A suspension control apparatus and a suspension control method are provided that can appropriately suppress road surface vibration transmitted to a vehicle body during traveling, and can reduce power consumption by estimating the road surface shape in front of a vehicle, and changing driving of an active suspension and a damper based on this information.

A suspension control apparatus that controls a suspension device to be attached to wheels of a movable body, the suspension device consisting of an active suspension capable of adjusting a vehicle height, and a damper capable of adjusting a damping force, the suspension control apparatus including a road surface shape measurement device that obtains a road surface shape, an actuator control device that controls driving of the suspension device, and an actuator drive selection device that changes driving of the suspension device based on information obtained by the road surface shape measurement device.

Provided is an automatically controlled shock stiffening system. The automatically controlled shock stiffening system may include an electronic control unit receiving sensor input which automatically stiffens and softens a shock during operation. An override button is provided to immediately stiffen the shock in response to a user activating the override button. The system may include a main body with an oil flow aperture and a flow control system that operates to restrict the flow of oil between the reservoir and the shock. The automatically controlled shock stiffening system may be coupled between the reservoir and the bridge of the shock and operates to restrict flow of the oil in order to stiffen the shock immediately in response to activation of the override button.