Apparatus and method for controlling damping of vehicle

A damping control apparatus comprising a controller configured to:

• determine a damping mode of the vehicle according to a damping mode configuration signal;
• receive a vehicle manipulation signal that is generated according to the vehicle manipulation of a driver;
• analyze the vehicle manipulation signal and calculate a correction index for the correction of the damping force;
• and
• determine a final damping force range by correcting a damping force range predetermined for each damping mode on the basis of the correction index,
• wherein the controller selects one of detailed modes, which include one or more sections, on the basis of the correction index.

A damping control method comprising:

• a mode determining operation of determining a damping mode of the vehicle according to a damping mode configuration signal;
• a receiving operation of receiving a vehicle manipulation signal that is generated according to the vehicle manipulation of a driver;
• a driver-disposition analyzing operation of analyzing the vehicle manipulation signal and calculating a correction index for the correction of the damping force;
• and
• a damping force range determining operation of determining a final damping force range by correcting a damping force range predetermined for each damping mode on the basis of the correction index,
• wherein the driver-disposition analyzing operation comprises calculating one or more of the amplitude, the gradient, and the frequency of generation of each of one or more signals that are included in the vehicle manipulation signal in order to thereby yield the correction index.