TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The present disclosure relates to vehicular batteries. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to system and method for replacement of batteries for battery operated vehicle.
BACKGROUND
[002] The background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] With cities growing rapidly in pollution and load shedding on power plants, e-rickshaw faces many challenges, such as unavailability of accessible emergency battery supply warehouses, the high cost of rechargeable batteries, long charging hours, disruptive ecosystem and high human capital needs. In today's world of constant connectivity, instant gratification and customer-driven market, immediate availability of battery supply warehouses and replacement are the vast array of challenges faced by the vehicles such as e-rickshaws.
[004] With the deepening of the global energy crisis and the serious environmental pollution, the world's major auto companies generally recognize that energy conservation and emission reduction are the main directions for future automotive technology development. Among them, electric vehicles, as a new generation of vehicles, are increasingly favoured by the automotive research field because of their incomparable advantages in energy saving and emission reduction and reduction of human dependence on traditional fossil resources. Especially in the issue of safe operation and supervision of electric vehicles, it has received special attention. Therefore, remote monitoring and management of electric vehicles and remote monitoring of battery replacement stations have become an important part of the safe operation of electric vehicles. After the large-scale popularization of electric vehicles, 70%-80% of electric vehicles will be supplemented with batteries.
[005] Existing techniques does not contain all the parameters simultaneously. The parameters deployed in other possible solutions do not perform different tasks as it does. The 2
recharging pattern of batteries of the e-rickshaw drivers is their own household sockets but the proposed system can immediately provide charged batteries and replace the used batteries by tracking the battery life along with storing the necessary data in the cloud so that it can be accessed from anywhere.
[006] At present, when the domestic electric vehicle is out of power, it is opened to the parking space where the fixed charging pile is installed, and the charging plug is connected to charge the electric vehicle.
[007] However, the number of charging piles is usually small, and most of the cities do not, and the charging piles are charged for too long, which cannot meet the demand for charging a large number of electric vehicles. As a result, the electric vehicles that need to be charged are crowded and queued, occupying a large number of parking lots near the charging piles.
[008] If the electric operated vehicle is unable to drive to the charging pile due to low power, or there is no power available nearby, the electric vehicle will be anchored on the side of the road.
[009] There is therefore a need in the art to provide system and method for management of batteries of a vehicle that seeks to overcome or at least ameliorate one or more of the above-mentioned problems and other limitations of the existing solutions and utilize techniques, which are robust, accurate, fast, efficient, cost effective and simple.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0010] It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method.
[0011] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method that provides battery status in real time so that a remedial action can be in time.
[0012] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method that assists driver of the vehicle to plan his/her journey to the battery vendor.
[0013] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method avoids stoppage of battery-operated vehicle due to exhaustion of the batteries. 3
[0014] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method that provides a platform wherein the battery vendors can provide various battery services on the move.
[0015] It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a battery management system and method that alerts the driver as well as the vendors of battery about limited threshold condition.
SUMMARY
[0016] The present disclosure relates to vehicular batteries. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to system and method for management of batteries of a vehicle.
[0017] According to an aspect, the present disclosure provides a battery management system for a vehicle. The system includes: a set of batteries configured with the vehicle to power the vehicle; one or more sensors operatively coupled with the set of batteries to sense one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of the set of batteries; a control unit operatively coupled with the one or more sensors, the control unit configured to compare the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters, wherein, when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold, the control unit generates one or more signals to: indicate, as an alert, the current one or more parameters of the set of batteries pertaining to energy capacity, and indicate, at one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
[0018] In an embodiment, the one or more remedial actions are any of replacement of the set of batteries and charging the set of batteries to optimum energy capacity.
[0019] In an embodiment, the system comprise one or more GPS sensors configured with the set of batteries, the one or more GPS sensors to sense real time position of the vehicle.
[0020] In an embodiment, the one or more signals comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
[0021] In an embodiment, the system comprises a velocity sensor configured with the vehicle, the velocity sensor to sense velocity of the vehicle in real time. 4
[0022] In an embodiment, the system comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the control unit, the display configured with the vehicle to display any or a combination of the sensed one or more parameters, velocity of the vehicle and approximate distance that the vehicle travels before the set of batteries discharges completely.
[0023] According to another aspect a method for management of batteries of a vehicle includes: sensing, by one or more sensors, one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of a set of batteries; comparing, by control unit, the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters; generating, by the control unit, one or more signals when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold; transmitting, by the control unit, the generated one or more signals to one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
[0024] In an embodiment, the one or more signal comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
[0025] In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving, by the control unit, position of the one or more vendors) that are located within a predefined range of distance from the vehicle to assist in performing any or a combination of selecting a vendor from the one or more vendors and determining a route from the current position of the vehicle to the position of the one or more vendors.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0026] In the figures, similar components and/or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.
