Patents Assigned to VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
  • Publication number: 20220055533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating light, in particular for a vehicle passenger compartment ceiling lamp (100), comprising: a separating tube (7) made of a material that is opaque to the radiation used, which is intended to be placed in an aperture (101) forming an exit for the illuminating light, is tubular along an axis orthogonal to the aperture and is of “c”-shaped radial cross section, forming an axial window (71), a bounding light guide (53) encircling the separating tube (7) having an annular exit dioptric interface (55), a base (57) in the axial extension of the exit dioptric interface, axial extensions (59), extending axially at least in segments the base (57), comprising entrance dioptric interfaces (61), which are placed facing bounding light sources (51), an illuminating light guide (33), which is located axially facing the illuminating light source (31) of the separating tube and axially removed from the aperture (101) comprising an entrance dioptric interface (35), which is placed
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Thibault Cabana, Maryline Thorailler
  • Publication number: 20220048386
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image capture device (1) comprising an image sensor (9) making it possible to obtain both an infrared image (31) and an image in the visible range (35) by means of an array of optical filters comprising first filtering elements, having a transmission spectral band in the infrared range, as well as second filtering elements, having a transmission spectral band in the visible range. The image capture device further comprises:—a lighting device (11) configured to emit infrared radiation, and—a computer (13), programmed to control the power of the infrared radiation emitted by the lighting device, as a function of said ambient luminosity in the infrared range. The invention also relates to a monitoring system (2) for monitoring a driver (3), comprising such an image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Aleksandar Popovic
  • Publication number: 20220050202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flight time sensor (10) comprising:—a lighting device (11) comprising a light source (12) which emits a source beam (13) in the direction of a scene (3) comprising an object (4) which is capable of reflecting the source beam;—a detector (15) comprising a matrix (16) of photo-sensitive pixels (16A) which receive a portion (18) of the source beam reflected by the object; and—an electronic unit (19) which is configured:—to generate a modulation signal and to control the device by means of this signal so that the source beans has a source light power which is modulated temporally;—to process electric signals which are supplied as a function of time by the detector, each electric signal representing a fraction of the source light power reflected in the direction of a pixel; and—to deduce from the electric signals a characteristic distance (Dobj) between the object and the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Sylvain Beaudoin, Sebastien Trapani, Frédéric Autran
  • Patent number: 11247667
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic parking assistance device (1) for a motor vehicle (10), comprising: a housing (2) provided with an antenna (3), a camera (6) that is contained, at least in part, in the housing, and a control unit (7) that is contained in the housing and is connected to said antenna. According to the invention, the housing is provided with at least one other antenna (4) that is connected to the control unit, and this control unit is suitable for selecting each antenna and for sending and receiving signals exclusively via the selected antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Goumy, Frédéric Gehin
  • Patent number: 11204496
    Abstract: An image generating device (3) comprises a liquid-crystal screen (8) and a light source (5). The liquid-crystal screen (8) comprises a matrix of liquid crystals interposed between an input polariser and an output polariser. The image generating device (3) comprises a first additional polariser (16) located on the light path, upstream of said liquid-crystal screen (8), and a second additional polariser (18) located on the light path, downstream of said liquid-crystal screen (8). The invention also relates to a head-up display (1) comprising a device (3) of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: François Grandclerc, Pierre Mermillod
  • Patent number: 11175526
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image generating device (20) comprising:—at least one light source (23),—a screen (21) designed to be backlit by said light source, and—a reflector (25) arranged between said light source and screen and designed to reflect at least some of the light emitted by the light source. According to the invention, the reflector defines a housing (280) designed to receive the screen such that the reflector has a zone (290) of thermal contact with the screen. The invention also relates to a head-up display comprising an image generating device of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Lenaic Pierre
