When a power switch portion 10 is in an open state and a charge/discharge
path of the secondary battery 100 is in a disconnected state, an
electromotive force calculation portion 109 calculates a battery
electromotive force Veq by subtracting a polarized voltage Vpol stored in
a polarized voltage storage portion 113 from an open-circuit voltage OCV
measured by a voltage measurement portion 102. Based on the electromotive
force, a state-of-charge estimation portion 110 estimates a state of
charge SOC. Thus, a polarized voltage to be considered for the estimation
of SOC can be limited. The state of charge (SOC) of a secondary battery
can be estimated with high accuracy and quickly.