Patents Assigned to Valeo
  • Obstacle detection procedure for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8379928
    Abstract: An obstacle detection procedure and detection device within the area surrounding a motor vehicle featuring the following: to define at least one first region of interest by carrying out a first detection of an obstacle by shape recognition in an acquired image of this environment; to define at least one second region of interest by carrying out a second detection of an obstacle by movement detection in relation to the vehicle on a sequence of acquired images of this environment; to classify the detected obstacle with, respectively, a first and second index of confidence applied to the first and second regions of interest in relation to given characteristics; and to validate the classification of the object detected in relation to these indices of confidence and in relation to these regions of interest resulting in validated regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Siav Kuong Kuoch, Lowik Chanussot, Julien Rebut, Adrien Charpentier, Eric Dubois, Benoist Fleury, Patrice Reilhac
  • Temperature control system in a heating, air conditioning and ventilation device
    Patent number: 8376819
    Abstract: Temperature control system at the outlet from at least one distribution opening (10, 11) of a transit chamber (30) of a heating and air conditioning device. According to the invention, said system comprises a plurality of air ducts (20, 50) passing through the transit chamber (30) as far as the distribution opening (10, 11). Automobile vehicle ventilation, heating and air conditioning application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Systemes Thermiques S.A.S.
    Inventors: Philipe Vincent, Richard Sikorski, Agnes Girardin, Joseph Spryshak
  • Method and system for evaluating brightness values in sensor images of image-evaluating adaptive cruise control systems
    Patent number: 8379088
    Abstract: A method and a system for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating adaptive cruise control system on a moving support, especially a vehicle which moves on a roadway, are disclosed. Irregularities, especially tar strips or tar joints on the roadway are evaluated due to their geometric shapes, their brightness, their contrast and/or their reflectivity to distinguish them from markings relating to the predetermined trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kuehnle, Cathy Boon
  • Device and method of detecting a target object for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8378883
    Abstract: A device and method for correcting a position of at least one target point relative to a motor vehicle depending on a movement of the motor vehicle over a given number of cycles; starting from at least one target point, forming a first group with adjacent target points depending on a first given characteristic; verifying if the first group is homogeneous depending on a second given characteristic; and calculating a position of a formed group relative to the motor vehicle over the given number of cycles, a formed group corresponding to a target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Siav Kuong Kuoch
  • COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ACTIVATED CARBON, A ZEOLITE, AND FE IONS FOR A VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AIR FILTER
    Publication number: 20130040804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition (1) comprising an activated carbon (4) and a zeolite (2), the zeolite (2) comprising Fe ions. The invention also relates to an air filter (12) for a ventilation, heating, and/or air conditioning system comprising this composition (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Frederic Ladrech, Amanda Martinell, Natacha Caudy, Laetitia Del Fabbro, Michel Ondarts, Cecile Hort
  • METHOD OF FOG AND RAINDROP DETECTION ON A WINDSCREEN AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130039544
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fog and raindrop detection on a windscreen (200), comprising a raindrop detection application (201) and a fog detection application (202), characterized in that said fog detection application (202) comprises a step (202b) in which an indication of the presence of raindrop is detected, said indication of raindrop presence triggering a switch from said fog detection application (202) to said raindrop detection application (201).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad, Xiyuan Zhang
  • OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20130039087
    Abstract: An optical device for a motor vehicle comprising a surface light source emitting light rays in a first direction, wherein it comprises an optical system including first deflecting optical means that are at least locally remote from the surface light source and deflecting the light rays emitted in the first direction, in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Gasquet, Pierre Albou, Christophe Dubosc, Antoine De Lamberterie, Marc Brassier, Vincent Godbillon, Vanesa Sanchez
  • WIPING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE GLASS SURFACE
    Publication number: 20130036569
