Abstract: A method for projecting at least one image, by a projection system of a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: detecting a disruption area, determining the position of the driver in a predefined reference frame referred to as the projection reference frame, calculating a transformation matrix for transforming an image depending on the determined position of the driver, generating the control signal, the control signal being obtained by applying said transformation matrix to at least one stored image, controlling the imaging device from the control signal so as to project a transformed image, the pictogram appearing in a vertical plane (PV) to said driver in the transformed image, and projecting the transformed image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting module for a motor vehicle headlamp module including a light source able to emit light radiation, a processing device able to generate a light flux from said light radiation, and an imaging optical system able to project an exit beam from said light flux. The lighting module includes means for controlling an angular aperture of the exit beam, the angular aperture being chosen from a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture corresponding to a wider angle than the second aperture, so that, for a given intensity of the light radiation of the light source, the exit beam corresponding to the second aperture has a higher light intensity than the exit beam corresponding to the first aperture.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle lighting system including a device for projecting a low beam into a projection zone, wherein the projecting device is configured so that the low beam includes a zone of lesser illumination located in the interior of the projection zone. A preferred application is the field of lighting equipment for motor vehicles.

Abstract: A plurality of luminous modules able to emit a segmented light beam to be controlled by a common control processor having a single video output interface, while maintaining the ability to project different outlines with each luminous module. This decreases the number of connections necessary between a control unit and a plurality of luminous modules, thereby decreasing the complexity of the system, and decreasing the production cost thereof.

Abstract: The invention concerns a signaling device adapted to display pictograms, notably for a motor vehicle. The device is configured to implement at least one signaling function of a motor vehicle. The device includes display means including a display zone intended to be disposed on the vehicle, the display means being adapted to display pictograms in the display zone, each pictogram emitting a light beam having at least in part the statutory photometric characteristics of at least one of said at least one signaling functions.

Abstract: A lighting method comprising: definition, by a control system (CTRL_S) of a lighting device (HL), of a parameter (PAR) of the lighting device; transmission of this parameter, by the control system, to an actuator (LSS) of the lighting device; and generation, by the actuator, with a light source (LSR) of the lighting device, of a light beam producing an image corresponding to a light map obtained by modifying a light map stored in the actuator using the parameter received from the control system. The description also relates to a lighting device, a computer program and a storage medium for implementing such a method.

Abstract: A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle, the vehicle being equipped with at least one illuminating device able to emit a beam for illuminating a road scene (SR) in front of the vehicle, the assisting device comprising a variable transmission screen that is intended to be placed between the road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, control a light emission of at least one light source of the illuminating device and a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen, in relation to each other, with a pulsed signal, characterized in that the assisting device is configured to detect a vehicle equipped with a device of the same type via inter-vehicle communication and to modify the pulsed signal so as to avoid antiphase and/or phase effects, when the device detects such a vehicle.

Abstract: A projection method for a motor vehicle, for projecting at least one image onto a projection surface by means of a light module suitable for projecting a light beam, wherein the projection method includes the steps of detecting an observation position of an observer in a light module reference frame, calculating the observation position of the observer in an image reference frame, and projecting the image onto the projection surface according to the observation position of the observer in the image reference frame, the image being integrated into the light beam of the light module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle driving aid system, the vehicle comprising a lighting device intended to illuminate a road scene at the front of the vehicle. The vehicle includes means for detecting an oncoming vehicle, control means receiving information from the detection means, and means for reducing dazzling of the driver of the motor vehicle caused by the light emitted by the oncoming vehicle. These means are controlled by the control means, and means for the management of the lighting device designed to increase the illumination of the lighting device of the vehicle and to avoid dazzling of the driver of the oncoming vehicle, these means being controlled by the control means.

Abstract: A projection method for a motor vehicle, for projecting at least one image onto a projection surface by means of a light module suitable for projecting a light beam, wherein the projection method includes the steps of detecting an observation position of an observer in a light module reference frame, calculating the observation position of the observer in an image reference frame, and projecting the image onto the projection surface according to the observation position of the observer in the image reference frame, the image being integrated into the light beam of the light module.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle lighting system including a device for projecting a low beam into a projection zone, wherein the projecting device is configured so that the low beam includes a zone of lesser illumination located in the interior of the projection zone. A preferred application is the field of lighting equipment for motor vehicles.

