specified battery identification may be a string of characters, for example, the specified battery identification may be "FFFFFFFF", and the specified battery identification may also be an identification code.

The first battery position refers to a position where each battery to be replaced is mounted on the target vehicle. The first battery location may also be represented by a character string, for example. For example, where two battery storage locations are included on the target vehicle, then the two battery storage locations may be represented using strings "01" and "10", respectively. For another example, where three battery storage locations are included on the target vehicle, the three battery storage locations may be represented using the strings "001", "010" and "100", respectively. Of course, when there are more battery storage locations on the target vehicle, the character string that characterizes each battery storage location may be different and is not exhaustive.

Illustratively, the first battery identifier in the first battery information is associated with the first battery position, for example, a first battery identifier "10101011" is obtained from the battery storage bit "01", and then the battery storage bit "01" may be associated with the first battery identifier "10101011" and the battery storage bit "01". For another example, a first battery identification "FFFFFFFF" is obtained from battery storage location "10", and then the battery storage location "10" may be associated with the first battery identification "ffffff" and the battery storage location "01".

The method in this embodiment may be applied to a control device in a power exchange station as shown in fig. 1.

In one implementation, the control device may establish a communication connection with the target vehicle to obtain the first battery information transmitted by the target vehicle. By way of example, the communication connection established by the control device with the target vehicle may be a close range communication connection, which may be, for example, a bluetooth connection, a Wi-Fi connection, near field communication (Near Field Communication, NFC for short), or the like.

Alternatively, the control device may also identify the tag of each battery on the target vehicle by a radio frequency identification (Radio Frequency Identification, abbreviated as RFID) device to obtain the first battery information of each battery.

In another implementation, the control device may provide an operation interface through which the first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle may be obtained. For example, the user may input first battery information of each battery on the desired target vehicle in the operation interface.

Step 440, determining second battery information of the target battery required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the obtained power change requirement.

The second battery information may include a battery type and a battery storage location.

The battery types may include, for example, both a power supply battery and an analog battery. Wherein the power supply battery represents a battery that can be used by an electric vehicle; the analog battery may be a dummy battery that has the same shape as the power supply battery, but is not capable of supplying power to the vehicle.

The battery storage location may include, for example, a location of the target battery in the battery compartment.

For example, if a target vehicle includes a plurality of battery storage locations for discharging batteries, and the number of batteries required by the target vehicle is smaller than the number of battery storage locations owned by the target vehicle, then the power supply battery of the required number of batteries may be selected, and the other battery storage locations may be equipped with analog batteries.

In an alternative embodiment, the second battery information of the target battery may be determined according to the existing battery distribution situation of the target vehicle. The second battery information may include battery information of one or more batteries.

For example, prior to a power change, the distribution of the power supply battery and the analog battery on the target vehicle is m: n. And the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulation battery still needs to be maintained after battery replacement of the target vehicle as m: and when n, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulation battery in the second battery information is m: n, that is, the second battery information includes battery information of m power supply batteries, and n analog batteries. Wherein m and n are positive integers, and the sum of m and n is equal to the number of battery storage positions owned by the target vehicle.

For another example, prior to a power change, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: n. And the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulation battery needs to be maintained after battery replacement of the target vehicle is p: q, the distribution of the power supply battery and the analog battery in the second battery information is p: q, that is, the second battery information includes battery information of p power supply batteries, and q simulates battery information of a battery. Wherein m and n are positive integers, the sum of m and n is equal to the number of battery storage positions owned by the target vehicle, and the sum of p and q is equal to the number of battery storage positions owned by the target vehicle.

For another example, prior to a power change, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: n, and the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulation battery still needs to be maintained after battery replacement of the target vehicle is m: n, the second battery information may include only battery information of m power supply batteries. Wherein m and n are positive integers, and the sum of m and n is equal to the number of battery storage positions owned by the target vehicle.

