Abstract: An image generating device is disclosed having a first light source configured to generate a first upstream light beam, a second light source configured to generate a second upstream light beam, and an array of variable transmittance elements configured to selectively receive and transmit the first upstream light beam and to selectively receive and transmit the second upstream light beam so as to form, respectively, a first downstream light beam forming a first image and a second downstream light beam forming a second image. A head-up display including an image generating device is also disclosed.

Abstract: An image generating device is disclosed having a light source configured to produce an upstream light beam, and an array of elements with variable transmittance configured to selectively receive and transmit the upstream light beam so as to form a downstream light beam forming an image. A downstream face of the array of variable transmittance elements is in contact with an at least partially transparent plate configured to limit heating of the array of variable transmittance elements. A downstream face of the partially transparent plate is in contact with a cold face of a thermoelectric cooling module.

Abstract: A method for using a vehicle system that has stored a portable identifier is proposed. The system and the identifier are configured to communicate using a UWB communication protocol within a first perimeter around the vehicle and to communicate using a BLE communication protocol within a second perimeter that includes the first perimeter. The method comprises, while a user carrying the identifier is approaching the vehicle, detecting that the identifier is located within the second perimeter and performing two distance measurements between the user and the vehicle. The method then comprises determining a speed of the user and predicting a time remaining for the user to reach a predetermined near distance from the vehicle. After the predicted remaining time has elapsed, the method comprises initiating a communication using the UWB communication protocol. The method provides for improved use of the portable identifier.

Abstract: A head-up display includes an image-generating system, and a projecting optical system that includes a common mirror and a folding mirror. The image-generating system is configured to emit a first source light beam and a second source light beam that pass through an image plane. The projecting system also includes an element for redirecting beams by diffraction that deflects the first source light beam downstream of the image plane into a first intermediate beam directed toward the common mirror. The folding mirror is configured to reflect the second source light beam downstream of the image plane into a second intermediate beam directed toward the common mirror. The common mirror is configured to intercept and project the first intermediate beam and the second intermediate beam to form a first virtual image at a first projection distance and a second virtual image at a second projection distance.

Abstract: A device for observing a passenger compartment of a vehicle is disclosed. The observing device includes a camera configured to acquire images of the passenger compartment, a primary luminous module, and a secondary luminous module. The primary luminous module has a primary illumination field configured to illuminate at least one passenger area. The secondary luminous module has a secondary illumination field narrower than the primary illumination field of the primary luminous module and configured to illuminate a primary driver are of the vehicle.

Abstract: An automotive mixed-reality gaming system for a vehicle includes vehicle sensors that collect vehicle data associated with movements and a position of the vehicle along a roadway, detection sensors that collect environmental data associated with an external environment of the vehicle, and a processing unit including a processor and a memory. The processing unit receives data from the vehicle sensors and the detection sensors, converts the environmental data to a game-centric coordinate system stored in the memory, and generates an interactive gameplay application including a mixed-reality environment and a virtual avatar based on the game-centric coordinate system. Further, the processing unit transmits the application to mobile devices, receives user input from the mobile devices, and controls the activity of the avatar and settings of the gameplay based on the vehicle data and user input. The avatar traverses the mixed-reality environment at a rate proportional to the vehicle.

Abstract: An electronic assembly is disclosed. The electronic assembly includes a printed circuit board including an alternating arrangement of electrically conducting layers and electrically insulated layers, and at least one electronic module fixed on a first side of the printed circuit board. The electronic module includes multiple pins so as to electrically couple the electronic module and the printed circuit board. The electronic assembly also includes at least one cooling module placed on a second side of the printed circuit board. Each electrically conductive layer of the printed circuit board includes a non-electrically conductive area extending along at least a part of a closed outline positioned around a central axis going through a center of the cooling module and a center of the electronic module.

Abstract: A head-up display includes, inside a housing, an image-generating device configured to generate a light beam which passes through an optical output element, a first reflector configured to reflect the light beam as an intermediate beam, and a second reflector configured to reflect the intermediate beam as an output beam. The housing includes an opening closed by a window through which the output beam passes. The propagation of light through the optical output element, in reflection on the first reflector, in reflection on the second reflector, and through the window, defines an optical path with two ends. Two elements from the optical output element, the first and second reflectors, and the window are provided, respectively, with a first and second spectral filter. The first and second spectral filter are configured to prevent the propagation of a spectral component of the light beam.

Abstract: An image-generating device is disclosed. The image-generating device includes a light source configured to emit a light beam, a reflector configured to reflect the light beam toward an array of elements with variable transmittance, and a protective cover for the array of elements with variable transmittance attached to the array of elements with variable transmittance. The device includes a main housing configured to be attached to a support of the light source. The light source and the reflector are clamped between the support and the main housing attached to the support. The array of elements with variably transmittance are clamped between the main housing and the protective cover attached to the main housing.