[0027] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary network architecture in which or with which proposed battery management system of a vehicle can be implemented in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. 5
[0028] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of battery management unit installed on a vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0029] FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram illustrating a process for managing battery of a vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0030] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0031] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, firmware and/or by human operators.
[0032] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware).
[0033] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems 6
containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product.
[0034] If the specification states a component or feature “may”, “can”, “could”, or “might” be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0035] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0036] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this invention will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).
[0037] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
[0038] The present disclosure relates to vehicular batteries. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to system and method for management of batteries of a vehicle.
[0039] According to an aspect, the present disclosure provides a battery management system for a vehicle. The system includes: a set of batteries configured with the vehicle to power the vehicle; one or more sensors operatively coupled with the set of batteries to sense one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of the set of batteries; a control unit operatively coupled with the one or more sensors, the control unit configured to compare the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more 7
parameters, wherein, when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold, the control unit generates one or more signals to: indicate, as an alert, the current one or more parameters of the set of batteries pertaining to energy capacity, and indicate, at one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
[0040] In an embodiment, the one or more remedial actions are any of replacement of the set of batteries and charging the set of batteries to optimum energy capacity.
[0041] In an embodiment, the system comprise one or more GPS sensors configured with the set of batteries, the one or more GPS sensors to sense real time position of the vehicle.
[0042] In an embodiment, the one or more signals comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
[0043] In an embodiment, the system comprises a velocity sensor configured with the vehicle, the velocity sensor to sense velocity of the vehicle in real time.
[0044] In an embodiment, the system comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the control unit, the display configured with the vehicle to display any or a combination of the sensed one or more parameters, velocity of the vehicle and approximate distance that the vehicle travels before the set of batteries discharges completely.
[0045] According to another aspect a method for management of batteries of a vehicle includes: sensing, by one or more sensors, one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of a set of batteries; comparing, by control unit, the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters; generating, by the control unit, one or more signals when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold; transmitting, by the control unit, the generated one or more signals to one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
[0046] In an embodiment, the one or more signal comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle. 8
[0047] In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving, by the control unit, position of the one or more vendors) that are located within a predefined range of distance from the vehicle to assist in performing any or a combination of selecting a vendor from the one or more vendors and determining a route from the current position of the vehicle to the position of the one or more vendors.
[0048] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary network architecture in which or with which proposed battery management system of a vehicle can be implemented in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0049] In an embodiment, a battery management system 100 for a vehicle 102 can include a battery management unit 104 installed on the vehicle 102. The battery management unit 104 can be operatively coupled with plurality of user devices 108-1, 108-2…….108-N (collectively referred to as user devices 108 or computing devices 108 and individually referred to as user device 108 or computing device 108 hereinafter) of plurality of users 110-1, 110-2…….110-N (collectively referred to as users 110 or vendors 110 and individually referred to as user or vendor 110 hereinafter) through a network 104.
[0050] Further, the network 104 can be a wireless network, a wired network or a combination thereof. The network 104 can be implemented as one of the different types of networks, such as intranet, local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the internet, Wi-Fi, LTE network, CDMA network, and the like. Further, the network 104 can either be a dedicated network or a shared network. The shared network represents an association of the different types of networks that use a variety of protocols, for example, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and the like, to communicate with one another. Further the network 104 can include a variety of network devices, including routers, bridges, servers, computing devices, storage devices, and the like.
[0051] Further, the system 100 can include a server 112 operatively coupled to the battery management unit 104 and each of the computing devices 110 using the network 104. In an embodiment, the server 112 can include a database that can be accessible by driver of the vehicle 102, the vendors 110 using their computing device 108 and the battery management unit 104. The database can be configured to maintain information pertaining to driver of the vehicle 102 such as his/her mobile number, a unique ID(s) and the like for identification of the driver. Further, the database can include information pertaining to the vendors 108 such as his\her contact number, location, address and the like. 9
[0052] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary block diagram of battery management unit installed on a vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0053] In an embodiment, a battery management unit 200 can include a set of batteries 202. The set of batteries 202 can be configured with the vehicle. The set of batteries 202 can be configured to provide power to the vehicle. The vehicle can include but not limited to a battery-operated vehicle such as an e-rickshaw etc, a car, bus and the like that has a set of batteries 202 installed on them to provide required power to the vehicle. In an embodiment, the set of batteries 202 can be configured to provide power to propel engine of the vehicle and even can provide power to accessories of the vehicles such as head light, turn indicators, and the like.