In one example, if there are two battery storage locations on the target vehicle where a power battery is placed, one battery storage location is placed with a power supply battery, and the other battery storage location is placed with a dummy battery, the power supply battery is used to power the target vehicle, and the dummy battery is used only to fill the battery storage location and is not used to power the target vehicle. In this example, the second battery information determined for the target vehicle may include battery information of a power supply battery and battery information of a simulation battery; the second battery information determined for the target vehicle may also include battery information of only one power supply battery, and the analog battery on the target vehicle may not be replaced.

Alternatively, if a battery of a different model or a different capacity can be used on the target vehicle, the battery type may also be parameters such as battery capacity, battery model, etc.

Optionally, the second battery information may further include a battery identifier of the target battery. The battery identification of each power supply battery can uniquely represent one power supply battery, and the battery identifications of all the simulation batteries can be identical. For example, the number of characters contained in the battery identifications of all the analog batteries may be the same as the number of characters in the battery identifications of the power supply batteries.

Optionally, the power change requirement is determined by the server according to a power change request received from the user terminal.

When the battery needs to be replaced for the target vehicle, the user terminal associated with the target vehicle accesses the server through a designated website or application program, and improves the power conversion request to the server, wherein the power conversion request can comprise the required battery type, the required quantity of different battery types and the like. After receiving the power conversion request, the server analyzes the power conversion requirement and sends the power conversion requirement to the control equipment of the power conversion station.

In one example, an operating window may be provided in the user terminal through which user input requirements are received. Illustratively, the operation window may include a quantity selection window and a type selection window. The number of batteries required is selected through the number selection window, and the battery type is selected through the type selection window.

Step 460, replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

Alternatively, the target storage position of the target battery to be stored on the target vehicle may be determined first according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

For example, a delivery system in the battery exchange station may be used to remove the battery to be exchanged on the target vehicle and transport the battery to be exchanged back into a battery compartment in the battery exchange station. The conveyor system is then used to remove the target battery from its battery storage location in the battery compartment and to mount the target battery to the target vehicle via the conveyor system.

In one example, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: n, and the second battery information may include battery information of m power supply batteries. Therefore, when the battery on the target vehicle is replaced, the m target batteries can be replaced with the power supply batteries in the battery storage positions where the m power supply batteries are installed on the target vehicle, and the n analog batteries on the target vehicle can not be replaced.

In another example, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: and n, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulation battery in the second battery information is m: n, and the second battery information may include battery information of m power supply batteries and battery information of n analog batteries. Therefore, when the battery on the target vehicle is replaced, the m power supply batteries in the target battery can be replaced; and replacing the n simulated batteries on the target vehicle with the n simulated batteries in the target battery.

In another example, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: n, the distribution of the power supply battery and the analog battery in the second battery information is p: q. If p is smaller than m, when the battery on the target vehicle is replaced, the p power supply batteries in the target battery can be replaced by the p power supply batteries in the m power supply batteries on the target vehicle; q simulated batteries in the target battery are used for replacing all other batteries on the target vehicle; if p is greater than m, when the battery on the target vehicle is replaced, the p power supply batteries in the target battery can be replaced with the m power supply batteries on the target vehicle and the p-m simulation batteries on the target vehicle; and replacing all the rest simulated batteries on the target vehicle with the q simulated batteries in the target battery.

In another example, the distribution of the power supply battery and the simulated battery on the target vehicle is m: n, the second battery information may include battery information of p analog batteries. If p is smaller than m, the first battery information can also comprise battery information of m-p simulated batteries, and when the batteries on the target vehicle are replaced, p power supply batteries in the target batteries can be replaced by p power supply batteries in the m power supply batteries on the target vehicle; replacing power supply batteries in all other batteries to be replaced on the target vehicle by m-p simulated batteries in the target battery; if p is greater than m, when the battery on the target vehicle is replaced, the p power supply batteries in the target battery can be replaced with the m power supply batteries on the target vehicle and the p-m simulation batteries on the target vehicle; other analog batteries on the target vehicle remain unchanged.

