Patents by Inventor Pierre Albou

Pierre Albou 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: 10077879
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a first projector to project a first beam and a second projector to project a second beam, the first and second beams being combined to create a total beam. Each of the first and second beams comprises at least one light bundle, each of the at least one light bundle comprising a plurality of elementary bundles, each comprising a first and a second cut-off edge, and each extending substantially in a quarter plane delimited by said first and said second cut-off edges. The plurality of elementary bundles of a same light bundle partially overlapping and arranged with respect to one another along a same orientation, so that their first cut-off edges are substantially aligned along a substantially horizontal direction and their second cut-off edges are offset angularly in pairs by a first interval along said substantially horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Vanesa Sanchez, Arzu Aslan
  • Publication number: 20180259148
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle light beam projection device, including at least one light source able to emit light rays, an optical projection system with an exit pupil situated on an optical exit element, which optical system is able to project a light beam, wherein the light beam includes a digital screen configured to direct at least one part of the incident light rays emitted by at least one source toward the optical projection system, the device furthermore including means for focusing the light rays emitted by the at least one light source on a zone of the digital screen, and an intermediate assembly for projecting the light rays originating from the digital screen which are configured to illuminate the surface area of the exit pupil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine COURCIER, Pierre ALBOU
  • Patent number: 10072811
    Abstract: A light device, notably for lighting and/or signaling, for a motor vehicle, suitable for emitting at least one first light beam and one second light beam, the device comprising a first surface light source and a second surface light source, in which: the first surface source is suitable for emitting first light rays (F1) toward the second surface source, the second surface source being arranged so that these first rays pass through it to participate in the first light beam, and the second surface source is suitable for emitting second light rays (F2), these second rays participating in the second light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Jean-Claude Puente, Vincent Godbillon
  • Publication number: 20180252378
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle lighting module, including a semiconductor light source including light-emitting rods of submillimeter-sized dimensions, and one optic for shaping light rays emitted by the light source, the light source including two selectively activatable zones the luminance of one of which is higher than 80 Cd/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vanessa SANCHEZ, Pierre ALBOU, Gilles LE CALVEZ
  • Publication number: 20180251064
    Abstract: A projection method for a motor vehicle, for projecting at least one image onto a projection surface by means of a light module suitable for projecting a light beam, wherein the projection method includes the steps of detecting an observation position of an observer in a light module reference frame, calculating the observation position of the observer in an image reference frame, and projecting the image onto the projection surface according to the observation position of the observer in the image reference frame, the image being integrated into the light beam of the light module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Publication number: 20180240338
    Abstract: A communication device, notably for motor vehicles, including a transmission system equipped with a light source designed to emit an initial light beam, the transmission system being configured for generating a first light beam polarized in a first direction starting from the initial light beam, the transmission system furthermore including a modulator of the direction of polarization of the first polarized light beam in such a manner as to transmit information, the device furthermore including a receiver system configured for detecting the first polarized light beam when it is polarized in the first direction and for transmitting the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: David Hue, Marine Courcier, Vanesa Sanchez, Kostadin Beev, Pierre Albou
  • Publication number: 20180187852
    Abstract: The lighting device for a vehicle has two light sources and a wavelength conversion device excited by the combination of the radiations from the two light sources. A first light source is associated with a scanning system projecting, by scanning, a first light radiation onto a first conversion region of the device, while a second light source with semiconductors emits a second light radiation into a second conversion region of the device. The second source, different from the first source and whose luminance level is typically less high, is provided with light-emitting units of submillimetric dimensions. The beams produced by the device respectively in the first region and in the second region have different characteristics and complement one another to produce one or more lighting functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Pierre ALBOU
  • Publication number: 20180086257
    Abstract: The invention concerns an interior lighting device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one light source; an optical projection device suitable for being supplied with light by the light source or sources and for forming a light beam that has variable geometry. The optical projection device is configured to have a variable focal distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jerome LECORRE, Pierre ALBOU, Pierre-Louis TASSY, Birane GAYE
  • Publication number: 20180031195
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting module for a motor vehicle headlamp module including a light source able to emit light radiation, a processing device able to generate a light flux from said light radiation, and an imaging optical system able to project an exit beam from said light flux. The lighting module includes means for controlling an angular aperture of the exit beam, the angular aperture being chosen from a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture corresponding to a wider angle than the second aperture, so that, for a given intensity of the light radiation of the light source, the exit beam corresponding to the second aperture has a higher light intensity than the exit beam corresponding to the first aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Publication number: 20180023780
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, including an internal chamber housing an optical system and at least one element made of polymer material having a surface directed toward the interior of the chamber, wherein the surface directed toward the interior of the chamber is provided with a sealing layer forming a barrier to the ingress of water molecules to the chamber. The method for manufacturing such a device is also a subject of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent GODBILLON, Pierre ALBOU, Marc BRASSIER
