Patent ID: 8143852

Claim:
A state of charge optimizing device for optimizing a state of charge of each cell of a plurality of cells which are connected in series to form an assembled battery, said device comprising a charging or discharging unit capable of discharging or charging each cell, wherein the device conducts optimization of the state of charge of each cell in such a manner that the difference between the amount of charge after said discharging or charging each cell and the amount of charge in a predetermined state of charge becomes uniform among the plurality of cells, when said discharging or charging is conducted in a part or all of the plurality of cells and an amount of charge difference calculating unit calculating the difference between the current amount of charge and the amount of charge in the predetermined state of charge for at least one of the plurality of cells; an optimization target value setting unit setting an optimization target value in accordance with the amount of charge difference calculated by the amount of charge difference calculating unit for each cell of a part or all of the plurality of cells; and an optimizing processing unit making the charging and discharging unit conduct charging or discharging in accordance with the set optimization target value for each cell of a part or all of the plurality of cells when the optimization target value is set; wherein the optimization target value setting unit sets the optimization target value for each of the cells other than a reference cell which is the at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the optimization target value setting unit comprising: a first processing unit adding the amount of charge difference of the reference cell calculated by the amount of charge difference calculating unit to the amount of charge in the predetermined state of charge for each of the cells other than the reference cell; and a second processing unit setting the optimization target value to the amount of charge calculated by the first processing unit or a value corresponding thereto for each of the cells other than the reference cell.