Through the method, more power changing requirements can be met, the power changing requirements are not limited to the replacement of the power supply battery, and the replacement of part of batteries can be provided for a user under the condition that the battery requirement of the user is not large, so that the flexibility of power changing is improved.

Further, when only part of the power supply batteries need to be replaced, the simulation batteries on the target vehicle can be kept unchanged, operations required by battery replacement are reduced, and the power conversion efficiency is improved.

Because the requirements of different users are different, in order to improve the control equipment of the power exchange station to process the different requirements of different users, the power exchange requirements can be obtained through interaction with the user terminal associated with the target vehicle. As shown in fig. 4, step 460 may include: steps 461 to 462.

Step 461, determining a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

Alternatively, the second battery information may include a battery type of each target battery.

For example, a battery type of a battery of each battery storage position on the target vehicle may be determined according to the first battery information; and determining the target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the battery type currently stored in the battery storage position on the target vehicle and the battery type of the target battery.

For example, a battery type of a battery of each battery storage location on the target vehicle may be determined based on the first battery identification and the first battery location.

In one example, if two battery storage locations are included on the target vehicle, the target vehicle is preceded by a power battery, a simulated battery. The target battery may include a target power supply battery, a target simulation battery, and the target storage position of the target power supply battery on the target vehicle is the storage position of the power supply battery before the target vehicle changes battery; the target storage position of the target simulated battery is the storage position of the simulated battery before the target vehicle changes the battery. Alternatively, the target battery may include only one target power supply battery, and the target storage position of the target power supply battery on the target vehicle is the storage position of the power supply battery before the battery replacement of the target vehicle.

And 462, replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the second battery information and the target storage position of the target battery.

Through the steps, the situation that the battery needs to be replaced can be obtained based on the interaction mode of the user terminal and the server, and the battery replacement requirement of the user can be more conveniently obtained.

When a plurality of batteries on the target vehicle need to be replaced, the batteries on the target vehicle can be replaced in sequence according to the requirement. Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 5, step 460 may include: step 463 and step 464.

Step 463, the ith target battery is retrieved from the battery storage location of the target battery.

Alternatively, the target battery may be taken from the battery storage location using a conveyor system in the battery exchange station. The conveyor system may include a stacker and a rail guided vehicle.

Illustratively, the battery type of the i-th target battery is the type required for the i-th battery storage location on the target vehicle.

In one example, the ith target battery may be retrieved from the battery storage location by a stacker, which then transfers the target battery to the rail guided vehicle.

Step 464, replacing the battery to be replaced of the ith battery storage location with the ith target battery.

Wherein i is a positive integer greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to the number of target batteries required by the target vehicle.

Illustratively, the rail guided vehicle is mounted in an i-th battery storage location after having acquired the battery.

The i-th battery storage location is a target storage location determined according to the battery type of the i-th target battery, a first battery identification on the target vehicle, and a first battery location. The battery type of the ith target battery is the same as the battery type of the battery to be replaced of the ith battery storage position of the target vehicle before battery replacement.

For example, the target storage position of the i-th target battery may be acquired, and the battery to be replaced of the target storage position of the i-th target battery may be replaced with the i-th target battery.

Before step 463 is performed, the battery to be replaced in the target vehicle may be removed using the conveyor system in the battery exchange station. For example, the battery to be replaced may be detached from the target vehicle by a rail guided vehicle and then transferred to a stacker that stores the battery to be replaced in a battery compartment.

In the above steps, the target battery can be sequentially obtained and the battery to be replaced can be disassembled, so that the orderly target battery can be realized.

In some implementations, to make the battery distribution state of the vehicle after battery replacement the same as the battery distribution state before battery replacement, the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle may be replaced with the same type of battery. Based on this requirement, step 460 may include step 465 and step 469, as shown in fig. 6.