  • Publication number: 20180009371
    Abstract: A light-emitting device, especially for lighting and/or signaling for a motor vehicle, includes at least a first electroluminescent module and a second electroluminescent module energized in series. Each electroluminescent module includes, in parallel: a first branch having a light source having a first direct threshold voltage beyond which the light source is gated on, and a second branch having an element such that the voltage on the terminals of the element is less than the first direct threshold voltage of the light source. A third branch has a timing module able to time a predetermined period and modify, at the end of the predetermined period, an overall impedance of the second branch so that a voltage in the second branch is greater than the first direct threshold voltage of the light source. The predetermined period in the first electroluminescent module is less than that of the second electroluminescent module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Pierre ALBOU
  • Publication number: 20180010754
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source that includes a substrate B and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting rods extending respectively from the substrate, and a plurality of separating walls also extending from the substrate. The separating walls are arranged between the rods in such a way as to define groups of rods, and such that at least two separating walls have a different height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Marine Courcier, Vanesa Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9863598
    Abstract: A lighting system that includes a light source able to generate a light beam and means for scanning the light beam incorporating at least one oscillating reflective body for deflecting the path of the beam. The oscillating reflective body is moved by deformations of a piezoelectric operating member. The means for scanning the light beam also have optical means for amplifying the deflection of the path of the light beam positioned downstream of the reflective body, in relation to the propagation direction of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Jean-Claude Puente, Vincent Godbillon
  • Publication number: 20170357004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting system including a primary light source producing a primary light beam in the direction of a conversion device that returns a secondary light radiation to an optical imaging system forming a projected light beam. A light sensor generates a signal corresponding to the light received by this sensor. The light includes a non-converted light part of the first primary light beam which is returned by the conversion device in the projected light beam and is reflected by an obstacle situated in the zone illustrated by said projected light beam. A control unit has modulation means generating a modulation signal for the primary light, and demodulation means for processing the signal formed by said sensor, and determines a distance between the obstacle and the lighting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jean-Claude PUENTE, Pierre ALBOU, Vincent GODBILLON
  • Publication number: 20170305332
    Abstract: The invention concerns a signaling device adapted to display pictograms, notably for a motor vehicle. The device is configured to implement at least one signaling function of a motor vehicle. The device includes display means including a display zone intended to be disposed on the vehicle, the display means being adapted to display pictograms in the display zone, each pictogram emitting a light beam having at least in part the statutory photometric characteristics of at least one of said at least one signaling functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Loic BOINET, Boubacar SAGNA, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Publication number: 20170307168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device comprising two zones, intended in particular for a motor vehicle, including a transmission surface capable of transmitting light rays and at least one light source capable of emitting light rays in order to form a light beam in the direction of the transmission surface. The device also comprises distribution means configured both to distribute the light beam over a first dispersive zone of the transmission surface and to distribute the light beam over a second dispersive zone of the transmission surface, the first dispersive zone being able to transmit the light beam with a first aperture angle and the second dispersive zone being able to transmit the light beam with a second aperture angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Loic BOINET, Boubacar SAGNA
  • Publication number: 20170282785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear lighting and/or signaling device, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source, a transmission surface and means for distributing at least a part of the light from the source on the transmission surface, the distribution means comprising a matrix of micromirrors that can each be driven according to at least two different inclination positions. Another source is present and a mode of operation allows the illumination of a part of the micromirrors by the source and another part by the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Xavier Morel
  • Patent number: 9759398
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, especially for automotive vehicle, comprising an optical system furnished with a light source (S) configured to emit a light beam in an initial color (F1), the device furthermore comprising a glass cover (3) disposed so as to be traversed by the beam, the glass cover (3) being colored in such a way as to transmit the beam in a resulting color (F2). According to the invention the device furthermore comprises a filter configured so as to make the resulting color (F2) of beam closely similar to its initial color (F1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Vincent Godbillon, Pierre Albou
  • Patent number: 9758087
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an overall light beam emitted by an automotive vehicle headlamp and formed from selectively activatable beam segments produced independently from one another by illuminating means borne by the headlamp, the segments together forming an overall light beam when they are all activated and placed successively side-by-side. The instantaneous speed of the vehicle is compared to a first preset speed threshold, and a zone of high light intensity to be produced when the instantaneous speed is higher than the first preset speed threshold is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Vincent Godbillon
  • Publication number: 20170254498
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source and driving aid system for a motor vehicle comprising a semiconductor light source. The semiconductor light source includes a plurality of electroluminescent rods of submillimetric dimensions. At least certain rods are electrically interconnected in a first assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a first wavelength, and other rods are electrically interconnected in a second assembly dedicated to an emission of a light beam at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, the first and the second assemblies forming two selectively activable emission areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Benoit Reiss