Project2:IntegratedVoiceCommandSystem(IVCS)

CarolynClements
AbbyConklin
ZachSabol
JoshuaSampsell

5December2014

Theteamwasgivenaninitialproblemstatementthatinvolvedavehicledesign
project.Afterreceivingthestatement,theteamworkedtogethertodevelopideas
byobservingindustrytrendsandassessingcustomerneeds.Conceptswere
generatedthroughbrainstormingandanalysis,andthevarietyofconceptswere
narrowedwithratingandvoting.ThefinaldesignisanIntegratedVoice
CommandSystem(IVCS)thatcomprehensivelyconnectsausertothevehicle,as
wellastheirsmartdevices,andthesystemallowscompletevoicecontrolofall
theintegratedpartsofthedeviceandthevehicle.

1.0Introduction

Our team worked together to complete a customer needs assessment using Survey Monkey and
Facebook, as well as in person interviews to gather data onwhatpeoplelookforinconnectivity
in our cars. Then an extensive external search involving patent searches, product dissection,
literature searches, and benchmarking was conducted. All of the data we collected was used
duringtheconceptgenerationstepinwhichwecollectivelythoughtofideasforourdesign.After
carefullynarrowingdownalonglistofideas,itwasfinallytimetodevelopthefinaldesignusing
this document as a design tool. The proceeding document describes the method and results of
eachofthesestepsofthedesignprocessinorder.

1.1InitialProblemStatement
Delphi, a cartechnologycompany,taskedourdesignteamwithcreatingatechnologythatwould
make cars safer, greener, and more connected. If we made a safer technology, our goal was to
help make zero fatalities, zero injuries, and zero accidents a reality. If we created greener
technology, we had to focus on zero emissions and zero waste. If we made more connected
technology,wehadtofocusonseamlessconnectivitywhileinthevehicle.

Projectentriesinone(ormore)ofthesethreecategoriesshouldfirstincludebackground
researchintocurrenttechnologiesbeingdeployedtoday.Theprojectteammaythen
choosetomodifyanexistingfeature/functionorcreateanewtechnologyforenhancingthe
vehicleofthefuture.Thescopeoftheprojectshouldincludeasystemsdiagram,an
exampleoftheuserexperience(i.e.,aConceptofOperations),aswellastheapproximate
costofthisnewfeature.

2.0CustomerNeedsAssessment

2.1RationaleforTheSelectionoftheOpportunity
Forprojecttwoourgroupdecidedtochoosethecategoryofmakingcarsmoreconnected.We
hopedtoachievethisgoalbyworkingwithappintegrationandvoicecontrolincars.Itwasour
goalasadesignteamtoallowdriversandpassengerstoaccessawiderrangeofappsand
programstoallowthemamoreconnecteddrivingorridingexperience.Wewantedtomakesure
thedriversandriderscouldbeasconnectedastheywanted,whileensuringtheirsafety.

2.2IndustryTrends
Oneofthemaintrendsintheautomobileindustryhasbeentoincorporatevoicecommandina
limitedsense.Mostcarsonlyfeaturevoicecommandforsimpletaskslikechangingsettingsin
thecarsuchastemperatureortheradiostation.Manycarmanufactureshavesystemsthatallow
forsimplecommunicationwiththedriver.FordfeaturestheSyncsystemandToyotahasthe
Entunevoicerecognitionsoftware.Mostofthesesystemsareverysimilartooneanotherand
onlyfeaturerudimentaryfunctionality.Thesesystemsallowforvoicecontrolforphones,
interactivemusiccontrol,andconnectivityto911inthecaseofanemergency.
Thecreationofconsoletouchscreensfornavigationandminimalappuseisanotherindustry
trend.Theonedrawbackinmanyofthesesystemsisthattheydonotsupporttheintegrationof
thirdpartyappsandprograms.Ourdesignteamswouldliketocreateasystemthatwouldgive
passengersandthedriveraccesstoawiderrangeofapplicationswiththeabilitytoaddinany
andallprogramsthattheywoulddesireinthefuture.Thisnewsystemwouldalsoworkwiththe
expandedvoicecontrolsystemtoallowsafeandeasycontrolfromanyoneinthevehicle.