Step 465, obtaining a target power supply battery in the target battery according to the second battery information.

For example, the storage location of the target available battery may be determined based on the second battery information, and then the target power supply battery may be taken from the storage location of the target available battery by the conveying means.

Step 466, determining an mth storage location on the target vehicle based on the first battery information.

Alternatively, the mth storage location may be determined based on the battery identification of the battery placed in each battery storage location on the target vehicle.

The battery to be replaced placed in the mth storage location may be a power supply battery, for example.

Alternatively, it may be determined whether the first number of power supply batteries in the first battery information is the same as the first number of power supply batteries in the second battery information, and if so, the mth storage position where the power supply batteries are placed on the target vehicle is determined according to the first battery information.

Alternatively, other battery storage locations on the target vehicle than the mth storage location may be taken as the nth storage location where the dummy battery is placed.

Optionally, an nth storage location on the target vehicle may also be determined according to the first battery information. For example, the nth storage location may be determined based on the battery identification of the battery placed in each battery storage location on the target vehicle.

Step 467, replacing the battery to be replaced at the mth storage location on the target vehicle with the target power supply battery.

The battery to be replaced stored in the mth storage position of the target vehicle before battery replacement is a power supply battery.

m is a positive integer that is not less than the total number of battery storage locations on the target vehicle.

And step 468, acquiring a target simulation battery in the target battery according to the second battery information.

The battery to be replaced placed in the nth storage position may be an analog battery, for example.

Step 469, replacing the battery to be replaced at the nth storage location on the target vehicle with the target simulated battery.

The battery to be replaced stored in the nth storage position of the target vehicle before battery replacement is an analog battery.

n is a positive integer that is not less than the total number of battery storage locations on the target vehicle.

In one example, if there are two battery storage locations on the target vehicle, and the target vehicle requires one power battery, one analog battery. The value of m is 1 and the value of n is 2.

In another example, if there are four battery storage locations on the target vehicle, and the target vehicle requires three power cells, one analog cell. The value of m can be 1, 2 and 3, and the value of n can be 4; the value of m can be 1, 2 and 4, and the value of n can be 3; the value of m can be 2, 3 and 4, and the value of n can be 1; the value of m may be 1, 3 or 4, and the value of n may be 2.

Of course, the total number of battery storage locations on the target vehicle may also be other values. For example, the target vehicle may include three battery storage locations, five battery storage locations, and so on. And determining the distribution of the values of m and n according to the number of power supply batteries required by the target vehicle.

In an alternative implementation, the battery in the nth storage location may not be replaced, and step 460 may include only steps 465 and 466, as desired.

Through the steps, the original battery distribution of the target vehicle is not changed, the adaptation action of the target vehicle to the newly-installed battery can be reduced, and the battery replacement efficiency can be improved.

The types of vehicles on the market are many, different vehicles may have different layouts, and the power supply battery preferential placement positions may be configured for different vehicles, on the basis of which, as shown in fig. 7, the battery replacement method may further include: step 411 and step 412.

In step 411, target vehicle information of the target vehicle is acquired.

The target vehicle information may include license plate numbers, vehicle type parameters, and the like.

The vehicle type parameter may include, for example, a model number of the target vehicle, a size of the target vehicle, and the like.

Step 412, determining a first type of storage location of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information.

Alternatively, a weight distribution of the target vehicle may be determined based on the target vehicle information, and the first type of storage location may be determined based on the weight distribution. For example, the first type of storage location may be provided at a location where the target vehicle weight distribution is low.

Alternatively, a distribution of electrical devices on the target vehicle may be determined based on the target vehicle information, and the first type of storage location may be determined based on the distribution of electrical devices. For example, the first type of storage location may be located at a greater number of locations on the powered device of the target vehicle.

When the number of power supply batteries required by the target vehicle is the same as the number of first-type storage locations, the power supply batteries in the target battery may be stored in the first-type storage locations.

