Patents by Inventor Daniel NEVEU
Daniel NEVEU 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: 11938786Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1) for managing the thermal comfort of a person, in particular on board a motor vehicle, this system being designed to use at least one state characteristic of the person and/or of their thermal environment, this characteristic being able to adopt a plurality of values, this system being designed to: acquire, using a sensor, data relating to the person and/or to their thermal environment, this sensor being in particular a camera designed to acquire an image of the person and/or of their thermal environment, evaluate, on the basis of these acquired data, the probability of the state characteristic adopting a first value by associating a first confidence level with this first value.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Daniel Neveu, Jeremie Zoubairi
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Patent number: 11841275Abstract: The invention relates to a device (50) for analysing infrared radiation emitted or reflected by at least one surface (21) of a motor vehicle (1) passenger compartment (7), characterised in that said device comprises at least one infrared camera (51) arranged and oriented such as to measure at least part of the infrared radiation emitted or reflected by the at least one surface (21) of the passenger compartment (7).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Laurent Rede, Josselin Gour
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Publication number: 20220203805Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (1) for managing the thermal comfort of a person, in particular on board a motor vehicle, this system being designed to use at least one state characteristic of the person and/or of their thermal environment, this characteristic being able to adopt a plurality of values, this system being designed to: acquire, using a sensor, data relating to the person and/or to their thermal environment, this sensor being in particular a camera designed to acquire an image of the person and/or of their thermal environment, evaluate, on the basis of these acquired data, the probability of the state characteristic adopting a first value by associating a first confidence level with this first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Jeremie Zoubairi
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Publication number: 20220072930Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system for a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the system comprising a processing unit designed to determine an operative temperature setpoint TOC(t), also referred to as the operative comfort temperature, at a given time, and to use this operative temperature setpoint to manage the thermal comfort in the passenger compartment, said operative temperature setpoint TOC(t) at the given time (t) being a function of a reference operative temperature value (TOCRef), a variation DeltaCORP(t) of a physical build value CORP(t) of a person at the time (t) relative to a reference physical build value, a variation DeltaCLO(t) of a clothing value CLO(t) at the time (t) relative to a reference clothing value and a variation DeltaMET(t) of a value of the metabolic activity MET(t) at the time (t) relative to a value of the reference metabolic activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Omar Zoubairi
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Patent number: 11235638Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor (13, 113) capable of measuring at least one quantity that can be used to determine at least one thermal comfort data item (TS), a predefined number of actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104), configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of an associated piece of equipment (3, 5, 7, 9) of said vehicle, and a control device (12) for controlling the actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104) on the basis of the measurements of said at least one sensor (13, 113).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Didier Barat, Sophie Bede, Xavier Rousseil
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Publication number: 20220009308Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system for a motor vehicle passenger compartment, the system comprising a processing unit arranged to: determine two terms that make up a thermal comfort index (TCI) value related to the passenger in the passenger compartment, one of the terms being a stationary term (TCIs) which is representative of the heat exchanges needed to keep the passenger in a state of stabilized thermal comfort, in particular obtained using a thermo-physiological model, in particular using the data representing (MET) the metabolic activity of the passenger. the other term being a dynamic term (TCId) representing one or more local and transitory imbalances of the thermal comfort state of the passenger, which are the result of: either a recent thermal stress experienced by the passenger, or a thermal stimulus intended to achieve a pleasant temporary sensation of heat or cold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Georges De Pelsemaeker
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Publication number: 20220009307Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system for a motor-vehicle passenger compartment, this system comprising a processing unit arranged to: —acquire: —a datum (BA) representative of the respiratory amplitude of the passenger,—and/or a datum (BR) representative of the respiratory rhythm of the passenger, —a datum (HR) representative of the cardiac rhythm of the passenger, —optionally a datum on the age of the passenger, —optionally a time-related datum (T) that is representative of the moment during the day, the time of day for example, —determining a datum (MET) representative of the metabolic activity of the passage on the basis of the aforementioned data, —preferably then determining a value of a thermal-comfort index (PMV) associated with the passenger in the passenger compartment on the basis of the datum (MET) representative of the metabolic activity of the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Omar Zoubairi, Shivakumar Puttaswamy
