CN118868269A

CN118868269A - A charging and battery swapping cabinet and charging method

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Publication number: CN118868269A
Application number: CN202310410687.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴大勇; 张�杰
Original assignee: Beijing Qisheng Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology and Development Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-18
Filing date: 2023-04-18
Publication date: 2024-10-29

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a charging and swapping cabinet and a charging method, which are provided with multiple groups of storage compartments, each group of storage compartments is configured with a compartment control board and a first charger, at least two charging compartments in each group of storage compartments are connected to the first charger, and when there are batteries placed in at least two charging compartments, the target battery that meets the preset charging strategy is selected according to the current power of the battery and the current time, and then the target battery is charged. In this way, the hardware cost can be greatly reduced, the complexity of the equipment can be reduced, and the volume and size of the equipment can be reduced. The charging and swapping cabinet can be reused in time-sharing, a group of storage compartments can only charge one battery at the same time, and multiple batteries in a group of storage compartments can be switched and charged in time-sharing. Under the premise of quickly producing batteries that meet the power standards, flexible energy configuration can be achieved, energy utilization can be improved, and energy waste and consumption can be reduced.

Description

Charging battery-changing cabinet and charging method

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of charging and battery changing cabinets, in particular to a charging and battery changing cabinet and a charging method.

Background

Electric energy is one of excellent energy sources, and is widely applied to work, study and life, while a battery is a portable power source, and has been developed to a great extent, namely, from a de lu battery, a lead-acid battery, a nickel-iron battery, a nickel-cadmium battery, a nickel-hydrogen battery, a lithium battery and the like to a present lithium ion battery and the like, and various batteries are widely applied to various industries, and electric vehicles, electronic products and the like are also effectively popularized due to the development of the batteries.

However, the electric quantity of the battery is fixed, the battery needs to be charged in time after the electric quantity is exhausted, besides the charging, the electricity changing requirement also appears, the battery can be quickly changed without waiting, so that various charging cabinets, electricity changing cabinets and the like are put in more and more, whether the charging cabinets, the electricity changing cabinets or the charging and electricity changing cabinets with the charging and electricity changing two-in-one function are adopted, a one-to-one charging mode of a single bin and the battery is adopted, the charging and electricity changing requirements can be met, but most of time chargers in one day are not completely in a working state, the equipment utilization rate is not high, the resource waste is serious, the design redundancy is high, and the cost is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a charging cabinet and a charging method, so as to at least solve some of the technical problems.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a charging and battery-changing cabinet, which comprises a plurality of storage bins, a plurality of first chargers and a plurality of bin control boards, wherein each storage bin is matched with one bin control board and one first charger;

The storage bin comprises at least two charging bins, a charging interface and an information acquisition interface are arranged in the charging bins, the charging interface and the information acquisition interface are respectively and electrically connected with the bin control board, the bin control board is electrically connected with the first charger, and the first charger is connected with the charging interface through the bin control board and is used for charging a battery connected with the charging interface;

The bin control board is used for collecting the current electric quantity of the battery through the information collection interface and controlling the connection and disconnection between the first charger and the charging interface through the current electric quantity and the current time.

In a possible implementation manner, the bin control board comprises a bin control processor, a first switch, a first charging input interface and at least two charging output interfaces, wherein the first charging input interface is electrically connected with the first charger, and each charging output interface is electrically connected with one charging interface;

The first switch comprises a first control end, a first input end and at least two first output ends, wherein the first control end is electrically connected with the bin control processor, the first input end is electrically connected with the first charging input interface, and each first output end is electrically connected with one charging output interface.

In a possible implementation manner, the charging and battery-changing cabinet further comprises a plurality of second chargers, and each group of the storage bins is matched with one second charger;

The second charger is electrically connected to the bin control board and connected with the charging interface through the bin control board, and the second charger is used for being matched with the first charger to charge the battery connected to the charging interface together.