In one example, the target vehicle includes two battery storage locations thereon, the number of first type storage locations being one. When the number of power supply batteries required by the target vehicle is one, a target power supply battery can be stored in the first storage position; when the number of power supply batteries required by the target vehicle is two, then two target power supply batteries may be randomly stored in the battery storage location of the target vehicle.

Before the vehicle is changed, the priority storage position of the power supply battery is determined based on the type parameters of the vehicle, so that the requirements of different vehicles on power utilization can be better met.

In an alternative implementation, the first type of storage location for storing the power supply battery may be determined without being based on the layout of the vehicle, and the default storage location may be based on setting a plurality of battery storage locations on the vehicle. For example, a vehicle includes two battery storage locations that are distributed across the bottom of the vehicle. The battery storage location on the front side of the vehicle bottom may be defaulted to a first type of storage location.

When the number of power supply batteries needed by the vehicle is the same as the number of battery storage locations of the vehicle, the power supply batteries need to fill all battery storage locations of the vehicle, and the target storage locations of the target battery need not be determined based on the current battery distribution of the vehicle, so, as shown in fig. 8, before step 420, the battery replacement method may further include: step 413 and step 414.

In step 413, the power change requirement is obtained.

Illustratively, the power conversion requirement may include: the number of power cells required. Illustratively, the power conversion requirement may also include: whether or not there is a need for an analog battery.

Alternatively, the power change demand may also be transmitted by the server to the control device of the power change station. The server may be in communication with a user terminal, the user terminal sending a power change demand to the server, the server sending the power change demand to the control device of the power change station.

Alternatively, the power exchange station provides an operating device with which the control device can be connected by wire or wirelessly. The operation device may receive a power change demand input by a user, and the control device may acquire the power change demand from the operation device.

At step 414, it is determined whether the power change demand includes a demand for a power supply battery and a demand for an analog battery.

For example, if the power change demand includes only the required number of power supply batteries, it may be determined whether the power change demand includes a demand for power supply batteries and a demand for analog batteries based on whether the required number of power supply batteries is less than the number of battery storage locations of the target vehicle.

If the power change request includes a request for a power supply battery and a request for an analog battery, step 420 is performed.

By the above steps, it is avoided that the operations of steps 420 to 460 are performed to increase the calculation amount of the battery exchange device when the required amount of the power supply battery is equal to the same number of battery storage positions on the target vehicle.

Based on the same application conception, the embodiment of the present application further provides a battery replacing device corresponding to the battery replacing method, and since the principle of the device in the embodiment of the present application for solving the problem is similar to that of the foregoing embodiment of the battery replacing method, the implementation of the device in the embodiment of the present application may refer to the description in the embodiment of the foregoing method, and the repetition is omitted.

Fig. 9 is a schematic functional block diagram of a battery replacing device according to an embodiment of the present application. Each module in the battery replacing apparatus in the present embodiment is used to perform each step in the above-described method embodiment. The battery replacement device includes: a first acquisition module 510, a first determination module 520, and a replacement module 530; wherein the contents of each module are as follows.

A first obtaining module 510, configured to obtain first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle, where the first battery information includes a first battery identifier and a first battery position associated with each first battery identifier;

the first determining module 520 is configured to determine, according to the obtained power conversion requirement, second battery information of the target battery that needs to be placed in each battery storage location on the target vehicle;

and a replacing module 530, configured to replace a battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.

In one possible implementation, the replacement module 530 includes: a first determination unit and a battery replacement unit.

A first determining unit configured to determine a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information;

and the battery replacement unit is used for replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the second battery information and the target storage position of the target battery.

In a possible embodiment, the first determining unit is configured to:

according to the first battery information, determining the required battery type of each battery storage position of the target vehicle;

In a possible implementation, the replacing module 530 is configured to:

replacing the battery to be replaced at the m-th storage position on the target vehicle with the target power supply battery;

In one possible embodiment, the battery replacing device may further include:

the second acquisition module is used for acquiring target vehicle information of the target vehicle;

and the second determining module is used for determining a first storage position of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information, wherein the first storage position is a storage position for storing the power supply battery.

