An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a battery connecting circuit; a charging circuit for supplying power supplied from an external electronic device to a component and battery of the electronic device; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: in a first state in which the electronic device of which the battery is not connected to the battery connecting circuit receives power from the external electronic device, measure the voltage of the battery when it is confirmed that the battery is connected to the battery connecting circuit; and after confirming the capacity of the battery on the basis of the measured voltage, switch to a second state in which the charging circuit supplies power from the external electronic device to the battery connected to the battery connecting circuit. Various other embodiments may be provided.

A directly-connected high-voltage battery energy storage system (BESS) and a control method thereof are provided. The directly-connected high-voltage BESS includes a battery module, a direct current (DC)/DC converter, a DC bus capacitor, a DC/alternating current (AC) converter, and a grid-side filter inductor. A plurality of battery modules is connected in series to form a battery cluster. The battery cluster is connected in series to the DC/DC converter to form a battery branch, and a plurality of battery branches is connected in parallel to form a battery stack. The battery stack is connected in parallel to the DC bus capacitor and then connected to a DC port of the DC/AC converter to form a battery energy storage submodule. AC ports of a plurality of battery energy storage submodules are connected in series to form a chain-type phase converter.

A battery management apparatus includes a charging unit configured to charge a battery cell, a measuring unit configured to measure voltage and current of the battery cell, and a control unit configured to receive battery information including the voltage and current from the measuring unit, estimate a SOC of the battery cell based on the received battery information, calculate an internal resistance of the battery cell based on the battery information whenever the SOC of the battery cell increases by a criterion amount, compare a change pattern of the calculated internal resistance with a preset criterion pattern, and set a negative electrode capacity for the battery cell based on the comparison result.

A battery charging method includes during charging of a battery, upon determining that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery reaches an SOC range, adjusting, within a range from a minimum boundary value of the SOC range to a set SOC, a charge rate of the battery from a first charge rate down to a second charge rate; and adjusting, within a range from the set SOC to a maximum boundary value of the first SOC range, the charge rate of the battery from the second charge rate up to the first charge rate or a third charge rate.

A deterioration estimation device (1) includes: a discharge control unit (11) configured to discharge a lead-acid battery (3) or a lead-acid battery module (4) that includes a plurality of lead-acid batteries until the lead-acid battery (3) or the lead-acid battery module (4) reaches a predetermined SOC; and a first estimation unit (11) configured to estimate a rate of deterioration of the lead-acid battery (3) or the lead-acid battery module (4) based on internal resistance or conductance derived when the lead-acid battery (3) or the lead-acid battery module (4) is discharged.

A power storage device (4) includes a power storage unit (1211) including a plurality of cells, and a BMU (1212) configured to control the power storage unit (1211). The BMU (1212) includes an upper limit power acquisition unit (23) configured to acquire, based on a SOC and a temperature of the power storage unit (1211), an upper limit power that is an upper limit of a power output from the power storage unit (1211) or a power input to the power storage unit (1211).

A wireless charging system includes a platform having a substantially horizontal upper surface configured to support a vehicle and an induction coil coupled to the platform. The induction coil is configured to receive electrical energy from an energy source and generate a magnetic field above the upper surface, the magnetic field being positioned to wirelessly transfer the electrical energy to the vehicle while the vehicle is positioned atop the platform.

A battery pack and charger platform including a voltage coupling circuit comprising an input that receives an input voltage and an output that sends an output voltage, a voltage monitoring circuit having an input coupled to the voltage coupling circuit output and an output, and a power source having an input coupled to the voltage monitoring circuit output, the power source input receives an input voltage representative of a charge instruction.

A computer implemented method for managing charge availability of a charge unit (CU) to obtain charge for a battery of an electric vehicle (EV) is provided. The CU includes a computer for processing at least part of the method and for communicating with a server over a network. The method includes receiving, by the server, status information from the computer of the CU. The method includes sending to the computer of the CU instructions to make a reservation for the CU. The reservation is for a user account that has requested a desire to charge the battery of the electric vehicle of the user at the CU or another CU. The method includes sending, by the server, a confirmation for the reservation to the user account. The confirmation is viewable via a device having access to the server via the user account. The method includes sending, by the server, a data regarding a time of availability of the CU to the user account for the reservation. The computer of the CU is configured to display a visual indicator regarding the reservation of the CU.

A method and apparatus for monitoring an internet-of-things (IoT) battery device (IBD). An example IBD includes a radio transceiver to communicate with an IoT charging device (ICD), a battery, and a battery monitor to determine a state of charge for the battery. An alerter is included to send an alert message to the ICD, via the radio transceiver, to indicate that the SoCh is less than an alert threshold.