Mirror assembly with integrated display device
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Jul 21, 2009
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May 8, 2008
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Apr 28, 2004
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May 9, 2003
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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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