In one possible embodiment, the battery replacing device may further include:

the third acquisition module is used for acquiring the power conversion requirement;

a third determining module for determining whether the power change requirement includes a requirement for a power supply battery and a requirement for an analog battery;

If the power change request includes a request for a power supply battery and a request for an analog battery, the first obtaining module 510 is executed again.

Furthermore, the embodiments of the present application also provide a computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor performs the steps of the battery replacement method described in the above-described method embodiments.

The computer program product of the battery replacement method provided in the embodiments of the present application includes a computer readable storage medium storing program codes, where the program codes include instructions for executing the steps of the battery replacement method described in the method embodiments, and the specific reference may be made to the method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners as well. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, for example, flow diagrams and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of apparatus, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present application. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

In addition, the functional modules in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated together to form a single part, or each module may exist alone, or two or more modules may be integrated to form a single part.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes. It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the same, but rather, various modifications and variations may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.

The foregoing is merely specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think about changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and the changes and substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

A battery replacement method, characterized by comprising:

acquiring first battery information of each battery on a target vehicle, wherein the first battery information comprises first battery identifications and first battery positions associated with each first battery identification;

Determining second battery information of a target battery required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the acquired power change requirement;

and replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.
The method of claim 1, wherein the replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle based on the first battery information and the second battery information comprises:

determining a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information;

and replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the second battery information and the target storage position of the target battery.
The method of claim 2, wherein determining the target storage location of the target battery on the target vehicle based on the first battery information and the battery type of the target battery comprises:

determining the required battery type of each battery storage position of the target vehicle according to the first battery information;

and determining a target storage position of the target battery on the target vehicle according to the battery type currently stored in the battery storage position and the battery type of the target battery.
The method of claim 1, wherein the replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle based on the first battery information and the second battery information comprises:

acquiring an ith target battery from a battery storage position of the target battery;

and replacing the battery to be replaced of the ith target battery storage position, wherein i is a positive integer which is greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to the number of target batteries required by the target vehicle.
The method of claim 1, wherein the replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle based on the first battery information and the second battery information comprises:

acquiring a target power supply battery in the target battery according to the second battery information;

determining an mth storage position on the target vehicle according to the first battery information;

replacing a battery to be replaced at an mth storage position on the target vehicle with the target power supply battery;

acquiring a target simulation battery in the target battery according to the second battery information;

and replacing the battery to be replaced at the nth storage position on the target vehicle with the target simulation battery, wherein m and n are positive integers which are smaller than or equal to the total number of the battery storage positions on the target vehicle.
The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring target vehicle information of the target vehicle;

and determining a first storage position of the target vehicle according to the target vehicle information, wherein the first storage position is a storage position for storing a power supply battery.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the power conversion requirement;

determining whether the power change demand includes a demand for a power supply battery and a demand for an analog battery;

and if the power changing requirement comprises the requirement on a power supply battery and the requirement on an analog battery, executing the step of acquiring the first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle.
A battery replacement device, characterized by comprising:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring first battery information of each battery on the target vehicle, wherein the first battery information comprises first battery identifications and first battery positions associated with each first battery identification;

the first determining module is used for determining second battery information of the target battery which is required to be placed in each battery storage position on the target vehicle according to the acquired power change requirement;

And the replacement module is used for replacing the battery to be replaced on the target vehicle according to the first battery information and the second battery information.
A control apparatus, characterized by comprising: a processor, a memory storing machine-readable instructions executable by the processor, which when executed by the processor, perform the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 7 when the control device is run.
A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method according to any of claims 1 to 7.
A power exchange station, comprising: a conveyor system, a battery compartment and the control device of claim 9.