US 12,469,056 B2
Evaluation apparatus, evaluation method, and computer readable storage medium
Yuki Tominaga, Saitama (JP); Takuya Miyashita, Saitama (JP); and Masayuki Kawamura, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,604.
Application 17/518,604 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/016314, filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-089376 (JP), filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058699 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0278 (2013.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An evaluation apparatus for evaluating a value of a plurality of secondary batteries in a secondary use place, comprising:
at least one processor;
an acquisition unit for, using the at least one processor, acquiring:
(A) present output information indicating a present maximum output of each secondary battery in the plurality of secondary batteries;
(B) degree of decrease information indicating a predicted degree of decrease in a maximum output in a future of the each secondary battery in the secondary use place;
(C) minimum output information indicating a minimum output required in the secondary use place; and
(D) expiration period information indicating an expiration period of the plurality of secondary batteries for each application among a plurality of applications in the secondary use place;
a first evaluation unit for, using the at least one processor, in a case where the expiration period is defined, in the expiration period information, for a first application that is one application among the plurality of applications in the secondary use place, calculating, based on the present output information and the degree of decrease information, for the each secondary battery end output information indicating a maximum output at a time when the expiration period ends, and evaluating a relative degree of adaptation of the plurality of secondary batteries to the first application by using the end output information that is calculated; and
a second evaluation unit for, using the at least one processor, in a case where the expiration period is not defined, in the expiration period information, for a second application that is another application different from the one application among the plurality of applications in the secondary use place, calculating, based on the present output information and the degree of decrease information, for the each secondary battery a time it takes for the maximum output to reach the minimum output required in the secondary use place in the future and indicated in the minimum output information, and evaluating a relative degree of adaptation of the plurality of secondary batteries to the second application by using the time that is calculated.