Abstract: A method for projecting at least one image, by a projection system of a motor vehicle comprising a device for detecting an event, an estimation device capable of estimating the time taken to reach the event, a processing unit capable of generating a control signal, a projection device capable of receiving the control signal and projecting digital images, and a storage unit storing at least one image representative of a pictogram. The method includes detecting an event, estimating the time taken to reach the event, selecting at least one image representing a pictogram characteristic of the detected event, and establishing a sequence of images representing an animation of the pictogram. The sequence of images is paced depending on the time estimated in estimation, and projecting the sequence of images onto the roadway.

Abstract: A device for assisting in the driving of a motor vehicle, the assistance device comprising a screen with variable light transmission, intended to be arranged between a road scene and a driver of the vehicle, and a control or control means for controlling a transmission coefficient of the screen with variable light transmission. According to the invention, the screen and the control or control means are configured so as to be able to be embedded on the vehicle as different components of an after-sale product.

Abstract: A method for projecting at least one image, by a projection system of a motor vehicle comprising a device for detecting an event, an estimation device capable of estimating the time taken to reach the event, a processing unit capable of generating a control signal, a projection device capable of receiving the control signal and projecting digital images, and a storage unit storing at least one image representative of a pictogram. The method includes detecting an event, estimating the time taken to reach the event, selecting at least one image representing a pictogram characteristic of the detected event, and establishing a sequence of images representing an animation of the pictogram. The sequence of images is paced depending on the time estimated in estimation, and projecting the sequence of images onto the roadway.

Abstract: A method for projecting at least one image, by a projection system of a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: detecting a disruption area, determining the position of the driver in a predefined reference frame referred to as the projection reference frame, calculating a transformation matrix for transforming an image depending on the determined position of the driver, generating the control signal, the control signal being obtained by applying said transformation matrix to at least one stored image, controlling the imaging device from the control signal so as to project a transformed image, the pictogram appearing in a vertical plane (PV) to said driver in the transformed image, and projecting the transformed image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting module for a motor vehicle headlamp module including a light source able to emit light radiation, a processing device able to generate a light flux from said light radiation, and an imaging optical system able to project an exit beam from said light flux. The lighting module includes means for controlling an angular aperture of the exit beam, the angular aperture being chosen from a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture corresponding to a wider angle than the second aperture, so that, for a given intensity of the light radiation of the light source, the exit beam corresponding to the second aperture has a higher light intensity than the exit beam corresponding to the first aperture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle driving aid system, the vehicle comprising a lighting device intended to illuminate a road scene at the front of the vehicle. The vehicle includes means for detecting an oncoming vehicle, control means receiving information from the detection means, and means for reducing dazzling of the driver of the motor vehicle caused by the light emitted by the oncoming vehicle. These means are controlled by the control means, and means for the management of the lighting device designed to increase the illumination of the lighting device of the vehicle and to avoid dazzling of the driver of the oncoming vehicle, these means being controlled by the control means.

Abstract: A device for assisting in the driving of a motor vehicle, comprising a screen with variable transmission intended to be arranged between a road scene in front of the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle, the device comprising a number of sensors suitable for recovering data representative of the environment in which the vehicle is located, the device being configured to drive a transmission coefficient of the screen with variable transmission, wherein the device is configured to take into account the data recovered by the sensors and to compute the transmission coefficient by combining the data.

Abstract: The invention concerns a signaling device adapted to display pictograms, notably for a motor vehicle. The device is configured to implement at least one signaling function of a motor vehicle. The device includes display means including a display zone intended to be disposed on the vehicle, the display means being adapted to display pictograms in the display zone, each pictogram emitting a light beam having at least in part the statutory photometric characteristics of at least one of said at least one signaling functions.

Abstract: A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle, the vehicle being equipped with at least one illuminating device able to emit a beam for illuminating a road scene (SR) in front of the vehicle, the assisting device comprising a variable transmission screen that is intended to be placed between the road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, synchronously control a light emission of at least one light source of the illuminating device and a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen with a pulsed signal. The assisting device is configured so as to prevent antiphase and/or phase effects while and if a vehicle equipped with a device of the same type is approaching.