Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
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Patent number: 12781933Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device for projecting light beams, capable of cooperating with a pixelated light source, including a plurality of selectively activatable emissive elements, which consists of the following components, arranged in succession along the path of the light rays from the source: a convergent first lens, a divergent or neutral second lens, a pupil and a convergent third lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Baptiste Paul
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Patent number: 12780082Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle. The system includes a first headlamp capable of projecting a first light beam and a second headlamp capable of projecting a second light beam, the first light beam being formed by at least one first focused light beam and the second light beam being formed by at least one second focused light beam. The first and second focused light beams being controlled by a control law. The control law is configured to create asymmetry between the angular displacement of the first focused light beam from a first outer end position to a first inner end position and the angular displacement of the second focused light beam from a second outer end position to a second inner end position.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 3, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Marie Pellarin, Sophie Cladé, Arnaud Robert
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Publication number: 20260338338Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module for a light-emitting system for an automotive vehicle. The optical module includes at least one light source, a one-piece primary optical system including at least one primary optical member. The primary optical member being arranged to form a primary image from the light source. A mask placed downstream of the primary optical member and having at least one opaque zone and a window formed in the opaque zone. The window being arranged facing the primary optical member so as to form a secondary image from the primary image, a segment of the one-piece primary optical system extending through the window; and a projecting optical system arranged to project, onto the ground, the secondary image formed by the mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Benoit DELANDE, Pierre RENAUD
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Publication number: 20260338339Abstract: The present invention relates to a luminous unit of a luminous module of a vehicle. The luminous unit includes a first luminous subassembly including a first light source configured to emit a plurality of first light rays, and a first collector, a second luminous subassembly including a second light source configured to emit a plurality of second light rays, and a second collector, an optical projection system including an optical axis parallel to a longitudinal direction. The first collector and the second collector are offset with respect to one another along the longitudinal direction, the first collector including a rear end edge, the rear end edge being arranged between the projection lens and an optical focus of the projection lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sergio DONOSO, Carlos-Rafael MARCOS, Sylvain PRIME, Yves GROMFELD
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Publication number: 20260342446Abstract: The invention relates to a system including an emission module with a luminous module able to emit a light beam, the spectrum of the light beam has at least one portion in the visible spectrum, and a linear polarizer device arranged to polarize the light beam in a given polarization direction, and a reception module able to receive a light beam. The reception module includes an elementary acquisition module with a photodetector able to convert a light signal that the photodetector receives into an electrical signal. The reception module also includes a linear polarizer filter arranged to only transmit the component of the received light beam to the elementary acquisition module that is polarized in the given polarization direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Pierre RENAUD, Mickael MIMOUN, Hafid EL-IDRISSI, Jose AFONSO, Sidahmed BEDDAR, Pierre ALBOU
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Publication number: 20260338343Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device for an automotive vehicle. The lighting device includes a first light module with a first light apparatus, a second light module with a second light apparatus, and a separation mask including a cover element that covers the first light apparatus and the second light apparatus, and a partition wall that extends parallel to an optical axis and is configured to block light rays emitted by a first light generator and oriented towards a second optical device and/or is configured to block light rays emitted by a second light generator and oriented towards a first optical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Omar AIT-HAMMOU-HASSI, Julien AUBERT
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Publication number: 20260328361Abstract: The invention relates to an external rear device for a motor vehicle. The device includes an outer surface on which at least one lighting module is arranged. Each lighting module includes an assembly of at least one flexible guide sheet, each flexible guide sheet of the assembly being suitable for receiving light rays via at least one edge of the flexible guide sheet and for reflecting the light rays in a direction which is substantially normal to a surface of the flexible guide sheet according to at least one pattern etched in the flexible guide sheet. The device also includes at least one light-injection element which is suitable for receiving light and for distributing the light in the assembly of flexible guide sheets, and at least one light source which is suitable for injecting light into the light-injection element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: October 22, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sid Ahmed BEDDAR, Eduardo ALVEAR CABEZON, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Benoit DELANDE
