Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance

Valeo Securite Habitacle

Valeo Electronique

U-shin France Sas

Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Frédéric Gehin

Eric Menard

Frédéric Giraud

Fabienne Masson

Laurent Petel

Amanda Martinell

Jean-Claude Goumy

Christophe Gueble

Hélène Gibourdel

Siav Kuong Kuoch

The invention relates to an electronic parking assistance device () for a motor vehicle (), comprising: a housing () provided with an antenna (), a camera () that is contained, at least in part, in the housing, and a control unit () that is contained in the housing and is connected to said antenna. According to the invention, the housing is provided with at least one other antenna () that is connected to the control unit, and this control unit is suitable for selecting each antenna and for sending and receiving signals exclusively via the selected antenna.

Electronic parking assistance device for a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for securing a command to be applied to a motor vehicle, characterized in that said method comprises: a first step of generating first data, via a vehicle electronic control unit; a second step of sending said first data to a mobile terminal comprising a screen, via the electronic control unit; a third step of displaying the first data on the screen of the mobile terminal; a fourth step in which a human user processes the first data in order to obtain second data; a fifth step of sending the second data to the electronic control unit via the mobile terminal; a sixth step of comparing said second data to a key of the first data, via the electronic control unit; if the second data is validated by the key of the first data, a seventh step of activating the motor vehicle via the electronic control unit, in order to implement at least part of the control.

Method for securing a command to be applied to a motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method of pre-authenticating a user at a vehicle with a view to allowing the user to access the vehicle when a handle provided on a door of said vehicle is actuated, said user being provided with a mobile device, said vehicle and said mobile device each comprising a wireless communication interface operating according to the BLE protocol; each of said interfaces initially being in the 'notification' state in which each of said interfaces transmits for a basic transmission time; said method comprising: &#x2014;steps of connecting said interfaces according to the BLE protocol&#x2014;steps of identifying and authenticating the mobile device, by the vehicle; a step in which the vehicle stores the identity data or the mobile device if the identification and authentication steps have been completed; &#x2014;a subsequent step in which, when the handle of the vehicle door is actuated, the interface of the vehicle shifts from the 'notification' state to the &#x201c;scanning&#x201d; state; &#x2014;a tenth step in which the interface in the &#x201c;scanning&#x201d; state confirms the presence of the interface of the mobile device in the &#x201c;notification&#x201d; state.

Authentication of a user provided with a mobile device by a vehicle

The present invention essentially relates to a communication system comprising a communication device mounted in a motor vehicle and at least one mobile device (SP, CID, smart watch), said communication system being intended for providing a data exchange between the communication device and the at least one mobile device (SP, CID, smart watch), characterized in that: the communication device comprises a low-frequency communication interface (BF) and a wireless communication interface () using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol in 'advertising' state; and in that the communication device is capable of communicating with said at least one mobile device either in low-frequency mode using the BLE protocol or using only the BLE protocol.

Method for triggering a command in a motor vehicle by means of a data exchange between a control device and an identifier element

The invention relates to a method for opening a movable panel of a motor vehicle, including the following steps: Step A ()&#x2014;the presence of at least one body part of a person is detected by a capacitive or non-capacitive sensor; Step B ()&#x2014;the person is authenticated as being authorized to unlock the vehicle by an authentication means; Step C ()&#x2014;a virtual switch is produced by projecting a light pattern onto the ground on which the motor vehicle is standing; and Step D ()&#x2014;the person positions his/her foot so as to obscure the virtual switch in a predetermined manner; Step E ()&#x2014;if the foot is not positioned in the predetermined manner, a signal is sent to restart step D, or if the foot is positioned in the predetermined manner, a control means opens the movable panel.

Method for opening a movable panel of a motor vehicle

The subject of the invention is a secure method for automatically closing a motor vehicle tailgate () fitted with at least one presence sensor () of an element in a detection zone (), the said detection zone having at least one shadow zone (), characterized in that it comprises the step consisting in making the automatic operation of closing the vehicle tailgate conditional upon the completion of the following various operations: &#x2014;detecting () the presence of an element in the detection zone; &#x2014;detecting () a departure of the said element from the detection zone.

Secure method for automatically closing a motor vehicle tailgate

The invention relates to a system for detecting the presence of a user, in particular in relation to a motor vehicle door. The inventive system comprises: a handle () which is mounted on the door, and a presence sensing device comprising a control module, a sending electrode () and a reference electrode (), each of said electrodes being connected to the control module and being disposed, at least in part, at the handle. The inventive system can be used to connect the aforementioned electrodes electromagnetically to one another in order to define a user presence detection zone. The detection of the user in said zone enables at least one given vehicle function to be controlled. According to the invention, the system also comprises means of creating at least one user presence non-detection zoned () through the local modification of the presence detection zone.

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Créteil, France

Frédéric Gehin