Abstract:
A battery management system of a vehicle is provided to prevent a lithium battery from being overcharged and over-discharged and to safely protect the lithium battery from various conditions degrading the lithium battery when the lithium battery is used as a low-voltage battery in the vehicle. The battery management system includes a relay that electrically connect and disconnects power supplied to a load from a battery and a reconnection switch that determines a connection state based on user manipulation and generates a signal for turning the relay on and off based on the connection state. Additionally, a controller turns the relay on and off based on the connection state of the reconnection switch.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0075195, filed Jun. 16, 2016 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
       BACKGROUND 
     1. Field of the Invention 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to a battery management system of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a battery management system that prevents a lithium battery from being overcharged and over-discharged and that safely protects the lithium battery from various conditions that may degrade the lithium battery when the lithium battery is used as a low-voltage battery in the vehicle. 
       2. Description of the Related Art 
       [0003]    An electric vehicle or a fuel cell vehicle as an eco-friendly vehicle includes a low-voltage battery (which is also referred to as a “supplementary battery”) for providing power required to turn on a vehicle and providing power to electric field loads operating at a low voltage. In addition, a general internal combustion engine vehicle for driving an engine using fossil fuel also includes a rechargeable battery for providing power required to turn on a vehicle or providing power to electric field loads. As such a battery, a lead acid battery to be manufactured with low price has been used thus far but it is predicted to use a lithium battery with a longer lifespan and improved electrical characteristics as a substitute. 
         [0004]    A lithium battery requires complete charging due to the characteristics thereof and, thus, when a charging state of a supplementary battery decreases to less than a preset threshold voltage (e.g., discharge lower voltage limit), the lithium battery is installed to shut off electrical connection with a vehicle system using a relay. To restart a vehicle while electrical connection is shut off by a relay, the relay is manually turned on to form electrical connection again. In this regard, typically, a reconnection switch configured to apply a battery voltage directly to a coil of the relay is used. In other words, typically, when a user pushes the reconnection switch, the relay is turned on to electrically connect the battery to a vehicle system as the battery voltage is applied to the coil for driving the relay. 
         [0005]    Such a typical battery relay reconnection method has various problems. For example, when a reconnection switch is maintained in an on-state for a predetermined time period or more due to a maloperation of the reconnection switch and the like, a problem arises in that the relay coil is damaged since a battery voltage is continuously applied to a relay coil. In addition, a problem arises in that the battery is over-discharged since the battery relay is maintained in an on-state for a long period of time during an in-line operation. Further, a problem arises in that the battery is overcharged or an overvoltage is applied to rapidly degrade the battery when external power is connected to a terminal of a vehicle of the relay for jump-starting, when an external power source has a voltage of a predetermined level or greater. 
         [0006]    The above information disclosed in this section is merely for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0007]    Therefore, the present invention provides a battery management system of a vehicle, for preventing a lithium battery from being overcharged and over-discharged when a lithium battery is used as a low-voltage battery in a vehicle and for safely protecting a lithium battery from various conditions that may degrade a lithium battery. 
         [0008]    In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the above and other objects may be accomplished by the provision of a battery management system of a vehicle that may include a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect power supplied to a load from a battery, a reconnection switch configured to determine a connection state based on user manipulation and generate a signal for turning the relay on and off according to the connection state, and a controller configured to operate the relay according to the connection state of the reconnection switch. 
         [0009]    The controller may include a standby power inputter connected to the battery to receive driving power. The controller may include a wake-up inputter configured to receive a connection signal of the reconnection switch or an accessory-on or ignition-on signal based on a key input of the vehicle and generate a wake-up signal, and the controller may be woken up when the wake-up signal is generated. The controller may include a relay controller configured to execute on and off operations of the relay according to a connection signal of the reconnection switch, and the relay controller may be configured to turn the relay on and off based on control of a pulse waveform. 
