Segmented mirror
First Claim
1. In a mirror, the combination comprising(a) a support, and(b) a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces being discrete radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group they collectively reflect images of objects toward a viewer'"'"'s eye location and essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting mirror surfaces, said irregularly outlined surfaces defining successive planes across the mirror surface, and which are progressively increasingly angled relative to a flat plane extending generally parallel to the mirror surface.
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Abstract
A mirror comprises a myriad of reflecting surfaces so aligned as to produce a virtual image which may be plain or focused. The surfaces may be irregular in outline to minimize or prevent glint patterns.
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28 Claims
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1. In a mirror, the combination comprising
(a) a support, and (b) a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces being discrete radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group they collectively reflect images of objects toward a viewer'"'"'s eye location and essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting mirror surfaces, said irregularly outlined surfaces defining successive planes across the mirror surface, and which are progressively increasingly angled relative to a flat plane extending generally parallel to the mirror surface.
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17. In a mirror, the combination comprising
(a) a support, and (b) a myriad of surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the direction of incident radiation to be reflected, a first group of said surfaces being radiation reflecting surfaces, there being a second group of said radiation reflecting surfaces, the surfaces of the first and second groups being interspersed, the surfaces of each group defining successive planes across the mirror surface associated with the group, said planes being progressively increasingly angled relative to a flat plane extending generally parallel to the mirror surface associated with that group.
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23. A vehicle rear view mirror which comprises:
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(a) one section with multiple discrete reflecting surfaces with a common orientation to reflect images of objects at the rear of the vehicle toward a viewer'"'"'s eye location, and other sections with discrete reflecting surfaces oriented to reflect images of objects at the rear flanks of the vehicle toward the viewer'"'"'s eye location, (b) there being a mirror transition zone between said sections characterized by discrete reflecting surfaces certain of which reflect said images of objects at the rear of the vehicle toward the viewer'"'"'s eye location, and others of which reflect said image of objects at the rear flanks of the vehicle toward the viewer'"'"'s eye location. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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