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MOTOR VEHICLE VENTILATOR, THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD USING SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE VENTILATOR
Publication number: 20210402847Abstract: The invention concerns a ventilator for a motor vehicle passenger compartment, intended to deliver an air flow towards a space to be conditioned, which comprises: an opening through which an air flow flows during operation, a flared guiding surface (S), extending from the opening, a needle valve (25) comprising a needle valve head (27) with: a tip (29) situated at the end of the needle valve (25), a maximum width portion corresponding in shape to the opening (O), with dimensions of between 80% and 100% of those of the opening (O), a base (33) flared in the direction of flow linking the head (29) to an elongate body (31), the needle valve (25) being able to move in translation between two end positions including: a deployed end position in which the widest portion of the needle valve head (27) is downstream from the opening (O) in the direction of the space to be conditioned, the air flow then being laminar and guided by the guiding surface (S) in a divergent flow, a retracted end position in which the widestType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Daniel Neveu, Lucas Trevalinet, Mohamed-Amine Boubaker -
Publication number: 20210394584Abstract: A heat control method for a heat control device, particularly for a vehicle interior, is disclosed. The method involves detecting, delimiting and positioning various parts of the body of an occupant (U), measuring thermal or physiological parameters regarding various parts of the body of the occupant (U) and/or the vehicle interior around the occupant (U), establishing a plurality of thermal comfort indices (In), each thermal comfort index (In) corresponding to one of the parts of the body of the occupant (U) taking into account a feeling of warmth or of cold in the associated body part, and of which the absolute value is at a minimum in a comfortable situation, and regulating the operation of a heat control device (3) to minimize a sum of the absolute values of the comfort indices (?|In|) in order to create a regulated thermal environment around the occupant (U).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Georges De Pelsemaeker, Daniel Neveu, Lucas Trevalinet, Clement Bassignani
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Publication number: 20210394762Abstract: The invention relates to a system that interacts with an occupant of a motor vehicle, comprising: —a measuring device comprising at least one sensor arranged to capture at least one parameter relating to the occupant of said vehicle, —an on-board processing unit using an evaluation model for the emotional state of the occupant, said processing unit being arranged to receive said parameter and to define a data item representative of the emotional state of said occupant using the model, —the representative data corresponding to a point in a three-dimensional space for characterising the emotional state of the occupant, and —at least one actuator configured to activate at least one multi-sensory stimulus for interaction with the occupant, said stimulus allowing the emotional state of said occupant to be altered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Georges De Pelsemaeker, Antoine Boilevin, Mateo Lopez
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Publication number: 20210232834Abstract: The invention concerns a device for identifying a clothing family index (Clo), the index in particular representing the type and level of clothing of a passenger of a motor vehicle, comprising: —at least one camera (2) designed to capture at least one image of a part of the clothing of the passenger (P), —a processing unit (3) designed to determine at least one clothing family index (Clo) by using a recognition algorithm based on a neural network model, trained in particular on a library (5) of representative images captured by the camera, images preferably categorised beforehand by a human operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Josselin Gour
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Publication number: 20210114433Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system for a motor-vehicle passenger compartment, this system comprising an air-conditioning device comprising at least one outlet for heat-treated air, this air-conditioning device especially comprising a HVAC, and this system furthermore comprising a control unit arranged to: acquire a first datum (Clo) representative of the clothing level of a passenger in the passenger compartment and/or a second datum (MET) representative of the metabolic activity of the passenger, acquire a parameter relative to a thermal-comfort state, this parameter possibly taking at least two extreme values, one of the values being associated with a calm state and the other of the values being associated with a dynamic state, manage the air-conditioning device to deliver treated air with a flow rate that is dependent on this parameter, this flow rate being, for a given clothing level and/or level of metabolic activity, lower in the case where the parameter is associated with a calm stType: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventor: Daniel Neveu
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Publication number: 20200290430Abstract: The invention relates to a device (50) for analysing infrared radiation emitted or reflected by at least one surface (21) of a motor vehicle (1) passenger compartment (7), characterised in that said device comprises at least one infrared camera (51) arranged and oriented such as to measure at least part of the infrared radiation emitted or reflected by the at least one surface (21) of the passenger compartment (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Laurent Rede, Josselin Gour