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Publication number: 20260328356Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module including at least one light source that is able to emit light rays upwards, a collector having at least one reflective surface configured to collect and reflect the light rays emitted by the at least one light source as a light beam reflected along the optical axis, and a projection lens for projecting the reflected light beam as a projected light beam. The at least one reflective surface is configured such that the reflected light beam illuminates an entry face of the projection optical unit as far as an upper edge and/or a lower edge of the entry face.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: October 22, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sylvain GIRAUD, Lu BAI
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Publication number: 20260328366Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle, for projecting an image onto the ground around the motor vehicle. The lighting device includes a light source, a slide provided with at least one pattern, and at least one screen provided with an opaque area. The screen being movable between a first position and a second position relative to the slide. The opaque area of the screen extending outside of a light beam coming from the slide when the screen is in its first position to project a first image onto the ground, and the opaque area of the screen extending across the light beam coming from the slide when the screen is in its second position to project a second image onto the ground, with the second image is different from the first image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: October 22, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sidahmed BEDDAR, Rabih TALEB, Remi LETOUMELIN
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Patent number: 12768510Abstract: The present invention refers to an automotive lighting device with a first solid-state light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength intended to contribute to a first luminous function, a second solid-state light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, the second solid-state light source being intended to contribute a second luminous function, an optical element intended to project the light of the first solid-state light source, a luminous sensor configured to acquire a portion of a reflection of the light projected by the optical element in the first wavelength and processing means configured to control the operation of the light sources and to receive data from the luminous sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 20, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Mickael Mimoun, Hafid El Idrissi, Gregory Planche, Pierre Renaud
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Publication number: 20260318493Abstract: A light-emitting module that includes a circuit board, configured to have a light source disposed thereon, a reflector, configured to be located in a light output direction of the light source and to reflect light emitted by the light source, and a heat sink, configured to fix the circuit board and the reflector and to dissipate heat from the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: October 15, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ke LI, Lihua ZENG, Song YANG, Thierry PIVIN, Christian THIBAULT
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Publication number: 20260323794Abstract: The film (1) comprises, in succession:—a flexible support layer (2); —a first flexible electrode layer (3) made of conductive material; —a flexible electrically insulating layer (4) made of dielectric material; —a flexible electroluminescent layer (5) comprising a luminophore layer (6) having a refractive index nlum and at least one element (7) for adapting the refractive index having a refractive index nng; —a second flexible and transparent electrode layer (8) made of conductive material having a refractive index nelec; —a flexible and transparent protective layer (9); —wherein nlum>nng>nelec.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: October 15, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Eduardo ALVEAR, Sidahmed BEDDAR
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Patent number: 12762818Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system for a motor vehicle having a system for detecting objects includes defining at least one set of detectable types of objects and acquiring, by means of the detection system, a set of data relating to the position of a plurality of objects of types belonging to the set. Also included is determining a lighting model which is associated with said set and defines at least one zone referred to as the initial detection zone, and a light pattern referred to as the initial light pattern, of a light beam intended to be emitted in the initial detection zone. The lighting system is controlled in order to emit a light beam having the initial light pattern in the initial detection zone of said lighting model.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Mickael Mimoun, Rezak Mezari, Hafid El Idrissi, Yasser Almehio
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Patent number: 12752696Abstract: A method for reducing headlight glare from a first vehicle comprising a first headlight and one or more sensors. The method includes illuminating, by the first headlight in a low beam setting, a portion of a road that the first vehicle is traveling along. The one or more sensors may detect a presence of a second vehicle. For example, the one or more sensors may detect the presence of the second vehicle in a region that is receiving direct glare from the first headlight in the low beam setting. The first headlight may dim, in response to the detecting, to a first light output below the low beam setting.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2024Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Colby Darlage, Robert Fraizer
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Patent number: 12752700Abstract: The invention relates to interior equipment for a motor vehicle, the equipment including an outer surface on which a lighting luminous module is arranged. The lighting luminous module includes an assembly of at least one flexible guide sheet, each flexible guide sheet of the assembly being suitable for receiving light rays at least at one edge of the flexible guide sheet and for reflecting the light rays in a direction substantially normal to a surface of the flexible guide sheet according to at least one pattern etched in the flexible guide sheet. The lighting luminous module also includes at least one light injection element suitable for receiving light and distributing the light in the assembly of flexible guide sheets and at least one light source suitable for injecting light into the light injection element.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Eduardo Alvear, Sidahmed Beddar, Hafid El-Idrissi, Benoit Delande
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Publication number: 20260296297Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing device (1) for a lighting device (3) for a vehicle (2), wherein said fixing device (1) comprises:—an expandable ring (10) with an internal diameter,—a ring holder (11) that is configured to hold said expandable ring (10),—a pusher (12) that is configured to take a first position where it is in contact with said expandable ring (10), said expandable ring (10) being at rest, and a second position where it pushes onto said expandable ring (10) so as to increase the internal diameter of said expandable ring (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: October 1, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Grzegorz KWIECIEN, Bartosz WOJCIK, Bartlomiej PILARSKI
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Publication number: 20260298431Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle light module configured so as to emit a first light function and a second light function non-simultaneously, and includes a projection optical element formed of a plurality of projection optical systems, a plurality of light units, each light unit including at least one light assembly, and a projection system belonging to the plurality of projection optical systems and receiving the light rays emitted by the light assembly or assemblies of the corresponding light unit. The light units being arranged such that each projection system of the projection optical element is illuminated when the first light function is emitted and when the second light function is emitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: October 1, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sergio DONOSO, Carlos-Rafael MARCOS
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Patent number: 12747843Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous module of a luminous and/or signaling device of an automotive vehicle. The luminous module includes a flexible OLED mounted on a transparent substrate with an electrical interconnection layer, a support of the flexible OLED, designed to shape at least part of the flexible OLED and the transparent substrate in a predetermined shape, the flexible OLED being fastened to the support by means of an adhesive, and a flexible printed circuit board. The transparent substrate includes a portion protruding beyond the OLED and facing a portion of the support, in that the flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected to the interconnection layer at this portion of the transparent substrate and in that the flexible printed circuit board is fastened to this portion of the support by means of an adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2023Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Benoit Delande, Pascal Poirot, Custodio Conde Gallardo, Raul Jimenez
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Publication number: 20260287810Abstract: A linear light-emitting element, having a lateral light exit region and including a core layer which is rod-shaped, at least one end face of the core layer receiving and allowing the entry of light from a light source, a cladding layer which envelops an outer peripheral surface of the core layer, the cladding layer having a smaller refractive index than that of the core layer, and light from the core layer entering the cladding layer by refraction, a transparent light exit layer which envelops an outer peripheral surface of the cladding layer, the transparent light exit layer transmitting light from the cladding layer, and a reflective layer which at least partially covers an outer peripheral surface of the transparent light exit layer, the reflective layer being at least partially opposite a lateral light exit region, reflecting light from the transparent light exit layer towards the lateral light exit region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: September 24, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Junlun DONG, Wenqing CHEN, Changqi WU, Yinfeng CHENG, Zhenwen WEN
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Publication number: 20260287809Abstract: A linearly light-emitting element including a core layer, which is rod-shaped and at least one end side of which is configured to receive and input light from a light source, a cladding layer enveloping the outside of the core layer, wherein the refractive index of the cladding layer is lower than that of the core layer, and light from the core layer enters the cladding layer through refraction. At least one layer of the linearly light-emitting element is a colored layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: September 24, 2026Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Fengqiao LI, Changqi WU, Wenqing CHEN, Junlun DONG, Jiehong LONG, Yinfeng CHENG, Hongze LUO, Zhifeng LI