In a possible implementation manner, the bin control board further comprises a second switch and a second charging input interface, wherein the second charging input interface is electrically connected with the second charger;

the second switch comprises a second control end, a second input end and at least two second output ends, wherein the second control end is electrically connected with the bin control processor, the second input end is electrically connected with the second charging input interface, and each second output end is electrically connected with one charging output interface.

In a possible implementation manner, the bin control board further comprises a first information interface and a second information interface, the first information interface and the second information interface are respectively and electrically connected with the bin control processor, the information acquisition interface is connected to the first information interface, and the first charger and the second charger are respectively and electrically connected to the second information interface.

In a possible implementation manner, the charging and electricity changing cabinet further comprises a main control board, and the main control board is electrically connected with the bin control board.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a charging method applied to the charging battery-changing cabinet, which comprises the following steps:

aiming at each group of storage bins, under the condition that batteries exist in at least two charging bins, collecting the current electric quantity of each battery through a bin control processor on a bin control board, and determining the current moment;

Determining a target battery meeting a preset charging strategy in at least two batteries by the bin control processor based on the current electric quantity and the current moment;

The first input end of the first switch on the bin control board is controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with a first target output end, the first charger is controlled by the bin control processor to charge the target battery, the first target output end is a first output end connected with a target charging output interface, and the target charging output interface is a charging output interface electrically connected with a charging interface of a charging bin for placing the target battery.

In a possible implementation manner, the determining, based on the current power and the current time, a target battery that satisfies a preset charging policy from at least two batteries includes:

For each battery, determining an electric quantity difference value between the current electric quantity and a residual electric quantity threshold value, wherein the residual electric quantity threshold value is preset electric quantity which can be normally used after charging;

Determining whether the current power conversion peak time is in a preset power conversion peak time or not based on the current time;

and if the current battery is in the preset power change peak time, taking the battery with the smallest electric quantity difference value in the at least two batteries as a target battery meeting the preset charging strategy.

In a possible implementation manner, after the determining whether the current is in a preset power conversion peak period based on the current time, the method includes:

And if the current battery is not in the preset power change peak time, taking the battery with the largest electric quantity difference value of the at least two batteries as a target battery meeting the preset charging strategy.

if the current is not in the preset power-changing peak time, determining the charging current of each battery for requesting charging;

And taking the battery with the largest charging current or charging voltage of the at least two batteries as a target battery of a preset charging strategy.

In a possible implementation manner, the controlling, by the control processor, the connection between the first input end and the first target output end of the first switch on the control board, and controlling, by the control processor, the first charger to charge the target battery, includes:

The first input end of the first switch on the bin control board is controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with a first target output end, the second input end of the second switch on the bin control board is controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with a second target output end, the first charger and the second charger charge the target battery together, and the second target output end is a second output end connected with the target charging output interface.

In a possible embodiment, in case that the battery is detected to be present in the charging bin, the method further comprises:

Acquiring battery information of the battery through an information acquisition interface in the charging bin by the bin control processor;

and determining a charging current and/or a charging voltage for charging the battery through the battery information.

According to the charging battery changing cabinet and the charging method, the plurality of groups of storage bins are arranged, each group of storage bins is provided with the bin control board and the first charger, interfaces in at least two charging bins in each group of storage bins are respectively connected with the configured bin control board and then connected with the first charger, under the control of the bin control board, under the condition that batteries to be charged are placed in at least two charging bins, information of the batteries can be read through the interfaces in the charging bins, at least two batteries are screened through the current electric quantity and the current moment of the collected batteries, target batteries meeting a preset charging strategy are selected, and then charging circuits where the target batteries are located can be controlled to be closed through the bin control boards, so that the batteries are charged.

Therefore, at least two charging bins are a group of storage bins provided with a charger and a bin control board, hardware cost can be greatly reduced, equipment complexity is reduced, equipment volume and size are reduced, the charging and electricity changing cabinet can be used for time-sharing multiplexing, a group of storage bins can charge only one battery at the same time, a plurality of batteries in a group of storage bins can be used for time-sharing switching charging, and flexible energy configuration can be realized on the premise of meeting the requirement of rapidly producing batteries meeting electric quantity standards, energy utilization rate is improved, and energy waste and consumption are reduced.