2.3Survey
To understand what customers were comfortable with using and what they would like to use
while in their vehicle the team created a survey. This survey gauged not only what apps people
would most like to use in theircar,butalsofactorssuchashowoftenpeopledrive,theirageand
how comfortable they would be interfacing with a voice command system. The survey showed
us that people were not overly familiar with voice control, but they would only find a system

slightlydistracting.Mostansweredinthesurvey that theywouldbemostinterestedinusingapps

pertainingtonavigation,music,andphoneapplicationssuchastextingandvoicecalls.

3.0ExternalSearch

3.1TargetSpecifications
Beforewecouldstartourexternalsearch,wehadtodevelopaconsumerneedsandmetricmatrix
inordertocreatetargetspecificationsourvoicecommandhadtomeet.Thiswayweknewwhat
featureswouldfulfilleachneed.Ourfinaldesignhadtomeetandexceedtheexpectationsin
ordertobeselected.ThecompletematrixisshownbelowinFigure3.1.1.

Needs

canuse
voice
command
with
steering
wheel
buttons
andscreen
display

voice
recognition
doesnt
needkey
phrasesto
operate

Syncs
with
phones
via
Bluetooth

voice
recognition
canbe
deactivated
easily

carsystem
can
function
with
continuous
phone
system
updates

Voice
recognition
candiscern
drivers
voicefrom
back
ground
noise

easyto
operate

compatible
withall
phone
types

compatible
witha
varietyof
apps

notoverly
distracting

Figure3.1.1

3.2LiteratureSearch

Ourteamcompletedaliteraturesearchinordertogleananideaofwhatwasalreadyavailableto
consumersforvoicecommandinvehicles,andtounderstandhowanappcouldbeintegrated
intoacar.

FordSyncApplink:
Usesvoicecommandsandsteeringwheelbuttonstooperatesmartphoneapplications.
CompatiblewithselectAndroid,Blackberry,andiPhoneapplications.Appsareavailablefor
purchasethroughGooglePlay,iTunesAppStore,andBlackberryAppWorld.LimitedtoFord
vehicles,withall2014modelsbeingcompatible.ForAndroidphones,SyncApplinkworkswith
mostdevicesAndroidOS2.1orlater.ItisalsocompatiblewithmanyAndroidappswhich
includeiHeartAuto,Kaliki,andPandoraInternetradio.Androidphonesalsoconnectwirelessly
withthecar.ForiPhones,ApplinkworkswithiPhone3GSwithiOS4.1andlater,iPhone4with
iOS4.2andlater,andiPhone5withiOS4.3andlater.CompatibleiPhoneappsincludeSpotify,
USAToday,andGreaterMediaApps.ToconnectiPhonestoApplink,firstthephonemustbe
connectedwithaprovidedcordtotheUSBport.TheApplinkcompatibleappmustthenbe
openedbeforelockingthephone.Thismeansmultipleappscantberunningatthesametime,
andappshavetobeclosedbeforeusinganother.(CarApps,2014)Thevoicecommandfunctions
byfirstsayingmobileapplicationsthenstatingthenameofthemobileapp.Oncetheappis
running,normalvoicecommandscanbeusedsuchaspause.(Ford,2014)ThecostofSyncis
around$490.00.(KellyBlueBook2,2014)

HondaVoiceRecognition:
Hondavehiclesincludevoicecommandforcalling,navigation,audio,andclimatecontrol.In
orderforeasyuse,Hondarecommendsreducingbackgroundnoisecompletely,anglingairvents
awayfromthemicrophone,andclosingallwindows.OncetheTalkbuttonisactivated,a
portalscreenappearsgivingexamplesofvoicecommands.Commonlyusedgeneralcommands
includedisplaymap,displaymenu,andWhattimeisit?.FindPlaceCommandsinclude
findnearestATM,findnearestpostoffice,andfindhospital.Anothercommandtypeis
ClimateControlCommands,whichincludeairconditioneron/off,reardefroston/off,and
fanspeedup/down.(Honda,2014)Thesystemisapproximately$2,200.00.(CarsDirect,2014)

ToyotaEntune:
ToyotavehicleswithpremiumaudioheadunitshaveaninterfaceknownastheEntuneApp
Suite.EntuneAppSuiteallowsdriverstoaccessmobileapplicationsanddataservicesfromthe
vehicleviaBluetoothandcellulardataconnection.TheappsincludeFacebook,Pandora,
movietickets.com,andYelp.Thedataservicesconsistoffuelprices,stocks,sports,traffic,and
weather.Theseservicesandapplicationcanbenavigatedthroughusingvoicerecognitionand
thevehiclesdisplayscreen.Thenavigationsystemalsoprovidesuserswithinformationon
weatherandtraffic,addressinputviavoicerecognition,andallowsuserstosaveroutesforeasy

accesslater.ThevoicecommandsystemalsorecognizesthreelanguagesEnglish,French,and
Spanish.(Toyota,2014)ToyotaEntunewithAppSuiteis$1,300.00.(KellyBlueBook1,2014)

ThroughourbenchmarkingwelearnedthatintegratingcarsandmobileappsfromiPhones,
Androids,andBlackberryispossible.Wealsolearnedthatmobileappscompatiblewithvoice
commandsystemsarelimited,butthenumberiscontinuouslygrowing.Mostcarcompanies
featureavoicecommandsystemintheircarswithbasicfunctionssuchasnavigationandmaking
phonecalls.Currently,inordertoproperlyoperatethevoicerecognition,backgroundnoises
needtobeeliminatedcompletelyandkeyphrasesmustbeused.

3.3Benchmarking
Figure3.3.1isatablethatlistsanddescribesthefeaturesofexistingsystemsintheindustrythat
relatetothesystemorcomponentsofthesystemthatwearedesigning.

Features

FordSync
Applink

HondaVoice
Recognition

ToyotaEntune

PhoneCompatibility

iPhone,Android,and Phoneswith
Blackberry
Bluetoothcapability

AndroidandiPhone

VoiceCommand
Options

Apps

calling,navigation,
audio,andclimate

calling,navigation,
audio,apps

AppCompatibility

limitednumberof
compatibleapps

N/A

limitednumberof
compatibleapps

EaseofOperation
(15)

3
Canonlyrunoneapp
atatime,transitions
betweenappsare
difficult,iPhones
havetobepluggedin

5
Keyphrasesare
simple,displayand
steeringwheel
buttons

5
Keyphrasessimple,
displayandsteering
wheelbuttons,easy
toswitchbetween
apps

Price

Figure3.3.1

$490.00

$2,200.00

$1,300.00

4.0ConceptGeneration

Forourconceptgenerationwehadtobrainstormideasthatwouldsatisfyeverycustomerneed,
asidentifiedinthesurvey,withmaximumsecurityandefficiencywhiledrawinginspirationfrom
ourexternalsearch.Wefirstheldabrainstormsessioninwhichweexploredalargevarietyof
ideasuntilwecreatedalengthylist.Forourconceptselection,wenarrowedthislistdown
througharatingsystem,ratingeachideabyhowfullyitmetcustomerneedsandhowpragmatic
itstechnologywouldbe.Intheendtherewasclearlyanideawhichstoodabovetherest,andthe
teamagreedtousethisconceptasourfinaldesign.

Ourvoicecommandrecognitionsystemfitsmainlyintothecategoryofconnectivity,butthe
handsfreeaspectofthesystemwillalsohavebenefitsinthesafetycategory.Theprimary
purposeofthesystemistoseamlesslyconnectauserandtheirsmartdeviceswiththeusers
vehicle.Thisallowstheusertocontrolnearlyeveryaspectofthevehicle,aswellasamultitude
ofapplicationsusingvoicerecognition.Therearedevicesouttherethatconnectappstoa
vehiclesinterface,andtherearesomelimitedvoicerecognitionfeaturesavailable,butour
systemisanintegratedapproachthatputstheuserincompletesynchronizationwiththe
technologyoftheirvehicleandsmartdevices.Duetothelimitingdistractioncausedbyvoice
commands,whencomparedwiththeprevailingtraditionalmanualcontrols,driverswouldbe
abletoremainfocussedondrivingwiththeireyesontheroadahead,whichleadstoanincreased
levelofsafetyfortheoccupantsofthevehicleandforindividualsoutsideofthevehicle.

5.0FinalDesign

5.1SystemsDiagram
Figure5.1.1showstheteamgeneratedsystemsdiagramfortheproject.Theinputsarepower
suppliedfromthecar,theaudiogeneratedfromthepassengersofthecar,the4GandBluetooth
signalsintothecar,andtheusersinteractionwiththesystem.Thecomponentsofthesystemare
thefrontandbackseatmicrophones,theaudioandvoicespeakers,thecarcomponentsensors,
theCPU,thewirelesstransmitterandreceiver,andthevisualdisplay.Allofthecomponents
connectwiththeCPU.Theoutputsare4GandBluetoothseekingsignal,systemgeneratedvoice
audioandtoneaudio,imagesrenderedonthescreen,andallofthesensorscontrolledbythecar
componentsensors.Thesearetheaudiounit.theclimatecontrolunit,theenginesensor,the
windshieldwipers,thefuelgaugesensor,andthenavigationunit.

Figure5.1.1

5.2TheInterface
Ourteamalsodesignedtheuserinterfacethatuserswillseeuponenteringthecar.Figure5.2.1
showsthemainscreen.Inthetoprow,thethreeicons(righttoleft)areformessaging,
navigation,andsearching.Themessagingbuttonwilltakeyoutoyourtextmessages,voicemail,
emails,andanysocialmediamessages.Thenavigationbuttonwillconnectyoutoyourcar's
navigationsystem,ortoGoogleMaps.ThesearchbuttonwillconnectyoutoGoogle,Bing,or
willsearchwithinyourphonesdata.Thiswillallowyoutofindanythingwithinyourphone,
suchascontacts,media,oranyothersaveddata.Inthesecondrow,thethreeicons(righttoleft)
areformusic,voicecontrol,andforthehomescreen.Themusicbuttonwilltakeyoutothecars
radioandCDplayer.YoucanalsoaccessXMradio,Pandora,andSpotifythroughthisfunction.
YoucanalsohookyourphoneupviaUSBorBluetoothtoplaymusicfromyourphone.Youcan

presstheVoiceControlButtontoimmediatelyaccessthevoicecommands.Thereisalsoa
buttononthesteeringwheelthataccessesthisfeature.Youcansayanycommands,andthe
systemwillfollowthroughwiththem.Forinstance,ifyoupresstheVoiceCommandbuttonand
sayTurnheatup,thesystemwillinteractwiththeheatingunitandadjustthetemperatureup.
Inthebottomrow,thethreeicons(lefttoright)arefordatastorage,socialmedia,andsettings.
TheDataStoragebuttonwillallowyoutoaccesseverythingyouhavesavedonyourphone,and
inyourcar.Thiscanshowallyourpictures,yourcarstatusreports,andcontacts.TheSocial
MediabuttonallowsyoutoconnectwithyourfriendsviaFacebook,Twitter,Snapchat,
Instagram,andFourSquare.Throughthis,youcansendandrecievetweets,statusupdates,and
pictures.TheSettingsbuttonallowsyoutoaccessandeditallyoursettingsforthesystems.In
this,youcanchangethevolume,changethefrequencyofupdatesfromvarioussources,and
changethebrightness.

Figure5.2.2showsthescreenthatisshownafteryoupresstheNavigationbutton.

Figure5.2.3showsthescreenthatisshownafteryouacessyourcalllogthroughtheMessaging
button.

Figure5.2.1

Figure5.2.2

Figure5.2.3

5.3ConceptofOperationsADayintheLifeofaUser
Weenvisionavehiclesystemthatcompletelyconnectsadriver/passengerandtheirsmart
devicestothevehicleitself.Whilethissystemhastheoptionfortraditionaltouchscreenand
manualcontrol,theentiresystemcanalsobecompletelyoperatedviaadvancedvoicecommand
technology.Thevoicecommandsthatthesystemrecognizeswillbeversatileenoughthatauser
willnothavetorememberspecificwordsorphrases.Usingtechnologysimilartothatalready
availableorindevelopment,theverbalcommandsystemwillbeabletotakespokenwordsina
varietyoflanguagesandtransmitthemintoelectroniccommandstoaccessmusic,phonecalls,
textmessages,socialmedia,andavarietyofotherapplicationswhileminimizingthedistraction
causedbymanualinteractionswithdevicessuchascellphonesandvehicleinterfaces.