[0054] Further, the battery management unit 200 can include one or more sensors (not shown) configured with the set of batteries 202 to sense one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of the set of batteries 202. Further, the battery management unit 200 can include a control unit (not shown). The control unit can be operatively coupled with the one or more sensors. The control unit can be further configured to compare the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters. Now, when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the predetermined threshold, the control unit, in response, can be configured to generate one or more signals. Further, the generated one or more signals can be transmitted to computing devices of associated vendors for taking one or more remedial actions such as replacing the set of batteries 202 or charging the set of batteries 202.In an embodiment, the vendors can include organizations or individuals that can provide services related to the set of batteries of the vehicle.
[0055] In an embodiment, the battery management unit 200 can include one or more GPS sensors to sense real-time position of the vehicle. In an embodiment, the generated one or more signals can comprise information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
[0056] In an embodiment, the battery management unit 200 can include a display unit 204 operatively coupled with the control unit. In an exemplary embodiment, the display unit 204 can show, instantaneous energy capacity of the set of batteries 202 in percentage as illustrated by 206. Further, the control unit can determine the distance the vehicle can travel at current energy capacity of the set of batteries 202 as illustrated by 208.
[0057] FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram illustrating a process for managing battery of a vehicle in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. 10
[0058] In an aspect, the proposed method may be described in general context of computer executable instructions. Generally, computer executable instructions can include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, procedures, modules, functions, etc., that perform particular functions or implement particular abstract data types. The method can also be practiced in a distributed computing environment where functions are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, computer executable instructions may be located in both local and remote computer storage media, including memory storage devices.
[0059] The order in which the method as described is not intended to be construed as a limitation, and any number of the described method blocks may be combined in any order to implement the method or alternate methods. Additionally, individual blocks may be deleted from the method without departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein. Furthermore, the method may be implemented in any suitable hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof. However, for ease of explanation, in the embodiments described below, the method may be considered to be implemented in the above described system.
[0060] In context of flow diagram 300, block 302 pertains to, sensing one or more parameters, using one or more sensors configured with a set of batteries, pertaining to current energy capacity of the set of batteries. Further, block 304 pertains to, comparing the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters. Further, block 306 pertains to generating one or more signals when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold. Further, block 308 pertains to, transmitting the generated one or more signals to one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0061] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method.
[0062] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method that provides battery status in real time so that a remedial action can be in time.
[0063] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method that assists driver of the vehicle to plan his/her journey to the battery vendor. 11
[0064] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method avoids stoppage of battery-operated vehicle due to exhaustion of the batteries.
[0065] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method that provides a platform wherein the battery vendors can provide various battery services on the move.
[0066] The present disclosure provides a battery management system and method that alerts the driver as well as the vendors of battery limited threshold condition.

We Claim:
1. A battery management system for a vehicle, said system comprising:
a set of batteries configured with the vehicle to power the vehicle;
one or more sensors operatively coupled with the set of batteries to sense one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of the set of batteries;
a control unit operatively coupled with the one or more sensors, the control unit configured to compare the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters, wherein, when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold, the control unit generates one or more signals to:
indicate, as an alert, the current one or more parameters of the set of batteries pertaining to energy capacity, and
indicate, at one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more remedial actions are any of replacement of the set of batteries and charging the set of batteries to optimum energy capacity.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprise one or more GPS sensors configured with the set of batteries, the one or more GPS sensors to sense real time position of the vehicle.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the one or more signals comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises a velocity sensor configured with the vehicle, the velocity sensor to sense velocity of the vehicle in real time.
6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the system comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the control unit, the display configured with the vehicle to display any or a combination of the sensed one or more parameters, velocity of the vehicle and approximate distance that the vehicle travels before the set of batteries discharges completely. 13
7. A method comprising:
sensing, by one or more sensors, one or more parameters pertaining to current energy capacity of a set of batteries;
comparing, by control unit, the sensed one or more parameters with a predetermined threshold for the one or more parameters;
generating, by the control unit, one or more signals when the sensed one or more parameters falls below the health of the set of batteries falls below the predetermined threshold;
transmitting, by the control unit, the generated one or more signals to one or more computing devices associated with one or more vendors, to initiate any of one or more remedial actions to be taken for the set of batteries.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the one or more remedial actions are any of replacement of the set of batteries and charging the set of batteries to optimum energy capacity.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the one or more signal comprises information pertaining to any or a combination of current energy capacity of the set of batteries and real time position of the vehicle.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the method comprises receiving, by the control unit, position of the one or more vendors) that are located within a predefined range of distance from the vehicle to assist in performing any or a combination of selecting a vendor from the one or more vendors and determining a route from the current position of the vehicle to the position of the one or more vendors.