Back lit mirror with media display device
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1. A combination mirror and media display device assembly, comprising:
- (a) a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a reflective area, wherein a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area is less than a reflectivity of the reflective area; and
(b) a media display device coupled to the mirror platform and positioned to display images through the media display device viewing area, wherein the media display device modifies a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area such that a reflectivity of the reflective area is substantially the same as a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area when the media display device is in an off state, which causes the media display device viewing area to blend into the reflective area without any polarizing layer within the media display device viewing area.
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Abstract
A combination mirror and media display device assembly is provided. The combination mirror and media display device includes a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a media display device coupled to the mirror platform. The media display device is positioned to display images through the media display device viewing area.
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1. A combination mirror and media display device assembly, comprising:
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(a) a mirror platform having a media display device viewing area and a reflective area, wherein a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area is less than a reflectivity of the reflective area; and (b) a media display device coupled to the mirror platform and positioned to display images through the media display device viewing area, wherein the media display device modifies a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area such that a reflectivity of the reflective area is substantially the same as a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area when the media display device is in an off state, which causes the media display device viewing area to blend into the reflective area without any polarizing layer within the media display device viewing area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mirror platform, comprising:
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(a) a glass layer, comprising; (i) a glass layer front surface and a glass layer rear surface; (ii) a media display device viewing area; (iii) a reflective area; (b) a first layer applied to the reflective area of at least one of the glass layer front surface and the glass layer rear surface, wherein the first layer is both reflective and transmissive, wherein a media display device modifies a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area such that a reflectivity of the reflective area is substantially the same as a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area when the media display device is placed behind the media display device viewing area and the media display device is in the off state and no polarizing layer is in the media display device viewing area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to cause a media display device to blend into a mirror platform, comprising:
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selecting a reflectivity of a reflective area, the reflective area is part of a mirror platform; and selecting a reflectivity of a media display device viewing area, the media display device viewing area is another part of the mirror platform;
such that when a media display device is placed behind the media display device viewing area and the media display device is in an off state, a reflectivity of the media display device viewing area is substantially the same as the reflectivity of the reflective area and there is no polarizing layer placed in the media display device viewing area.
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