Valeo Systemes Thermiques

Georges De Pelsemaeker

Kamel Azzouz

Laurent Odillard

Daniel Neveu

Mohamed-Amine Boubaker

Lucas Trevalinet

Carlos Alberto Martins

Bertrand Gessier

Michel Simonin

Jean-Pierre Galland

Stephane Tondelli

Jérôme Mougnier

Sébastien Jacope

Guillaume Bourgoin

Clement Bassignani

Stéphanie Moroz

Hamid Bessaa

Shivakumar Puttaswamy

Antoine Boilevin

William Lapierre

Franck Martin

Vania-Daniela Hernandez-Bello

Harry Tshilolo

Cèdric De Vaulx

The present invention relates to a system () for detecting a disease in a person, in particular a contagious disease such as COVID-19, this detection system comprising: —an acquisition device () for acquiring examination data on the person, this acquisition device comprising, in particular, at least one physiological measurement sensor such as a radar, and a thermal camera for acquiring this examination data, —a data processing device () arranged to receive this examination data obtained by the acquisition device, —a display device () arranged to display diagnostic information on the disease based on an analysis of the examination data, this diagnostic information possibly being representative of a level of probability that the person has the disease.

Disease detection system

The invention relates to an interactive system () with a user (U) occupying a motor vehicle () comprising an interface () and an operating system for executing an application. According to the invention, the interactive system () comprises a measuring device () comprising at least one sensor that is configured to acquire at least one physiological parameter of the user (U), and an embedded processing unit (). The processing unit () comprises an interpretation module that is configured to receive the physiological parameter and to define, on the basis of the physiological parameter, a datum representative of the physiological or emotional state of the user (U), and an analysis module that is configured to compare data representative of the physiological or emotional state of the user (U) before and during the execution of an application for managing a remediation exercise, and to adjust at least one parameter of the remediation exercise according to the results of the comparison. The invention also relates to an interaction method implemented at least partly by such an interactive system.

Interactive system and associated interaction method

A method () for controlling the temperature of a heating surface () of a heating panel () suitable for being installed inside a passenger compartment of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle, this surface () being likely to be touched by a passenger in said passenger compartment, the method () involving controlling the temperature of said heating surface () as a function of at least one item of data representative of the profile of a passenger accommodated in the passenger compartment and/or at least one item of data representative of the heating surface () of the heating panel (). The invention also relates to a corresponding control device ().

Method for controlling the temperature of a heating surface of a heating panel and corresponding control device

The invention concerns a ventilator for a motor vehicle passenger compartment, intended to deliver an air flow towards a space to be conditioned, which comprises: an opening through which an air flow flows during operation, a flared guiding surface (S), extending from the opening, a needle valve () comprising a needle valve head () with: a tip () situated at the end of the needle valve (), a maximum width portion corresponding in shape to the opening (O), with dimensions of between 80% and 100% of those of the opening (O), a base () flared in the direction of flow linking the head () to an elongate body (), the needle valve () being able to move in translation between two end positions including: a deployed end position in which the widest portion of the needle valve head () is downstream from the opening (O) in the direction of the space to be conditioned, the air flow then being laminar and guided by the guiding surface (S) in a divergent flow, a retracted end position in which the widest portion of the needle valve head () is upstream from the opening (O), the air flow then being laminar and guided by the tip () of the needle valve () in a convergent flow.

Motor vehicle ventilator, thermal management device and method using such a motor vehicle ventilator

A heat control method for a heat control device, particularly for a vehicle interior, is disclosed. The method involves detecting, delimiting and positioning various parts of the body of an occupant (U), measuring thermal or physiological parameters regarding various parts of the body of the occupant (U) and/or the vehicle interior around the occupant (U), establishing a plurality of thermal comfort indices (I), each thermal comfort index (I) corresponding to one of the parts of the body of the occupant (U) taking into account a feeling of warmth or of cold in the associated body part, and of which the absolute value is at a minimum in a comfortable situation, and regulating the operation of a heat control device () to minimize a sum of the absolute values of the comfort indices (Σ|I|) in order to create a regulated thermal environment around the occupant (U).

