Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
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Publication number: 20230356648Abstract: The invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle, the device including a housing, members for fastening the housing to a body of the motor vehicle, a plate arranged in the housing and supporting at least one light module, a device for manually adjusting the orientation of the housing relative to the fastening members of the motor vehicle, arranged outside the housing, and a device for dynamically adjusting the orientation of the plate relative to the housing, arranged inside the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Mehdi MADELAINE, Nicolas HONNET, Stephane PATRIZI, Matthieu SYRE
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Publication number: 20230347812Abstract: This invention provides a method for operating an automotive lighting device including a plurality of solid-state light sources. This method includes acquiring image data of a working zone in front of the automotive lighting device, transforming the image data into a luminance map, providing a desired light pattern, calculating an adapted light pattern which provides the desired light pattern when projected over the luminance map and projecting the adapted light pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Ali KANJ
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Patent number: 11796149Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle light unit with a primary light device including a primary light module arranged in a primary housing, a secondary light device including a secondary light module arranged in a secondary housing, a primary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, a secondary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, and a logo. One of the primary part or secondary part includes an indexing device to position the primary part or secondary part relative to the other part with one of the primary part or secondary part partially overlapping the other part. The light unit further including a mounting surface for the logo with the mounting surface including an attachment device for attachment to one of the primary part or secondary part.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Thomas Daniel
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Patent number: 11794769Abstract: A method and device for determining whether a user is actively driving a motor vehicle or car sick. The sensor device is provided for sensing eye movement of the user and the method includes supplying an artificial intelligence with data originating from the sensor device in order to recognize at least one frequency of eye movements of the user, a frequency of eye movements above a first threshold characterizing a visualization by the user of a passing landscape, and being distinguished from a concentration of gaze of a vehicle driver, and determining a current frequency of eye movements of the user and comparing the current frequency with the first threshold, and if the current frequency is greater than the first threshold, triggering a notification signal for the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Frederic Gossele, Pierre Cesar Lafaysse, Pierre Louis Thouvenot
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Publication number: 20230332756Abstract: Part for a motor vehicle includes an opacification coating, associated manufacturing method and luminous device including the part. The part for a motor vehicle includes a polymer-based body having a surface, an opacification coating covering at least one portion of the surface. The coating is formed by at least one thin iron-based layer and includes at least one compound from among an iron oxide and an iron nitride, and has a thickness that is greater than or equal to 100 nm over at least 50% of the at least one portion of the surface. Furthermore, the coating exhibits incident light radiation absorption that is greater than 70% of the incident light radiation. Thus, the coating allows reliable and reproducible opacification of the surface of the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Julien CORBINEAU, Laurent PAPIN
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Patent number: 11788701Abstract: Lighting device, in particular for a motor vehicle, including at least two lighting modules and at least one support member supporting the lighting modules. Each lighting module includes at least one light source capable of emitting light rays and an optical system arranged, on a specific optical axis of the lighting module, across the light rays and configured to project a light beam. The support member supporting the different lighting modules is, on the one hand, rigidly connected to a closing element incorporating at least two optical systems and, on the other hand, connected to at least a first adjustment system enabling one of the lighting modules to move independently relative to at least the other lighting module.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Jean-Marc Colombel, Michel Hermitte, Sylvain Giraud
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Publication number: 20230324024Abstract: A light system comprising: (a) a plurality of light sources configured to be located on a vehicle and project light outboard of a width of a vehicle; (b) one or more reflectors that are angled in a first direction relative to the plurality of light sources; and (c) one or more static bending light reflectors that are angled in a second direction relative to the plurality of light sources and the one or more reflectorsType: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Brant POTTER
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Patent number: 11781727Abstract: A light guide extending in a main direction and including an inlet face for the light emitted by a light source, the inlet face being contoured to form a collimator. The light guide includes a face for guiding the light, a light outlet face, and a face for decoupling the light towards the outlet face, the decoupling face being transversely opposite to the outlet face. At least one portion of the profile of the inlet face is constant in a transverse direction so as not to collimate the light in a longitudinal plane including the transverse direction but in a longitudinal plane perpendicular to the transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUEInventor: Christophe Valois
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Patent number: 11781740Abstract: Lighting device for a motor vehicle including a light source and/or an optical part. A substrate including electrical tracks, the light source and/or optical part being fastened to the substrate, and a part forming an electrical ground for the electrical tracks. The substrate includes a cut-out forming a tab, electrical tracks of the substrate extending onto the tab, at least one of the tracks on the tab making electrical contact with the ground-forming part.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Franck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet
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Publication number: 20230311743Abstract: A method for adapting a setpoint for a digital lighting unit, which is intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit of a motor vehicle, which includes a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of anticipating geometric aberrations induced by said optical system when projecting a digital setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT, Yasser ALMEHIO, Hafid EL IDRISSI
