Image display method performed by device including switchable mirror and the device
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack a comprehensive solution for displaying a user's image in a switchable mirror while simultaneously presenting information, particularly in applications like makeup assistance, where the user's image and information need to be seamlessly integrated without overlapping.
Innovation Solution
A device that uses a switchable mirror to reflect a user's image and display information, adjusting the mirror's operation based on user input and location, ensuring the image and information do not overlap, and dynamically changing the display location and size of the information to align with the user's perspective, including flipping moving images to match the user's posture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If information is displayed on the switchable mirror, then information visibility is improved, but the user image and information may overlap causing confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The display area on the switchable mirror is segmented into multiple regions: a first region for displaying the user image and a second region for displaying information. The processor determines the position of the user image and dynamically adjusts the position and size of the information display area to prevent overlap between the user image and information, thereby resolving the contradiction between information visibility and avoiding image-information overlap.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the mirror functions as both mirror and screen, then versatility is improved, but the complexity of controlling display areas increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information display area is designed to be dynamic rather than static. The processor continuously determines the position of the user image and adjusts the position and size of the information display area in real-time based on the user's movements and the mirror's switching state. This dynamic adjustment mechanism allows the system to maintain both mirror and screen functions while automatically managing the complexity of display area control.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables a seamless integration of user images and information on a switchable mirror, enhancing user experience in applications like makeup assistance by preventing overlap and ensuring information is displayed in a manner that follows the user's perspective, improving usability and engagement.
Implementation Method 1
A switchable mirror may function as a mirror and as transparent glass according to a voltage applied.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A device including a display configured to display an object at an object display location on the display, the object being associated with information to be provided to a user, and to provide a reflected user image at a reflected user image location on the display; and a processor configured to detect the reflected user image location, and to determine the display location of the object based on the reflected user image location.