Patents by Inventor Sebastian KRICK

Sebastian KRICK 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: 20250081303
    Abstract: The invention proposes a luminous device involving a converter intended to supply power to a pixelated light source controlled by electric current. The device makes it possible to reduce power losses and to reduce the risk of the elementary light sources of the pixelated light source overheating. By using a control loop and measuring means which make it possible to directly or indirectly measure a value which is indicative of the voltage drop at the terminals of at least one current source of the pixelated light source, it becomes possible to dynamically adapt the voltage delivered by the converter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian KRICK, Hafid EL IDRISSI
  • Patent number: 12149172
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting system includes a light source, a multi-phase interleaved power converter having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary converters, each of which is configured to generate an electrical signal having its own phase. The power converter is designed to supply electrical power to the light source, and controller is designed to selectively control each of the elementary converters of the power converter. The controller is designed to receive an emission command for the emission of a desired light beam by the light source and to activate a strictly necessary number of elementary converters of the power converter such that the power converter supplies, to the light source, an electrical power needed to emit the desired light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Guillaume Zante, Thomas Giraud-Sauveur, Dominique Bodziany
  • Publication number: 20240255132
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle includes a light source and a printed circuit supporting a converter circuit intended to supply the light source with electricity. The converter circuit includes at least one electronic power component. A first face of the printed circuit houses a first part of the converter circuit, and a second face of the printed circuit houses a second part of the converter circuit. The at least one electronic power component is integrated into the substrate of the printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alexandre VAL, Sebastian KRICK
  • Publication number: 20240107672
    Abstract: A light source support assembly for an automotive vehicle, the light source support assembly includes at least two rigid Printed Circuit Board (PCB) parts having a first rigid PCB part and a second rigid PCB part. The first rigid PCB part is mounted with a plurality of first components that are heat generating components and the second rigid PCB part is mounted with a plurality of second components that are components not generating heat or components generating less heat compared to the plurality of first components. A flexible connecting part interconnecting the first rigid PCB part and the second rigid PCB part, and includes at least one bendable portion configured to bend the light source support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Sebastian KRICK
  • Patent number: 11877366
    Abstract: A lighting system for a motor vehicle with a pixelated light source having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary light sources is described. The activation of each elementary light source being controlled exclusively by a switch assigned to the elementary light source. A power converter designed to supply an electrical power to the pixelated light source and a controller designed to control the voltage supplied by the power converter and to control the switches controlling the activation of the elementary light sources. The lighting system also includes an electrical current sensor designed to measure the electrical current supplied by the power converter to the pixelated light source and to transmit information relating to said measured current to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Hafid El Idrissi, Guillaume Zante, Olivier Valorge, Thomas Giraud-Sauveur, Marjaneh Kazemi, Sebastian Krick
  • Patent number: 11718227
    Abstract: A device for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source comprises a converter having a feedback control loop and a microcontroller element. The microcontroller element is arranged to act on the controlled value in a precise manner as a function of at least one parameter of the pixelated light source powered by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20230055821
    Abstract: A lighting system for a motor vehicle with a pixelated light source having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary light sources is described. The activation of each elementary light source being controlled exclusively by a switch assigned to the elementary light source. A power converter designed to supply an electrical power to the pixelated light source and a controller designed to control the voltage supplied by the power converter and to control the switches controlling the activation of the elementary light sources. The lighting system also includes an electrical current sensor designed to measure the electrical current supplied by the power converter to the pixelated light source and to transmit information relating to said measured current to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Hafid EL IDRISSI, Guillaume ZANTE, Olivier VALORGE, Thomas GIRAUD-SAUVEUR, Marjaneh KAZEMI, Sebastian KRICK
  • Publication number: 20220399814
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting system includes a light source, a multi-phase interleaved power converter having a plurality of selectively activatable elementary converters, each of which is configured to generate an electrical signal having its own phase. The power converter is designed to supply electrical power to the light source, and controller is designed to selectively control each of the elementary converters of the power converter. The controller is designed to receive an emission command for the emission of a desired light beam by the light source and to activate a strictly necessary number of elementary converters of the power converter such that the power converter supplies, to the light source, an electrical power needed to emit the desired light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian KRICK, Guillaume ZANTE, Thomas GIRAUD-SAUVEUR, Dominique BODZIANY
  • Patent number: 11193644
