Charging control apparatus and charging control method

A charging control method for controlling a charge operation to a storage unit E 2 of a vehicle, using a charging cable CC that is connected to a charging inlet E 1 of the vehicle and supplies power to the storage unit E

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A charging control method for controlling a charge operation to a storage unit E 2 of a vehicle, using a charging cable CC that is connected to a charging inlet E 1 of the vehicle and supplies power to the storage unit E 2 from an external power supply BP provided outside the vehicle, the method has detecting connection of the charging cable CC to the charging inlet E 1 , detecting a command signal of a disconnection command unit C 22 of the charging cable CC, pausing the charge operation to the storage unit E 2 while maintaining a closed state of relay switches C 42 , E 5 , E 6 of a vehicle side power supply line for only a predetermined time when detecting the command signal of the disconnection command unit C 22 which indicates the disconnection in a state where the charging cable CC is connected to the charging inlet E 1 , and restarting the charge operation to the storage unit E 2 when detecting a command signal of the disconnection command unit C 22 which indicates cancel of the disconnection during the predetermined time.