Patents by Inventor Francois Desnoyer
Francois Desnoyer 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: 10987979Abstract: A device for determining an operating state of an automobile from automobile data available on a CAN network of the vehicle, the device including a computer for mathematically processing the data to determine the operating state of the vehicle. The computer is hosted in a smartphone, a specific application for processing the data using the computer is implemented in the smartphone, recovery of the data from the CAN by the smartphone is carried out via a wired or wireless link, and the smartphone displays, via a graphical interface thereof, the operating state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Guillermo Pita-Gil, Francois Desnoyer, Guillaume Martin
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Patent number: 9989402Abstract: A method estimating weight of a motor vehicle including front and rear wheel assemblies using a smart communication device after loading the vehicle, including: (i) identifying the vehicle in the smart communication device; (ii) using a camera of the smart communication device, capturing and processing a photograph of at least one vehicle wheel after loading to determine displacement of a corresponding wheel assembly; (iii) using at least one accelerometer or inclinometer of the smart communication device, measuring at least one tilt angle of the vehicle after loading to determine displacement of the opposite wheel assembly and the corresponding wheel assembly; (iv) using a calculation unit of the smart communication device, calculating load values on the corresponding and opposite wheel assemblies based on respective displacements of the wheel assemblies, to determine a total load vehicle value; and (v) indicating by the smart communication device a vehicle load state to the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Guillermo Pita-Gil, Guillaume Martin, Francois Desnoyer
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Publication number: 20180136032Abstract: A method estimating weight of a motor vehicle including front and rear wheel assemblies using a smart communication device after loading the vehicle, including: (i) identifying the vehicle in the smart communication device; (ii) using a camera of the smart communication device, capturing and processing a photograph of at least one vehicle wheel after loading to determine displacement of a corresponding wheel assembly; (iii) using at least one accelerometer or inclinometer of the smart communication device, measuring at least one tilt angle of the vehicle after loading to determine displacement of the opposite wheel assembly and the corresponding wheel assembly; (iv) using a calculation unit of the smart communication device, calculating load values on the corresponding and opposite wheel assemblies based on respective displacements of the wheel assemblies, to determine a total load vehicle value; and (v) indicating by the smart communication device a vehicle load state to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Guillermo PITA-GIL, Guillaume Martin, Francois Desnoyer
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Device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode and associated method
Patent number: 9956964Abstract: A method and device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode for at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point. The estimating device is connected to an identifying element and to an element for characterizing portions of roads approved for the operation of the vehicle in autonomous mode, along the at least one route. The estimating device includes a unit for calculating the time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in autonomous mode depending on the characterization of approved portions of road.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Francois Desnoyer, Sabine Langlois, Jean-Francois Forzy -
Patent number: 9908534Abstract: An operating method for a vehicle includes a driving in manual mode, in which a longitudinal movement and a lateral movement are controlled by a human driver, and a driving in autonomous mode, in which the longitudinal movement and the lateral movement are controlled by an automated system. In the method, an alerting of the human driver is activated in particular in autonomous mode when the automated system receives a first distance that separates the vehicle from an end of the zone in which the autonomous mode is authorized. An automatic stopping of the vehicle before reaching the zone end is activated in autonomous mode when the human driver does not resume control of the vehicle after receiving the first distance from the automated system.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Francois Desnoyer, Sabine Langlois, Marc Lavabre
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Patent number: 9821817Abstract: An operating method for a vehicle includes driving in a manual mode, in which a longitudinal movement and a lateral movement are controlled by a human driver, and driving in an autonomous mode, in which the longitudinal movement and the lateral movement are controlled by an automated system. In the method, driving in semi-autonomous mode is activated from the autonomous mode by the human driver either resuming the longitudinal movement, such that the automated system continues to control the lateral movement, or resuming the lateral movement, such that the automated system continues to control the longitudinal movement. In the semi-autonomous mode, one or more automatic stop operations brake the vehicle when the human driver does not quickly resume control of the lateral movement and the longitudinal movement, which continues to be controlled by the automated system.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Francois Desnoyer, Sabine Langlois, Frederic Horps
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DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE OPERATING TIME OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN AUTONOMOUS MODE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
Publication number: 20160229414Abstract: A method and device for estimating the operating time of a motor vehicle in autonomous mode for at least one route between a departure point and an arrival point. The estimating device is connected to an identifying element and to an element for characterizing portions of roads approved for the operation of the vehicle in autonomous mode, along the at least one route. The estimating device includes a unit for calculating the time during which the vehicle is eligible to operate in autonomous mode depending on the characterization of approved portions of road.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Francois DESNOYER, Sabine LANGLOIS, Jean-Francois FORZY -
Publication number: 20160107655Abstract: An operating method for a vehicle includes a driving in manual mode, in which a longitudinal movement and a lateral movement are controlled by a human driver, and a driving in autonomous mode, in which the longitudinal movement and the lateral movement are controlled by an automated system. In the method, an alerting of the human driver is activated in particular in autonomous mode when the automated system receives a first distance that separates the vehicle from an end of the zone in which the autonomous mode is authorized. An automatic stopping of the vehicle before reaching the zone end is activated in autonomous mode when the human driver does not resume control of the vehicle after receiving the first distance from the automated system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Francois DESNOYER, Sabine LANGLOIS, Marc LAVABRE
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Publication number: 20160103449Abstract: An operating method for a vehicle includes driving in a manual mode, in which a longitudinal movement and a lateral movement are controlled by a human driver, and driving in an autonomous mode, in which the longitudinal movement and the lateral movement are controlled by an automated system. In the method, driving in semi-autonomous mode is activated from the autonomous mode by the human driver either resuming the longitudinal movement, such that the automated system continues to control the lateral movement, or resuming the lateral movement, such that the automated system continues to control the longitudinal movement. In the semi-autonomous mode, one or more automatic stop operations brake the vehicle when the human driver does not quickly resume control of the lateral movement and the longitudinal movement, which continues to be controlled by the automated system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Francois DESNOYER, Sabine LANGLOIS, Frederic HORPS
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Publication number: 20150204715Abstract: A method estimating weight of a motor vehicle including front and rear wheel assemblies using a smart communication device after loading the vehicle, including: (i) identifying the vehicle in the smart communication device; (ii) using a camera of the smart communication device, capturing and processing a photograph of at least one vehicle wheel after loading to determine displacement of a corresponding wheel assembly; (iii) using at least one accelerometer or inclinometer of the smart communication device, measuring at least one tilt angle of the vehicle after loading to determine displacement of the opposite wheel assembly and the corresponding wheel assembly; (iv) using a calculation unit of the smart communication device, calculating load values on the corresponding and opposite wheel assemblies based on respective displacements of the wheel assemblies, to determine a total load vehicle value; and (v) indicating by the smart communication device a vehicle load state to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: RENAULT s.a.sInventors: Guillermo Pita-Gil, Guillaume Martin, Francois Desnoyer
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Publication number: 20150012170Abstract: A device for determining an operating state of an automobile from automobile data available on a CAN network of the vehicle, the device including a computer for mathematically processing the data to determine the operating state of the vehicle. The computer is hosted in a smartphone, a specific application for processing the data using the computer is implemented in the smartphone, recovery of the data from the CAN by the smartphone is carried out via a wired or wireless link, and the smartphone displays, via a graphical interface thereof, the operating state of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.Inventors: Guillermo Pita-Gil, Francois Desnoyer, Guillaume Martin