Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
  • Publication number: 20260258922
    Abstract: A light unit for a motor vehicle, including a row of light sources emitting light rays, a support on which the row of light sources is arranged, a primary lens having an optical axis and a first input face, and a projecting lens. The row of light sources includes light sources that can be activated individually and are aligned in a first direction. The support forms an angle ? other than 90° with the optical axis. The first input face includes a planar upper portion, a planar lower portion and a connecting portion. The lower portion is offset relative to the upper portion about the optical axis. The upper portion and the lower portion are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Yves GROMFELD
  • Publication number: 20260258926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lamp module, which includes a light source, a reflector, a lens, and a radiator, with the reflector being arranged opposite the light source, and the reflector has a reflective surface for reflecting the light rays emitted by the light source to form a light beam along an optical axis of the vehicle lamp module. The lens is adjacent to the reflector for projecting the light rays reflected by the reflector. The light source is arranged on the radiator, and the radiator dissipates heat from the light source. The vehicle lamp module also includes a light blocker. The present invention also provides a motor vehicle headlamp comprising the vehicle lamp module, and a corresponding motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lu BAI, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20260257612
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle. The light module includes an electrical connection device configured to be arranged in a first position so as to be connected to a power source, and a holding tab configured to reversibly hold the electrical connection device in a second position, in particular during an assembly phase of the light module. The electrical connection device includes a connection member configured to cooperate with the holding tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Laurent MUTHULAR
  • Publication number: 20260258925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous device for a vehicle, including a luminous module for generating primary light rays, an exit outer lens, a decoupling relief structure, and an intermediate screen including the decoupling relief structure. The intermediate screen being arranged between the luminous module and the exit outer lens, and having a first face facing the luminous module and a second face facing the exit outer lens. The decoupling relief structure being arranged on the first face of the intermediate screen, the second face having a non-constant thickness such that the primary light rays exit therefrom in a direction identical or parallel to a direction in which they entered through the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre BAHIN, Helene CLOAREC, Julien HEMON
  • Publication number: 20260259361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous module including at least two flexible guide sheets, each sheet being able to reflect rays of light according to an etched pattern. A first light-injection element is able to distribute light in the first sheet and a second light-injection element is able to distribute the light in the second sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet are arranged one beside the other in such a way that a second edge of the first flexible guide sheet faces a second edge of the second flexible guide sheet. A part of the first sheet along the second edge and a part of the second sheet along the second edge are bent toward the inside of the luminous module or are covered with a reflective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sid Ahmed BEDDAR, Eduardo ALVEAR CABEZON, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Benoit DELANDE
  • Patent number: 12723726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, including a light source and an optical device, the optical device being arranged to receive light emitted by the light source and to form, from the light, a light beam having an upper cut-off including a first portion and a second portion which are substantially horizontal and separated by a third portion descending from the first portion and ascending towards the second portion, the third portion being such that the light beam has, when projected onto a screen, a light-free zone extending at least horizontally in a range from substantially 0° to ?2.2° and vertically in a range from substantially 0° to ?0.8°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Yves Gromfeld
  • Patent number: 12716566
    Abstract: A lighting device for projecting an image onto the ground around a motor vehicle. The lighting device includes a light source capable of producing a light beam, a first mask with a first pattern and a second pattern, the first mask being movable between a first position and a second position, a second mask with a third pattern and a fourth pattern, the second mask being movable between a first position and a second position, an actuator configured to move the first mask between its first position and its second position, and a drive means configured to optionally move the second mask between its first position and its second position at the same time as the first mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Rabih Taleb, Sidahmed Beddar, Remi Letoumelin
  • Publication number: 20260243402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module including an upper row of light sources, an upper row of upper light guides, each of which is associated with an upper light source, a lower row of lower light sources, a lower row of lower light guides, each of which is associated with a lower light source, and a primary lens that has an optical axis and includes an exit dioptric interface. The exit dioptric interface includes an upper portion with a lower edge and a lower portion with an upper edge. The lower edge and the upper edge are connected by a connecting section. The upper edge is further forward with respect to the primary lens than the lower edge in the direction of the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alexandre CORMAN, Yves GROMFELD
  • Patent number: 12710153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a luminous unit of a luminous module. The luminous unit includes a luminous subassembly with a first light source and a first collector, a luminous subassembly with a second light source and a second collector, an optical projection system with an optical axis parallel to a longitudinal direction. The collectors are offset along the longitudinal direction and along a transverse direction, the optical projection system includes an optical line focus, the first collector includes a rear end edge disposed in the vicinity of the optical line focus of the optical projection system. The second collector includes an object focus at which the second light source is positioned and an image focus at least partially coincident with the optical line focus of the optical projection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Sergio Donoso, Carlos-Rafael Marcos
  • Patent number: 12698877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light assembly including a main housing with a front opening and a rear opening facing at least a part of the front opening, a luminous device with a secondary housing, and an outer lens sealingly closing the front opening of the main housing. The luminous device can be seated in the rear opening, and the secondary housing is sealingly and reversibly fastened to the main housing. In the event of a failure of a component of a luminous device of a light assembly and/or in the event of impacts damaging a part of the light assembly, the light assembly according to the invention requires just one part to be replaced, for example, only the outer lens and the main housing or only the luminous device need be replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Stephane Paugam, Olivier Ruat, Gavin Warner, Stephane Patrizi, Matthieu Syre
  • Publication number: 20260218870
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical illumination assembly (100), said optical illumination assembly comprising: a light source (10) and a printed circuit board (20), the light source being arranged on the printed circuit board and emitting light; a light reflector (30), the light reflector being provided with a reflective surface, the reflective surface being configured to collect light emitted by the light source (10), and reflect the light in a light beam along an optical axis of the optical illumination assembly (100); and an optical projection apparatus (40), the optical projection apparatus being configured to project the light beam, wherein the light source (10) is provided with a main light-emitting range, and the printed circuit board (20) is inclined towards the light reflector (30) relative to the optical axis, to prevent light emitted by the light source within the main light-emitting range from directly reaching the optical projection apparatus (40) and being projected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lu BAI, Rong ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20260219369
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle. The light device includes a plurality of light modules that emit pulsed visible light, which is modulated by means of a high-frequency light code, each light module includes at least one driver circuit controlling multiple light-emitting diodes, and a device for receiving the light emitted by each of the light modules once the light has been reflected off an object, wherein each light-emitting diode is connected to the driver circuit by a conductive track, the conductive tracks connecting each of the light-emitting diodes to the driver circuit, each one of which light-emitting diodes includes the same length of conductive track to ensure synchronous control of the light-emitting diodes by the driver circuit. Another aspect of the invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising at least one such light device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Matheo GOURDON, Mickael MIMOUN, Hafid EL-IDRISSI, Pierre RENAUD, Sidahmed BEDDAR, Geoffrey PIQUARD
  • Publication number: 20260217188
    Abstract: A light system including: a light source; and a light guide aligned with the light source so that light from the light source directs light into the light guide, wherein the light guide has a concave region that light extends through so that the light extending from the concave region homogeneously illuminates an article of manufacture within an interior of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Abril Paulina ARELLANO MORALES, Emigdio LEON
  • Publication number: 20260218872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module for a vehicle. The lighting module includes a lighting unit with at least one light source configured to emit light rays, at least one collector associated with the light source, a projection optical element having an optical axis, the collector orienting the light rays towards the projection optical element, and the projection optical element projecting the light rays towards the outside of the vehicle so as to form a light beam, a holder on which the projection optical element is fixedly mounted. The lighting module also includes two connection elements that are each connected to the lighting unit and to the holder, and articulated so as to allow a first movement of the lighting unit relative to the projection optical element, making it possible to move the light beam in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the projection optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Nicolas MARTIN, Sylvain GIRAUD
  • Publication number: 20260218871
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an automotive luminous module. The automotive luminous module includes a first substrate including a first light source coupled with a first optical element, and a heatsink arranged in thermal communication with the first substrate. The first optical element includes a main attachment element configured to attach the first optical element to the heatsink without crossing the first substrate, and wherein the first substrate is retained between at least a portion of the first optical element and a portion of the heatsink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pedro-Jose QUESADA, Maria Josefa CRIADO TORRES
  • Publication number: 20260218875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for an automotive vehicle. The device includes at least two movable shutter elements having a first face and a second face, and an actuator capable of moving the movable shutter elements into a closed position of the device and into at least one open position of the device. The device further includes a light source arranged to emit light rays towards a movable shutter element of which the first face is arranged facing a second face of another movable shutter element, in the open position. The movable shutter element towards which the light rays from the source are emitted is rigidly connected to a reflective element capable of reflecting at least some of the emitted light rays towards the second face of the other movable shutter element, in the at least one open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Rabih TALEB
  • Publication number: 20260219370
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle. The light device includes a plurality of light modules emitting pulsed visible light, which light is modulated by means of a high-frequency light code, each light module includes at least two sectors each grouping a plurality of light-emitting diodes around a driver circuit, and a device for receiving the light emitted by each of the light modules after it has reflected off an object, wherein the light module includes a delay-locked loop connected to the driver circuit of each of the sectors to ensure synchronization of the driver circuits. Another aspect of the invention relates to a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, the system comprising at least one such light device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Matheo GOURDON, Mickael MIMOUN, Sidahmed BEDDAR, Geoffrey PIQUARD, Hafid EL-IDRISSI, Pierre RENAUD
  • Publication number: 20260211120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light system. The light system includes an emitting module that includes a light module capable of emitting a light beam that produces a flashing photometric function and a modulation unit arranged to modulate the emitted light beam on the basis of a modulating data sequence, a receiving module capable of receiving a light beam, and a computing unit arranged to generate modulating data sequences having different duty cycles in order to emit different modulated light beams during each active and inactive phase. The computing unit being arranged to determine a time of flight separating the emission of the first or of the second emitted modulated light beam from the reception of a light beam received by the receiving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Mickael MIMOUN, Sidahmed BEDDAR, Pierre RENAUD, Hafid EL-IDRISSI, Jose AFONSO, Matheo GOURDON, Geoffrey PIQUARD
  • Publication number: 20260211171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light module. The light module includes a light guide with a light guide sheet and a light injection assembly, and a light source that is arranged so as to inject light rays into the entry surface of the at least one injection assembly. The guide sheet include a film with a light extraction region with microstructures capable of redirecting the light injected into the guide sheet toward the outside of the light module. The film includes microstructures on a first face and on a second face. For each portion from among portions of the light extraction region that are at different distances from a light injection edge surface, a sum of a density of microstructures on the first face and on the second face is an increasing function of the distance between the portion and the injection edge surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Rabih TALEB, Shivi SINGH, Pierre-Louis TASSY, Ghani SBIHI
  • Publication number: 20260210511
    Abstract: A lighting module, a lamp device and a vehicle are provided. The lighting module includes a light source and a light shaping component configured to shape the light from the light source into a beam with a desired lighting function for emission and includes a light collection portion and a cut-off line forming portion that are integrated, the light collection portion being configured to collect the light from the light source and guide the light towards the cut-off line forming portion, and the cut-off line forming portion being configured to receive the light from the light collection portion and shape the light into an outgoing beam with a cut-off line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Si CHEN, Ke YU, Lei FAN