Further, when charging, if the battery is in the power change peak time, the battery with small electric quantity difference between the current electric quantity and the residual electric quantity threshold value can be charged preferentially, namely, the battery with high residual electric quantity can be rapidly obtained, so that the battery with electric quantity meeting the use requirement can be rapidly obtained, the charging waiting time is reduced, and the power change efficiency is improved.

Furthermore, when charging, if the battery is not in the power-changing peak time, the battery with large power difference between the current power and the residual power threshold value can be charged preferentially, namely, the battery with low residual power, so that the difference of the power between the batteries can be balanced, the power reserve is improved, and more available batteries are improved.

Further, the storage bin can be further provided with a second charger, and correspondingly, when the storage bin is charged, the storage bin can be matched with the first charger to charge the battery together, so that the charging rate can be improved, the quick charging is realized, the storage bin can also be matched with the battery with more charging requirements, and the adaptability is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the aspects of the disclosure.

The foregoing objects, features and advantages of the disclosure will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings required for the embodiments are briefly described below, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, these drawings showing embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description serve to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure. It is to be understood that the following drawings illustrate only certain embodiments of the present disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the person of ordinary skill in the art may admit to other equally relevant drawings without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a charging and battery-changing cabinet provided in an embodiment of the disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an electrical appliance structure of a storage bin in the charging exchange cabinet shown in fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an electrical structure of the deck control panel shown in FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic electrical structure diagram of another warehouse control board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a flowchart of a charging method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all embodiments. The components of the disclosed embodiments generally described and illustrated herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this disclosure without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of this disclosure.

According to research, most of electric cabinets, battery replacement cabinets and charging and battery replacement cabinets with charging and battery replacement two-in-one functions are generally adopted in a one-to-one charging mode of a single bin and a battery, and although the requirements of charging and battery replacement can be met, most of time chargers in one day are not completely in a working state, the equipment utilization rate is not high, the resource waste is serious, the design is redundant, and the cost is high.

Based on the above study, the disclosure provides a charging and changing cabinet and a charging method of the charging and changing cabinet, by setting at least two charging bins as a group of storage bins and providing a charger and a bin control board, hardware cost can be greatly reduced, equipment complexity is reduced, equipment volume and size are reduced, the charging and changing cabinet can be used for time-sharing multiplexing, a group of storage bins can charge only one battery at the same time, a plurality of batteries in a group of storage bins can be used for time-sharing switching charging, flexible energy configuration can be realized on the premise of meeting the requirement of rapidly producing batteries meeting electric quantity standards, energy utilization rate is improved, and energy waste and consumption are reduced.

The defects of the scheme are all results obtained by the inventor after practice and careful study, and therefore, the discovery process of the above problems and the solutions to the above problems set forth hereinafter by the present disclosure should be all contributions of the inventors to the present disclosure during the course of the present disclosure.

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.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a charging and battery-changing cabinet according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, a charging and battery-replacing cabinet 100 provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet body and a plurality of storage bins on the cabinet body, each storage bin includes at least two charging bins 110, specifically, a plurality of accommodating cavities formed by inward recessing are provided on the cabinet body, and each accommodating cavity forms one charging bin 110 for accommodating a battery to be charged.

The battery may be an independent battery, for example, a detachable battery capable of being charged independently on an electric vehicle or other equipment, when the battery needs to be charged and replaced, the battery may be detached and directly put into the charging and replacing cabinet 100 for charging, or may be a non-independent battery, for example, a battery integrated with the electronic equipment and arranged in an electronic equipment such as a charger, and when the battery needs to be charged and replaced, the electronic equipment may be directly put into the charging and replacing cabinet 100 for charging.

