ACAS Program
Final Report -- May 10, 1998
1D -- An Array with only 1 vertical element (linear array)
2D -- An array with 2 vertical elements (two dimensional array)
ACAS -- Automotive Collision Avoidance Systems Development
AED -- Automotive Electronics Development (A Delphi Delco Electronics Systems' Advanced Engineering Group located at Malibu, California)
CAP -- Collision Avoidance Processor
COTS -- Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CW -- Collision Warning
DAS -- Data Acquisition System
DC -- Direct Current
DE -- Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
Delphi-DE -- Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
DFMA -- Design For Manufacturing & Assembly
DVI -- Driver-Vehicle Interface
FCW -- Forward Collision Warning
FDDT -- Finite Difference Time Domain
FEM -- Finite Element Method
FLR -- Forward-looking Radar
FMCW -- Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
FOV -- Field-of-View
GM -- General Motors Corporation
Gold Car -- Delco Cadillac Demonstration Vehicle
GUI -- Graphical User Interface
HBT -- Hetero-junction Biploar Transistor
HDD -- Head Down Display
HDS -- HRL Driving Simulator
HEM -- HE Microwave
HRL -- HRL Laboratories, LLC (used to be Hughes Research Laboratories)
HUD -- Head Up Display
I/O -- Input/Output
LO -- Local Oscillator
MB -- Megabytes
MMIC -- Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit
MMW -- Millimeter Wave
MPH -- Miles per hour
MTT -- Multiple Target Tracker
NHTSA -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NODS -- Near Object Detection System
PC -- Personnel Computer
PCM -- Process Control Monitor
R&D -- Research and Development
RDS -- Rear Detection System
RF -- Radio Frequency
Rx -- Receiver
SDS -- Side Detection System
SGI -- Silicon Graphics, Incorporated
STI -- Systems Technology, Inc.
T/R -- Transmit / Receive
TTA -- Time To Avoidance
TTC -- Time To Collision
Tx -- Transmitter
UC-Davis -- University of California at Davis
VCO -- Voltage Controlled Oscillator
VSWR -- Voltage Standing Wave Ratio