Team 3 Adaptive Cruise Control

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Team 3Adaptive Cruise Control

• Project Goal
• Our goal is to provide an after market product
  that will prevent unnecessary braking while using
  cruise control.

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Team 3 Members

• Bryan Bandstra Nate Barker Erik
  Barton Nate Sportel Chris Vonk

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The Problem

• Highway travel with cruise control can be a
  constant struggle
• Someone is always going slower
• Constant button-pushing and brake tapping is
  required

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The Solution

• An Automated Cruise Control System (ACC)
• Detects speed of impeding vehicle and adapts to
  match its speed, keeping a safe distance
• Re-accelerates to previous cruising speed once
  the way is clear

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Alternative Solutions

• Detection System
• Laser
• Reflection Issues
• Range
• Mm Wave
• FCC regulations
• Short Distance
• Radar
• Reliable
• Directional
• More expensive

• Display Method
• No Display
• Easy to implement
• No status updates
• Not user friendly
• LED Display
• Easy to implement
• Cheaper that LCD
• LCD Display
• Harder to implement
• More expensive than LED
• Coolness factor

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Chosen Method

• Radar
• Reliable
• Weather Resistant
• Directional

• LCD Display
• User friendly
• Touch Screen
• Visually appealing

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Important Design Norms

• Transparency
• Robust and Reliable
• Weather
• Temperature
• Easy to use
• Minimal interaction with user
• Discrete
• Not visible to user

• Humility
• Human Fallibility
• Reduces risk for drivers on highways

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Christian Principles

• Stewardship
• Uses less gas
• Patience
• Developed while waiting for impeding vehicle to
  get out of the way

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Possible Extensions

• Blind Spot Detector
• Implement sensors on side mirrors to detect if
  someone is in the vehicles blindspots

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Obstacles

• Interface with Cruise Control BUS System
• Complex system
• Only available in vehicles 2000 and newer
• Brand Specific
• Interface with Radar and LCD
• Complex systems
• DSP required
• Weather Conditions
• Must be able function in extreme conditions
• Testing
• Testing at full scale could be dangerous

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Current Status

• Research and Development
• Choosing Components
• Case Studies

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QUESTIONS?