Atypicaldayinthelifeofauserwiththissystembeginswiththeuserunlockingtheirvehicle
andproceedingtoenterit.Uponstartingthevehicle,customizableprompts,greetings,and
queriescanbesettoengage.Forinstance,ausercouldbeinformedofthecurrentweather
forecast,trafficconditions,orlocalnewswhilepreparingtodrivetotheirdestination.Thisway,
informationisfreelyavailablefromthevehiclesinternetconnectedcentralcomputer.Auser
couldlearnthatpartofabusyroadisclosedduetoanaccident,orthattheweathercouldcreate
dangerousdrivingconditionsinthenearfuture.Newsupdatescouldeliminatethedesireforthe
vehicleoperatortobrowseanewspaperorreadtextonasmartdevicewhileattemptingtodrive.
Therefore,theuserwouldbeabletofocusondrivingandavoidpossiblecostlyaccidents.

However,ifatanytimetheuserisannoyedbythesystem,orsimplywantsthesystemtostop
relayinginformationforagivenperiodoftime,asimplestoporquitcommand(or
somethingsimilarinagivenlanguage)willcausethesystemtostopinformingtheuser.This
couldbeusefuliftheuserisnotinterestedintheircurrentsettingsfornews,traffic,orweather
updatesandwishestodriveinsilence.Voicecommandswillstillberecognizedandactedonby
thesystematanygiventime,buttheautomaticinformationfeedwillstop.Ofcourse,theuser
cancustomizewhatinformationgreetsthemuponstartingtheirvehicle,ortheycoulddisablethe
featurewhilestillmaintainingotherusesforthesystem.

Afterlisteningtooroverridingthestartupsettings,theusercanproceedtoaccessany
compatibleapplicationsinstalledonthevehicleitselforaconnectedsmartdevice.Useful
applicationsthatthesystemcanaccessviavoicecommandsincludemusic(Pandora,Spotify),
socialmedia(Twitter,Facebook),news,weather,navigation,textmessaging,phonecalls,search
engines(Google,Bing),notes/memos,andothers.Manydriversandpassengersenjoylistening
tomusicwhiletraveling,andbeingabletoaccessmusicwithoutscrollingthroughalistofsongs
onaphoneorselectingasatelliteradiostationonthecenterconsolewillreducetheamountof
distractionthatadriverisfacedwith.Similarlywiththeotherapps,postingtosocialmedia,

sendingatextmessage,andperforminganinternetsearchwouldallbemadesaferviavoice
commandsandresponses.

Afterstartingthevehicle,accessingafewtheirfavoriteapps,andbeginningtotraveltowards
theirdestination,theusercanalsocontrolvehicleconditionswiththesamesystem.Temperature
canbeadjustedtospecificvalues(insidetheparametersofthevehicle)simplybyacommand
suchassettemperaturefollowedbyavalue,oritcouldbeadjustedinincrementswitha
commandsuchashotterorcooler.Additionally,thesystemcanadjustanyofthewindows,
setthewindshieldwiperspeed,controlthehibeam/foglights,andupdatetheuseronthecurrent
statusofthevehicle.Astatusupdatecouldincludetirepressure,amountoffuelremaining,and
anyproblemswiththeengineorsensorsinthevehicle.Thisway,theusercanmaintainfocuson
drivingwhilealsocreatingacomfortableandsafedrivingexperience.

5.4LifeCycleAnalysis

5.4.1PlanningandDesign
Labor:
Ateamwouldbeneedtodesigntheinterfaceforthevoicecontrolsystem.Thisteamwouldbe
responsiblefordesigningboththesoftwareandhardwarenecessaryforthissystemtowork.
Someofthesedesignscouldcomefromalreadyextantdevices,butsomeofitwouldneedtobe
designedfromscratchtofulfilltheproprietaryaspectsofourdesign.
Thisteamwouldhavealargespanoftimeinordertodesignthesesystems,becausetheywould
haveanentiregenerationofcarstocompletetheresearchandengineering.Thistimespanwould
bearoundthreeyears,whichistheaveragetimeforanewgenerationofcarstobedesigned.

