Patents by Inventor Stephan Sommerschuh

Stephan Sommerschuh 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).

  • Patent number: 10696223
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xavier Morel, Stephan Sommerschuh, Hafid El-Idrissi, Weicheng Luo
  • Patent number: 10677414
    Abstract: Light emission module, comprising a housing having at least one first opening and a second opening, a shaping optic, a light emission source, a module with mirrors disposed to receive at least a part of the light rays emitted by the light emission source, and a plurality of mirrors. The light emission module furthermore includes a cooling module configured to generate a flow of fluid circulating inside the inner space between the first and second openings in order to cool the light emission module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe Duval, Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Patent number: 10677409
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Xavier Morel, Hafid El Idrissi, Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Patent number: 10480744
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine Courcier, Vanesa Sanchez, Xavier Morel, Jean-Luc Meyrenaud, Stephan Sommerschuh, Weicheng Luo, Hafid El Idrissi
  • Patent number: 10309636
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight lighting module comprising at least one first light source, a device for converting the wavelength of the light emitted by the first light source; and a fan able to generate a flow of air. The lighting module includes at least one first air duct and one second air duct that are separate, the fan being placed at the inlet of each of the first and second air ducts so as to distribute the flow of air between the ducts, the first light source and the wavelength converter device being disposed at the outlet of the first and second air ducts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Patent number: 10309608
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Loic Boinet, Boubacar Sagna, Xavier Morel, Hafid El Idrissi, Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Patent number: 10281130
    Abstract: A light-emitting device for an automotive vehicle headlamp lighting module, that includes a light source, comprising a carrier comprising two opposite faces, a first face forming a first joining surface; an optoelectronic chip that is fastened to the second face of the carrier; connecting pins that stick out with respect to the first face of the carrier and that are connected to the chip; the light-emitting device furthermore including a heat exchanger comprising a second joining surface that is connected to the first joining surface. The two joining surfaces are joined to each other by means of an adhesive material; each of the connecting pins includes a portion extending radially in the adhesive material; and the connecting pins do not pass through the second joining surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Stephan Sommerschuh, Lotfi Redjem Saad
  • Patent number: 10173577
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre Albou, Xavier Morel, Hafid El Idrissi, Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Publication number: 20180251064
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Publication number: 20180238512
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine COURCIER, Vanesa SANCHEZ, Xavier MOREL, Jean-Luc MEYRENAUD, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH, Weicheng LUO, Hafid EL IDRISSI
  • Patent number: 10043395
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xavier Morel, Stephan Sommerschuh, Hafid El-Idrissi, Weicheng Luo
  • Publication number: 20180187859
    Abstract: Light emission module, comprising a housing having at least one first opening and a second opening, a shaping optic, a light emission source, a module with mirrors disposed to receive at least a part of the light rays emitted by the light emission source, and a plurality of mirrors. The light emission module furthermore includes a cooling module configured to generate a flow of fluid circulating inside the inner space between the first and second openings in order to cool the light emission module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe DUVAL, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Patent number: 9989236
    Abstract: A lighting module, in particular for illumination and/or signaling, comprising a heatsink on which is mounted a light emitting diode comprising a central axis (xx?), the heatsink comprising a body of which a front face is maintained in abutment against a rear face of the diode, the body comprising at least one orifice passing through the body and opening out on its front face through which pass one or more connection pins extending from the rear face of the diode. The central axis (xx?) of the diode does not pass via an orifice passing through the body and through which a connection pin extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Publication number: 20180090011
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xavier MOREL, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH, Hafid EL-IDRISSI, Weicheng LUO
  • Publication number: 20180086262
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Xavier MOREL, Stephan Sommerschuh, Hafid El-Idrissi, Weicheng Luo
  • Publication number: 20180031195
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Patent number: 9829171
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device component that comprises a component body having at least one fastening means for fastening the component. The device has a bearing element secured to the body that is separate from the fastening means, and comprises a bearing surface. The vehicle lighting device component is intended to bear against the bearing surface when it is fastened. The bearing element and the body are designed such that the bearing surface is able to move with respect to the body. The device also comprises a damper that is able to damp a movement of the body to move it toward or away from the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Puente, Christine Roucoules, Vanesa Sanchez, Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Publication number: 20170305332
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Pierre ALBOU, Loic BOINET, Boubacar SAGNA, Xavier MOREL, Hafid EL IDRISSI, Stephan SOMMERSCHUH
  • Publication number: 20170153002
    Abstract: A motor vehicle headlight lighting module comprising at least one first light source, a device for converting the wavelength of the light emitted by the first light source; and a fan able to generate a flow of air. The lighting module includes at least one first air duct and one second air duct that are separate, the fan being placed at the inlet of each of the first and second air ducts so as to distribute the flow of air between the ducts, the first light source and the wavelength converter device being disposed at the outlet of the first and second air ducts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Stephan Sommerschuh
  • Publication number: 20170153003
    Abstract: A light-emitting device for an automotive vehicle headlamp lighting module, that includes a light source, comprising a carrier comprising two opposite faces, a first face forming a first joining surface; an optoelectronic chip that is fastened to the second face of the carrier; connecting pins that stick out with respect to the first face of the carrier and that are connected to the chip; the light-emitting device furthermore including a heat exchanger comprising a second joining surface that is connected to the first joining surface. The two joining surfaces are joined to each other by means of an adhesive material; each of the connecting pins includes a portion extending radially in the adhesive material; and the connecting pins do not pass through the second joining surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Stephan Sommerschuh, Lotfi Redjem Saad