Mirror assembly

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a semitransparent substantially nondichroic mirror having front and rear surfaces, and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 58% of a broad band of visible light;
• a light assembly which emits visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas;
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• a collimating optical element positioned between the light assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror.

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a substantially neutrally reflective, nondichroic, semitransparent mirror having front and rear surfaces, and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 58% of a broad band of visible light;
• a light assembly which emits visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the light assembly having a luminous intensity of about 80 candelas to about 900 candelas, and the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas;
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• a collimating optical element positioned between the light assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror.

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a substantially neutrally reflective, nondichroic, semitransparent mirror having front and rear surfaces and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 58% of a broad band of visible light;
• a light assembly which emits visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the light assembly having a luminous intensity of about 80 candelas to about 900 candelas, and the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas;
• a collimating optical element positioned between the light assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror;
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• a refractive optical element positioned between the collimating optical element and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror.

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a substantially neutrally reflective, nondichroic, semitransparent mirror having front and rear surfaces and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 58% of a broad band of visible light;
• a light assembly which emits visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the light assembly having a luminous intensity of about 80 candelas to about 900 candelas, and the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas;
• a collimating optical element positioned between the light assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror;
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• an optical element having a total internal reflective portion positioned between the collimating optical element and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror.

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a substantially neutrally reflective, nondichroic, semitransparent mirror having front and rear surfaces and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 48% of a broad band of visible light;
• a light assembly which emits visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the light assembly having a luminous intensity of about 80 candelas to about 900 candelas, and the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas;
• a collimating optical element positioned between the light assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror;
• a refractive or totally internally reflective optical element positioned between the collimating optical assembly and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror;
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• a light control optical element positioned between the refractive optical element and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror, and wherein the light assembly, collimating optical element, refractive or totally internally reflective optical element, and light control optical element comprise an optical stack having a thickness dimension of less than about 12 mm, and a weight of less than about 25 grams.

A mirror assembly comprising:

• a substantially neutrally reflective, nondichroic, semitransparent mirror having front and rear surfaces and which passes 8% or less of substantially all visible light, and wherein the front surface reflects about 35% to about 58% of a broad band of visible light;
• about 4 to about 30 light emitting diodes positioned adjacent to the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror and which emit visible light which is passed by the semitransparent mirror, the light emitting diodes having a collective luminous intensity of about 80 candelas to about 900 candelas, and the luminous intensity of the mirror assembly being about 2 to about 20 candelas, and wherein the light emitting diodes are located within a surface area of about 6.35 to about 127 square millimeters, and wherein the light emitting diodes when energized emit energy in the amount of less than about 16 watts per square millimeter of surface area;
• a collimating optical element positioned between the light emitting diodes and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror;
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• a refractive optical element positioned between the collimating optical element and the rear surface of the semitransparent mirror, the refractive optical element bending the light emitted by the individual light emitting diodes in an amount about 20 to about 40 degrees from a line which is normal to the front surface of the semitransparent mirror, and wherein the light emitting diodes, collimating optical element, and the refractive optical element comprise an optical stack which has a thickness of less than about 12 mm. and a weight of less than about 25 grams.