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a motor vehicle glazed surface wiper device including an actuator arm (1; 10; 60) adapted to be connected to a windshield wiper (2), a liquid feed pipe (3) carried by the actuator arm (1) and at least one sprayer (4; 4?; 4?; 40; 50) having at least one spray orifice (45) and a connector (5) adapted to be inserted into the liquid feed pipe (3), characterized in that said sprayer (4; 4?; 4?; 40; 50) is fastened to the actuator arm (1; 10; 60). The present invention also concerns a mechanical connector for motor vehicle windshield wipers and a wiper device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
    Inventor: Gérald Caillot
  • Adjustable lamp
    Patent number: 8371545
    Abstract: An adjustable lamp holder has a mounting structure arrayed about a longitudinal axis. A pair of hollow pivot pillars extends from the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and a receptacle is positioned on the mounting structure parallel to the longitudinal axis and substantially opposite the pivot pillars. A body with a body axis coaxial with the longitudinal axis has a pair of pivots formed thereon for engaging the pivot pillars. A projection is formed on the body substantially opposite the pivots and an angle adjuster, having a proximal end and a distal end, has the proximal end positioned in the projection and the distal end positioned in the receptacle. Movement of the angle adjuster tips the angle of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Sylvania LLC
    Inventors: Roger A. Schaefer, Roger L. King, Marcus H. Hess
  • Method and system for evaluating brightness values in sensor images of image-evaluating adaptive cruise control systems
    Patent number: 8373754
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating surroundings-detection system on a moved carrier, preferably a vehicle (1), are proposed, wherein areas in the sensor images captured by a camera (4) which are dark in relation to the surroundings are evaluated in chronologically successive evaluation steps in order to determine whether said dark areas are moving toward the carrier at the speed of said carrier, and in that these dark areas are detected as shadows (7) of a static object and corresponding signaling is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kuehnle, Cathy Boon
  • SENSOR MODULE FOR ACQUIRING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE, AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130034120
    Abstract: A sensor module for acquiring the temperature in the interior of a vehicle is disclosed. The sensor module has a temperature sensor for acquiring the interior temperature, and a radiation sensor for acquiring an insolation. Information provided by the radiation sensor is used to correct the interior temperature acquired by the temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor and the radiation sensor are arranged in a common first housing and make electrical contact with conductor tracks of a carrier board via first contact elements. A device for determining the temperature in the interior of a vehicle with the aid of such a sensor module is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Hentschel, Thomas Findeisen, Otto Mueller
  • CONTROL OF A WINDOW WASHER SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A WIPER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130032169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of a window washer system associated with a system for wiping a glazed surface of a motor vehicle, said wiper system comprising a wiper motor for rotating at least one wiper blade holder arm, and this window washer system comprising a liquid reservoir connected to at least one nozzle designed to deliver, over a wiping cycle, at least one liquid jet for at least a first window washer system activation period defined between an instant (td1) for initiating the spraying of the liquid and an instant (ta1) for stopping the spraying of the liquid, these instants each being determined as a function respectively of a first angular position and of a second angular position of the wiper blade holder arm defining a first angular sector in which the spraying of the liquid is continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Valeo Systems d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Johan Calluiere, Denis Thebault, Pierre-Emmanuel Negre
  • Multifunctional internal lighting device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8366304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional internal lighting device for a motor vehicle. A single internal lighting device comprises various LED-type light sources which are capable of performing at least one first internal lighting function and a second internal lighting function. The various LEDs are distributed into at least two separate sets, a first set being dedicated to the performance of the first internal lighting function and a second set being dedicated to the performance of a second internal lighting function. In particular, it is proposed to use axial emission LEDs or through-emission LEDs and lateral emission LEDs to perform the first function and the second function respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Eric Geoffroy, Jerome Monnot, Michel Andrieu
  • LIGHTING AND/OR SIGNALING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20130027960
    Abstract: An optical device for a motor vehicle, in particular a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, comprising a main light source and an auxiliary light source, wherein the auxiliary light source comprises a surface light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe Dubosc, Pierre Albou, Vincent Godbillon
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EGR CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE, VALVE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD, AND ENGINE HAVING SAID VALVE
    Publication number: 20130025575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation circuit (2c) for an internal combustion engine (M) of a motor vehicle. The engine (M) is linked to an air intake circuit (2a) and to a gas exhaust circuit (2b) linked to the air intake circuit (2a) by the recirculation circuit (2c). A first valve (15) controls the flow of air upstream from the recirculation circuit (2c), and gases that are recirculated within the a second valve (16) controls the flow of exhaust recirculation circuit (2c). In the method of the invention, the recirculation of the exhaust gases is in particular controlled by means of measuring a pressure difference across the terminals of the second valve (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventors: Nicolas Vitiello, Sébastien Potteau, Sébastien Adenot, Grégory Hodebourg
  • FAN PROPELLER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130028747
    Abstract: A fan propeller comprises blades (14), each of which has a general profile of the aircraft wing type, with a leading edge (28) and a trailing edge (30), a neutral axis (32) and a span (36) between the leading edge (28) and the trailing edge (30). According to one embodiment, the blade (14) has, on at least part of its length, a profile shaped such that the neutral axis (32) makes possible a point of contraflexure (34), and has two opposite concavities, i.e. a positive concavity (C1) between the leading edge (28) and the point of contraflexure (34), and a negative concavity (C2) between the point of contraflexure (34) and the trailing edge (30). Application to motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Manuel Henner, Bruno Demory
  • OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20130027959
    Abstract: An optical device for a motor vehicle, comprising a first surface light source emitting light rays wherein it comprises a reflecting optical system deflecting the light rays emitted by the first surface light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Vanesa Sanchez, Vincent Godbillon, Patrice Bos, Christophe Dubosc, Luc Negre
  • OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130027956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an indicating and/or lighting device, arranged to emit a light, the intensity of which is maximal in a given prioritized optical direction (20), including: a surface light source (30) exhibiting a front wall emitting a light, the intensity of which is maximal in a principal direction of emission (31), an optical guide (1) comprising an input face (2) and an output face (3) forming at least partly an outer face of the system, the system being arranged such that the light penetrates the guide through the input face (2) and escapes through the output face (3), the optical guide (1) being conformed such that the intensity of the light at the output of the system is maximal in a prioritized optical direction (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe Dubosc, Etienne Pauty, Antoine de Lamberterie
  • Rotating electrical machine
    Patent number: 8362664
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotating electrical machine (1), in particular an alternator or an alternator-starter for a motor vehicle. At least one bearing mount (48) is provided with at least one opening (49) opening onto the exterior of the bearing mount. A stator (16) comprising an electric coil (18) is provided. This coil includes a plurality of electric conductors, at least one of which includes an end forming an electrical neutral point of the coil. The machine further includes an electrical insulation member (70) configured to prevent any contact between the bearing mount (48) and said neutral point-forming conductor end. The insulation member extends at least partially through the opening of the bearing mount and is at least partially outside the bearing mount. The electrical insulation member being furthermore configured to rest at least partially on an outer surface (71) of the bearing mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Khadija El Baraka, Sveltislav Jugovic, Michel Fakes, Ryadh Ben Omrane, Julien Masfaraud, Denis Even, Denis Bodin
  • Method for controlling self-piloted alternator-starter, comprising shortened pre-flux step
    Patent number: 8362630
    Abstract: A method for controlling a self-piloted alternator-starter for starting or restarting the thermal engine of an automobile. The alternator-starter includes a rotor rotating in a stator, and a belt for transmitting the torque of the alternator-starter rotor to the crankshaft of the thermal engine. The method includes a first preflux step during which the rotor winding is excited by a preflux electric current, and a second starting step during which the stator windings are excited. The preflux step lasts from 10 to 100 ms so that the transmission belt is tensioned below a degradation tension at the start of the second starting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur
    Inventors: Paul Armiroli, Oussama Rouis, Julien Quincerot