         [0010]    The controller may be woken up as a battery voltage is applied to the other end of the reconnection switch when the reconnection switch is turned on, receive a mileage of the vehicle after being woken up, and output a control signal for turning off the relay when the mileage is less than a preset reference value. The controller may further include a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage at a rear end of the relay, and the controller may be woken up as a battery voltage is applied to the other end of the reconnection switch when the reconnection switch is turned on, and may be configured to output a control signal for turning on the relay after being woken up when a sensing voltage of the voltage sensor is within a preset normal voltage range. 
         [0011]    In another aspect of the present invention, a battery management system of a vehicle may include a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect power supplied to a load from a battery, and a controller connected directly to the battery and configured to receive standby power, set a time period and being woken up, and output a control signal for turning off the relay when a voltage of the battery is equal to or less than a preset threshold value, wherein the controller may be configured to change the time period after the relay is turned off. 
         [0012]    The controller may further be configured to set the time period to be greater than a time period which was set before the relay is turned off or may not set the time period not to be woken up after the relay is turned off. The battery management system may further include a reconnection switch configured to determine a connection state based on user manipulation and generate a signal for turning the relay on and off based on the connection state, wherein the controller may be woken up based on a connection signal of the reconnection switch or an accessory-on or ignition-on signal according to key input of the vehicle. 
         [0013]    The battery management system may further include a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage at a rear end of the relay, wherein the controller may be configured to receive a first sensing voltage of the voltage sensor after outputting a control signal for turning off the relay, receive a second sensing voltage of the voltage sensor after outputting a control signal for turning on the relay, and determine that fusion of the relay occurs when the first sensing voltage and the second sensing voltage are substantially the same, when the vehicle is turned off. The controller may further be configured to set the time period to be greater than a time period which was set before the relay is turned off or may not set the time period not to be woken up upon determining that fusion of the relay occurs. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0014]    The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
           [0015]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a battery management system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and 
           [0016]      FIGS. 2 to 4  are flowcharts for explanation of an operation of a battery management system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0017]    It is understood that the term “vehicle” or “vehicular” or other similar term as used herein is inclusive of motor vehicles in general such as passenger automobiles including sports utility vehicles (SUV), buses, trucks, various commercial vehicles, watercraft including a variety of boats and ships, aircraft, and the like, and includes hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles (e.g. fuels derived from resources other than petroleum). As referred to herein, a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that has two or more sources of power, for example both gasoline-powered and electric-powered vehicles. 
         [0018]    Although exemplary embodiment is described as using a plurality of units to perform the exemplary process, it is understood that the exemplary processes may also be performed by one or plurality of modules. Additionally, it is understood that the term controller/control unit refers to a hardware device that includes a memory and a processor. The memory is configured to store the modules and the processor is specifically configured to execute said modules to perform one or more processes which are described further below. 
         [0019]    The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. 
         [0020]    Unless specifically stated or obvious from context, as used herein, the term “about” is understood as within a range of normal tolerance in the art, for example within 2 standard deviations of the mean. “About” can be understood as within 10%, 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%, 0.5%, 0.1%, 0.05%, or 0.01% of the stated value. Unless otherwise clear from the context, all numerical values provided herein are modified by the term “about.” 
         [0021]    Hereinafter, a battery management system according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
         [0022]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a battery management system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to  FIG. 1 , the battery management system for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a battery  10 , a relay  20  having a front end connected to the battery  10  and a rear end electrically connected and disconnected to and from the front end based on a control signal, a reconnection switch  30  having a first end connected to the battery  10  and a second end connected and disconnected to and from the first end based on external input, and a controller  100  connected directly to the battery  10  to receive standby power B+, configured to be woken up based on a key input of a vehicle or an electrical state of the second end of the reconnection switch  30 , and configured to output a control signal for adjusting a connection state of the relay  20 . 
         [0023]    The battery  10  may be a component for storing electric energy for outputting power of a low voltage (e.g., about 12 V). The battery  10  may provide electric power required to start a vehicle and, as necessary, may be used to provide electric power required for a low-voltage load during vehicle driving. According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the battery  10  may be referred to as a low-voltage battery or a supplementary battery to differentiate from a high-voltage battery for driving a motor for an eco-friendly vehicle for driving a motor with high-voltage power, and for a general internal combustion engine vehicle, the battery  10  may be referred to as a battery. 
