Patent ID: 9285433
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60L,G01R,G06F,H01M,H04Q,Y02E,Y02T,Y02W

Claim Text:
1. A battery management system including: an identification information storage unit for storing therein identification information of a battery pack having a plurality of constitutive batteries; a measurement unit for measuring state information relating to a degree of degradation of each of the constitutive batteries; a transmitter for transmitting the identification information of the battery pack and measured value data obtained by the measurement unit; a receiver for receiving the identification information and the measured value data transmitted from the transmitter; a history record information storage unit for storing therein the measured value data received by the receiver as history record information in a manner that associates with the identification information of the battery pack; and a decision unit for deciding a method of reusing the battery pack or the constitutive batteries based on the history record information stored in the history record information storage unit, wherein the decision unit includes: a history record presence/absence decision unit for determining whether or not the history record information of the battery pack is stored in the history record information storage unit; and a battery handling method decision unit configured to: decide that the battery pack is unreusable when it is determined that the history record information of the battery pack is not stored in the history record information storage unit; and determine whether or not the constitutive batteries of the battery pack are reusable based on the history record information of the constitutive batteries when it is determined that the history record information of the battery pack is stored in the history record information storage unit.