Heat control method for a heat control device, particularly for a vehicle interior

The invention relates to a system for interacting with an occupant of a motor vehicle comprising: a. a measuring device comprising at least one sensor arranged to acquire at least one parameter associated with the occupant of said vehicle; b. an on-board processing unit arranged to receive said parameter and to define a data item representing the emotional state of said occupant by means of said model, said representative data item being a comfort index score (CISn) of said occupant; c. the representative data item corresponding to a point in a two-dimensional space (anvn) for characterising the emotional state of the occupant; d. characterised in that an emotional comfort index is computed on the basis of the representative data item; e. and in that at least one actuator is configured to activate at least one multi-sensory stimulus for interacting with the occupant, said stimulus allowing the emotional state of said occupant to be changed.

Interactive system

An interactive system () for interacting with a user is disclosed. The interactive system () includes at least one interface (), a measuring device (), and a processing unit () comprising an interpretation module for receiving a physiological parameter obtained by the measuring device () and for defining, based on the physiological parameter, a datum representative of the physiological state of the user (U). The processing unit () comprises a data communication module for communicating data with a server () storing a library of applications, a data processing module for selecting an application on the basis of the datum representative of the physiological state, an information module for notifying the user (U) of the selected application, and detecting a validation action from the user (U) validating the notified application, and a download module for downloading the validated application.

Disclosed is an element for cooling the air in a motor vehicle, including a composite phase-change material () made of at least one first material which is a phase-change material () and one second material () of which the structure forms a support matrix for the phase-change material (), the composite phase-change material () being covered with a heat-conducting protective layer ().

Element for cooling the air of a motor vehicle

A device and a method for defogging and/or defrosting a glazing unit of a motor vehicle with a partially or totally electric propulsion system is disclosed. The device comprises means () for cooling a coolant fluid, using at least one electric current source, and a thermal battery (), the device being configured to allow, in certain phases, the cooling of the coolant fluid by the cooling means () and the storage of cold from the coolant fluid in the battery (), and, in other phases, the release of cold from the battery () into the coolant fluid.

De-icing/defogging device for electrically propelled vehicles

A hybrid device () comprises, in a first zone (), at least one thermoelectric element () allowing an electric current to be generated from a temperature gradient applied between two of its active faces (). The device () further comprises a first circuit () able to allow the circulation of a first fluid, and a second circuit () able to allow the circulation of a second fluid of a temperature lower than that of the first fluid so as to create the gradient. The device () also comprises a second zone () so as to allow an exchange of heat between the second fluid and the first fluid. The device () is designed so that the first fluid passes through it by travelling in a single direction, referred to as first direction (L), wherein the first zone () and the second zone () are situated in series in the first direction (L).

Hybrid device comprising a thermoelectric module, notably intended to generate an electric current in a motor vehicle and a heat exchanger

The invention relates to a device for the injection of recirculated exhaust gases from a vehicle engine, in particular a diesel engine, the injection device comprising a plurality of injection ports (), provided in a portion of the material of the injection device, each injection port () having a cross section and a height extending through the thickness of the material. According to the invention, the cross sections and/or the heights of at least two of the injection ports () are different.

Device for the injection of recirculated exhaust gases, distribution box and supply module comprising said device

The invention relates to a thermoelectric device, comprising a first circuit (), called hot circuit, through which a first fluid can flow according to a path along which the temperature of said first fluid decreases, and, a second circuit (), called cold circuit, through which a second fluid can flow, at a temperature lower than that of the first fluid, according to a path along which the temperature of said second fluid increases, and elements (), called thermoelectric elements, that can be used to generate an electric current in the presence of a temperature gradient, said thermoelectric elements () being distributed along said hot () and cold () circuits, provided configured to create said gradient. According to the invention, the device is configured for the contribution of the thermoelectric elements to the generation of the electricity to be substantially constant along the path of the first and/or of the second fluid.

Thermoelectric device, in particular intended to generate an electric current in a motor vehicle

A heat exchanger for the air supply circuit of a motor vehicle engine includes a heat exchange core and at least one header tank. The heat exchanger also includes an air flow rate control valve arranged in the header tank of the exchanger, and the control valve is a valve that includes a body with three openings and a moving rotary member inside the body so as to control the circulation of air through the heat exchange core and/or through a duct bypassing the heat exchange core according to a law defined as a function of the angular position of the rotary member in the body.

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Poigny-la-Foret, France

Georges De Pelsemaeker