         [0024]    In particular, a lead acid battery or a lithium battery may be used as the battery  10 . A comparatively inexpensive lead acid battery has been used thus far in the prior art, but a lithium battery with high reliability and a longer lifespan has replaced the lead acid battery. In particular, the lithium battery has characteristics whereby performance thereof is rapidly degraded when the lithium battery is discharged with a predetermined voltage or less and, thus, the relay  20  for disconnection from a vehicle system when a voltage is reduced to a predetermined voltage level or less is not necessarily required. According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the necessity of applying a lithium battery as the battery  10  to a used vehicle is high, but the battery  10  is not limited to the lithium battery and the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may also be applied to when a lead acid battery is used as the battery  10 . 
         [0025]    The relay  20  may be a component for electrical connection and disconnection between the battery  10  (in particular, a lithium battery) and a vehicle system. The relay  20  may have a front end electrically connected to the battery  10  and a rear end connected to a side of the vehicle system and may be configured to determine an electrical connection state with the battery  10  through an operation of electrical connection and disconnection between the front end and the rear end. 
         [0026]    The relay  20  may further be configured to determine an on/off state based on an externally input control signal. For example, when a control signal with a specific voltage is applied to a coil in the relay  20  to change the relay  20  to an on-state, the front end and the rear end in the relay  20  may be electrically connected to each other, and when a control signal with a specific voltage is applied to the coil in the relay  20  to change the relay  20  to an off-state, the front end and the rear end in the relay  20  may be electrically disconnected from each other. Accordingly, the relay  20  may include two input terminals configured to receive a control signal for an on-state and a control signal for an off-state, respectively. 
         [0027]    For example, when the battery  10  operates under a condition for a normal operation (e.g., when a voltage of the battery  10  has a value between a preset upper voltage limit and a low voltage limit), the relay  20  may be operated to be maintained in a connection state, i.e., an on-state, and operated to be in a disconnection state, i.e., an off-state, when a voltage of the battery  10  is a preset threshold value (e.g., a low voltage limit) or less. The control signals for determining on/off states of the relay  20  may be provided by the controller  100 . 
         [0028]    The reconnection switch  30  may be configured to receive input from the outside to reconnect (e.g., turn on) the relay  20  when the relay  20  is in an-off state. The reconnection switch  30  may have opposite ends that are electrically connected or disconnected to or from each other based on externally provided input. A first end of the reconnection switch  30  may be connected to the battery  10  and a second end may be connected to the controller  100 . According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on based on external input, a controller connected to the second end of the reconnection switch  30  may be configured to recognize the turning-on of the reconnection switch  30  and provide a control signal for turning on the relay  20  to the relay  20 . 
         [0029]    The controller  100  may be connected directly to the battery  10  to receive standby power B+, may be configured to autonomously set a time period, and may be configured to perform a wake-up operation based on the time period. Further, the controller  100  may be configured to perform the wake-up operation based on a key input (ACC, IG1) of a vehicle or an electrical state of the second end of the reconnection switch  30 . Upon being woken up and changing to a state for a normal operation, the controller  100  may be configured to adjust a connection state of the relay  20  based on a voltage of the battery  10 . In other words, the controller  100  may be configured to monitor the voltage of the battery  10 , and when the voltage of the battery  10  is less than a preset threshold value, the controller  100  may be configured to output a control signal for turning off the relay  20  to the relay  20  to turn off the relay  20 . The controller  100  may further be configured to directly receive the battery voltage as standby power and, thus, may always be configured to monitor an amount of the standby power. 