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Publication number: 20230313961Abstract: The invention relates to a light module, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source capable of emitting light rays; a collector with a reflective surface configured to collect and reflect the light rays emitted by the light source into a light beam along an optical axis of the module; an optical system configured to project the light beam. The collector is configured so that a portion of the light rays of the light beam are parallel to the optical axis or have an angle of inclination ? smaller than or equal to 25° in a vertical plane with respect to said axis; and the optical system is configured to form an image of the reflective surface of the collector. The invention also relates to a light device comprising one or more such light modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Sylvain GIRAUD
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Publication number: 20230314601Abstract: The invention relates to a radar detection system for a vehicle, with radar detection system including a radar sensor configured to emit/receive a plurality of radar waves, a lighting element arranged facing the radar sensor and including at least one light source configured to emit light rays, and a plurality of layers including a transparent layer configured to propagate the light rays, with the layers have substantially equal dielectric permittivities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Christophe GRARD
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Patent number: 11761850Abstract: A method for correcting a first light pattern provided by a lighting device with a matrix of light sources. The method includes steps of providing some resolution data of the light sources, simulating a test map of the light pattern using the resolution data, and simulating distortion maps of the test map. Each distortion map is associated to a distortion factor. Also included is obtaining a real distorted light pattern, comparing the real distorted light pattern with the distortion maps, finding a distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map and applying a correction factor to correct the real distorted light pattern, thus obtaining a corrected light pattern. The correction factor is related to the distortion factor of the distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Ali Kanj, Yasser Almehio
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Patent number: 11761602Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive optical system; the optical system includes one or more first optical elements that reflect light rays emitted from a number of first light sources that are configured to perform a first lighting function and a second optical element; the second optical element is configured to project a light beam from the first optical elements configured to perform the first lighting function where a portion of the second optical element is made of a diffusive material. Furthermore, the optical system includes a number of secondary light sources where the second optical element is configured to receive light ray emissions from the secondary light sources and perform a second lighting function by scattering light rays received from secondary light sources.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Brant Potter
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Patent number: 11761600Abstract: A light-guiding component includes a light introduction section, the light introduction section including a first light incidence portion and a second light incidence portion that face different directions. The first light incidence portion is capable of receiving incident light from a light source that corresponds to the first light incidence portion, and the second light incidence portion is capable of receiving incident light from a light source that corresponds to the second light incidence portion. A light-guiding section provided with a light exit surface and configured to guide the light from the first light incidence portion or the second light incidence portion to be propagated therein and then exit from the light exit surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sihua Wu, Bing Zhang
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Publication number: 20230278484Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting device of a motor vehicle including at least one lighting module having a plurality of light sources, each of the light sources being designed to emit a luminous pixel, and a controller able to selectively control each of the light sources by applying thereto an electrical signal having a parameter of a value determined for the emission of a luminous pixel of given brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT
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Patent number: 11746976Abstract: The invention provides an automotive lighting device with a circuit support, an optics support, a holder support and a microlenses support. The optics support includes optical elements, each one being arranged in front of one of the solid-state light sources of the printed circuit board. The optics support further includes positioning protrusions configured to fit the positioning housings of the circuit support. The holder support includes a plurality of opaque walls, a first coupler and a second coupler. Each opaque wall is located between two optical elements. The microlenses support includes a plurality of groups of microlenses, each group having a plurality of microlenses arranged to receive the light projected by one optical elements. The first coupler is configured to couple the holder support to the circuit support. The second coupler is intended to retain the microlenses support.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Emeric Mudry, Corneliu Borzan, Geoffrey Creus
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Patent number: 11743991Abstract: The invention provides an automotive lighting device for an automotive vehicle. This device comprises a voltage regulator, a temperature sensor and a controlled light group. The controlled light group comprises a plurality of light sources and a light driver, the light driver comprising terminals and being configured to selectively activate or deactivate current flow in each terminal, in such a way that each light source is connected to one of the terminals. The controlled light group is fed by a voltage output value of the voltage regulator, the temperature sensor is arranged to sense a temperature in a zone of the lighting device and send information to the voltage regulator and the voltage regulator comprises a control driver to modify the voltage output value when receiving information from the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Jose Ramon Martinez Perez, Jose Luis Lopez Leon, Juan Jose Santaella Hernandez
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Publication number: 20230269842Abstract: A method for adapting a digital lighting setpoint intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit for a motor vehicle including a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying a digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of taking into account the interferences of light intensities between the elementary light sources of the matrix light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT
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Patent number: 11732864Abstract: A lighting or signaling device comprises a first light source and a housing, the housing defining at least a first light exit region and a second light exit region independent of each other, part of light from the first light source exiting as a first light beam from the first light exit region; the lighting or signaling device further comprises a light guide member, which is assigned to the first light source and is positioned and configured to guide a part of the light from the first light source to exit through at least the second light exit region. A motor vehicle is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Stephane Thery, Jean Claude Puente, Minli Yu, Rong Zhou, Lihua Zeng, Zhao Fang, Hongchao Dong