Electronic mirror

• US 20090040355A1
• Filed: 11/20/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tirid Tech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Tirid Tech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Chung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US11/984,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20090040355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.10
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/56 Projection screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

An electronic mirror includes: a partially transparent display screen, an image sensor set on a surface of the partially transparent display screen to capture an image of an observer located in one side of the partially transparent display screen as a first image; and a mainbody set in another side of the partially transparent display screen and electrically connected with the image sensor to receive the first image and process it as a second image, then project the second image onto the partially transparent display screen for displaying a third image which can be seen by the observer.

Claims

1. An electronic mirror, comprising:

a display device, wherein the display device is a partially transparent display screen;

an image sensor set on a surface of the partially transparent display screen to capture an image of an observer located in one side of the partially transparent display screen as a first image; and

a mainbody set in another side of the partially transparent display screen and electrically connected with the image sensor through a signal transmission line, wherein the mainbody comprises a projection device to receive the first image and process the first image as a second image, then to project the second image onto the partially transparent display screen for displaying a third image which can be seen by the observer.

2. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the display device is also a partially reflective screen, the observer may see his own image through the partially reflective screen when the mainbody is turned-off.

3. The electronic mirror according to claim 2, wherein the mainbody further comprises an image display device and the partially reflective screen will display the content provided by the image display device when the mainbody is turned-on.

4. The electronic mirror according to claim 3, further comprises an object sensing device to detect a user in the neighborhood of the partially reflective screen to turn-on the image display device.

5. The electronic mirror according to claim 4, wherein the object sensing device may be a CMOS, a CCD, an IR thermal detecting device or an ultra-sonic detecting device.

6. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody further comprises a micro control unit to magnify, deform, rotate or beautify the first image or add a background image to form the second image.

7. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody further comprises a switch that the electronic mirror is preformed as a regular mirror when the switch is turned-off.

8. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody comprises a light source and an image lens.

9. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody further comprises a data access module to receive and store an image data, which the electronic mirror may project the image data as the third image.

10. The electronic mirror according to claim 7, wherein the data access module is a card insertion device.

11. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody further comprises a voice module that the observer may interact with the mainbody through the voice module and the mainbody may project a static or dynamic image as the third image.

12. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody further comprises a network access module to receive and store an image data from a network, which the electronic mirror may project the image data as the third image and different electronic mirrors may interchange and share the image data through the network access module and the network.

13. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the mainbody is a front projection display, a rear projection display, an LCD projector, a DLP or an LCOS projector.

14. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mirror is a distance communication equipment, an entertainment appliance or a children toy.

15. The electronic mirror according to claim 1, wherein the image sensor is a CMOS or a CCD.