         [0030]    According to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the controller  100  may be embodied as a battery management system (BMS) controller employed within a vehicle. In particular, according to the tendency of integrally packaging a high-voltage battery and a low-voltage battery (supplementary battery) in an eco-friendly vehicle, the controller  100  may be embodied by one battery management system controller that simultaneously manages a high-voltage battery and a low-voltage battery. In the specification or the accompanying drawings, the term “BMS” may indicate a controller instead of the term “controller”. In particular, the controller  100  may include a standby power inputter  110 , a relay controller  120 , a wake-up inputter  130 , and a real time clock (RTC)  140 . 
         [0031]    The standby power inputter  110  may be directly connected to the battery  10  and may be configured to receive standby power B+ from the battery  10 . The standby power inputter  110  may be configured to provide power to all components included in the controller  100  when the controller  100  is woken up. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the controller  100  may be configured to receive standby power directly from the battery  10  and, thus, even when the relay  20  is turned off, the controller  100  may be woken up. 
         [0032]    The relay controller  120  may be configured to output a control signal for adjusting an electrical connection state of the relay  20  to the relay  20 . As described above, when a battery voltage detected by a voltage sensor  40  is a preset threshold value or less, the relay controller  120  may be configured to output a control signal for turning off the relay  20  to the relay  20 . When the reconnection switch  30  is turned on to receive a battery voltage, the relay controller  120  may be configured to output a control signal for turning on the relay  20  to the relay  20 . In particular, the relay controller  120  may be configured to output a pulse waveform as a control signal for operating the relay  20 . In other words, the relay controller  120  may be configured to execute the on and off of the relay via control of the pulse waveform. Accordingly, when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on for a substantial period of time, an internal coil of the reconnection switch  30  may also be prevented from being damaged. 
         [0033]    The wake-up inputter  130  may be configured to receive a signal for waking up the controller  100 . When input for wake-up is generated in the wake-up inputter  130 , the controller  100  may be configured to supply power to each component included therein to initiate a normal operation. In other words, the controller  100  may be in a sleep state or sleep mode in which a minimum operation is performed while a vehicle is turned off. During the sleep state, power is not supplied to the relay controller  120  and, thus, the controller  100  may not be configured to turn the relay  20  on and off. When the wake-up inputter  130  receives input for wake up, the controller  100  may be configured to provide standby power to each component to initiate an operation and the relay controller  120  may also be configured to receive power to perform an operation. 
         [0034]    The wake-up signal input to the wake-up inputter  130  may be a key input of a vehicle, input from the reconnection switch, or the like. For example, the wake-up inputter  130  may be configured to receive a key input of accessory (ACC)-on or ignition (IG1)-on to wake up the controller  100 . The wake-up inputter  130  may further be configured to receive a wake-up signal input at a predetermined period from a real time clock (RTC) to be described later to operate. The RTC  140  may be configured to set a time period for waking up the controller  100  and provide a wake-up signal based on the set time period to wake up the controller  100  (e.g., change the controller from the sleep mode). According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the RTC  140  may be configured to change a period for generation of a wake-up signal based on a surrounding situation. For example, according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the controller  100  may be configured to receive standby power directly from the battery  10  and perform an operation and, thus, when constant current is continuously used, power consumption of the battery  10  may be increased. To prevent such an occurrence, the controller  100  may be configured to operate the relay  20  to be turned off and, then the RTC  140  may be configured to increase a period for generating a wake-up signal compared when the relay  20  is turned on to reduce a wake-up number of times or may not generate the period for generating a wake-up signal (or set an infinite period) to not perform periodic wake-up. Accordingly, after the battery  10  and a vehicle system are electrically disconnected by turning off the relay  20 , current consumed by the controller  100  that receives standby power directly from the battery  10  may be reduced to minimize current consumption of the battery  10 . 
         [0035]    In  FIG. 1 , reference numeral ‘40’ indicates a voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage at a rear end of the relay  20 , reference numeral ‘50’ indicates a junction box, and reference numeral ‘60’ indicates a low voltage direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter (LDC). The voltage at the rear end of the relay  20 , sensed by the voltage sensor  40 , may be used as a factor transmitted to the relay controller  120  and for operating the relay  20 . In addition, the junction box  50  may be connected to the rear end of the relay  20 , may be connected to various low-voltage electric field loads of a vehicle, which are not illustrated in the drawing, and may form electrical connection between connected components. In addition, the LDC  60  may be configured to convert high-voltage power of a high-voltage battery that is not illustrated in the drawing into low voltage and may have an output terminal connected to the junction box  50 . 
