TWI508878B - Battery exchange system and its exchange method - Google Patents

Description

Battery exchange system and exchange method thereof

The invention relates to the technical field of battery exchange of a vehicle body, in particular to a battery exchange system which can be automated and exchanged rapidly, and a exchange method thereof, thereby improving the use efficiency and life of the battery to reduce the consumption cost.

According to the demand for fossil fuels and environmental protection, energy conservation and carbon reduction, the car body has been widely recognized as the most potential traffic vehicle in the future. However, the limitation of the vehicle's endurance and the time and inconvenience of battery charging have become the biggest obstacle to the development of the car body. How to develop a battery with higher power density and safer and improve the convenience and timeliness of battery charging becomes the main key to whether the car body can continue to develop and is generally accepted.

At present, lead-acid batteries are still the mainstream of car batteries in the market. The main factor is that the technology is mature and the price is much cheaper than other types of batteries. However, the major disadvantages of lead-acid batteries are overweight, low energy density, short cycle life, and lead. Heavy metals, manufacturing and recycling are properly handled and will be gradually restricted in the future. Therefore, when the lithium battery technology is mature and widely used in the 3C market, it is naturally possible to replace the lead-acid battery and re-open the market opportunity for the vehicle body. The biggest advantage is that the energy density is high, the cycle life is long, and the Battery Box is designed to be removable. The body can be used without relying on the charging environment. In addition to the weight of the locomotive, it also improves the maneuverability and riding performance and extends the cruising range. .

However, the cost of the existing battery is extremely high, which usually accounts for 2 to 30% of the entire vehicle body, and it has a certain service life, and needs to be constantly exchanged, and its performance will be continuously degraded, affecting the endurance of the vehicle body. Consumers will not easily change the cost in terms of cost, so they also increase the number of times of charging. However, whether it is a new battery or a battery, it takes a period of time to fully charge the battery, which affects the convenience of using the vehicle body. These factors are Invisible, will affect the willingness and promotion of the purchase of the car body; and the use of battery exchange program may reduce the burden on consumers to purchase the car body, the battery is owned by the battery exchange operating company, using the consumer to exchange the battery when paying for recycling, battery use The longer the number of years, the more exchanges, the greater the profitability of the operating company. Convenient and quick battery exchange allows consumers to easily extend the distance and save waiting time. However, the battery exchange stations currently developed are limited by the manufacturers and types of the vehicle body. Therefore, the positions of the batteries are also different, and even the types and specifications of the batteries are different. Therefore, it is usually necessary to disassemble the batteries manually, and then manually The battery is placed for exchange, which will make the entire exchange operation impossible to automate, slowing down the exchange of batteries and causing inconvenience in battery exchange.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the battery exchange of the above-mentioned vehicle body, the inventor of the present invention has improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, finally successfully developed and completed the battery exchange system and the exchange method thereof.

The object of the present invention is to provide a battery exchange system, which can quickly complete battery exchange by continuous continuous operation, and at the same time, the battery is professionally identified and maintained, thereby improving the battery performance, effectively extending the battery life, and saving waiting. Charging time.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a battery exchange method capable of rapidly performing battery exchange so that the battery can be reused and the battery is fully utilized, so that the battery purchase cost of the consumer can be greatly reduced.

The battery exchange system capable of achieving the above object of the invention includes: a positioning device for the vehicle body to be placed thereon, so that the vehicle body provides fixing and limiting when exchanging the battery; and a battery management unit (battery management unit) The battery management device is disposed on one side of the positioning device, the battery management device is configured to receive and manage the plurality of batteries and the full battery; an automatic exchange unit is disposed on the positioning device and Between the battery management devices, the battery on the vehicle body and the full battery on the battery management device are disassembled and assembled; a recognition unit that uses the sensor to obtain vehicle body information or battery product information. Determine the location, model and product information of the battery installation coordinates.

The method for exchanging the battery exchange system includes: a vehicle body positioning step of parking the vehicle body with the battery in a replacement position of the positioning device; and determining the battery product information step by using the identification device And identifying the outline feature of the battery, or obtaining a product information through the identification device, and determining the battery installation coordinate position of the vehicle body according to the product information; and removing the battery step, the automatic exchange device is used to remove the battery on the vehicle body a storage battery step, which is to place the battery in a charging chamber of the battery management device for battery detection or charging; and a step of selecting a full-charge battery, which is selected by using an automatic switching device in the battery-filled battery compartment of the battery management device; The battery has been fully charged; in the step of installing the battery, the automatic charging device is used to mount the full-charge battery on the vehicle body, and finally the entire battery exchange operation is completed.

The invention relates to a battery exchange technology for a vehicle body, which is a battery exchange system and a method for exchanging the same, which can automatically identify the battery characteristics of the vehicle body, and automatically remove the battery of the vehicle body and the battery which is automatically placed and charged.

Accordingly, the present invention allows the battery exchange system of the present invention to form a consistent continuous operation through its exchange method for the rapid completion of battery exchange by the above-mentioned technical means, because of its fast exchange speed and repeated use of the battery, The battery is fully utilized, so it can greatly reduce the consumer's battery purchase cost, and save time for charging, and form an automated service. After the battery is professionally maintained, it can improve its performance and life, and further improve its battery. Added value to increase the competitiveness and economic benefits of the product.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the battery exchange system provided by the present invention mainly comprises: a positioning device 1, a battery management device 2, an automatic switching device 3, and an identification device 4, which are used as a vehicle body. Disassembly and exchange of the battery 61 of 5;

The positioning device 1 can be disposed on the vehicle body 5 for automatically fixing and limiting the vehicle body 5 when the battery body 6 is exchanged, so that the vehicle body 5 can perform the battery 61 at the replacement position of the positioning device 1. The positioning device 1 further includes a positioning platform 11 capable of linearly moving the X-axis and the Y-axis through the servo axis, and the positioning device 1 can recognize the contour feature or product information of the battery 61 by the identification device 4 to control the positioning platform 11 Move to move the car body 5. As shown in FIG. 4, the positioning platform 11 further includes a function of the rotating unit 12, and the rotating unit 12 further fixes and limits the body 5, and the positioning platform 11 and the rotating unit 12 provide displacement and rotation of the vehicle body 5. When the positioning platform 11 and the rotating unit 12 cooperate with the identification device 4 to measure the mounting coordinate position of the battery 61, the rotation angle and displacement of the vehicle body 5 can be relatively quickly provided, so that the robot arm of the automatic switching device 3 can be rotated freely and rapidly. Move to the mounting coordinates of the battery 61.

