US Patent Issued to Valeo Vision on Oct. 7 for "Method for detecting a failure in a solid-state light source of an automotive lighting device and automotive arrangement" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,629, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).

"Method for detecting a failure in a solid-state light source of an automotive lighting device and automotive arrangement" was invented by Rabih Taleb (Bobigny, France), Hafid El-Idrissi (Bobigny, France) and Marouene Karray (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a method for detecting a failure in a solid-state light source of an automotive lighting device. This method provides an estimated temperature profile for the lighting device, measures an actual temperature profile of the lighting device and compares the estimated temperatu...