Patents by Inventor Brouk Wedajo

Brouk Wedajo 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: 20230166768
    Abstract: A driver-assistance method for a motor vehicle of interest, in which the vehicle of interest detects the third-party vehicles which are present at an initial instant in its environment is disclosed. During a first prediction cycle, an order of priority is assigned to the third-party vehicles which are detected at the initial instant and to the vehicle of interest, corresponding to an order in which the vehicles in the set follow one another in the travel zone starting from a vehicle detected in a position which is furthest ahead of the vehicle of interest. For each selected vehicle in the set, taken in the order of priority, another vehicle in the set is identified which is able to be a primary target vehicle for this selected vehicle. A manoeuvre which is in progress for the selected vehicle is estimated on the basis at least of the identified primary target vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Brouk Wedajo, Thomas Heitzmann
  • Patent number: 10079979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camera arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a camera (12), wherein by means of the camera arrangement a brightness of the surroundings of the camera is determinable. The camera arrangement comprises a storage device (38) in which is stored at least one brightness reference value (34) capturable by the camera. This reference value (34) is correlated with a corresponding value (36) indicative of a photometric quantity measurable by means of a photometer (14) at this brightness. An evaluation unit of the camera arrangement is designed for comparing a brightness value determined by the camera with the brightness reference value (34). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for calibrating a camera (12) and for operating a camera arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Julia Petit, Caroline Robert-Landry
  • Patent number: 9524438
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle (10) with at least one camera (16), by means of which at least one image area of a surrounding of the vehicle (10) is capturable, the image area comprising a plurality of pixels and being arranged obliquely above a vehicle front as viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and with a tunnel detection device (44) designed for determining an average brightness of the at least one image area. The tunnel detection device (44) comprises a device (46) for feature or edge detection, by means of which differences in the brightness of pixels differing from each other are capturable and thus features characterized by abrupt changes in brightness are detectable in the at least one image area. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating a camera arrangement for a vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert
  • Publication number: 20150109445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a camera arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a camera (12), wherein by means of the camera arrangement a brightness of the surroundings of the camera is determinable. The camera arrangement comprises a storage device (38) in which is stored at least one brightness reference value (34) capturable by the camera. This reference value (34) is correlated with a corresponding value (36) indicative of a photometric quantity measurable by means of a photometer (14) at this brightness. An evaluation unit of the camera arrangement is designed for comparing a brightness value determined by the camera with the brightness reference value (34). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for calibrating a camera (12) and for operating a camera arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Julia Petit, Caroline Robert-Landry
  • Publication number: 20140184798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle (10) with at least one camera (16), by means of which at least one image area of a surrounding of the vehicle (10) is capturable, the image area comprising a plurality of pixels and being arranged obliquely above a vehicle front as viewed in the direction of travel of the vehicle (10), and with a tunnel detection device (44) designed for determining an average brightness of the at least one image area. The tunnel detection device (44) comprises a device (46) for feature or edge detection, by means of which differences in the brightness of pixels differing from each other are capturable and thus features characterized by abrupt changes in brightness are detectable in the at least one image area. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating a camera arrangement for a vehicle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert