Method and apparatus for battery management

1. A battery management apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: obtain a state of health (SOH) estimation model configured to estimate a SOH of a battery based on regional information; determine location information of the battery using measured data from a sensor; determine updated regional information corresponding to the location information, in response to the location information being determined to deviate from a region predefined in the SOH estimation model; update the SOH estimation model based on the updated regional information; generate an updated SOH of the battery being estimated using the updated SOH estimation model; and calculate a replacement time of the battery using the updated SOH of the battery generated from the estimation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the location information using the measured data from a global positioning system (GPS).

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to periodically check for a change in the location information, or to check for a change in the location information based on a driving record of an electric vehicle (EV).

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the estimation model estimates the SOH of the battery based on either one or both of a neural network (NN) or a deep neural network (DNN).

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the regional information comprises any one or any combination of any two or more environmental factors of temperature, humidity, weather, geography, road conditions, or city characteristics of a local area.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the updated regional information using data obtained through a charging cable of the battery.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the regional information from a remote server.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to recommend to a user to replace the battery when a value of the updated SOH is less than a health threshold.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SOH estimation model is further configured to indicate a usage environment of the battery based on initial location information.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain internal data of an inside of the battery; and

generate the updated SOH based on the internal data, using the updated estimation model.

11. A processor-implemented method for battery management, the method comprising:

obtaining a state of health (SOH) estimation model configured to estimate a SOH of a battery based on regional information;

determining location information of the battery using measured data from a sensor;

determining updated regional information corresponding to the location information, in response to the location information being determined to deviate from a region predefined in the SOH estimation model;

updating the SOH estimation model based on the updated regional information;

generating an updated SOH of the battery being estimated using the updated SOH estimation model; and

calculating a replacement time of the battery using the updated SOH of the battery generated from the estimation.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the obtaining of the location information comprises determining the location information of the battery using the measured data from a global positioning system (GPS).

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the location information comprises either one or both of periodically checking for a change in the location information, or checking for a change in the location information based on a driving record of an electric vehicle (EV) which includes the battery.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the estimation model estimates the SOH of the battery based on either one or both of a neural network (NN) or a deep neural network (DNN).

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the regional information comprises any one or any combination of any two or more environmental factors of temperature, humidity, weather, geography, road conditions, or city characteristics of a local area.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the updated regional information comprises updating the updated regional information using data obtained through a charging cable of the battery.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the updated regional information comprises updating the updated regional information using data obtained from a server by communicating with the server using any one or any combination of any two or more of WiFi, Zigbee, near field communication (NFC), Bluetooth, or radio frequency (RF).

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 11 .

19. A processor-implemented method for battery management, the method comprising:

obtaining a state of health (SOH) estimation model configured to estimate a SOH of a battery based on regional information;

determining location information of the battery using measured data from a sensor;

determining updated regional information corresponding to the location information, in response to the location information being determined to deviate from a region predefined in the SOH estimation model;

updating the SOH estimation model based on the updated regional information to estimate an updated SOH of the battery using the updated SOH estimation model; and

calculating a replacement time of the battery using the updated SOH of the battery generated from the estimation.