Patent ID: 11884174
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the energy storage device comprises a plurality of battery modules, and wherein each battery module of the plurality of battery modules comprises:
at least one battery module sensor associated with the battery module;
a battery module processor associated with the battery module; and
a battery module optical transceiver associated with the battery module and configured for bidirectional free-space optical communication with the control unit optical transceiver via a free-space optical communication link associated with the battery module,
wherein the battery module processor is configured to receive sensor readings from the at least one battery module sensor and transmit the sensor readings to the control unit via the free-space optical communication link associated with the battery module.