Door mirror viewer

• US 20030086186A1
• Filed: 03/22/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Khosrow Bahrayni-Moghaddam
• Original Assignee: Khosrow Bahrayni-Moghaddam
• Inventors: Bahrayni-Moghaddam, Khosrow
• Application Number:
  US10/102,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20030086186A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/838
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/30 Peep-holes; Devices for speaking through; Doors having windows

Abstract

The present invention provides a security system for use in a door to enable a person on the inside of the door to view anyone on the outside of the door. The system has a lens system connected to an electronic mirror located on the inside of the door. The electronic mirror is preferably a flat-panel display system. In a preferred embodiment, the system provides a prefabricated unit which can be door-mounted through a small hole through the door. The unit allows the person on the inside of the door to view activity on the outside of the door from a distance. An improved security system is provided.

Claims

1. A door-mounted Mirror Viewer adapted to be installed on a door having an outside surface and an inside surface, comprising a lens for viewing the area outside of the door, and an electronic mirror located on the inside of the door, for viewing the image captured through the lens.

2. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said lens comprises part of a camera.

3. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said electronic mirror is a flat-screen monitor.

4. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 3 wherein said flat-screen monitor is a Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD'"'"'s) or a plasma display unit.

5. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said electronic mirror has a size of at least 20 cm by 20 cm.

6. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said lens and said electronic mirror are housed within a prefabricated unit comprising a housing adapted to be mounted on one side of a door, a lens section comprising a lens mounted on an opposite side of a door, and a tube section which extends through said door.

7. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 6 wherein said lens section comprises a tube having a diameter of from 1 to 3 cm.

8. A door-mounted mirror viewer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said viewer is powered by battery power.