         [0036]    Various functions and advantages based on the functions of the battery management system of a vehicle with the aforementioned structure will be described in more detail.  FIGS. 2 to 4  are flowcharts illustrating an operation of a battery management system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
         [0037]      FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating an operation of a battery management system of a vehicle, which is applicable to the case in which a reconnection switch is turned on due to a maloperation or operation error during an in-line operation, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. When the reconnection switch  30  is turned on while the vehicle is turned off (S 11 ), a voltage of the battery  10  may be applied to the second end of the reconnection switch  30  and a voltage applied to the second end of the reconnection switch  30  may be applied to the wake-up inputter  130  of the controller  100 . Accordingly, the wake-up inputter  130  may be configured to wake up the controller  100  and initiate an operation of the relay controller  120  (S 12 ). 
         [0038]    The relay controller  120  may be configured to recognize that the reconnection switch  30  is turned on and determine whether the vehicle is in an in-line condition (S 13 ). To determine the in-line condition, the relay controller  120  may be configured to receive vehicle mileage information from a vehicle control system (e.g., various sensors mounted within the vehicle), and when the vehicle mileage information is equal to or less than a preset constant mileage, the relay controller  120  may be configured to determine that a current condition is the in-line condition and immediately turn off the relay  20  or turn off the relay  20  after a predetermined time period elapses from a time point at which the reconnection switch  30  is turned on (S 14 ). 
         [0039]    When the vehicle mileage information received by the relay controller  120  is greater than or equal to the preset constant mileage, the relay controller  120  may be configured to determine that a current vehicle is a field vehicle, determine that input of the reconnection switch  30  occurs normally (e.g., without error) to turn on the relay  20  while the relay  20  is turned off due to over-discharge (S 15 ), and operate the relay  20  to be turned on (S 16 ). 
         [0040]    The control scheme may be performed in an in-line condition of a vehicle and may not be performed after the vehicle is completely manufactured. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on, the controller  100  may be configured to determine an in-line condition based on a vehicle mileage and operate the relay  20  while being woken up, thereby preventing the reconnection switch  30  from being turned on due to user error to over-discharge a battery due to consumption of vehicle loads. Further, a battery voltage may be applied directly to a coil of a relay through a reconnection switch to turn on the relay and, thus, when the reconnection switch is turned on due to a user error during an in-line operation, over-discharge of the battery may occur as battery current is continuously consumed. 
         [0041]      FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating an operation of a battery management system of a vehicle, for operating the relay  20  using a sensing result of a voltage at the rear end of the relay  20 , according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. When the reconnection switch  30  is turned on (S 21 ), a voltage of the battery  10  may be applied to the second end of the reconnection switch  30  and a voltage applied to the second end of the reconnection switch  30  may be applied to the wake-up inputter  130  of the controller  100 . Accordingly, the wake-up inputter  130  may be configured to wake up the controller  100  and the relay controller  120  may be configured to initiate an operation (S 22 ). 
         [0042]    Further, the relay controller  120  may be configured to receive a voltage sensed by the voltage sensor  40  disposed at the rear end of the relay  20  (S 23 ), and when the voltage sensed by the voltage sensor  40  is within a preset normal voltage range (S 24 ), the relay  20  may be turned on. Accordingly, the battery  10  may enter a charging state or may operate in a normal mode in which a vehicle attempts to be turned on (S 26 ). 