The battery management device 2 is disposed on one side of the positioning device 1. The battery management device 2 can accommodate and manage the plurality of batteries 61, the full battery 62, and the waste battery 63. As shown in FIG. 5, the battery management device 2 further There is a charge chamber 21 for arranging the battery 61, a full battery chamber 22 for arranging the full battery 62, and a waste battery chamber 23 for arranging the waste battery 63. Further, the battery management device 2 has detection, The function of measuring and judging the use of current and voltage by the battery 61 can be used to determine whether the battery 61 can continue to be used for charging or to meet the discarding criteria after the battery 61 is recovered. The battery management device 2 further includes a database 24 for managing and memorizing product information of the battery 61. The battery management device 2 further includes wired or wireless connection to a cloud management system 25, and the identification device 4 recognizes When the battery 61 is obtained and the product information of the battery 61 is obtained, the battery management device 2 is connected to the cloud management system 25, and the specification, size, historical information, and historical data of the battery 61 are queried via the cloud management system 25. ). If the battery management device 2 determines that the battery 61 is normal (or the battery management device 2 is connected to the cloud management system 25 to confirm that the battery 61 is normal), the charging operation can be continued, and the battery 61 that can be used for charging can be assembled to the charging chamber 21 The electric energy is supplemented, and then stored in the rechargeable battery compartment 22 for recycling, and the battery 61 removed from the vehicle body 5 is stored in the waste battery compartment after being determined to be the waste battery 63 that can no longer be used. 23, for professional maintenance or recycling to provide efficiency and avoid environmental pollution. In the present invention, the charging chamber 21, the charging battery chamber 22, and the waste battery chamber 23 can be configured as a zone or a zone or a plurality of battery cells provided with numbers, and the individual battery compartments can be connected to the database 24 when After the automatic switching device 3 detaches the battery 61 from the vehicle body 5, the identification device 4 can read the product information of the battery 61 (the product information of the battery 61 is voltage (V), capacity (AH), cold start (A), Length (L), width (W), height (H), weight (Kg), and electrolyte (L)), so when the battery 61 is placed in the empty battery compartment, the database 24 can memorize the battery 61 The product information is synchronously detected, measured, and determined. The battery 61 uses current and voltage to confirm whether the battery 61 can continue to be used for charging or to meet the discarding standard; the automatic switching device 3 is disposed in the positioning device 1 and the battery management device 2 Between the automatic switching device 3, a track is formed by a robot arm or a track 31 is provided to provide a mechanical arm to move along the track 31 to increase the moving stroke, and the automatic switching device 3 can perform battery on the body 5 of the positioning device 1. 61 disassembly and assembly, and the battery 61 is placed in the battery management device 2 The chamber 21 or the waste battery chamber 23 is used for determining the charging and discarding of the battery management device 2; as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the automatic switching device 3 further includes an adsorption member 32, and the adsorption member 32 is disposed in the automatic exchange device. 3 and applying vacuum adsorption (or multistage adsorption) for adsorbing the battery 61, the full battery 62, and the waste battery 63; as shown in FIG. 7, the robot arm of the automatic exchange device 3 can be The rotating shaft is rotatably supported by the adsorption member 32, and the rotation of the adsorption member 32 prevents the battery 61 from being attached to the vehicle body 5 to cause interference.

The identification device 4 can be disposed on the automatic switching device 3 (as shown in FIG. 3) or in the vicinity of the positioning device 1 (as shown in FIG. 9). The identification device 4 can be provided by one or more sensors ( Or a lens, an optical lens, or an optical zoom lens, the identification device 4 can determine the position of the battery 61 to be mounted according to the obtained product information of the vehicle body 5 or the product information of the battery 61, and further obtain the information of the battery 61 to determine its model number. The specification is used as a reference for exchanging the battery 61; wherein the identification device 4 can apply pattern recognition, contour recognition, character recognition, and bar code recognition to the sensor. The technology is combined with the battery management device 2 to identify and manage product information of the vehicle body 5 or the battery 61. Thereby, a battery exchange system that can be automatically disassembled and assembled at a high speed is formed.

