Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
  • Control device and method with voice and/or gestural recognition for the interior lighting of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10937419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device with voice and/or gestural recognition for the interior lighting of a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of lighting modules (Mn) each capable of emitting at least one light beam in an interior of the vehicle. The device includes at least distinct means (Cn) for detecting a plurality of voice and/or gestural commands (Sn), executed by at least one occupant of the vehicle in specific zones (Zn) of the vehicle interior targeted by the detection means, the detection means (Cn) being capable of transmitting data representative of the commands (Sn) to at least processing and analysis means (ECU) configured to merge and prioritize the data and generate, after comparison with reference data, at least one instruction (An) to at least one interior lighting module (Mn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Thierry Fleurence, Aymeric Koniec
  • Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight
    Patent number: 10920947
    Abstract: A lighting device, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one module having an optical axis O, each module having: a light source configured to emit a light beam in an overall direction substantially forming a secant to the optical axis O and a light orientation guide adapted to direct the light beam emitted by the light source in a manner substantially parallel to said optical axis O at the output of said the light orientation guide and adapted to form a cut-off in the light beam. The lighting device comprises a single portion for the output of the light beam, the output surface of which is continuously curved and is common to all the modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Yves Gromfeld
  • Lighting device projecting two vertically offset matrices of light pixels
    Patent number: 10913387
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle including a first lighting module projecting at least one first matrix of first independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the first pixels being arranged in several vertical columns and in at least one transverse row of determined height (Dh), characterized in that it includes a second lighting module projecting a second matrix of second independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the second pixels being arranged in at least one transverse row, the second matrix being superposed with the first matrix with a vertical offset by a vertical offset distance (P) less than the determined height (Dh) relative to the first pixels of the first matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Marie Pellarin, Vanesa Sanchez, Sebastien Roels
  • Light module for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of light source branches
    Patent number: 10917949
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle, including a first electrical assembly on a first carrier, which harbours a plurality of branches that are connected in parallel, each branch including light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes. The module includes a second carrier which includes a control unit for controlling the supply of electrical power to the light sources, the control unit including a feedback loop from a reference branch. The light module allows the number of connections between the two carriers of the assembly to be decreased and reliability thereof to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Lothar Seif
  • Mobile 360° light system and method of cleaning the mobile 360° light system
    Patent number: 10907802
    Abstract: A light system a base that is configured to connect to a vehicle; a light layer that is movable into the base in a closed configuration and out of the base in an open configuration; and a cap located above the base and the light layer, the cap enclosing the light layer within the base when the light system is in the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Mark Pattison, John Orisich, Brant Potter
  • System for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source
    Patent number: 10912175
    Abstract: A device for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source comprises a converter having a feedback control loop and a microcontroller element. The microcontroller element is arranged to act on the controlled value in a precise manner as a function of at least one parameter of the pixelated light source powered by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
  • Compact optical system for a motor-vehicle passenger compartment
    Patent number: 10906461
    Abstract: An optical system and an interior lighting device for a motor vehicle including a light source coupled to such an optical system. The optical system includes a first portion of an optical assembly that allows a real image of the light source to the enlarged and projected into proximity to a diffuser of the optical system. The optical assembly also includes a second portion that plays the role of a projecting optic to project out of the optical system a real image of the of the light source formed in proximity to the diffuser. The optical system allows a luminance of the light source of the interior lighting device to be decreased while preserving its pixelization, allowing light sources based on light-emitting diodes and driven with a high-amperage electrical current to be used in motor-vehicle passenger compartments without any risk to the occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Nicolas Lefaudeux
  • Optical element for motor vehicle optical module
    Patent number: 10900631
    Abstract: A monobloc optical element including a first end including a plurality of light inlets distinct from one another via which rays of light enter the optical element, the optical element including a second end via which the rays of light exit together, the second end being configured to shape a beam of light external to the optical element, the optical element being defined by an axis passing at least through the first end and through the second end, characterized in that the optical element includes at least a first contact zone dedicated to referencing it mechanically along the axis and at least a second contact zone dedicated to referencing it mechanically in a direction transverse to the axis, the second contact zone being closer to the second end than to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pascal Garin, Stephane Andre
  • ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND AUTOMOTIVE LUMINOUS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210022244
    Abstract: The invention is related to an electronic assembly comprising a printed circuit board and an electronic component. The printed circuit board comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The electronic component is installed in the first side of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is an insulated metal substrate printed circuit board and comprises a bending portion which divides the printed circuit board into a first main portion and a second main portion, the electronic component being located in the first main portion. The first and second main portions are not comprised in a common plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jose-David ROLDAN, Miguel Angel CANTUDO, Alvaro ANDRES, Thibault MENN
  • ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR LIGHT EMITTIG MODULE, LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210009028
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustment device for a light emitting moduleof a vehicle. The adjustment device includes a light emitter support unit and adjustment conversion unit where the light emitter support unit includes a rotatable light emitter bracket configured to support a light emitter; the adjustment conversion unit includes an adjustment conversion structure and a translation member provided with a receiving part; a first support part of the light emitter bracket is moveably received in the receiving part; the adjustment conversion structure is configured to convert adjustment movements into translational movements via the translation member, thereby causing lamp bracket rotation; and the first support part is in contact with an inner wall's annular section of the receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VISION SAS
    Inventors: Hanbing ZHANG, Yan LIU, Christophe BAERT
  • LUMINOUS DEVICE IMAGING THE LIT SURFACES OF AT LEAST TWO COLLECTORS
    Publication number: 20210010653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous device, particularly applicable to a motor vehicle, comprising a first light source and a second light source that each emit light rays; a first collector and a second collector each include a reflective surface configured to collect and reflect the light rays emitted by the first light source and the second light source, respectively, into a first light beam and a second light beam; an optical system configured to project the first light beam and second light beam along an optical axis of the device; the optical system is configured to form a luminous image of each reflective surface of the first collector and second collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VISION SAS
    Inventors: Michel HERMITTE, Sylvain GIRAUD
  • Device for controlling a matrix of light sources for interior lighting of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10889241
    Abstract: A device for controlling a matrix of light sources of a luminous module for lighting the interior of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The device includes a central unit configured to receive an instruction to activate one among a plurality of preset functions for lighting the passenger compartment, and functionally connected to a plurality of command devices, each of which is configured to command the activation of a group of light sources of the matrix. The central unit is configured to select a plurality of light sources of the matrix to activate to produce the lighting function, and to transmit instructions to the command devices in order to command the activation of the selected light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Arnaud Faivre, Birane Gaye, Jerome Le Corre, Pierre-Louis Tassy, Thierry Fleurence
  • Module for motor vehicle comprising an optical element fixed to a heatsink with posts and a light source fixed to a fixing zone of a heatsink
    Patent number: 10890317
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle including a light source, an electronic support, a driver device driving the electrical power supply of the one light source arranged on the electronic support, a heatsink including an obviously in which the driver device is housed, characterized in that the light source is fixed onto the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: David Dorn, Eric Donnen
  • LUMINOUS MODULE OF MOTOR VEHICLE WITH PROVIDED LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNAL FEATURES
    Publication number: 20200408377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle's luminous module that includes a light source, a pixelated digital imaging system and an optical input device inserted (along the path of the light rays coming from the source) between the light source and the pixelated digital imaging system in order to transmit some light rays coming from the light source towards the pixelated digital imaging system; the invention also includes a prism comprising first, second and third faces that are configured to: transmit rays of the transmitted portion towards an impact surface between the first and third faces; form reflected rays by reflecting rays returned by the impact surface, by total internal reflection on the first face; and return reflected rays via the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION SAS
    Inventors: Fabrice EGAL, Julien RIZZI
  • Light beam projection device provided with submatrices of light sources, lighting and headlight module provided with such a device
    Patent number: 10876694
    Abstract: An optical light beam projection device, notably for a motor vehicle, includes upstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays, a set of at least two associated submatrices each provided with primary light sources capable of emitting light rays. Downstream, a primary optical system is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each submatrix and arranged downstream thereof, the separation between the optical axes of two adjacent convergent optics corresponds respectively to the separation between the centers of the corresponding adjacent submatrices. Another subject of the invention is an optical module comprising the device and a motor vehicle headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine Courcier, Vanesa Sanchez
  • Segmented lighting assembly for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10878735
    Abstract: A plurality of luminous modules able to emit a segmented light beam to be controlled by a common control processor having a single video output interface, while maintaining the ability to project different outlines with each luminous module. This decreases the number of connections necessary between a control unit and a plurality of luminous modules, thereby decreasing the complexity of the system, and decreasing the production cost thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Hafid El Idrissi, Frantz Pelissier
  • System for the electrically connecting at least one light source to an electrical power supply system
    Patent number: 10865957
    Abstract: A system for electrically connecting at least one light source to a system for supplying electrical power, wherein the connecting system comprises a lead frame able to be electrically connected to a system for supplying electrical power, the lead frame including at least one connecting terminal and at least one connecting means allowing the connecting terminal of the lead frame to be electrically connected to the light source, the connecting terminal and the connecting means being able to electrically connect the light source to the lead frame, thereby allowing the light source to be placed away from the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Marc Duarte, Eric Mornet, Sylvain Yvon, Jonathan Blandin
  • Optical module for a vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 10859233
    Abstract: An optical module including a heat sink having one or more heat dissipating surfaces, a fan for sending air over said one or more heat dissipating surfaces, and a light source held by said heat sink. The main feature of an optical module according to the invention is that the fan is mounted on the heat sink by clipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Nicolas Ruckebusch
  • Motor vehicle lighting module, and lighting and/or signalling device provided with such a module
    Patent number: 10851958
    Abstract: The invention concerns a lighting module for motor vehicles, including at least one first row of first illumination units configured to produce a first exit beam, each first illumination unit including a first light source and a first optical element configured to produce a first unitary beam from light rays coming from the first light source, characterized in that the first optical element of each of the first illumination units is configured to produce: a first total internal reflection of the rays coming from the first light source so as to form a reflected beam of collimated rays; a second total internal reflection of the collimated rays so as to generate the first unitary beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Yves Gromfeld
  • Light-emitting module for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10845022
    Abstract: A light-emitting module for a motor vehicle. The light-emitting module includes a substrate including a curved main section, light-emitting elements arranged on a face of the substrate and configured to generate light rays, a curved screen arranged facing the face of the substrate and away from the face, an area of the screen being suitable for being illuminated by the light rays emitted by the light-emitting elements, the screen having scattering properties with respect to the light emitted by the light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element being arranged on the substrate in a given zone, each light-emitting element furthermore being arranged to emit the corresponding light rays in a main emission direction that is angularly offset from a local direction that is normal to the substrate in the given zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vincent Godbillon, Franck Millon, Jean-Didier Kinfack, Lothar Seif, Natacha Audy, Lingxuan Zhu, Patrice Collot, Arnaud Abala