In this embodiment, the description is given by taking the example that 6 charging bins 110 and three storage bins are provided, that is, each two charging bins 110 are a group of storage bins, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, other numbers of charging bins 110 may be provided as required, and the number of charging bins 110 in each group of storage bins may be provided as required. It should be noted that, if there are redundant charging bins and less than one group of charging bins when the storage bins are divided, the remaining charging bins may be used as one group of storage bins, for example, for the charging bins with even number, the division into even number groups may just be completed, but there are odd number of charging bins, if the division into even number groups, there may be separate remaining charging bins, and at this time, the separate remaining charging bins may also be used as one group of separate storage bins.

In addition, the charging bin 110 may be further provided with a bin gate, and a display screen may be disposed in the bin gate or the bin body, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, fig. 2 is a schematic electrical structure diagram of a storage compartment in the charging and battery-replacing cabinet shown in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a schematic electrical structure diagram of a control board shown in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 2, the charging and battery-changing cabinet 100 further includes a main control board 120, a plurality of bin control boards 130 and a plurality of first chargers 140, each group of storage bins is adapted to one bin control board 130 and one first charger 140, each bin control board 130 is electrically connected with the main control board 120, the main control board 120 is a master control of the charging and battery-changing cabinet 100, and the main control board 120 CAN be connected with the bin control boards 130 through a CAN bus, so as to obtain bin body data, and issue charging control policies for the bin control boards 130, and the like.

Specifically, the main control board 120 may be provided with a main control processor, a communication module, a bluetooth module, and other components, so as to implement communication with the background and/or the user equipment.

In addition, a charging interface 111 and an information collecting interface 112 are further disposed in the charging bin 110, the charging interface 111 and the information collecting interface 112 are respectively and electrically connected to the bin control board 130, the bin control board 130 is electrically connected to the first charger 140, and the first charger 140 is connected to the charging interface 111 through the bin control board 130 and is connected to a power supply to be used as a power supply of the charging bin 110, so as to charge a battery connected to the charging interface 111.

Further, the bin control board 130 is configured to collect the current electric quantity of the battery through the information collection interface 112, and control the on/off between the first charger 140 and the charging interface 111 through the current electric quantity and the current time, so as to control whether to immediately charge the battery.

The charging interface 111 and the information collecting interface 112 may be two independent interfaces, for example, may be implemented by two independent interfaces or terminals, or may be two sub-interfaces in a group of interfaces, for example, two sub-interfaces may be non-conductive pins or terminals in the same interface.

The connection between the control board 130 and the information collection interface 112 may be through a CAN bus, and in addition, as the types of the batteries corresponding to the same charging and power changing cabinet may be the same or similar, the communication addresses of the batteries are mostly the same or similar, so the control board 130 and the information collection interface 112 of each charging bin 110 may be respectively connected through a separate CAN bus, so as to realize independent collection of information of each battery, or a time-sharing chip or module may be set on the control board 130, so that time-sharing reading of information of the batteries in each charging bin 110 is realized through a CAN bus. A bus interface may be provided on the control board 130, and the information collecting interface 112 is connected to the bus interface, so as to connect with the control processor 131 on the control board 130.

In one possible implementation manner, the bin control board 130 includes a bin control processor 131, a first switch 132, a first charging input interface 133 and at least two charging output interfaces 134, where the bin control processor 131 may be connected to a main control processor on the main control board 120 to implement information and data exchange, and the first charging input interface 133 is electrically connected to the first charger 140, that is, the first charger 140 is connected to the first charging input interface 133, at least two charging output interfaces 134 are in one-to-one correspondence with at least two charging bins 110, and each charging output interface 134 is electrically connected to the charging interface 111 corresponding to one charging bin 110, so as to output electric energy for the charging interface 111 to charge the connected battery.

In addition, the control board 130 further includes a first information interface 135, the first information interface 135 is electrically connected to the control processor 131, and the information acquisition interface 112 is connected to the first information interface 135. Specifically, the information collection interface 112 and the first information interface 135 may be connected through a CAN bus.

In addition, the control board 130 further includes a second information interface 136, the second information interface 136 is electrically connected to the control processor 131, the first charger 140 is electrically connected to the second information interface 136, and the control processor 131 can read the data of the first charger 140 through the second information interface 136.