As for the exchange method of the battery exchange system of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, the exchange method includes: a vehicle body positioning, a determination of battery product information, a disassembly battery, a storage battery, a selection of a full battery, and a Steps of installing a battery, and finally completing the operation of exchanging the entire battery 61; wherein: the vehicle body positioning step is to park the vehicle body 5 on the vehicle positioning device 1, and the positioning device 1 automatically fixes the vehicle body 5 and Adjusting, and automatically placing the vehicle body 5 at a position suitable for exchange of the battery 61 and fixing the vehicle body 5 at a replacement position of the designated exchange for preparing for exchange of the battery 61; the step of determining the battery product information is completed. After the positioning of the vehicle body 5, the identification device 4 automatically discriminates, searches for and identifies the contour features of the battery 61, and compares the pre-stored body 5 type, or obtains a product information of the battery 61 through the identification device 4, and according to the The product information further determines that the battery 61 of the vehicle body 5 is mounted with the coordinate position, and then the product information of the battery 61 is further obtained by the identification device 4. The product information of the battery 61 is voltage (V), capacity (AH), cold start (A), length (L), width (W), height (H), weight (Kg), and electrolyte (L). The product information is stored as a two-dimensional barcode. In this way, when the vehicle body 5 is parked in the positioning device 1, the positioning platform 11 or the rotating unit 12 that can be transmitted by the positioning device 1 automatically adjusts the vehicle body 5 to the replacement position, and then automatically exchanges. The identification device 4 on the device 3 (or the independently-configured identification device 4) reads the content of the two-dimensional barcode by the bar code recognition technology, and can correctly know the product information and specifications of the vehicle body 5 or the battery 61; After the determination of the position and specifications of the battery 61 is completed, the battery 61 to be exchanged on the vehicle body 5 is automatically removed by the robot arm or the adsorption member 32 of the automatic switching device 3; the battery storage step is completed. After the disassembly of 61, the battery 61 is automatically placed in the charging chamber 21 of the battery management device 2. After receiving the battery 61, the battery management device 2 internally performs battery 61 performance determination, as shown in FIG. The 61 series is determining the usability, and when it is judged to belong to The normally used, it is charged, and after the fully charged battery 61, the battery 61 is fully charged battery placed in the compartment 22, used for the next cycle. Conversely, when the battery 61 is determined to be unusable, the battery 61 is moved to the waste battery compartment 23 for professional maintenance to ensure the use efficiency of the battery 61 and extend the service life of the battery 61, or to be discarded and discarded. Environmental pollution; the step of charging the battery is selected, after the storage of the battery 61 is completed, the automatic switching device 3 selects the pre-charged battery 62 in the fully charged battery compartment 22 of the battery management device 2, so that the waiting is saved. The charging time greatly shortens the time for exchanging the battery 61; the step of installing the battery, after completing the selection of the full-charge battery 62, the automatic charging device 3 is used to mount the full-charge battery 62 on the vehicle body 5, and finally Complete the exchange of the entire battery.

Through the foregoing architectural design and operation description, the battery exchange system of the present invention can quickly and automatically complete the exchange of the battery 61 of the vehicle body 5 through a continuous continuous operation method, so that when the consumer purchases the vehicle body 5, The burden of the entire consumption can be alleviated, because the battery 61 can be exchanged conveniently and quickly, the consumer can easily extend the use distance, the waiting time is saved, and the identification device 4 is automatically determined to determine the installation position, type and specification of the battery 61. The manpower and time of the battery 61 can be reduced, and the battery 61 can be professionally identified and maintained, thereby improving the performance of the battery 61, effectively extending the battery life, and allowing the battery 61 to be reused, so that the battery 61 is Full use will greatly enhance its economic benefits.

The battery exchange system and the exchange method thereof provided by the invention have the following advantages when compared with the foregoing cited documents and other conventional technologies:

1. The battery exchange system can quickly and automatically complete the battery exchange of the vehicle body through a continuous continuous operation method, eliminating the waiting for charging time.

2. Automated operation, and fast exchange of battery exchange systems and their exchange methods, in order to improve the efficiency and life of the battery to reduce consumer costs.

In summary, this case is not only innovative in terms of space type, but also can enhance the above-mentioned multiple functions compared with the customary items. It should fully meet the statutory invention patent requirements of novelty and progressiveness, and apply for it according to law. This invention patent application, in order to invent invention, to the sense of virtue.

1. . . Positioning means

11. . . Positioning platform

12. . . Rotating unit

2. . . Battery management device

twenty one. . . Charging room

twenty two. . . Fully charged battery room

twenty three. . . Waste battery room

twenty four. . . database

25. . . Cloud management system

3. . . Automatic switching device

31. . . track

32. . . Adsorption component

4. . . Identification device

5. . . Car body

61. . . battery

62. . . Fully charged battery

63. . . used batteries

1 and 2 are block diagrams of a battery exchange system of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery exchange system with a positioning platform;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of the battery exchange system with a positioning platform and a rotating unit;

5 is a schematic diagram of the battery management device distinguishing between a charging chamber, a charging battery chamber, and a waste battery chamber;

Figure 6 is a partially enlarged schematic view showing the robot arm of the automatic exchange device;

Figure 7 is a partially enlarged schematic view showing the robot arm including the adsorption member of the automatic exchange device;

Figure 8 is a partially enlarged schematic view showing the mechanical arm of the automatic exchange device with the adsorption member;

9 is a schematic diagram of determining the position of a battery mounting coordinate of the vehicle body or battery product information obtained by the identification device;

Figure 10 is a flow chart of the exchange of the battery exchange system;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flow chart of determining whether the battery belongs to a normal charging or determining a used battery after the battery management device is detached from the vehicle body.