Prototyping:
Thisstageintheproductslifecyclewouldhavetotakeplaceafterthehardwareandsoftware
hadbeendesigned.Thiswouldputatimeconstraintonthepreviousstep,butadesignteam
couldbeworkingontheaestheticsoftheinterfacehousingsimultaneouslyasthefirstteamwas
workingontheinternalcomponents.Prototypingwouldhavetohavemultiplestagesinorderfor
fixestobemade.Theteammayfindthatfunctionalitymayhavetoberemoved,orthata
redesignonthesoftwareorhardwareisneeded.Inthiscasetheteamwouldhavetobacktrack
andstartanewpath.Thismeansthisaspectofdesignwouldrequirealargebufferforbothtime
andcost.

5.4.2UseandRepair
Maintenance:
Makingrepairsonasystemsuchasthiswouldbedifficultasmostofitscomponentswould
havetobehardwiredtootherpartsofthecar.Connectionswouldhavetobemadetothecars
internalnavigationcomputers,speakers,sensors,etc.Thiswouldmakerepairingorremovingthe
systemdifficult,andimpossibleforaconsumertodoontheirown.Inthecaseofsomesystem
failureaconsumerwouldtaketheirvehicletothedealershiporrepairservicetohavetheir
systemfixed.

SoftwareupgradeswouldbedownloadableviaWiFiorotherinternetconnections.Insevere
casessoftwarewouldhavetobeabletobeuploadedviaremovablestoragesuchasaCDorflash
drive.Thisrenewingofsoftwarewouldkeepthesystemuptodatethroughoutthelifeofthecar
andallowforbugfixesandpatchesincaseissuesarose.Thefrequencyofthesefixesshouldbe
keptlowastheywouldinconveniencetheoperators,butbackgrounddownloadsmayallowfor
moreseamlessupdates.Thecostoftheseupdateswouldbefree.Butanymechanicalorelectrical
failuresthatrequiredservicewouldofcoursehaveacost

Redundancy:
Thesystemwouldhavetobeintegratedinsuchawaythatafailureofanexternalsystemsuchas
theinternalorexternalthermometerwouldnotcausethesystemasawholetofail.Thiswould
havetoapplytoallthesystemsthatwereintegratedintothevoicecontrolsystem.Inthesecases
thedashboarddisplaywouldshowanerrormessage,andwhenauserattemptedtoaccessthese
partsofthefunctionalityavoicepromptwouldnotifythemoftheissueandthesuggestedsteps
forresolvingtheissue.
Asfortheprimaryhardwareassociatedwiththesystemandbreakdownswouldresultina
completesystemfailure.Thisisunavoidable,sowewouldhavetodesignreplacementpartsfor
themostvitalpiecesofthesystem.

Sustainability/Durations:
Thesystemwouldbedesignedtolastforonegenerationofcarsortheaveragelengththat
consumersleaseandbuycars.Thismeansthatpartsandthesystemwouldhavetolastfor35
years.Systemupdateswouldcomeoutuntiltheywerenolongercompatiblewiththesystem.At
thatpointthesystemwouldremainoperationalunderthelatestoperatingsystemversion,butno
updateswouldbemadeandmaintenancetothatversionofthesystemwouldnolongerbe
offered.

5.4.3Recycling
Materials:
Thecomponentsofthesystemwouldberecycledalongwiththevehicle,soanyofthematerials
thatcouldbereusedorrecycledwouldbeextractedalongwithsimilarmaterialsthroughoutthe
restofthecar.Thesystemwouldnotrequireanyhazardousordangerousmaterials,sonospecial
considerationswouldhavetobemade.

Reuses:
Thesystemwouldbedifficulttoreuseasmanyofthecomponentswouldbecomeoutofdateas
technologyadvances.Thesystemcouldalsonotberemovedandretrofittedintoanothercar.
Thesetwoaspectswouldmakereusingthesysteminanywayveryimpractical.

Cost:
Thecostofrecyclingwouldbeincorporatedinthecostofrecyclingcars.

5.5EconomicViability
Oursystemwouldmostlikelycostalargeramountthanwhatiscurrentlyinthemarket,
approximately$3,000.00.Howeverwiththishighercostcomesamuchgreatersynchronization
withthevehiclethananyothersystemavailable.Typically,onceacarispurchased,theonly
additionalcostsduetoadvancedvoicerecognitionsystemscomefromcellphonedatacharges.
Ourproductwouldntincurmoredatachargesthansystemsalreadyonthemarket,astheonly
changesbeingmaderelatedtocellphonedatawouldbeincreasingtheamountofappsavailable
forusethatrequire4G.Notethatthe$3,000figureistheincreaseinvalueofavehiclewiththe
systemversusthesamevehiclewithoutthesystemwhensellingthevehicletothecustomer.The
systemwouldhavetobeproducedatacheapercostthanthe$3,000valueinordertomake
profit,whichisentirelypossibleduetotheintegrationofthesystemwiththealreadyexisting
vehiclecomponents.