         [0043]    When the voltage sensed by the voltage sensor  40  is beyond the preset normal voltage range (S 24 ), and in particular, when overvoltage sensing in which the sensed voltage is greater than the preset normal voltage range occurs (S 27 ), the relay controller  120  may be configured to prevent the relay  20  from being turned on even when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on (S 28 ) and output a warning a battery may not be charged due to overvoltage (S 29 ). The control scheme illustrated in  FIG. 3  may be performed when an external power source such as a charger is connected to the rear end of the relay  20  to charge the battery  10  and may be a scheme for determining whether the relay  20  is turned on according to an amplitude of a voltage of the external power source when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on to turn on the relay  20  for battery charging. 
         [0044]    Typically, a battery voltage may be applied directly to a coil of a relay through a reconnection switch to turn on the relay and, thus, when a voltage of an external power source is an overvoltage, the overvoltage may be applied to a battery without change and the battery may be damaged due to overcharge and overvoltage. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, when the reconnection switch  30  is turned on, the controller  100  may be turned on, a voltage at a rear end of a relay to which external power is applied may be detected and, then, the relay  20  may be turned on, thereby overcoming a problem in which an overvoltage is applied or overcharge occurs during charging of the battery  10 . 
         [0045]      FIG. 4  is a diagram illustrating an operation of a battery management system of a vehicle, for determining whether fusion of the relay  20  occurs when the vehicle is turned off, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. When the vehicle is turned off (S 31 ), the relay controller  120  of the controller  100  may be configured to output a control signal for turning off the relay  20  (S 31 ) and receive a sensing voltage sensed by the voltage sensor  40  (S 33 ). Then, the relay controller  120  may be configured to output a control signal for turning the relay  20  on again (S 34 ) and receive a sensing voltage sensed by the voltage sensor  40  (S 35 ). 
         [0046]    Additionally, the relay controller  120  may be configured to output a control signal for turning off the relay  20 , output the received sensing voltage and a control signal for turning on the relay  20  and, then compare the received sensing voltages (S 36 ). When the two values are about the same, the relay  20  may not normally perform on/off operations based on a control signal and, thus, the relay controller  120  may be configured to determine that relay fusion occurs in which a voltage of the battery  10  is continuously applied to the rear end of the relay  20  (S 37 ). When the two values are different by as much as the voltage of the battery  10 , the relay controller  120  may be configured to determine that the relay  20  is normal (e.g., operating without error) (S 39 ). 
         [0047]    In response to determining that fusion of the relay  20  occurs, the RTC  140  may be configured to further increase a period for generating a wake-up signal provided to the wake-up inputter  130  to reduce a wake-up number of times or may not generate the period for generating a wake-up signal (or set an infinite period) to prevent periodic wake-up. In other words, when fusion of the relay  20  occurs, the relay  20  requires repair prior to being operated, thus preventing the controller  100  that receives standby power directly from the battery  10  from being frequently woken up to minimize current consumption of the battery  10 . 
         [0048]    As described above, a battery management system according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be configured to receive information regarding whether a reconnection switch that receives input for relay reconnection is turned on from a controller, and the controller may be configured to determine various electrical environments around a battery and operate the relay in an on/off state to prevent the battery from being over-discharged or overcharged, and prevent application of overvoltage. 
         [0049]    In particular, the battery management system according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be configured to set and variously change various wake-up conditions instead of providing a battery voltage as standby power directly to the controller to also perform relay on/off control by the controller while a vehicle is turned off, thereby minimizing battery current consumption of the controller while the vehicle is turned off. 
         [0050]    The aforementioned battery management system of a vehicle may be configured to receive information regarding whether a reconnection switch that receives input for relay reconnection is turned on from a controller, and the controller may be configured to determine various electrical environments around a battery and operate the relay in an on/off state to prevent the battery from being over-discharged or overcharged, and prevent application of overvoltage. In particular, the battery management system of a vehicle may set and variously change various wake-up conditions instead of providing a battery voltage as standby power directly to the controller to also perform relay on/off adjustments by the controller while a vehicle is turned off, thereby minimizing battery current consumption of the controller while the vehicle is turned off. 
         [0051]    Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in various other embodiments without changing the technical ideas or features thereof.