Patent ID: 11899951
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A microcontroller unit (MCU) comprising non-transitory flash memory,
wherein the flash memory is configured to:
determine a key value of each application among a plurality of applications stored in the flash memory, when the MCU is powered on, and
when the key value of the application is invalid, enter a mode that enables reprogramming of the flash memory,
wherein the plurality of applications includes a state of charge (SOC) estimation application, and
wherein in response to the SOC estimation application being executed in the MCU, the MCU is configured to send a control signal to a battery management system (BMS) to operate based on a SOC estimated by the SOC estimation application.