5.6FeasibilityandDetailsoftheSystemDesign

5.6.1BluetoothCapabilities
Thesystemwillincorporatebluetoothtechnologyinordertolinkthesmartphones,tablets,and
anyothercompatibledevicestothevehiclesmaincomputerandinterface.Ashortrange
wirelesstransmitterandreceiverwouldbebuiltintothedashorcenterconsoleinorderto
activelyconnectdeviceswithinthevehiclesradius.Inorderforadevicetoconnecttothe
system,itmustfirstberegisteredbyselectingthevehicleyouwanttoaccessandinputtingakey

codeinadownloadableapplicationonthedevice.Thiswouldpreventanonymous,unregistered
devicesfrominterferingwiththevehiclesoperations.Registereddeviceswouldbeautomatically
connectedtothesystemwheninrangeinordertomakeiteasyforusersseamlesslytransition
fromwalkingoutsidetotravelingintheirvehicle.

5.6.2InternetConnectivity
Internetconnectivity,usefulfornews,weather,andtrafficupdates,aswellasappsrequiring
onlinecomponents,canbeprovidedforthesysteminoneoftwoways.Iftheuserhasasmart
devicewithadataplan,thevehiclesystemcanaccessthedeviceandutilizeitsdataplanto
streamdatatothecaroverthebluetoothconnection.Ifauserdoesnotuseorwishtouseasmart
device,adataplancouldbepurchasedforthevehiclesystemitself,allowingittoaccessinternet
dataservicessuchas4G.Thesecondoptionisusefulforwhentheuserforgetstotheirphoneor
wishedtousethesystemwithoutrelyingonone.Applicationsdonothavetobestreamedviaan
externaldevicetheycanbedownloadedandaccesseddirectlyfromthesystemsinterface.

5.6.1MicrophonesandSpeakers
Inordertoreceiveinputvoicecommands,activemicrophoneswillbeplacedinseverallocations
throughoutthecar.Thesemicrophoneswillactivelyreceivecommandsfromtheuserwhenthe
userpressesabuttononthesteeringconsole.Thiswilleliminateanyoneoranythingotherthan
thedriverfrominterferingwiththesystem.Thesystemwillusethevehiclesexistingspeakers
foranyaudiooutputincludingmedia,information,andmusic.

5.6.1Sensors
Thediagnosticfeaturesofthesystemwillrelyoninformationgatheredfromthealreadyexisting
sensorsincorporatedinvehicles,aswellassomeaddedsensorswherenecessary.Aspectsof
vehicleperformancethatwillbemonitoredincludetirepressure,fuellevel,fueleconomy,
enginetemperature,internaltemperature,externaltemperature,batterycondition,andengine
conditions.

5.6.1ControlofVehicleSystems
Manyaspectsoftheexistingstandardvehiclesystemscanbecontrolledbytheusersvoice
command.Forexample,thewindshieldwiperscanbeadjusted,theinternalclimatecanbe
altered,andthehibeamlightscanbeswitchedonoroffthroughtheuseofvocalinputs.Inorder
forthisaspectofthesystemtowork,thesystemmustbeequippedtoreceivesuchcommands
anditmustbeconnectedtothepartsofthevehiclethatitwillcontrolsuchasthewindshield
wipers,airvents,andheadlights.


6.0Conclusion

Our project was successful. We were able to create an integrated voice command system with
exciting new features. The app is simple to use. Thesystemisconnected,easytouse,andhelps
keep drivers and passengers safe. All these features guarantee that the system successfully met
customer needs, and meeting customer needs ensures that the product will be successful in the
market. One truly unique aspect of our system is the ability of our system to incorporate new
apps and allow them to be commandedbyvoice.Thisprovidesextraconnectivity.Thesystemis
more expensive than similar systems, but its extra features and more connected design makeup
forthispricedifference.

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