Patents by Inventor Benoist Fleury

Benoist Fleury 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).

  • Publication number: 20200239008
    Abstract: A vehicular motion monitoring method comprises capturing motion observations on-board a vehicle with one or more sensors; mapping sets of motion observations onto a respective feature vector in an at least two-dimensional feature space, each feature vector having a first vector component representative of a longitudinal motion characteristic and a second vector component representative of a lateral motion characteristic; updating determinative parameters of a multivariate Gaussian probability density function modelling a population of collected feature vectors; assigning a riskiness indicator to each feature vector, the calculation of the riskiness indicator being based upon an event severity indictor indicative of how anomalous each feature vector is in comparison to the modelled population and upon a position of the feature vector relative to one or more previous and/or subsequent feature vectors; and integrating the riskiness indicator over time so as to obtain a risk assessment of driving style of the dri
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Benoist FLEURY, Francois LEBLANC, Sophie PORTE
  • Patent number: 10507759
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system for an automotive vehicle. The adaptive lighting system has a wavelength conversion device for receiving the light radiation (L) from the primary source and re-emitting white light radiation (B). An optical imaging system receives the white light (B) re-emitted by the wavelength conversion device and projects this light (B) in front of the vehicle to form a lighting beam, the wavelength conversion device being situated close to a focal plane of the optical imaging system, and the scanning system and the optical system being situated on the same side or on opposite sides of the wavelength conversion device. An intensity of the white light radiation (B) emitted by the wavelength conversion device is capable of being modulated between a minimum value and a maximum value, and the scanning is performed at variable speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Ravier, Benoist Fleury, Loic Benoit
  • Patent number: 10254545
    Abstract: A pair of spectacles equipped with at least one lens and intended to be worn by a user, the spectacles comprising displaying means allowing the data to be projected into a field of view of the user, and an anti-glare screen provided with a variable transmission coefficient allowing the intensity of incident light intended to pass through the lens toward the user to be attenuated, the displaying means and the anti-glare screen being positioned so that some of the rays emitted by the displaying means, in order to display the data, strike the anti-glare screen, the spectacles being configured to adapt the transmission coefficient of the anti-glare screen depending on the intensity of the incident light, the displaying means furthermore being coupled to the anti-glare screen so that the displaying means display data when the anti-glare screen transmits the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 10073275
    Abstract: A pair of glasses equipped with two lenses and intended to be worn by a user, the lenses each comprising a screen capable of transmitting or occulting, at least partially, incident light intended to pass through the lenses toward the user, the glasses being configured to, in a first occulting mode, attenuate the intensity of the incident light by simultaneously occulting the two screens, and, in a second occulting mode, enable three-dimensional vision of data emitted by a display device, via alternated occultation of the two screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 9897809
    Abstract: A pair of spectacles equipped with at least one lens and intended to be worn by a user, the spectacles comprising displaying means allowing data to be projected into a field of view of the user, and an anti-glare screen provided with a variable transmission coefficient allowing the intensity of incident light intended to pass through the lens toward the user to be attenuated, the spectacles being configured to adapt the transmission coefficient of the anti-glare screen depending on the intensity of the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 9869886
    Abstract: Adaptive glasses for drivers or passengers of a motor vehicle, the glasses comprising lenses having a screen whose coefficient of transmission is variable between a maximum value (CTMAX) and a minimum value (CTmin). According to one embodiment of the invention, the coefficient of transmission (CT) of the glasses lenses (28) is controlled according to a wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20170282783
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system for an automotive vehicle. The adaptive lighting system has a wavelength conversion device for receiving the light radiation (L) from the primary source and re-emitting white light radiation (B). An optical imaging system receives the white light (B) re-emitted by the wavelength conversion device and projects this light (B) in front of the vehicle to form a lighting beam, the wavelength conversion device being situated close to a focal plane of the optical imaging system, and the scanning system and the optical system being situated on the same side or on opposite sides of the wavelength conversion device. An intensity of the white light radiation (B) emitted by the wavelength conversion device is capable of being modulated between a minimum value and a maximum value, and the scanning is performed at variable speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Ravier, Benoist Fleury, Loic Benoit
  • Patent number: 9688183
    Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 9677736
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system for an automotive vehicle. The adaptive lighting system has a wavelength conversion device for receiving the light radiation (L) from the primary source and re-emitting white light radiation (B). An optical imaging system receives the white light (B) re-emitted by the wavelength conversion device and projects this light (B) in front of the vehicle to form a lighting beam, the wavelength conversion device being situated close to a focal plane of the optical imaging system, and the scanning system and the optical system being situated on the same side of the wavelength conversion device. An intensity of the white light radiation (B) emitted by the wavelength conversion device is capable of being modulated between a minimum value and a maximum value, and the scanning is performed at variable speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Ravier, Benoist Fleury, Loic Boinet
