Intelligent Cruise Control

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Intelligent Cruise Control

• Timothy Egan
• Phillip Elliot
• Kerry Frisby
• Ali Nazar Hussian
• Michael Janda

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Statistics

• Rear end collisions are the most common
• Over two million accidents per year are reported
• Millions of dollars in accident cost

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Problem

• The slow decision making ability and reaction
  time of drivers to adapt to changing traffic
  patterns in fast pace driving

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Solution

• The Intelligent Cruise Control System
• To modify current cruise control by adding a
  radar system
• able to detect the speed, the distance, and the
  closing speed of the car in front of you
• adjusts your speed accordingly to maintain a safe
  following distance

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Abstract

• The introduction of an Intelligent Cruise
  Control will prevent accidents in close proximity
  driving on the highway. It is a safety device to
  allow a computer to assist with control of the
  car when an accident is an almost a certainty.

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Goal

• Assist all drivers in maximum use of cruise
  control for convenience and safety

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Component Diagram
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Model
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Technology (Chaotic Radar Waves)

• 1.) It is inexpensive 
• 2.) It is more efficient
• 3.) It does more accurate measurements
• 4.) It is capable of high interference rejection

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Customer

• All vehicle owners who currently use a cruise
  control system

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Safe traveling distance

• Safe traveling distance1 car length for every
  10mph
• or 
• 3 Second Rule (1) watch the vehicle ahead pass a
  fixed point, such as an overpass, sigh, fence,
  corner, or other maker (2) Begin counting off the
  seconds it takes you to reach the same place in
  the road (3) adjust speed to reach 3 seconds.

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Will Do

• The ICC is able to detect a vehicle in front of
  it.
• Based on the distance, actual speed and speed
  differences, the system calculates the needed
  acceleration or deceleration to maintain a safe
  distance.
• The ICC will help less aware drivers maintain
  control over the vehicle.

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Will not do

•  It will not change the drivers behavior
  (aggressive driving) 
• It will not be a pure safety device in which it
  can not directly prevent accident but it will
  increase reaction time

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Pros

• Allows for more reaction time so that a driver
  may prevent accidents
• If accident, will lessen impact velocity, thus
  lower cost for repairs, and more importantly,
  less of a serious impact to driver and passengers
• Relative easy implementation

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Cons

• Cars must already have an existing cruise control
  system 
• Cars without a easily mounted Cruise Control
  system will make installation difficult

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Social Impact

• Less cost of insurance claims, injuries, and
  vehicle repairs in accidents
• Safer roads due to the maintaining of speed and
  following distance.

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Risks

• External forces may jam radar
• People may be slow to use the new technology

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Organization
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Competition

• Berkley- (200M grant from GM) working on
  providing specifications for a fully operating
  system with the smart highway system
• Mitsubishi- has design of the chaotic radar and
  should be implementing technology in new cars
  with next few years

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Project Status

• Feasibility
• Technology Research
• Integration of radar with the cruise control
  computer

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Future

• Integrate with smart highway system
• Communicate with other cars

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Conclusion

• . The ICC will be the future tool to allow
  technology to assist driver and to help insure
  safety on the highway system

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Questions and Answers