Patents by Inventor Ali Kanj
Ali Kanj has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11937347Abstract: A method for adapting a digital lighting setpoint intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit for a motor vehicle including a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying a digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of taking into account the interferences of light intensities between the elementary light sources of the matrix light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali Kanj, Constantin Prat
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Patent number: 11923880Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM)-based diagnostics and monitoring system and method for the non-Invasive diagnosis and monitoring of in-vivo and ex-vivo Skin Anomalies Using Lesion-Optimized Sensor System Design and Topology is disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: American University of BeirutInventors: Nader Shafi, Joseph Costantine, Rouwaida Kanj, Youssef Tawk, Assaad Eid, Mazen Kurban, Jihane Abou Rahal, Ali H. Ramadan
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Publication number: 20230347812Abstract: This invention provides a method for operating an automotive lighting device including a plurality of solid-state light sources. This method includes acquiring image data of a working zone in front of the automotive lighting device, transforming the image data into a luminance map, providing a desired light pattern, calculating an adapted light pattern which provides the desired light pattern when projected over the luminance map and projecting the adapted light pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Ali KANJ
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Publication number: 20230311743Abstract: A method for adapting a setpoint for a digital lighting unit, which is intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit of a motor vehicle, which includes a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of anticipating geometric aberrations induced by said optical system when projecting a digital setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT, Yasser ALMEHIO, Hafid EL IDRISSI
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Patent number: 11761850Abstract: A method for correcting a first light pattern provided by a lighting device with a matrix of light sources. The method includes steps of providing some resolution data of the light sources, simulating a test map of the light pattern using the resolution data, and simulating distortion maps of the test map. Each distortion map is associated to a distortion factor. Also included is obtaining a real distorted light pattern, comparing the real distorted light pattern with the distortion maps, finding a distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map and applying a correction factor to correct the real distorted light pattern, thus obtaining a corrected light pattern. The correction factor is related to the distortion factor of the distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Ali Kanj, Yasser Almehio
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Publication number: 20230278484Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting device of a motor vehicle including at least one lighting module having a plurality of light sources, each of the light sources being designed to emit a luminous pixel, and a controller able to selectively control each of the light sources by applying thereto an electrical signal having a parameter of a value determined for the emission of a luminous pixel of given brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT
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Publication number: 20230269842Abstract: A method for adapting a digital lighting setpoint intended to be projected by a digital lighting unit for a motor vehicle including a matrix light source and an optical system. The method includes a step of applying a digital filtering to the digital setpoint. The filter used is capable of taking into account the interferences of light intensities between the elementary light sources of the matrix light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT
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Patent number: 11505112Abstract: The invention is related to a method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle, wherein a dynamic portion of the light pattern is provided at least by a matrix arrangement of light sources. This method includes the steps of sensing a turn in a steering system of the automotive vehicle, dividing the dynamic portion in a first portion and a second portion, shifting the operation of the light sources associated to the first portion in the same direction as the sensed turn and create a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device with control means to perform the steps of the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali Kanj, Constantin Prat
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Patent number: 11472330Abstract: A method for correcting a light pattern provided by a first lighting device and a second lighting device. The first lighting device projects a first light pattern and the second lighting device projects a second light pattern. There is an overlapping zone between the first light pattern and the second light pattern. The method includes the steps of, for each lighting device, dividing the light sources in groups, each group being associated to a projection distance, calculating an overlapping region as a function of the projection distance, calculating a number of affected light sources for each group as a function of a representative dimension of the overlapping region and attenuate the intensity of the light emitted by the affected light sources in each group of each lighting device, following a monotonic attenuation pattern from 100% attenuation in the first affected light source to 0% in the last affected light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Constantin Prat, Ali Kanj
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Publication number: 20220203883Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a luminous device of a motor vehicle arranged to emit a pixelated light beam in a preset emission region. The method includes receiving an instruction to emit a desired pixelated luminous function for each of the luminous modules. The instruction for creating a digital image forming one segment of the desired pixelated luminous function in a frame corresponding to the preset emission region of the luminous module, the digital image being independent of the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method further correcting said created digital image depending on the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method additionally emitting, with the luminous module, into the preset emission region, a pixelated light beam corresponding to the corrected digital image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Constantin PRAT, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Ali KANJ
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Publication number: 20220155177Abstract: The invention provides a method for correcting a first light pattern provided by a lighting device (1) with a matrix of light sources (2). This method comprising the steps of obtaining a map of the light pattern divided in pixels (4), associating a calibration power value to each pixel (4), depending on the light intensity of each pixel and assigning a new power value to each pixel. Finally, a corrected light pattern is projected with the new power values. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device with a calibrator to perform the steps of this method and an automotive lighting assembly with an external calibrator to perform the steps of this method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Ali KANJ
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Publication number: 20220107241Abstract: A method for correcting a first light pattern provided by a lighting device with a matrix of light sources. The method includes steps of providing some resolution data of the light sources, simulating a test map of the light pattern using the resolution data, and simulating distortion maps of the test map. Each distortion map is associated to a distortion factor. Also included is obtaining a real distorted light pattern, comparing the real distorted light pattern with the distortion maps, finding a distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map and applying a correction factor to correct the real distorted light pattern, thus obtaining a corrected light pattern. The correction factor is related to the distortion factor of the distortion map which is the most similar to the real distorted map.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Valeo VisionInventors: Ali KANJ, Yasser ALMEHIO
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Publication number: 20220063481Abstract: A method for correcting a light pattern provided by a first lighting device and a second lighting device. The first lighting device projects a first light pattern and the second lighting device projects a second light pattern. There is an overlapping zone between the first light pattern and the second light pattern. The method includes the steps of, for each lighting device, dividing the light sources in groups, each group being associated to a projection distance, calculating an overlapping region as a function of the projection distance, calculating a number of affected light sources for each group as a function of a representative dimension of the overlapping region and attenuate the intensity of the light emitted by the affected light sources in each group of each lighting device, following a monotonic attenuation pattern from 100% attenuation in the first affected light source to 0% in the last affected light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Constantin PRAT, Ali KANJ
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Publication number: 20220055525Abstract: The invention is related to a method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle, wherein a dynamic portion of the light pattern is provided at least by a matrix arrangement of light sources. This method includes the steps of sensing a turn in a steering system of the automotive vehicle, dividing the dynamic portion in a first portion and a second portion, shifting the operation of the light sources associated to the first portion in the same direction as the sensed turn and create a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device with control means to perform the steps of the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Ali KANJ, Constantin PRAT
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Patent number: 10693524Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and method for producing low-frequency magnetic-field signals to enable long-range wireless communication through conductive media. The magnetic-field signals can be generated by mechanically moving permanent magnets. In some examples, transmitters are capable of transmitting signals in the ultra-low and very-low frequency ranges (e.g., 100 Hz-30 kHz), utilizing a small amount of power.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Gaurav Bahl, Sameh Tawfick, Rhinithaa P Thanalakshme, Ali Kanj, Inbar Grinberg, Jennifer Bernhard
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Publication number: 20190288746Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and method for producing low-frequency magnetic-field signals to enable long-range wireless communication through conductive media. The magnetic-field signals can be generated by mechanically moving permanent magnets. In some examples, transmitters are capable of transmitting signals in the ultra-low and very-low frequency ranges (e.g., 100 Hz-30 kHz), utilizing a small amount of power.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of IllinoisInventors: Gaurav Bahl, Sameh Tawfick, Rhinithaa P Thanalakshme, Ali Kanj, Inbar Grinberg, Jennifer Bernhard