Patent ID: 7345452
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B60L,G01R,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method of calculating an SOC (State Of Charge) of a battery of a hybrid vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving information about a previous SOC mode and operation time in the mode from memory of a battery controller after startup of the vehicle; calculating a battery SOC data value using one of respective different reference capacities depending on whether a normal SOC preservation mode, a high SOC range expansion mode, or a low SOC range expansion mode is detected using the battery controller and transmitting the battery SOC data value to a vehicle controller; and determining whether conditions for entering a next SOC mode is met after calculation of an actual SOC value of the battery in the normal SOC preservation mode, the high SOC range expansion mode, or the low SOC range expansion mode; wherein the calculation of the SOC data value (HCU_SOC) is performed by calculating the SOC data value (HCU_SOC), which will be transmitted to the vehicle controller using the battery reference capacity (Ah_basic) in the normal SOC preservation mode, calculating the SOC data value using a value larger than the reference capacity (Ah_basic) at a time of charging and using a value smaller than (Ah_basic) at a time of discharging in the high SOC expansion mode, and calculating the SOC data value using a value smaller than the reference capacity (Ah_basic) at the time of charging and using a value larger than the reference capacity (Ah_basic) at the time of discharging in the low SOC expansion mode.