  • Patent number: 9623728
    Abstract: A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle comprising a variable transmission screen intended to be placed between a road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, control a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen. The device comprises a glare sensor and is furthermore configured to modify the coefficient of transparency of the variable transmission screen depending on the glare measured by the glare sensor. In addition, a method for assisting with driving the automotive vehicle is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Benoist Fleury, David Hue, Kostadin Beev
  • Patent number: 9505290
    Abstract: A method for assisting the daytime driving of a motor vehicle, including the steps of: placing at least one variable-transmission screen between the driver of the motor vehicle and the road scene in front of the vehicle, measuring, by means of at least one sensor, the brightness of the road scene in front of the vehicle, and processing the brightness measurement signal to convert it into a signal for controlling the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen. In one embodiment, the method includes the further step of transmitting the control signal by remote control waves to a receiver fitted to the variable-transmission screen for modulating the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen as a function of the brightness measured by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20160229268
    Abstract: A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle comprising a variable transmission screen intended to be placed between a road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, control a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen. The device comprises a glare-evaluating means and is furthermore configured to modify the coefficient of transparency of the variable transmission screen depending on the glare measured by the glare-evaluating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Benoist Fleury, David Hue, Kostadin Beev
  • Publication number: 20160223816
    Abstract: A pair of spectacles equipped with at least one lens and intended to be worn by a user, the spectacles comprising displaying means allowing data to be projected into a field of view of the user, and an anti-glare screen provided with a variable transmission coefficient allowing the intensity of incident light intended to pass through the lens toward the user to be attenuated, the spectacles being configured to adapt the transmission coefficient of the anti-glare screen depending on the intensity of the incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20160216514
    Abstract: A pair of spectacles equipped with at least one lens and intended to be worn by a user, the spectacles comprising displaying means allowing the data to be projected into a field of view of the user, and an anti-glare screen provided with a variable transmission coefficient allowing the intensity of incident light intended to pass through the lens toward the user to be attenuated, the displaying means and the anti-glare screen being positioned so that some of the rays emitted by the displaying means, in order to display the data, strike the anti-glare screen, the spectacles being configured to adapt the transmission coefficient of the anti-glare screen depending on the intensity of the incident light, the displaying means furthermore being coupled to the anti-glare screen so that the displaying means display data when the anti-glare screen transmits the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20160209666
    Abstract: A pair of glasses equipped with two lenses and intended to be worn by a user, the lenses each comprising a screen capable of transmitting or occulting, at least partially, incident light intended to pass through the lenses toward the user, the glasses being configured to, in a first occulting mode, attenuate the intensity of the incident light by simultaneously occulting the two screens, and, in a second occulting mode, enable three-dimensional vision of data emitted by a display device, via alternated occultation of the two screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: David Hue, Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20160039334
    Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Patent number: 9079532
    Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20150088385
    Abstract: A device for assisting the nighttime driving of a motor vehicle fitted with a lighting device for emitting a beam for illuminating the road scene in front of the vehicle, the illumination emitted by the lighting device being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the device including at least one variable-transmission screen placed between the road scene and the driver, the coefficient of transmission of the screen being variable periodically between a maximum value and a minimum value, the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device and the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen controlled by the control unit, the illumination reaching its maximum value when the coefficient of transmission of the screen reaches its maximum value. The control unit controls a circuit for regulating the power supply and a transmitter of remote control waves toward a receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20150083897
    Abstract: A method for assisting the daytime driving of a motor vehicle, including the steps of: placing at least one variable-transmission screen between the driver of the motor vehicle and the road scene in front of the vehicle, measuring, by means of at least one sensor, the brightness of the road scene in front of the vehicle, and processing the brightness measurement signal to convert it into a signal for controlling the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen. In one embodiment, the method includes the further step of transmitting the control signal by remote control waves to a receiver fitted to the variable-transmission screen for modulating the coefficient of transmission of the variable-transmission screen as a function of the brightness measured by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury
  • Publication number: 20150062469
    Abstract: Adaptive glasses for drivers or passengers of a motor vehicle, the glasses comprising lenses having a screen whose coefficient of transmission is variable between a maximum value (CTMAX) and a minimum value (CTmin). According to one embodiment of the invention, the coefficient of transmission (CT) of the glasses lenses (28) is controlled according to a wireless communication protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Benoist Fleury