Patent ID: 9367420
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for monitoring a plurality of battery modules of a battery with at least two data processing devices, comprising: measuring variables from each battery module of the plurality of battery modules with a plurality of sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors being connected to the at least two data processing devices via a communication link; evaluating the measured variables with the each of the at least two data processing devices, the evaluating being performed by each of the at least two data processing devices redundantly and simultaneously; monitoring signals interchanged via the communication link for errors using the at least two data processing devices, the monitoring being performed by each of the at least two data processing devices redundantly and simultaneously; and monitoring one of the at least two data processing devices with another of the at least two data processing devices.