Patent ID: 8886478
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B60L,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for ascertaining properties of a battery, such as a capacity and/or a charge state and/or a remaining life of the battery, by means of a model-based state identification, comprising the steps of: interrogating an operating state of a consumer supplied by the battery; performing a process for ascertaining the properties of the battery based at least in part on the operating state of the consumer indicated by the interrogation, the properties including at least a capacity of the battery; and starting the process for ascertaining an ascertainment of the properties of the battery only whenever the operating state of the consumer being supplied indicates that the consumer is not operating in a primary mode of operation, wherein for ascertaining the capacity of the battery, the following steps are performed: