Patents Assigned to Valeo Vision
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEFAULT LIGHTING INSTRUCTION, LIGHTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230062241
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a default lighting instruction for a lighting module for a motor vehicle, the lighting module including a matrix light source having a plurality of elementary light sources, and a control module of a motor vehicle. The invention also relates to a lighting system and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Patrice VOIRIN, Feng YANG, Houssem KOUKI, Eric DONNAT, Rodrigo CARBONELL
  • OPTICAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230068695
    Abstract: An optical device for a lighting module. The invention relates to an optical device and a lighting module including a light source provided with a plurality of emitting elements and with said optical device. One face of a lens of the device comprises an array of recessed patterns, each of which is organized with a specific profile so as to produce an optimized light distribution. The profile in particular has a rotational symmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Pierre ALBOU
  • LIGHTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INCORPORATING A SCREEN
    Publication number: 20230057046
    Abstract: Lighting device for a motor vehicle with a first plurality of selectively activatable light sources and a second plurality of light sources. The first and second pluralities of light sources being arranged on a common substrate and each light source of the first plurality being positioned at a distance from the other light sources of the first plurality of less than 1 mm. The lighting device includes an optical element having a first region positioned facing the first plurality of light sources and a second region positioned facing the second plurality of light sources, with the second region being provided with optical patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Antoine DE LAMBERTERIE
  • LIGHTING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PIXELATED LIGHT SOURCE AND A CURRENT SENSOR
    Publication number: 20230055821
    Abstract: A lighting system for a motor vehicle with a pixelated light source having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary light sources is described. The activation of each elementary light source being controlled exclusively by a switch assigned to the elementary light source. A power converter designed to supply an electrical power to the pixelated light source and a controller designed to control the voltage supplied by the power converter and to control the switches controlling the activation of the elementary light sources. The lighting system also includes an electrical current sensor designed to measure the electrical current supplied by the power converter to the pixelated light source and to transmit information relating to said measured current to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Hafid EL IDRISSI, Guillaume ZANTE, Olivier VALORGE, Thomas GIRAUD-SAUVEUR, Marjaneh KAZEMI, Sebastian KRICK
  • Lighting system of an automotive vehicle having high and low resolution pixelated beams
    Patent number: 11585509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle. The lighting system comprises at least one first light emitting device mounted on a front right side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a first pixelated light beam. The lighting system further comprises at least one second light emitting device mounted on a front left side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a second pixelated light beam. One of the first pixelated light beam and second pixelated light beam, called high resolution beam, has a number of pixels greater than or equal to at least five times, in particular greater than or equal to at least ten times, the number of pixels of the other of said pixelated light beams, called low resolution beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Sophie Clade, Taro Nishio
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230051036
    Abstract: Method for controlling a lighting system with the lighting system including a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source is capable of emitting an elementary light beam with the vertical angular aperture of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object, determining a relative distance between a given point of the host vehicle sensor system and a detected point of the target object and determining a gradient of the road on which the target object is located, determining a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the host vehicle lighting system and a high cut-off point and a low cut-off point, controlling the light sources of the host vehicle lighting system in order to emit a pixelated light beam of the driving beam type in order to generate a dark zone extending substantially between the high and low cut-off points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Fatima BENAMAR
  • AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230048569
    Abstract: The invention is related to an automotive lighting device (10) comprising a light source (1) configured to emit light in a light direction (dl), a sensor (2) and a cover (3). The sensor (2) is configured to acquire information outside the lighting device by emitting a wave in a sensor direction (d2), the wavelength of the wave being comprised between 1 mm and 1 cm. The cover (3) comprises a first portion (31) located in the light direction and a second portion (32) located in the sensor direction, the second portion (32) comprising a sensor region (33) having a refractive index and a thickness which is comprised between 0.8 and 1.2 times an ideal thickness, the ideal thickness being equal to a natural number multiplied by the wavelength and divided by two times the refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre RENAUD, Alexandre JOERG
  • METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN A CONTROL MODULE AND A LIGHTING MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230047428
    Abstract: A method for authentication between a control module and a lighting module for a motor vehicle, in which at least one of the two modules is a transmitter module, the other being a receiver module, the two modules comprising a unit for transmitting/receiving data and being linked by a data communication channel that enables the modules to exchange data. The method including transmitting of data describing at least one authentication factor from the transmitter module to the receiver module, verification of the authentication factor by means of a calculation unit, and abandoning communication, in the receiver module, with the transmitter module if the verification fails, or otherwise continuing communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Patrice VOIRIN, Houssem KOUKI, Feng YANG, Eric DONNAT, Rodrigo CARBONELL
  • LIGHT ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230051331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light element of a vehicle with at least one light source configured to emit light rays, a reflective layer. With a pattern made wholly or partly in the reflective layer. The light element further including an optical element configured to project the light rays from the at least one light source towards the reflective layer. With a dark layer extending along the optical element on the side opposite the reflective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe GRARD, Pierre RENAUD, Gregory PLANCHE
  • VEHICLE LAMP ASSEMBLY, VEHICLE LAMP AND CORRESPONDING MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230051211
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp assembly, a vehicle lamp and a corresponding motor vehicle. The vehicle lamp assembly including a support, for supporting a light emitting body. The vehicle lamp assembly further includes a housing provided to overlap with at least a part of the support and a first gap formed between the overlapping portions of the housing and the support. The vehicle lamp assembly additionally includes a first light blocking layer, with the first light blocking layer being provided between the overlapping portions of the housing and the support, and at least partially filling the first gap, so as to prevent light from the light emitting body from emitting outwards through the first gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Qiuyang TAO, Wenling ZHANG, Dong YANG
  • METHOD FOR AIDING THE MANOEUVRING OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230050600
    Abstract: A method for aiding the maneuvering of an automotive vehicle. The method includes the steps of projecting a light pattern towards a projection zone of the ground surface, acquiring an image of the automotive vehicle and the light pattern from an image sensor and providing the acquired image to a user of the automotive vehicle. The projection zone includes at least one of a first virtual rectangle, a second virtual rectangle and/or a third virtual rectangle, defined with respect to a rear point of the carbody, a front point of the carbody and the contact points between the wheels and the ground surface. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Stefan NAMYSLO, Eric Martin Claude MOISY, Marine COURCIER
  • METHOD FOR MANAGING IMAGE DATA AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230041605
    Abstract: A method for managing image data in an automotive lighting device. This method includes the steps of providing an image pattern, dividing the image pattern in rows or columns of pixels, and providing for each row pattern, a plurality of linear segments, each linear segment is characterized by two values. The data of the linear segments is compressed, and the compressed data is sent to the light module. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device for performing the steps of such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Yasser ALMEHIO
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230042933
    Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Fatima BENAMAR
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MATRIX LIGHT SOURCES
    Publication number: 20230039847
    Abstract: Lighting module for a motor vehicle comprising a matrix light source grouping together a plurality of elementary light sources, and a control module for a motor vehicle. Method for controlling the matrix source of said module, noteworthy in that it allows a default lighting setpoint to be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Patrice VOIRIN, Feng YANG, Eric DONNAT, Houssem KOUKI, Rodrigo CARBONELL
  • LIGHT-GUIDING COMPONENT, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230043865
    Abstract: A light-guiding component includes a light introduction section, the light introduction section including a first light incidence portion and a second light incidence portion that face different directions. The first light incidence portion is capable of receiving incident light from a light source that corresponds to the first light incidence portion, and the second light incidence portion is capable of receiving incident light from a light source that corresponds to the second light incidence portion. A light-guiding section provided with a light exit surface and configured to guide the light from the first light incidence portion or the second light incidence portion to be propagated therein and then exit from the light exit surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sihua WU, Bing ZHANG
  • Light module for motor vehicle headlamp
    Patent number: 11572993
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle headlamp comprising at least one pixelated light source, a plurality of electroluminescent emitters distributed into a plurality of pixels and capable of emitting light rays, a projection optic arranged to directly image, toward the outside of the light module, a light beam formed by said light rays emitted by said at least one light source. The light module is characterized by a mask arranged between the at least one light source and the projection optic in order to completely or partially prevent light rays originating from the light source from being reflected by regions arranged outside the plurality of electroluminescent emitters of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Thomas Daniel, Sophie Clade, Sebastien Roels
  • VEHICLE LOGO ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR FORMING VEHICLE LOGO ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230037082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle logo assembly and a method for forming a vehicle logo assembly. The vehicle logo assembly has a housing and a cover, the housing and the cover form an internal space, and a light-emitting assembly and a light-diffusing assembly are accommodated in the internal space, wherein, a coating is provided on the inner side of the cover facing the light-emitting assembly, so as to present a vehicle logo, and the cover is provided with a light-transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jianpeng SITU, Changqi WU, Xiaoling ZHANG, Peng GAO
  • MOTOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT THAT CAN BE MODULARIZED BETWEEN RIGHT-HAND DRIVE AND LEFT-HAND DRIVE
    Publication number: 20230034372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module (2), in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a main optical system (4) able to form a main light beam along an optical axis (10) of the lighting module, with an upper horizontal cut-off; a first complementary optical system (12) able to form a first complementary light beam along the optical axis (10), narrower than the main light beam and with an oblique lateral cut-off; a second complementary optical system (14) able to form an alternative, second complementary light beam along the optical axis (10), narrower than the main light beam and with an oblique lateral cut-off opposite the oblique lateral cut-off of the first complementary light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Yves GROMFELD, Corentin DEBAINE
  • Method for limiting current in-rush in automotive lighting devices
    Patent number: 11570864
    Abstract: A method for limiting current in-rush in automotive lighting devices. By controlling the state of a switching circuit that is used to selectively connect a power supply to an automotive lighting device, the invention allows for selectively limiting the intensity of the current that is supplied to the lighting device. In accordance with preferred embodiments, this advantage is achieved by relying on electronic components that are nowadays used for different purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: David Boudikian, Clement Fabris, Jose Afonso
  • LIGHTING DEVICE COMPRISING A MOVABLE SIGNALING MODULE AND A MOVABLE LIGHTING MODULE
    Publication number: 20230025545
    Abstract: The invention includes a lighting device with a signaling module that can move in at least a first direction and a lighting module that can move in a second direction different from the first direction. The movable lighting module being able to take a position that is invisible and a position that is visible from outside the lighting device. The lighting device further including a controller designed to control a movement of the lighting module such that: in a first mode, called daytime mode, the lighting module assumes the invisible position; in a second mode, called nighttime mode, the lighting module assumes the visible position. The controller moves of the signaling module such that at least one part of the signaling module moves in the first direction in order to authorize a movement of the lighting module in the second direction from the invisible position to the visible position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Matthieu SYRE, Stephane PATRIZI, Olivier RUAT, Samuel TROTTIER, Philippe LOPEZ