Patents by Inventor Nicolas GACOIN

Nicolas GACOIN 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: 11794746
    Abstract: A method ensures that a vehicle can safely pass a traffic light. The vehicle includes a processor and a light sensor. The method includes receiving traffic data, establishing a speed profile, establishing a control distance, the processor establishing, in accordance with the speed profile, a control distance at which braking ensures that the vehicle stops safely before the position of the traffic light, adjustment according to the speed profile, detecting the state of the traffic light when the vehicle is at the control distance from the traffic light, and the processor activating braking if the traffic light is red.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: RENAULT s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nicolas Gacoin, Christophe Tricaud
  • Publication number: 20230326337
    Abstract: Method for secure display of information in a vehicle fitted with a driver assistance system enabling detection of a connected infrastructure element that is likely to have a plurality of statuses and estimation of temporal proximity to the infrastructure element, the method including securing the display of information relating to driving events displayed on a display unit of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: RENAULT S.A.S, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nicolas GACOIN, Jérôme KUNC
  • Publication number: 20220055624
    Abstract: A method ensures that a vehicle can safely pass a traffic light. The vehicle includes a processor and a light sensor. The method includes receiving traffic data, establishing a speed profile, establishing a control distance, the processor establishing, in accordance with the speed profile, a control distance at which braking ensures that the vehicle stops safely before the position of the traffic light, adjustment according to the speed profile, detecting the state of the traffic light when the vehicle is at the control distance from the traffic light, and the processor activating braking if the traffic light is red.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: RENAULT s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nicolas GACOIN, Christophe TRICAUD