1‧‧‧ Positioning device

11‧‧‧ Positioning platform

12‧‧‧Rotating unit

2‧‧‧Battery management device

21‧‧‧Charging room

22‧‧‧Filling the battery room

23‧‧‧Waste battery room

3‧‧‧Automatic switching device

31‧‧‧ Track

32‧‧‧Adsorption parts

4‧‧‧ Identification device

5‧‧‧Car body

61‧‧‧Battery

Claims (3)

A battery exchange system for exchanging a battery of a vehicle body, the battery exchange system comprising: a positioning device for the vehicle body to be placed thereon, so that the vehicle body is fixed and limited when the battery is exchanged, The positioning device comprises a positioning platform and a rotating unit capable of linearly moving the X-axis and the Y-axis through the servo axis, and the positioning device can identify the contour feature or product information of the battery by the identification device to control the movement and rotation of the positioning platform. Moving or rotating the vehicle body; a battery management device, the battery management device is disposed on one side of the positioning device, the battery management device is configured to receive and manage the plurality of batteries and the full battery, the battery management device further comprises a database, For managing and memorizing product information of the above battery, the battery management device further includes wired or wireless connection to a cloud management system, and when the identification device identifies the battery and obtains product information of the battery, the battery management device is connected to the cloud. Management system, querying the specifications, historical information and historical data of the battery through the cloud management system; An automatic switching device is disposed between the positioning device and the battery management device, and is detachably assembled between the battery on the vehicle body and the full battery on the battery management device; and an identification device that utilizes the sensor Get car body information or electricity The product information of the pool is used to determine the position and product information of the battery installation coordinates. When the positioning platform and the rotating unit cooperate with the identification device to measure the mounting coordinate position of the battery, the rotation angle and displacement of the vehicle body can be relatively quickly provided, so that the automatic switching device is provided. The robot arm is rotatably and quickly moved to the mounting coordinates of the battery. The battery exchange system of claim 1, wherein the database is for managing and memorizing product information of the battery, wherein the battery management device is configured as a numbered plurality of battery cells, and the individual battery compartment can Linked to the database, when the automatic switching device removes the battery from the vehicle body, the identification device can read the product information of the battery, so when the battery is placed in the empty battery room, the database can memorize the product information of the battery. And synchronously detect, measure, and determine the battery usage voltage to confirm whether the battery can continue to be used for charging or to meet the standard of disposal. A method for exchanging a battery exchange system, wherein the battery exchange system is characterized by the first aspect of the patent application, the exchange method comprising: a vehicle body positioning step of parking a battery body with a battery a replacement position of the positioning device; a step of determining a battery product information, wherein the identification device searches for and identifies the contour feature of the battery, and compares the pre-stored body type or obtains a product information of the battery through the identification device, and according to the Product Information Determining the position of the battery mounting coordinate of the vehicle body, and then reading the product information and specifications of the vehicle body or the battery through the identification device on the automatic switching device; and removing the battery step by using the automatic switching device The battery is removed; a battery storage step is performed by placing the battery in the battery management device for battery detection or charging, and when it is determined that it is in normal use, charging is performed, and after the battery is fully charged, the battery is placed In the fully charged battery room, for the next cycle; one selects the full battery step, which uses the automatic switching device to select the fully charged battery in the battery management device; and one installs the battery step, which uses the automatic switching device to charge the battery The full battery is installed on the vehicle body, and finally the entire battery exchange operation is completed.