Multi-angle mirror

• US 7,671,823 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Issued: 03/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Osorio; Ricardo L
• Application Number:
  US12/286,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20090102747A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 345/8, 345/32, 345/156, 132/301, 434/371, D28/64.1
• US Class Current: 345/32
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2044/007 Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 44/005 for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle

Abstract

Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A method of making a system comprising:

operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system, wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system includes but is not limited to;

operably coupling a multi-angle view/registration engine to a data presentation device proximate to at least one digital mirror; and

operably coupling at least one image capture device with said multi-angle view/registration engine, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises;

at least one image representation capture device located to capture at least one of a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one digital mirror or a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

2. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one of a Liquid Crystal display device, a plasma display device, or a laser-diode display device.

3. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

a microelectrical mechanical system display device.

4. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system comprises:

communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium.

5. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

transmitting onto a signal bearing medium.

6. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

receiving from a signal bearing medium.

7. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via at least one of a digital communication link or an analog communication link.

8. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a client-server communication link.

9. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a peer-to-peer communication link.

10. The method of making a system of claim 4, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a mobile-to-base station communication link.

11. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

receiving from a signal bearing medium.

12. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a peer-to-peer communication link.

13. The method of making a system of claim 12, wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a mobile-base station communication link.

14. The method of making a system of claim 12, wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

15. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

16. The method of making a system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

17. The method of making a system of claim 1, further comprising:

operably coupling at least one image sequencing/presentation engine with said data presentation device.