  • Patent number: 11175496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display (1) comprising: an image generation unit comprising at least one light emitter (23), a printed circuit support plate (22), on which said emitter (23) is mounted, and a light sensor (30) capable of delivering a signal representative of a light intensity received by same, the display (1) being adapted in such a way that the luminosity of an image generated by the image generation unit is controlled as a function of said signal. According to invention, the light sensor (30) is mounted on said printed circuit support plate (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Laurent Delpierre, Patrick Corduan, François Grandclerc
  • Patent number: 11170241
    Abstract: A device (10) for determining a state of attentiveness of a driver of a vehicle (1) is disclosed. The device includes an image capture unit (11) onboard said vehicle (1), said image capture unit (11) being suitable for capturing at least one image of a detection area (D) located in said vehicle (1), and an image processing unit (15) suitable for receiving said captured image and programmed to determine the state of attentiveness of the driver (4), according to the detection of the presence of a distracting object in one of the hands of the driver (4), which hand being located in the detection area (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Frédéric Autran
  • Publication number: 20210239974
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor vehicle (1) control member (3) comprising: —a gripping element (6) that can be operated by a user in order to implement a control, such as the control of an element installed onboard said vehicle (1), the gripping element (6) being mounted so as to be able to rotate on a guide (12) of the control member (3), and —an encoder (9) configured to deliver a signal that depends on the position or the variation in position of the gripping element (6), characterised in that the guide (12) is configured to be attached to a window (4) of the motor vehicle (1), such as a front windscreen (8), rear windscreen, side window or sunroof, or to a rear-view mirror inside said vehicle (1). The invention further relates to an associated control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Ciprian Musat, Stephane Korczak
  • Publication number: 20210239951
    Abstract: One subject of the invention is a light guide (13), for an interface module, in particular for a vehicle passenger compartment, for emitting or receiving a light beam in a cone that is elongate in a transverse direction and that is centred on a plane that is inclined by an angle ? with respect to an optical axis (z) of the light guide, taking the form of a prism made of transparent material of index nGL, characterised in that it comprises: •an interior dioptric interface intended to face a printed circuit board (7) bearing a light source (5) or a light detector, forming a convergent lens the focal point of which is located at an expected position of the light source (5) or of the light detector, •a first planar face (15) that is oriented parallel to the optical axis (z) of the light guide, and •a second planar face (17) that is inclined with respect to the first face (15) by an angle ? respecting cos(?+?)=(1??)nGL*cos 3?, with ? a number comprised between ?0.1 and 0.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Michael Irzyk, Thibault Cabana, Marc Menet
  • Patent number: 11054641
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image generating device (11), comprising: —a light source (12), —a light modulator (13) or a diffuser adapted to display an image on an output face side, and—an auto-stereoscopic filter (14) of which an input face is turned towards the output face of the light modulator or the diffuser. According to the invention, the auto-stereoscopic filter extends opposite only a portion of the output face, and an image plane offset panel (15) is provided, which is located only opposite the remaining portion of the output face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Stéphane Gache, Bruno Albesa, Gérard Guenin, Alexandre Camenen, Jean-David Lafferayrie, Pierre Mermillod
  • Patent number: 11030838
    Abstract: An onboard system (4) for a vehicle (2) comprising:—an emitter circuit (8) suitable to send a command (C) to a park area access system (22);—an image sensor (6) suitable to capture a sequence of images (S) of at least part of a body of a driver (D) of the vehicle (2); and—a control module (10) suited to process said sequence of images (S) so as to identify a behavioral feature and then control the emitter circuit (8) to send the command (C) to the park area access system (22) provided the identified behavioral feature corresponds to a predetermined behavioral feature. A corresponding process is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Stephane Schuler
  • Patent number: 11009735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display comprising a matrix of liquid crystal elements (17), transistors (18), each associated with one of said elements (17) and conductive tracks (19) for connecting to said transistors (18). A heat absorbing device comprises a plurality of longitudinal elements (30; 130, 135; 230, 235; 330, 335), each arranged at right angles with one of said conductive tracks (19). An image-generating device comprising such a display and a head-up display comprising such a device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Eric Blanc
  • Publication number: 20210141218
