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).
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Publication number: 20250081303Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2022Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian KRICK, Hafid EL IDRISSI
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Patent number: 12149172Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Guillaume Zante, Thomas Giraud-Sauveur, Dominique Bodziany
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Publication number: 20240255132Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Alexandre VAL, Sebastian KRICK
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Publication number: 20240107672Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Sebastian KRICK
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Patent number: 11877366Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Hafid El Idrissi, Guillaume Zante, Olivier Valorge, Thomas Giraud-Sauveur, Marjaneh Kazemi, Sebastian Krick
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Patent number: 11718227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
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Publication number: 20230055821Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Hafid EL IDRISSI, Guillaume ZANTE, Olivier VALORGE, Thomas GIRAUD-SAUVEUR, Marjaneh KAZEMI, Sebastian KRICK
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Publication number: 20220399814Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian KRICK, Guillaume ZANTE, Thomas GIRAUD-SAUVEUR, Dominique BODZIANY
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Patent number: 11193644Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Mohamed Jaaidane, Hamza Bouayad, David Boudikian, Florestan Debert, Franck Dinant
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Publication number: 20210153324Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian KRICK, Qingyuan XIE
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Patent number: 10917949Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Lothar Seif
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Patent number: 10912175Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
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Publication number: 20200008281Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian Krick, Qingyuan Xie
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Publication number: 20190268988Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian KRICK, Lothar SEIF
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Patent number: 10104739Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Valeo VisionInventor: Sébastian Krick
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Patent number: 10101014Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventor: Sebastian Krick
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Publication number: 20180031198Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventors: Sebastian KRICK, Mohamed JAAIDANE, Hamza BOUAYAD, David BOUDIKIAN, Florestan DEBERT, Franck DINANT
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Publication number: 20170198897Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: VALEO VISIONInventor: Sebastian KRICK
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Publication number: 20170156188Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventor: Sébastian Krick
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Publication number: 20170111964Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Patrick Wacheux, Sebastian Krick, Kien Lai-Dac, Huy-Cuong Nguyen