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a reflector device for a lighting module of a motor vehicle. The device includes a housing made of plastic, wherein the internal faces are metallized so as to reflect the light received. The housing on an external face of one of its walls has reception means able to house a support including at least one light source, the wall having an opening which leads toward the inside of the housing and which allows the light emitted by the light source or sources to propagate toward the inside of the housing. According to the provisions of the invention, the external face of the housing may be connected to ground potential so as to act as a shield against the electromagnetic waves emitted by various electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Mohamed Jaaidane, Hamza Bouayad, David Boudikian, Florestan Debert, Franck Dinant
  • Publication number: 20210153324
    Abstract: A device for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source comprises a converter having a feedback control loop and a microcontroller element. The microcontroller element is arranged to act on the controlled value in a precise manner as a function of at least one parameter of the pixelated light source powered by the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian KRICK, Qingyuan XIE
  • Patent number: 10917949
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle, including a first electrical assembly on a first carrier, which harbours a plurality of branches that are connected in parallel, each branch including light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes. The module includes a second carrier which includes a control unit for controlling the supply of electrical power to the light sources, the control unit including a feedback loop from a reference branch. The light module allows the number of connections between the two carriers of the assembly to be decreased and reliability thereof to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Lothar Seif
  • Patent number: 10912175
    Abstract: A device for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source comprises a converter having a feedback control loop and a microcontroller element. The microcontroller element is arranged to act on the controlled value in a precise manner as a function of at least one parameter of the pixelated light source powered by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20200008281
    Abstract: A device for controlling the electrical power supply of a pixelated light source comprises a converter having a feedback control loop and a microcontroller element. The microcontroller element is arranged to act on the controlled value in a precise manner as a function of at least one parameter of the pixelated light source powered by the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20190268988
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle, including a first electrical assembly on a first carrier, which harbours a plurality of branches that are connected in parallel, each branch including light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes. The module includes a second carrier which includes a control unit for controlling the supply of electrical power to the light sources, the control unit including a feedback loop from a reference branch. The light module allows the number of connections between the two carriers of the assembly to be decreased and reliability thereof to be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian KRICK, Lothar SEIF
  • Patent number: 10104739
    Abstract: A power supply control device and a method for controlling the power supply of light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The power supply device allows the thermal management of LEDs without requiring the use of a programmable DC-to-DC converter, but by systematically adjusting an automatic control value for the DC-to-DC converter used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Sébastian Krick
  • Patent number: 10101014
    Abstract: The invention proposes a lighting module for a motor vehicle, including a modulated intensity source of coherent light. The features of the invention make it possible to increase the safety of a device of this kind by employing more robust fault detection than the prior art. A method for controlling a device of this kind is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Sebastian Krick
  • Publication number: 20180031198
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a reflector device for a lighting module of a motor vehicle. The device includes a housing made of plastic, wherein the internal faces are metallized so as to reflect the light received. The housing on an external face of one of its walls has reception means able to house a support including at least one light source, the wall having an opening which leads toward the inside of the housing and which allows the light emitted by the light source or sources to propagate toward the inside of the housing. According to the provisions of the invention, the external face of the housing may be connected to ground potential so as to act as a shield against the electromagnetic waves emitted by various electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Sebastian KRICK, Mohamed JAAIDANE, Hamza BOUAYAD, David BOUDIKIAN, Florestan DEBERT, Franck DINANT
  • Publication number: 20170198897
    Abstract: The invention proposes a lighting module for a motor vehicle, including a modulated intensity source of coherent light. The features of the invention make it possible to increase the safety of a device of this kind by employing more robust fault detection than the prior art. A method for controlling a device of this kind is also proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Sebastian KRICK
  • Publication number: 20170156188
    Abstract: A power supply control device and a method for controlling the power supply of light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The power supply device allows the thermal management of LEDs without requiring the use of a programmable DC-to-DC converter, but by systematically adjusting an automatic control value for the DC-to-DC converter used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Sébastian Krick
  • Publication number: 20170111964
    Abstract: A device and a method for protecting the buck circuit of a DC voltage converter, for example of boost-buck type, if the input voltage of the boost circuit falls below a voltage threshold value. The invention finds a particular application in devices for controlling the power supply of light sources and notably light-emitting diodes (LED).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick Wacheux, Sebastian Krick, Kien Lai-Dac, Huy-Cuong Nguyen