Specifically, the first switch 132 includes a first control end, a first input end and at least two first output ends, where the first control end is electrically connected to the control processor 131, the first input end is electrically connected to the first charging input interface 133, at least two first output ends are in one-to-one correspondence with at least two charging output interfaces 134, and each first output end is electrically connected to one charging output interface 134.

Correspondingly, under the control of the bin control processor 131, the first control end may be connected to a target output end of the at least two first output ends, so that a path is implemented between the first charging input interface 133 and the charging output interface 134 connected to the target output end through conduction between the first input end and the target output end, and a battery in the charging bin 110 connected to the conducting charging output interface 134 may be charged.

The first switch 132 may be a relay switch, a single pole multiple throw switch, or the like.

Like this, every thing storehouse adaptation charger that puts, the quantity that can significantly reduce the charger reduces the cost of the cabinet that trades that charges to control according to actual conditions and switch and charge, can reduce the energy waste, improve resource utilization.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic electrical structure diagram of another control board according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 4, in a possible implementation manner, the embodiment shown in fig. 4 is different from the embodiments shown in fig. 2 and 3 in that the charging and power changing cabinet 100 further includes a plurality of second chargers 150, and each set of the storage bins is adapted to one of the second chargers 150.

The second charger 150 is electrically connected to the control board 130, and is connected to the charging interface 111 through the control board 130, and the second charger 150 is configured to cooperate with the first charger 140 to charge a battery connected to the charging interface 111. The second charger 150 is electrically connected to the second information interface 136, and the control processor 131 may read the data of the second charger 150 through the second information interface 136.

In addition, the control board 130 further includes a second switch 137 and a second charging input interface 138, where the second charging input interface 138 is electrically connected to the second charger 150, that is, the second charger 150 is connected to the control board 130 through the second charging input interface 138.

The second switch 137 includes a second control end, a second input end, and at least two second output ends, where the second control end is electrically connected to the bin control processor 131, the second input end is electrically connected to the second charging input interface 138, at least two second output ends are in one-to-one correspondence with at least two charging output interfaces 134, and each second output end is electrically connected to one charging output interface 134.

Correspondingly, under the control of the bin control processor 131, the second control end may be connected to a target output end of the at least two second output ends, so that, through conduction between the first input end and the target output end, a path is implemented between the second charging input interface 138 and the charging output interface 134 connected to the target output end, and a battery in the charging bin 110 connected to the conducting charging output interface 134 may be charged.

Accordingly, in one possible embodiment, the second switch 137 and the first switch 132 are in a synchronous control state, that is, the two switches are correspondingly consistent with each other under the control of the control processor 131, so that the second charger 150 and the first charger 140 are connected to the same charging bin.

The second switch 137 may be a relay switch, a single pole multiple throw switch, or the like.

Furthermore, in one possible embodiment, the second switch 137 and the first switch 132 may be the same switch, i.e. the first charging input interface 133 and the second charging input interface 138 are both connected to inputs of the switch.

Here, by providing the first charger 140 with the second charger 150, the first charger 140 may be provided with a complementary function to charge the same battery together to satisfy the charging requirement of the battery in the case where the first charger 140 cannot satisfy the charging current or the charging voltage of the battery, and further, even in the case where the first charger 140 can satisfy the charging current or the charging voltage of the battery, the second charger 150 may be provided with a function of fast charging for the battery in cooperation with the first charger 140 as an auxiliary power source.

The charging power of the first charger 140 and the charging power of the second charger 150 may be the same or different.

Furthermore, in one possible embodiment, both batteries may be charged by the first charger 140 and the second charger 150, respectively. Under the condition that one of the two chargers is a high-power charger, the high-power charger can be controlled to charge the battery with high request current, when the battery is charged quickly, the request current can be reduced, and at the moment, the switch can be controlled to switch so as to adjust the battery charged by the charger, so that the system always keeps to match with the high request current at the high-power charger, and the productivity is improved.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart of a charging method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The charging method shown in fig. 5 may be applied to the charging battery cabinet shown in fig. 1 to 4. As shown in fig. 5, the charging method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure includes the following steps:

s501: under the condition that batteries exist in at least two charging bins for each group of storage bins, collecting the current electric quantity of each battery through a bin control processor on a bin control board, and determining the current moment.

