US 12,352,815 B2
Battery information management system and battery information management method
Tatsuya Jinno, Wako (JP); Takumi Shiiyama, Wako (JP); and Ryuichi Kimata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,767.
Application 17/889,767 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/007867, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-057890 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003804 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 31/371 (2019.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/371 (2019.01) [G01R 31/367 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G06F 17/40 (2013.01); H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a battery that is reusable by a plurality of users; and
a server that establishes communication with the battery via a network;
wherein the battery includes:
a storage unit configured to store maintenance information for maintenance of the battery, user information related to personal data of a first one of the users registered in association with a use of the battery, and usage history information of the battery;
an information communication unit configured to transmit the user information and the usage history information from the storage unit to the server; and
a control unit configured to control the storage unit and the information communication unit,
wherein the control unit is configured to clear the user information and the usage history information from the storage unit after transmission processing by the information communication unit when a user registration associated with the use of the battery is changed from the first one of the users to a second one of the users;
wherein the server includes:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire the user information and the usage history information transmitted by the information communication unit of the battery;
a server storage unit configured to store the user information in a first storage area and the usage history information in a second storage area different from the first storage area, the user information and the usage history information being acquired by the acquisition unit; and
an information management unit configured to manage information stored in the server storage unit,
wherein the information management unit is configured to encrypt and manage the user information stored in the first storage area,
wherein the battery is associated with the user information stored in the first storage area and the usage history information stored in the second storage area by means of individual identification information of the battery,
wherein the system provides the user information and the usage history information associated with the individual identification information, so that the user information and the usage history information are able to be used for a reusing battery product in which the battery is reused and which is used by the first one of the users who used the battery before the battery is used as the reusing battery product.