Patents by Inventor Alain Dari

Alain Dari has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8698427
    Abstract: A device for measurement of characteristic parameters of at least one assembly of at least one light emitting diode (LED) comprising a measurement circuit for each assembly, wherein the measurement circuit has an electrical input which can be connected to the LED, a single measurement output to provide electrical values which are representative of at least two characteristic parameters of the LED, a first circuit configuration, which is designed to provide the measurement output with a value which is representative of a first characteristic parameter, a second circuit configuration, which is designed to provide the measurement output with a value which is representative of a second characteristic parameter and means for switching between the first circuit configuration and the second circuit configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Alain Dari, Loic Flandre, Sylvain Yvon
  • Publication number: 20110279058
    Abstract: A device for measurement of characteristic parameters of at least one assembly of at least one light emitting diode (LED) comprising a measurement circuit for each assembly, wherein the measurement circuit has an electrical input which can be connected to the LED, a single measurement output to provide electrical values which are representative of at least two characteristic parameters of the LED, a first circuit configuration, which is designed to provide the measurement output with a value which is representative of a first characteristic parameter, a second circuit configuration, which is designed to provide the measurement output with a value which is representative of a second characteristic parameter and means for switching between the first circuit configuration and the second circuit configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alain DARI, Loic FLANDRE, Sylvain YVON
  • Patent number: 7280901
    Abstract: A system for controlling at least one beam of light emitted from a lighting apparatus in a vehicle. The control system may, in at least one embodiment, control the lighting apparatus based on road navigation data and/or vehicle sensor data. The road navigation data may include information related to the form of the road and a reliability rate. If the reliability rate of the road navigation data is higher than a threshold value, then the road navigation data may be used in conjunction with the vehicle sensor data. If the reliability rate of the road navigation data is lower than threshold value, then only the vehicle sensor data may be used to control the lighting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Alex Dubrovin, Alain Dari, Sidy Ba, Patrick Lacombe
  • Patent number: 6926430
    Abstract: In the invention, a comparison is carried out within a computer of an item of information relating to a direction of a light beam of a lamp, this item of information being obtained by means of a position sensor, and an item of information relating to an instruction for horizontal displacement of the light beam. If there is not agreement between the two items of information, the computer can then have a degraded operating mode of the lamp adopted by compelling it to orient the light beam downwards in order to remove any risk of dazzling an oncoming driver. To that end, the computer controls a range correction motor in order to bring about a downwards vertical deviation of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Alain Dari, Grégoire Sadoux, Julien Moizard
  • Publication number: 20040085201
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of controlling light beams emitted by a lighting apparatus of a vehicle travelling on a road, as a function of the geometry of the said road, the method comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Alex Dubrovin, Alain Dari, Sidy Ba, Patrick Lacombe
  • Publication number: 20040032743
    Abstract: In the invention, a comparison is carried out within a computer (217) of an item of information (300) relating to a direction of a light beam of a lamp (200), this item of information being obtained by means of a position sensor (216), and an item of information (301) relating to an instruction for horizontal displacement of the light beam. If there is not agreement between the two items of information, the computer (216) can then have a degraded operating mode of the lamp (200) adopted by compelling it to orient the light beam downwards in order to remove any risk of dazzling an oncoming driver. To that end, the computer (217) controls a range correction motor (209) in order to bring about a downwards vertical deviation of the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Alain Dari, Gregoire Sadoux, Julien Moizard