In the step, for each group of storage bins, the bin control processor on the bin control board can detect whether the battery to be charged is placed in the charging bin or not through the mode that whether the information acquisition interface is connected with the battery and/or whether the charging interface is connected with the battery or not, and can acquire the current electric quantity of each battery and determine the current moment through the bin control processor on the bin control board under the condition that the battery exists in at least two charging bins.

In one possible embodiment, in case that the presence of a battery in the charging bin is detected, the method further comprises:

Acquiring battery information of the battery through an information acquisition interface in the charging bin by the bin control processor; and determining a charging current and/or a charging voltage for charging the battery through the battery information.

Here, in the case that the battery to be charged is placed in the charging bin, that is, after the battery is connected with the charging interface and the information acquisition interface, the bin control processor may acquire battery information of the battery through the information acquisition interface set in the charging bin, and further determine a charging current and/or a charging voltage for charging the battery through the battery information, and may further determine a current electric quantity of the battery through the battery information.

S502: and determining a target battery meeting a preset charging strategy in at least two batteries by the bin control processor based on the current electric quantity and the current moment.

In this step, after the bin control processor reads the current electric quantity and the current time, the bin control processor may screen out a target battery satisfying a preset charging policy from at least two batteries in combination with a preset charging policy issued in advance.

The preset charging strategy can be a charging strategy issued to the bin control processor by the main control processor, can be a charging strategy directly written into the bin control processor by a user, and can also be a charging strategy directly issued to the bin control processor by a background.

Specifically, in one possible implementation manner, the determining the target battery may be that for each battery, the difference between the current electric quantity and the remaining electric quantity threshold is determined first, then, based on the current time, whether the current time is in a preset power-change peak period is determined, for example, whether the current time is in the power-change peak period, and if the current time is in the preset power-change peak period, a battery with the smallest electric quantity difference in at least two batteries may be used as the target battery that satisfies a preset charging policy.

The remaining capacity threshold is a preset capacity which can be normally used after charging, namely, the remaining capacity threshold can be considered to be normally used for a period of time, for example, the remaining capacity threshold can be set to 80% of the battery capacity, when the current capacity of the battery is greater than 80%, the battery can be considered to be normally used for a period of time, the battery can be charged without immediately being charged, and the battery can be charged in an idle time.

The battery for determining the difference of the electric quantity is the battery with the current electric quantity lower than the residual electric quantity threshold value, if the current electric quantity is higher than the residual electric quantity threshold value for a plurality of placed batteries, the battery can be placed at a post-position of charging, i.e. charging the battery without priority.

Accordingly, in one possible embodiment, if after determining whether the current is in the preset peak power change period, the result is that the current is not in the preset peak power change period, the method further includes:

In another possible embodiment, if after determining whether the current is in the preset peak power change period, the result is that the current is not in the preset peak power change period, the method further includes:

if the current is not in the preset power-changing peak time, determining the charging current of each battery for requesting charging; and taking the battery with the largest charging current or charging voltage of the at least two batteries as a target battery of a preset charging strategy.

S503: the first input end of the first switch on the bin control board is controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with a first target output end, the first charger is controlled by the bin control processor to charge the target battery, the first target output end is a first output end connected with a target charging output interface, and the target charging output interface is a charging output interface electrically connected with a charging interface of a charging bin for placing the target battery.

In the step, after the target battery to be charged is determined, a target charging bin for placing the target battery can be determined, a target charging output interface connected with a charging interface arranged in the target charging bin and arranged on a bin control board and a first target output end connected with the target charging output interface and arranged on a first switch can be determined, after the connection route is found, the bin control processor can control the first input end of the first switch on the bin control board to be connected with the first target output end, a charging path is formed, and then the bin control processor can control a first charger to charge the target battery.

