Patent ID: 10393814

Abstract:
[Object] To accurately detect states of a variety of types of secondary batteries even in a low-current range.[Solution] A secondary battery state detecting device includes: a current detecting unit (a current sensor (12)) that detects a value of a current flowing in a secondary battery (14); a calculating unit (an equivalent circuit component calculation module (114)) that calculates an equivalent circuit component that constitutes an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery; an estimating unit (a voltage drop value calculation module (116)) that estimates a value of a voltage drop caused by a value of a dark current on the basis of the value of the dark current and the equivalent circuit component, the value of the dark current corresponding to a value of a current detected by the current detecting unit and the dark current flowing in the secondary battery after the vehicle has stopped, and the equivalent circuit component corresponding to the equivalent circuit component calculated by the calculating unit and having an element value varying nonlinearly in accordance with the value of the dark current; and a state detecting unit (an open circuit voltage calculation module (118)) that detects a state of the secondary battery on the basis of the value of the voltage drop estimated by the estimating unit.