Mirror assembly with integrated display device
First Claim
1. A mirror assembly comprising:
- a reflective element having a view side and a non-viewing side, arranged to reflect light incident on the a viewing side and to transmit light (4) incident on a non-viewing side;
a display device located at the non-viewing side of the reflective element (2) for displaying a display image;
a focusing element for focusing the display image onto an image plane that does not coincide with the location of the display device, wherein the mirror assembly further includes,means for capturing an image of a user located at the viewing side of the reflective element, anda processor for processing said user image to form the display image by superimposing a silhouette corresponding to the user image onto a second image and removing the data corresponding to the second image in the area coinciding with the silhouette, such that the user sees his or her own reflection in the reflective element superimposed with part of the second image.
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Abstract
A mirror assembly (18) for displaying an image (15) in conjunction with the reflection (14′) of a viewer comprises a mirror (2), which is equipped with a reflective polariser (13), arranged to reflect light (3) incident on its viewing side and transmit light (4) incident on its non-viewing side, where the reflected light (3) and transmitted light (4) may be of different polarization. The image (15) is displayed by a device (5) located on the non-viewing side and focused by a focusing element, e.g. one or more lenses (12, 12a), onto an image plane. The image plane may be located between the mirror (2) and viewer (14), so that a perceived image (15′) appears to stand out from the mirror (2). Alternatively, the image plane may be located so that the perceived image (15′) forms a background in which the viewer'"'"'s reflection (14′) is immersed. The mirror assembly (1) may further comprise one or more detectors (19) for obtaining a silhouette (21) of the viewer (14). The silhouette (21) can be subtracted from an image (15) to produce a modified image (24) for display by device (5), thereby avoiding competition between the perceived image (15′) and viewer reflection (14).
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24 Claims
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1. A mirror assembly comprising:
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a reflective element having a view side and a non-viewing side, arranged to reflect light incident on the a viewing side and to transmit light (4) incident on a non-viewing side; a display device located at the non-viewing side of the reflective element (2) for displaying a display image; a focusing element for focusing the display image onto an image plane that does not coincide with the location of the display device, wherein the mirror assembly further includes, means for capturing an image of a user located at the viewing side of the reflective element, and a processor for processing said user image to form the display image by superimposing a silhouette corresponding to the user image onto a second image and removing the data corresponding to the second image in the area coinciding with the silhouette, such that the user sees his or her own reflection in the reflective element superimposed with part of the second image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of displaying an image in a mirror assembly comprising a reflective element having a viewing side and a non-viewing side, arranged to reflect light incident on the viewing side and to transmit to the viewing side light incident on the non-viewing side, comprising the steps of:
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forming a display image comprising a second image, transmitting said display image to a display device located at the non-viewing side of the reflective element, and displaying said display image on the display device so that the display image is focused onto an image plane that does not coincide with the location of the display device, wherein the method further comprises the step of capturing an image of a user located at the viewing side of the element, and in that said forming of a display image includes the steps of; defining a silhouette image corresponding to the user image, and superimposing the silhouette image onto the second image and removing the data corresponding to the second image to form the display image, such that the user sees his or her own reflection in the reflective element (2) superimposed with part of the second image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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