Patent ID: 8760112

Claim:
A vehicle battery management apparatus comprising: at least one processor, the at least one processor is configured to: determine, in a battery checker, if a battery for a vehicle is compliant or non-compliant; perform a normal charge control that controls a charge device to charge the battery, when the battery checker determines that the battery is compliant; and perform a restricted charge control that controls the charge device to charge the battery, when the battery checker determines that the battery is non-compliant, wherein the battery checker determines if a battery for a vehicle is compliant or non-compliant according to a battery condition, and the restricted charge control includes a charge amount condition of the battery and a number of times the battery can be charged condition, wherein, when the battery checker determines that the non-compliant battery is closer to a normal battery, a greater number of charge times is permitted than for the non-compliant battery that is determined to be more different from the normal battery.