Apparatuses and methods for changing the appearance of an object mounted behind a mirror
AssigneeElectric Mirror, LLC
InventorsJames V. Mischel, Jr., James V. Mischel, Sr.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a mirror. The mirror has a transmissivity, a reflectivity, a front side, and a back side. The apparatus further includes a substantially transparent layer, the substantially transparent layer is located on the back side; and a dark layer, the dark layer contains an aperture and is applied to the substantially transparent layer wherein a combination of the mirror, the substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined reflectivity and a combined color when viewed from the front side which causes a media display device to vanish when the media display device is off and is mounted over the aperture on the back side of the mirror.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a mirror, the mirror has a transmissivity, a reflectivity, a front side, and a back side;
- a substantially transparent layer, the substantially transparent layer is located on the back side;
- and
- a dark layer, the dark layer contains an aperture and is applied to the substantially transparent layer wherein a combination of the mirror, the substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined reflectivity and a combined color when viewed from the front side.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a mirror, the mirror has a transmissivity, a reflectivity, a front side, and a back side;
- a substantially transparent layer, the substantially transparent layer is located on the back side;
- a dark layer, the dark layer contains an aperture and is applied to the substantially transparent layer wherein a combination of the mirror, the substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined reflectivity and a combined color when viewed from the front side;
- and
- a media display device, the media display device is positioned over the aperture and on the back side, such that when the mirror is viewed from the front side and the media display device is in the off state, an aperture color and an aperture reflectivity of the mirror in combination with the substantially transparent layer and the media display device are substantially the same as the combined reflectivity and the combined color wherein the media display device substantially vanishes when viewed from the front side;
- and when the media display device is in an on state it is visible when the mirror is viewed from the front side.
A method comprising:
- applying a dark layer of material to a substantially transparent layer of material wherein an aperture is formed during the applying such that no dark layer exists within the aperture;
- adhering the substantially transparent layer, after the applying, to a back side of a mirror, wherein a combination of the mirror, the substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined color and a combined reflectivity when viewed from a front side of the mirror.
A method comprising:
- adhering a substantially transparent layer of material to a back side of a mirror;
- applying a dark layer of material to the substantially transparent layer wherein a color of the dark layer has been selected to resemble a color of a media display device when the media display device is in an off state;
- and
- forming an aperture in the dark layer during the applying such that no dark layer exists within the aperture, wherein a combination of the mirror, substantially transparent layer, and the dark layer have a combined color and a combined reflectivity when viewed from a front side of the mirror, wherein the media display device substantially vanishes when viewed from the front side;
- and when the media display device is in an on state it is visible when the mirror is viewed from the front side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.