Patents by Inventor Samia AHIAD
Samia AHIAD 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: 10974642Abstract: A device for luminously signalling a change of lane for a motor vehicle comprises at least one element for detecting the change of lane of the vehicle and at least one control module configured to receive and process information coming from the one or more elements for detecting the change of lane and to accordingly control at least one emitting and projecting element configured to project at least one pictogram onto the road.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Antoine Boilevin, Olivier-Sebastien Lesaffre, Samia Ahiad, Patrice Voirin, Benjamin Adam, Gauthier Lagaisse, Sebastien Cavalli, Julien Martiniak, Denis Garnier
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Publication number: 20200189454Abstract: A device for luminously signalling a change of lane for a motor vehicle comprises at least one element for detecting the change of lane of the vehicle and at least one control module configured to receive and process information coming from the one or more elements for detecting the change of lane and to accordingly control at least one emitting and projecting element configured to project at least one pictogram onto the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Antoine BOILEVIN, Olivier-Sebastien LESAFFRE, Samia AHIAD, Patrice VOIRIN, Benjamin ADAM, Gauthier LAGAISSE, Sebastien CAVALLI, Julien MARTINIAK, Denis GARNIER
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Publication number: 20190377340Abstract: The invention relates to a method for piloting means (13, 14, 15) for driving a motor vehicle (10) according to either of two driving modes, i.e.: —a manual driving mode, wherein the driving means are controlled manually, by the motor vehicle driver (20), and —an autonomous driving mode, wherein the driving means are controlled automatically, by a calculation unit (12) of the motor vehicle. According to the invention, when the autonomous driving mode is exited, the following steps are provided: —acquiring at least one image of the surrounding area in from of the motor vehicle, —calculating a coefficient of visibility of at least a portion of the surrounding area in the image acquired, and c) selecting, depending on said coefficient of visibility, a way to exit the autonomous driving mode, from at least two separate exiting ways.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Samia Ahiad, Ronan Sy
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Patent number: 10079979Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Julia Petit, Caroline Robert-Landry
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Patent number: 9524438Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert
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Patent number: 9230189Abstract: The invention relates to a method of raindrop detection on a vehicle windscreen by capturing images using a camera which is at least focused on the windscreen, including a step of detecting edges (102) in a research area of said captured images, characterized in that said method of raindrop detection comprises a rejection step (103) in which edges that are uncharacteristic with respect to a raindrop are rejected. This invention also relates to an associated driving assistance device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad
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Patent number: 9205810Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fog and raindrop detection on a windscreen (200), comprising a raindrop detection application (201) and a fog detection application (202), characterized in that said fog detection application (202) comprises a step (202b) in which an indication of the presence of raindrop is detected, said indication of raindrop presence triggering a switch from said fog detection application (202) to said raindrop detection application (201).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad
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Publication number: 20150310304Abstract: The invention relates to a method of raindrop detection on a vehicle windscreen by capturing images using a camera which is at least focused on the windscreen, including a step of detecting edges (102) in a research area of said captured images, characterized in that said method of raindrop detection comprises a rejection step (103) in which edges that are uncharacteristic with respect to a raindrop are rejected. This invention also relates to an associated driving assistance device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad, Xiyuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20150109445Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Julia Petit, Caroline Robert-Landry
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Publication number: 20150085118Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting raindrops on a windscreen of a vehicle, in which an image of at least an area of the windscreen is captured, wherein at least one object its extracted from the captured image, and wherein ambient light conditions are determined (S12). At least one of at least two ways of object extraction (S14, S18) is performed in dependence on the ambient light conditions. Moreover, the invention concerns a camera assembly for detecting raindrops on a windscreen of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert-Landry
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Publication number: 20150015711Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting raindrops (26) on a windscreen of a vehicle, in which at least one image (30, 32, 34) is captured by a camera. An object extracted from the at least one image (30, 32, 34) captured by the camera is identified as a raindrop (26), if a confidence value assigned (S20) to the extracted object is above a predetermined threshold value. The threshold value is modified (S22) in dependence of the presence of an item (16) within the vehicle path. Moreover the invention relates to a camera assembly for detecting raindrops (26) on a windscreen of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert-Landry
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Publication number: 20140347487Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a camera assembly for detecting raindrops (28) on a windscreen of a vehicle, in which at least one image (14) is captured by a camera (12), at least one reference object (20) is identified in a first image (18) captured by the camera (12) and the at least one identified object (20) is at least partially superimposed to at least one object extracted from a second image (16) captured by the camera. Raindrop (28) detection is performed within the second image (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert
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Publication number: 20140184798Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBHInventors: Brouk Wedajo, Yan Quelquejay, Samia Ahiad, Caroline Robert
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Patent number: 8520898Abstract: A system and method for determining a region of interest in an image, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a plurality of lines Li i=1, . . . , n formed by pixels is defined in the image; in each line Li, a plurality of segments Sj j=1, . . . , m constituted by pixels is defined; a luminance level NVG(Sj) is calculated for each segment Sj based on the luminance of the pixels constituting this segment Sj; depending on this luminance level NVG(Sj) the segment Sj is selected or excluded from the region of interest; and the region of interest is obtained by amalgamating all the segments selected for each line.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: David Hue, Samia Ahiad, Abdelaziz Bensrhair
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Patent number: 8520952Abstract: A system and method for defining a window to search a region of interest for processing a road image, the search window having a longitudinal orientation directed according to the height of the image and being laterally delimited by two edges. The shape of the search window is adapted to the road configuration by defining at least one non-vertical portion on one of the edges. A preferred application is the processing of road images for determining visibility distances in foggy weather.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: David Hue, Samia Ahiad, Abdelaziz Bensrhair
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Publication number: 20130039544Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fog and raindrop detection on a windscreen (200), comprising a raindrop detection application (201) and a fog detection application (202), characterized in that said fog detection application (202) comprises a step (202b) in which an indication of the presence of raindrop is detected, said indication of raindrop presence triggering a switch from said fog detection application (202) to said raindrop detection application (201).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2010Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbHInventors: Caroline Robert, Samia Ahiad, Xiyuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20110019922Abstract: A system and method for defining a window to search a region of interest for processing a road image, the search window having a longitudinal orientation directed according to the height of the image and being laterally delimited by two edges. The shape of the search window is adapted to the road configuration by defining at least one non-vertical portion on one of the edges. A preferred application is the processing of road images for determining visibility distances in foggy weather.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: David HUE, Samia AHIAD, Abdelaziz BENSRHAIR
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Publication number: 20110013839Abstract: A system and method for determining a region of interest in an image, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a plurality of lines Li i=1, . . . , n formed by pixels is defined in the image; in each line Li, a plurality of segments Sj j=1, . . . , m constituted by pixels is defined; a luminance level NVG(Sj) is calculated for each segment Sj based on the luminance of the pixels constituting this segment Sj; depending on this luminance level NVG(Sj) the segment Sj is selected or excluded from the region of interest; and the region of interest is obtained by amalgamating all the segments selected for each line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: David HUE, Samia AHIAD, Abdelaziz BENSRHAIR