Patents by Inventor Marc LAVABRE

Marc LAVABRE 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: 20220274597
    Abstract: A method is for controlling a system for regulating a distance between a target vehicle and a following vehicle, with the regulation system being installed on the following vehicle. The method includes the implementation of a control law for regulating the distance which calculates, for a plurality of possible combinations of speeds of movement of the following vehicle and the target vehicle, potential setpoint distances, and, for a given combination of speeds of movement of the following and target vehicles, from the plurality of possible combinations, the determination of a final setpoint distance among the potential setpoint distances previously calculated by the control law.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: RENAULT s.a.s., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Olivier CAYOL, Eric DEBERNARD, Klaus KRUMBIEGEL, Marc LAVABRE, Michael SACHSE
  • Patent number: 9908534
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Francois Desnoyer, Sabine Langlois, Marc Lavabre
  • Publication number: 20160107655
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Francois DESNOYER, Sabine LANGLOIS, Marc LAVABRE