Reversible Digital Mirror With Eye-Level Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is currently no full-size means for users to view themselves in a non-inverted manner, unlike handheld devices which can provide virtual reflections and flip images.
Innovation Solution
A digital mirror apparatus and method that includes a screen, an imaging device hidden behind the screen, a processor, and memory with instructions to capture images, determine eye-level height, move the imaging device, render a mirrored image, and display it on the screen, allowing users to view themselves in a non-inverted way.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional mirror is used, then the user can view their reflection in real-time, but the image is inverted (front-to-back)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a camera to capture an image of the user and displays a mirrored version of this captured image on a screen, rather than using a conventional mirror reflection. This copying approach allows the system to present a non-inverted view of the user while maintaining real-time visualization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system captures a standard image and then applies digital mirroring to create the reflected view, effectively inverting the processing approach compared to conventional mirrors. By capturing first and then mirroring digitally, the system achieves a non-inverted display of the user.
2Ease of operation
If handheld devices are used to view reflections, then the user can see a non-inverted image, but the device size is limited and not full-size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a full-size digital copy of the user's appearance by capturing their image with a camera and displaying it on a full-size screen. This digital copying approach eliminates the size limitations of handheld devices while maintaining the ability to display non-inverted images.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from the physical reflection dimension of conventional mirrors to a digital display dimension, allowing full-size visualization with flexible image orientation control that isn't constrained by physical mirror properties.
3Shape
If the imaging device is positioned behind the screen, then the mirror appearance is maintained, but the imaging device cannot capture images at eye-level without movement mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable imaging device that can adjust its position along a vertical track, transitioning from a static to a dynamic positioning system. This allows the imaging device to capture images at various heights including eye-level while maintaining the mirror appearance when positioned behind the screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The vertical track serves as an intermediary mechanism that enables the imaging device to move between different positions (behind the screen for mirror appearance and at eye-level for capturing images) while maintaining the illusion of a fixed mirror to the user.
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AI summary
An apparatus for selectively displaying a reverse image of a user includes a screen configured to display images, an imaging device hidden behind the screen, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to capture the first image of a user, determine an eye-level height of the user based on the captured first image, move the imaging device to the determined eye-level height of the user, capture a second image of the user at the eye-level height of the user, render a mirrored image of the second image based on the vertical axis of the imaging device, and display the rendered mirrored image on the screen.