Abstract: A method for augmented reality in automotive applications involves obtaining an image frame from a camera of a motor vehicle, identifying at least one environmental object in the image frame, determining an augmentation content based on the at least one environmental object, rendering an augmented image frame based on the image frame and the augmentation content, and displaying the augmented image frame to a user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining occupancy inside a motor vehicle using a presence sensor. The method includes periodically determining the occupancy and determining a value representative of a quantity of vibration of the vehicle. The method also includes suspending the periodic determination of the occupancy. The suspension is triggered on the basis of the value representative of the quantity of vibration.

Abstract: A location device for locating secondary nodes of a vehicle is disclosed. The location device includes a plurality of nodes including a main node and n secondary nodes, with n=2 to N integers, with the whole forming a vehicle network. The vehicle network includes two sub-networks each independently powered by an electrical power supply. each sub-network includes m secondary nodes, with m=1 to M integers. Each secondary node has a unique network identifier indicating whether it is inside or outside the vehicle. The main node is configured for knowing the architecture of the vehicle network, independently activating and deactivating the electrical power supply of each of the two sub-networks, and identifying and locating at least one reference secondary node in at least one of the two sub-networks by means of its unique network identifier among other functions.

Abstract: A head-up display includes a laser light source configured to generate a laser light. A mirror is configured to rotate about an axis to scan the laser light onto a screen. In embodiments, the screen is a microlens array that has a plurality of lenses that receive and transmit the scanned laser light. The screen extends within a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of the light received from the mirror. At least one processor is programmed to shift the screen a discrete distance and in a discrete direction along the plane. In embodiments, the discrete distance is a function of a size of the lenses in the microlens array.

Abstract: An image capture device including a housing enclosing an electronic circuit board including an image sensor attached to the face thereof is disclosed. The housing includes a front portion facing the first face and a rear portion facing a second face opposite the first face. The front portion includes a front electromagnetic shield including an aperture facing the image sensor and an infrared transparent material overmoulded onto the front electromagnetic shield and mechanically obstructing the aperture.

Abstract: The disclosure notably relates to for determination of the altitude of a moving vehicle based on GNSS data and vehicle sensor data. The method comprises, in real-time obtaining a sensor vehicle pitch rate stemming from at least one vehicle sensor. The method also comprises, in real-time, while the GNSS signal is available, obtaining a GNSS vehicle pitch rate that stems from GNSS data of an altitude of the vehicle. The method also comprises, in real-time, calibrating the sensor vehicle pitch rate based on the GNSS vehicle pitch rate, the calibration being based on formulating the GNSS vehicle pitch rate as an affine function of the sensor vehicle pitch rate.

Abstract: The disclosure notably relates to a computer-implemented method for localization of a moving vehicle based on GNSS data and vehicle sensor data. The method comprises, in real-time, obtaining vehicle motion data stemming from at least one vehicle sensor. The method also comprises obtaining, while the GNSS signal is available, GNSS data of a positioning of the vehicle. The GNSS data includes a distance variation and an orientation variation. The method also comprises calibrating parameters of an odometer of the vehicle. The calibration is based on a data fusion that uses a Kalman filter. The Kalman filter determines a predicted distance variation and a predicted orientation variation of the vehicle based on a current calibration of the odometer parameters and on the motion data. The Kalman filter also compares the predicted distance variation and predicted orientation variation to the distance variation and the orientation variation of the GNSS data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for guiding a vehicle at least in part automatically. The method includes generating gaze tracking data by tracking a gaze direction of a user of the vehicle for a predefined time interval and analyzing the gaze tracking date by a computer unit with respect to a lane change intention of the user. Depending on a result of the analysis, an at least partially automatic lane change maneuver is proposed to the user or the at least partially automatic lane changer maneuver is initiated by the computing unit.

Abstract: A method for running a telematics service via a Telematic Control Unit (TCU) of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes measuring one or more temperatures at the TCU, Comparing the measured temperatures with one or more thresholds, and determining whether or not to run the telematics service depending on a result of the comparison between the measured and threshold temperatures as well as a delay-sensitivity of the telematics service.

Abstract: A method for defining the clothes type of an occupant of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes acquiring a video stream of the cabin of the vehicle, performing skin segmentation from images of the video stream to classify each image pixels as skin pixels, non skin human pixels, and background pixels, and detecting key body points of each occupant of the vehicle from the images. The method also includes calculating the skin versus non skin percentage levels over the body parts of each occupant of the vehicle seen in the image and defining the clothes type of each occupant based on the calculated skin versus non skin percentage levels of each body part of each occupant.

Abstract: A head-up display for a motor vehicle comprises, inside a casing, an image-generating system from which emerge two source light beams, and two projecting optical systems that each project one source light beam toward the exterior so as to form two virtual images in the field of view of a vehicle driver: the head-up display further comprises an occulting part that allows a crossed imaging effect to be eliminated, and that may be motorized and the position of which may be automatically controlled depending on the position of the eyes of the driver of the vehicle.