Illuminated mirror device and method for controlling illumination thereof
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorKazuo Kuroda
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Abstract
Provided is an illuminated mirror device including: a mirror; a light-emitting part for illumination disposed near the mirror; and driving means for driving the light-emitting part, and detection means for detecting a direction of a face of a person in front of the mirror with respect to the mirror, wherein the driving means controls an emission luminance distribution on a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part on the basis of the face direction detected by the detection means. Also provided is a method for controlling illumination thereof.
Claims24
An illuminated mirror device comprising:
- a mirror;
- a light-emitting part for illumination disposed near the mirror;
- and
- means for driving the light-emitting part, and
- means for detecting a face direction of a person in front of the mirror with respect to the mirror, wherein
- the means for driving controls an emission luminance distribution on a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part based on the face direction detected by the means for detecting.
A method for controlling illumination of an illuminated mirror device, the illuminated mirror device including:
- a mirror;
- a light-emitting part for illumination disposed near the mirror;
- and means for driving the light-emitting part, the method comprising:
- detecting a direction of a face of a person in front of the mirror with respect to the mirror;
- and
- controlling an emission luminance distribution on a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part by the means for driving based on the face direction detected by the detecting.
An illuminated reflective device including a plurality of light emitting portions attached to a reflective surface, the illuminated reflective device comprising:
- a plurality of sensors configured to detect a difference between a first position and a second position of an object;
- and
- a circuit configured to modify a luminance of the illuminated reflective device in response to the plurality of sensors detecting the difference between the first position and the second position of the sensor.
A device, comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to detect at least one of (a) motion of a target object and output a first signal indicative of a detected motion of the target object, and (b) the target object positioned with respect to a reflective surface and output a second signal indicative of a detected position of the target object with respect to the reflective surface;
- and
- a control circuit configured to control a luminance distribution of a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed at the reflective surface, in response to at least one of the first signal received from the first sensor and the second signal received from the second sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.