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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Inventors:
Zdravko Zojceski, Bobigny, FR;
Samuel Daroussin, Bobigny, FR;
Assignee:
VALEO VISION, Bobigny, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0076 (2013.01); F21S 41/153 (2018.01); F21S 41/663 (2018.01); F21V 23/0471 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
The invention proposes a lighting device for a motor vehicle comprising a matrix light source that performs a lighting function within the motor vehicle. The same source is used, together with a photodiode, to estimate the time of flight of captured light pulses initially generated by the matrix source. It becomes possible to detect objects and/or gestures using light in the visible spectrum, and without having to use specific pulse sources dedicated for this purpose.