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Patent number: 10766337Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system (1) for the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, said control system (1) comprising: a first camera (2) sensitive to wavelengths in the mid-infrared spectrum, and a device (5) for processing and analysis of images, capable of performing temperature measurements on the images of the first camera (2) and of calculating, from said measurements, at least one thermal comfort coefficient of at least one occupant (4) of the motor vehicle, the thermal comfort coefficient being used for regulating the air temperature, the air flow rate and the air distribution within the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system, the control system (1) further comprising a second camera (3) sensitive to wavelengths in the visible and/or near-infrared spectra.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Gilles Rivet, Thierry Elbhar, Vincent Feuillard, Stefan Karl, Didier Barat, Josselin Gour
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Publication number: 20190375271Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor (13, 113) capable of measuring at least one quantity that can be used to determine at least one thermal comfort data item (TS), a predefined number of actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104), configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of an associated piece of equipment (3, 5, 7, 9) of said vehicle, and a control device (12) for controlling the actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104) on the basis of the measurements of said at least one sensor (13, 113).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Didier Barat, Sophie Bede, Xavier Rousseil
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Patent number: 10442271Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor (13, 113) capable of measuring at least one quantity that can be used to determine at least one thermal comfort data item (TS), a predefined number of actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104), configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of an associated piece of equipment (3, 5, 7, 9) of said vehicle, and a control device (12) for controlling the actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104) on the basis of the measurements of said at least one sensor (13, 113).Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Didier Barat, Sophie Bede, Xavier Rousseil
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Publication number: 20180251007Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal management system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one sensor (13, 113) capable of measuring at least one quantity that can be used to determine at least one thermal comfort data item (TS), a predefined number of actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104), configured, respectively, for adjusting at least one parameter of an associated piece of equipment (3, 5, 7, 9) of said vehicle, and a control device (12) for controlling the actuators (A101, A102, A103, A104) on the basis of the measurements of said at least one sensor (13, 113).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel NEVEU, Didier BARAT, Sophie BEDE, Xavier ROUSSEIL
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Publication number: 20180215233Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system (1) for the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, said control system (1) comprising: a first camera (2) sensitive to wavelengths in the mid-infrared spectrum, and a device (5) for processing and analysis of images, capable of performing temperature measurements on the images of the first camera (2) and of calculating, from said measurements, at least one thermal comfort coefficient of at least one occupant (4) of the motor vehicle, the thermal comfort coefficient being used for regulating the air temperature, the air flow rate and the air distribution within the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system, the control system (1) further comprising a second camera (3) sensitive to wavelengths in the visible and/or near-infrared spectra.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventors: Daniel Neveu, Gilles Rivet, Thierry Elbhar, Vincent Feuillard, Stefan Karl, Didier Barat, Josselin Gour
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Patent number: 9156333Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning of a motor vehicle passenger compartment. The system includes at least one heat exchanger through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid. The system is equipped with at least one means for pumping the heat-transfer fluid at a flow rate of between 40 1/h and 200 1/h, in such a way that a temperature difference of the heat-transfer fluid between an outlet and an inlet of the heat exchanger is greater than 45° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUESInventors: Mohamed Yahia, Daniel Neveu
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Patent number: 8516841Abstract: A heating and air conditioning device 20 for an automotive vehicle, including a refrigerant circuit 4 in which a refrigerant circulates between three distinctive units 6, 10, 14 exchanging with respective secondary liquid loops 8, 12, 16. An evaporating unit 6 is dedicated to the evaporation of the refrigerant when operating in a cooling mode. A cooling unit 10 is dedicated to the cooling or condensation of the refrigerant when operating in the cooling mode as well as operating in the heating mode. A reversible unit 14 is dedicated to the evaporation of the refrigerant when operating in the heating mode and dedicated to the cooling or condensation of the refrigerant when operating in the cooling mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Valeo Systems ThermiquesInventors: Klaus Wittmann, Daniel Neveu, Jean Luc Thuez, Didier Barat