    Abstract: An image generating device (3) comprises a liquid-crystal screen (8) and a light source (5). The liquid-crystal screen (8) comprises a matrix of liquid crystals interposed between an input polariser and an output polariser. The image generating device (3) comprises a first additional polariser (16) located on the light path, upstream of said liquid-crystal screen (8), and a second additional polariser (18) located on the light path, downstream of said liquid-crystal screen (8). The invention also relates to a head-up display (1) comprising a device (3) of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE, VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: François Grandclerc, Pierre Mermillod
  • Patent number: 10948605
    Abstract: A method for determining positions of a mobile system is disclosed. The method involves receiving, by a receiver of the mobile system, a first set of correction data which is broadcasted from a first transmitter, wherein the first set of correction data comprises Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (D-GNSS) correction data, estimating, using a real-time kinematics (RTK) method, a first position of the mobile system using at least a portion of the first set of correction data, estimating one or more unknown parameters of a precise point positioning (PPP) estimation method based at least on the estimated first position of the mobile system and the first set of correction data, and estimating a second position of the mobile system using the estimated one or more parameters and the PPP estimation method, wherein the second position of the mobile system is different from the first position of the mobile system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Shahram Rezaei, Andrew Peter Draper
  • Patent number: 10901210
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image-generation device (11) for a head-up display (10), comprising: a light source, a light modulator suitable for spatially modulating the light emitted by the light source, and a computer (13) suitable for controlling the light of source and the light modulator such that they generate an image. According to the invention, the light source is composed of a plurality of separate light elements, and the computer is able to modulate the light intensity emitted by each light element independently of the light intensity emitted by the other light elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Michael Irzyk
  • Patent number: 10894546
    Abstract: A method for enabling driver operation of a motor vehicle includes receiving an electrical signal representing a property sensed by touching a region of skin of an occupant in the motor vehicle, and determining whether the occupant's ability to drive the motor vehicle is impaired based on the electrical signal. The method further includes performing an image based verification to determine whether the occupant from whom the property was sensed is in a driving position of the motor vehicle, and providing a control signal to enable operation of the motor vehicle based on a result of the determining and a result of the image based verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance
    Inventors: Stephane Vanhelle, Mithran Menon
  • Publication number: 20210009079
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic control unit (11) intended for equipping an automotive vehicle, comprising: —a first antenna (16A), and —a controller (12) which is connected to said first antenna and which is suitable for controlling a functionality of the vehicle as a function of signals exchanged with a mobile terminal (20) via said first antenna. According to the invention, the electronic control unit comprises at least one second antenna (16B) which exhibits electromagnetic properties and/or a position which are different from those of said first antenna and to which the controller is connected in such a way that the controller is suitable for controlling one or more functionalities of the vehicle as a function of signals exchanged with the mobile terminal via said second antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Abdelhafid Bourassi, Hervé Parvery, José Robineau
  • Patent number: 10893623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a leaktight electronic device according to which provision is made for steps consisting in: a) placing an electronic module (3) inside a mould (100), b) holding said electronic module away from the walls (101) of said mould with the aid of holding claws (200) each exhibiting an end which protrudes towards the interior of the mould, c) injecting into said mould a thermoplastic material able to harden so as to form a leaktight shell, said holding claws retracting towards the exterior of the mould during the injection of said thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Marc David
  • Patent number: 10885731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telephone (3) containing an authentication code (ID) for enabling a motor vehicle (2) to be locked/unlocked and/or started via a Bluetooth™ Low Energy (BLE) protocol, characterized in that said mobile telephone comprises: a pairing code (AP) for enabling the mobile telephone (3) to be registered automatically with said motor vehicle (2); and/or an identification code (VIN) for enabling the mobile telephone (3) to be recognized automatically in said motor vehicle (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Eric Menard, Fabienne Masson, Frederic Gehin