The first target output end is a first output end connected with a target charging output interface, and the target charging output interface is a charging output interface electrically connected with a charging interface of a charging bin for placing the target battery.

Correspondingly, in a possible implementation manner, when the charging and battery-changing cabinet is provided with the main charger and the auxiliary charger, that is, the first charger and the second charger are provided, the first input end of the first switch on the cabin control board is controlled by the cabin control processor to be connected with the first target output end, and the first charger is controlled by the cabin control processor to charge the target battery, so that the first charger and the second charger can be used together to charge the target battery.

Specifically, the first input end of the first switch on the bin control board can be controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with the first target output end, the second input end of the second switch on the bin control board can be controlled by the bin control processor to be connected with the second target output end, the first charger and the second charger charge the target battery together, and the second target output end is the second output end connected with the target charging output interface.

According to the charging method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the information of the batteries can be read through the interfaces in the charging bins, under the condition that the batteries are placed in at least two charging bins, the at least two batteries can be screened through the current electric quantity and the current time of the collected batteries, the target battery meeting the preset charging strategy is selected, and then the charging circuit where the target battery is located can be controlled to be closed through the bin control board, so that the batteries are charged, flexible energy configuration can be realized on the premise that the batteries meeting the electric quantity standard are rapidly produced, the energy utilization rate is improved, and the energy waste and consumption are reduced.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the above-described method of the specific embodiments, the written order of steps is not meant to imply a strict order of execution but rather should be construed according to the function and possibly inherent logic of the steps.

The embodiments described above are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the disclosed embodiments, are within the scope of the disclosed embodiments.

In describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, or an azimuth or a positional relationship in which the disclosed product is conventionally put when used, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the electric vehicle or the element to be referred must have a specific azimuth, be configured and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, it should also be noted that, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" should be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The foregoing is merely a specific implementation of the embodiments of the disclosure, but the protection scope of the embodiments of the disclosure is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that may be easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the embodiments of the disclosure should be covered by the protection scope of the embodiments of the disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Finally, it should be noted that: the foregoing examples are merely specific embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that while the foregoing examples are described in detail, it is not limited to the disclosure: any person skilled in the art, within the technical scope of the disclosure of the present disclosure, may modify or easily conceive changes to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features thereof; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the disclosure, and are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The charging and electricity changing cabinet is characterized by comprising a plurality of storage bins, a plurality of first chargers and a plurality of bin control boards, wherein each storage bin is matched with one bin control board and one first charger;

2. The charging battery cabinet of claim 1, wherein the control board comprises a control processor, a first switch, a first charging input interface and at least two charging output interfaces, the first charging input interface being electrically connected to the first charger, each charging output interface being electrically connected to one of the charging interfaces;

3. The charging battery cabinet of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of second chargers, each set of the storage bins being adapted to one of the second chargers;

4. The charging battery cabinet of claim 3, wherein the control board further comprises a second switch and a second charging input interface, the second charging input interface being electrically connected to the second charger;

5. The battery charging and changing cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the cabin control board further comprises a first information interface and a second information interface, the first information interface and the second information interface are respectively and electrically connected with the cabin control processor, the information acquisition interface is connected to the first information interface, and the first charger and the second charger are respectively and electrically connected to the second information interface.

6. The charging and battery changing cabinet according to claim 1, further comprising a main control board, wherein the main control board is electrically connected with the cabin control board.

7. A charging method applied to the charging battery-changing cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the method comprising:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining a target battery of at least two batteries that meets a preset charging policy based on the current charge and the current time comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein after said determining whether the current is at a preset peak power change time based on the current time, the method comprises:

10. The method of claim 8, wherein after said determining whether the current is at a preset peak power change time based on the current time, the method comprises:

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the controlling, by the control processor, the connection of the first input terminal of the first switch on the control board to the first target output terminal, and the controlling, by the control processor, the first charger to charge the target battery, comprises:

12. The method of claim 7, wherein in the event that the presence of a battery in the charging bin is detected, the method further comprises: