Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
  • Light module for a vehicle with a heat sink with void housing a driving device arranged on an electronic support
    Patent number: 10648655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module (1) for a motor vehicle comprising: a light source (10); an electronic support (11); a driver device (13) driving the electrical power supply of said one light source (10) arranged on said electronic support (11); a heatsink (12) comprising an obviously (121) in which said driver device (13) is housed, characterized in that said light source (10) is fixed onto said heatsink (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: David Dorn, Eric Donnen
  • LUMINOUS LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING MODULE OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200141552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous lighting and/or signaling module for an automotive vehicle, said module comprising first means arranged to produce a first cut-off beam and second means arranged to produce at least two selectively activatable luminous segments, the luminous segments forming a second beam that is complementary to the cut-off beam, when they are activated simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Delphine PUECH, Kostadin BEEV, Antoine de LAMBERTERIE, Eric STEFURA, Marine COURCIER, Paul JACQUEMIN
  • Power management for a micro- or nano- wire LED light source
    Patent number: 10645774
    Abstract: A method of managing the power dissipated by an electroluminescence light source including electroluminescent rods having submillimeter dimensions protruding from a substrate and split into a plurality of identical groups. By using the measures of the invention, it becomes possible to manage the dissipation of power from the light source when faced with instantaneous variations in the strength of the electric current that powers the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Lothar Seif, Zdravko Zojceski
  • Lighting and/or signalling device, more particularly for an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 10641449
    Abstract: A light-emitting module for an automotive vehicle includes a light source including a plurality of electroluminescent rods, and a layer adapted for encapsulating the electroluminescent rods and for converting at least a portion of the light emitted by the rods into a converted light, the layer including a conversion sublayer extending beyond a free end of the electroluminescent rods, the conversion sublayer including a phosphor compound adapted for generating the converted light from the light emitted by the electroluminescent rods, the phosphor compound being in the form of grains, the dimensions of which are provided to prevent the presence of the grains between spaces delimited laterally between the rods, and an encapsulation sublayer in which at least a portion of the electroluminescent rods is embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Pierre Albou
  • Lighting module for motor vehicle projector
    Patent number: 10641456
    Abstract: Lighting module for a projector of a motor vehicle, the lighting module including a light source and a matrix of micromirrors, characterized in that it includes a mask disposed between the light source and the matrix of micromirrors, the mask including an opening allowing light rays coming from the light source to pass and oriented towards the matrix of micromirrors, and the mask including an opaque part blocking light rays coming from the light source and not oriented toward the matrix of micromirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Choquet, Thomas Daniel
  • DEVICE FOR MANAGING AT LEAST TWO LIGHT FUNCTIONS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200130574
    Abstract: A device for managing at least two light functions accommodated in a same motor vehicle light device, the managing device comprising a block of light sources for each light function, wherein the managing device further comprises: an input block configured to: provide a power supply common to the at least two light functions; indicate if the at least two light functions are activated or deactivated; a bias block configured to supply a stabilized reference voltage common to the at least two light functions; a switching block for each light function, one switching block of which is configured to deactivate one of the at least two light functions that is defined as secondary with respect to the other of the at least two light functions that is defined as having priority if the latter is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Yves DUBOIS, Alexandre FRANC, Arthur Guillaume RENAUDEAU
  • Motor vehicle lighting module with cooling member
    Patent number: 10634309
    Abstract: A lighting module including a base, on which there are mounted at least one light source and a cooling member including at least two fins joined together elastically and each having at least one heat-sink wall and a connection portion thermally connected to the base by a thermal interface. The module includes at least one stop piece able to come into contact with part of a fin when this fin is brought elastically closer to another fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marc Duarte, Brahim Elhachir, Stephane Andre, Christian Texier
  • Motor vehicle lighting device implementing a function for writing on the ground
    Patent number: 10632896
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, including a first lighting module adapted to project a pixelized first beam with a first resolution and a second lighting module adapted to project a pixelized low beam type second beam with a second resolution lower than the first resolution, the first and second lighting modules being such that the first and second beams overlap vertically at least in part to form a global beam, the device including a control unit able to control selectively a plurality of pixels of the first and second beams so as to project a motif in the global beam, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to control at least one pixel of each of the first and second beams when the motor vehicle enters a turn so as to create a movement of the motif in the global beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Sebastien Roels, Marie Pellarin, Sophie Clade
  • Lighting device indicating a configuration state of a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10632906
    Abstract: Lighting device indicating a configuration state of a seat of a motor vehicle, the lighting device being arranged to illuminate at least one part of the seat as a function of at least one datum relating to the configuration state of this at least one part of a seat relative to a configuration instruction for a given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Thierry Fleurence, Eric Stefura
  • Lens for shaping light rays for a lighting module for lighting and/or signalling for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10634311
    Abstract: A lens for shaping light rays, for a luminous lighting and/or signalling module of a motor vehicle, includes an entrance face for the light rays and an opposite exit face. The lens has a flat-lens shape the exit face of which is equipped with prisms forming a Fresnel structure, at least one of these prisms being equipped on an exterior face with diffractive structures, and the entrance face of which is at least partially equipped with microstructures. The lens applies to motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Antoine De Lamberterie, Samira Mbata, Nicolas Lefaudeux, Thomas Canonne, Vincent Dubois, Francois-Xavier Amiel
  • One-piece support for light device with a matrix of micromirrors
    Patent number: 10619818
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a support for a light module, notably for a motor vehicle, including a reception zone for at least one light source. A reception zone for an optical device for forming the light is emitted by the light source or sources. A reception zone for an electromechanical microsystem with at least one mirror capable for receiving the rays originates from the optical forming device. A reception zone for at least one optical projection device receives the rays reflected by the mirror or mirrors of the electromechanical microsystem. The support forms a cavity with an aperture and comprises an outer surface around said aperture, said surface forming the reception zone for the electromechanical microsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Joel Li, Sylvain Chanez
  • SINGLE-PIECE OPTICAL PART MADE OF TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL COMPRISING AN INACTIVE SURFACE WITH A SCATTERING SEGMENT
    Publication number: 20200103087
    Abstract: A single-piece optical part made of transparent or translucent material, comprising a plurality of active surfaces arranged to form a beam, including an entrance dioptric interface and an exit dioptric interface, inactive surfaces joining the active surfaces, at least one of the inactive surfaces comprising a scattering segment so as to scatter the rays that reach it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Yves GROMFELD
  • Device for positioning a module comprising a light source on an optical device
    Patent number: 10605423
    Abstract: A lighting and/or signaling device, for a vehicle, including a light source positioned on a module assembled onto an optical device, the optical device and the module including a first reference mechanism including: at least one slideway mounted on the optical device, the slideway including an interior reference face placed opposite an interior guide face, and at least one extension extending from the module, the extension including a reference bearing face, opposite a contact face, the contact face including at least one contact point. The contact face is configured such that, when the extension has been introduced into the slideway along a direction of introduction, the contact face bears at the contact points against the interior guide face and, locally, at the contact point, the slideway and/or the extension are elastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Eric Mornet, Bruno Ducloux
  • Luminous motor-vehicle device, and lighting and/or signalling unit equipped with such a device
    Patent number: 10605425
    Abstract: A luminous device including a first row of light sources for generating first unitary beams and a second row of light sources for generating second unitary beams. The first unitary beams have a sloped profile. The first unitary beams and second unitary beams are associated so as to construct a resultant beam provided with a slope and with a section extending laterally from the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Yves Gromfeld
  • Light distribution element for light emitting device and light emitting device
    Patent number: 10605435
    Abstract: A light distribution element for a light emitting device, including a plurality of first light deflecting portions and a plurality of second light deflecting portions, wherein a pattern formed by the plurality of first light deflecting portions is superposed with a pattern formed by the plurality of second light deflecting portions to form a final display pattern. The present invention also provides a light emitting device including the light distribution element. According to the light distribution element and the light emitting device provided by the present invention, it is possible to generate a personalized, three-dimensional, dynamic lighting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Ji Luo, Ciling Zhang, Long Wang, Pingwu Yang
  • Method for presenting information upon starting an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 10589703
    Abstract: A method for presenting information upon starting an automotive vehicle includes at least one step in which various parameters associated with the vehicle are verified. Also included is a step in which a particular light beam is projected onto a specific area of the passenger compartment of the vehicle when the state of a plurality of verified parameters allows the vehicle to be started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Thierry Fleurence, Nicolas Boiroux, Antoine Boilevin
  • Light-beam-projecting device comprising a digital screen and headlamp equipped with such a device
    Patent number: 10591130
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine Courcier, Pierre Albou
  • Lighting device for a vehicle, combining two light sources
    Patent number: 10591129
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Pierre Albou
  • SINGLE-PIECE OPTICAL MOTOR-VEHICLE PART COMPRISING A STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20200080699
    Abstract: A single-piece optical vehicle part comprising: a plurality of entrance dioptric interfaces and/or a plurality of exit dioptric interfaces; at least one junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or at least one junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces. The junction between two adjacent entrance dioptric interfaces and/or the junction between two adjacent exit dioptric interfaces has a structural modification allowing light to be absorbed and/or scattered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre RENAUD, Alexandre JOERG, Francois GRATECAP, Yves GROMFELD
  • COMPACT OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT
    Publication number: 20200079285
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Nicolas Lefaudeux