Illuminated makeup mirror set and method of controlling light source

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9338859-B2
Application number	US-201114348210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

An illuminated makeup mirror set includes: a mirror unit; a surface light source for illumination with adjustable color and adjustable brightness; a memory unit in which illumination conditions corresponding to a plurality of scenes are stored; a detection unit for detecting the color and brightness of ambient light at an installation position of the makeup mirror set; a selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of scenes according to an input operation; an acquisition unit for acquiring, from the memory unit, illumination conditions corresponding to the scene selected through the selection unit; and an adjustment unit for adjusting the color and brightness of the surface light source according to the color and brightness of the ambient light detected by the detection unit and the illumination conditions acquired by the acquisition unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An illuminated makeup mirror set having a mirror unit, comprising:
a surface light source for illumination with adjustable color and brightness of an image of a person reflected in a mirror surface of the mirror unit under the ambient light when the surface light source is turned off;
a memory unit in which illumination conditions corresponding to a plurality of scenes are stored, the illumination conditions including color and brightness of the person in each of the plurality of scenes;
a detection unit for detecting color and brightness of ambient light at an installation position of the makeup mirror set;
a selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of scenes according to an input operation;
an acquisition unit for acquiring, from the memory unit, the illumination conditions corresponding to the scene selected through the selection unit; and
an adjustment unit for adjusting the color and brightness of the surface light source according to the color and brightness of the person detected by the detection unit and the illumination conditions acquired by the acquisition unit.

2. The illuminated makeup mirror set according to claim 1 , wherein
the surface light source comprises a plurality of surface light sources,
the memory unit stores illumination conditions for each of the plurality of scenes for each of the plurality of surface light sources, and
the adjustment unit adjusts the color and brightness of each of the plurality of surface light sources according to the color and brightness of the person detected by the detection unit and the illumination conditions acquired by the acquisition unit for each of the plurality of surface light sources.

3. The illuminated makeup mirror set according to claim 1 , wherein
the illumination conditions include the color and brightness of each of the scenes, and
the adjustment unit adjusts the color and brightness of the surface light source according to the differences between the color and brightness of the person detected by the detection unit and the color and brightness of the illumination conditions acquired by the acquisition unit.

4. The illuminated makeup mirror set according to claim 3 , wherein
the adjustment unit adjusts the color and brightness of the surface light source such that differences between the color and brightness of the person detected by the detection unit and the color and brightness of the illumination conditions acquired by the acquisition unit are cancelled.

5. A method of controlling a light source in an illuminated makeup mirror set including a mirror unit and a surface light source for illumination with adjustable color and adjustable brightness, the method comprising:
a detection step of detecting color and brightness of an image of a person reflected in a mirror surface of the mirror unit under ambient light when the surface light source is turned off;
a selection step of selecting one scene from the plurality of scenes according to an input operation;
an acquisition step of acquiring, from a memory unit in which illumination conditions corresponding to a plurality of scenes are stored, the illumination conditions corresponding the scene selected through the selection step, the illumination conditions including color and brightness of the person in each of the plurality of scenes; and
an adjustment step of adjusting the color and brightness of the surface light source according to the color and brightness of the person detected in the detection step and the illumination conditions acquired in the acquisition step.

6. An illumination set having a mirror, comprising:
a surface light source configured to provide adjustable brightness;
a detection unit configured to detect brightness of ambient light;
a selection unit configured to select one of a plurality of scenes according to an input operation;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire an illumination condition, including brightness under ambient light of a subject image that is reflected in the mirror, corresponding to a selected scene; and
an adjustment unit configured to adjust the brightness of the surface light source according to a detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror and the acquired illumination condition.

7. The illumination set according to claim 6 , wherein the surface light source comprises a plurality of surface light sources, and
the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the brightness of each of the plurality of surface light sources according to the detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror and the acquired illumination condition for each of the plurality of surface light sources.

8. The illumination set according to claim 6 , further comprising a memory unit configured to store illumination conditions corresponding to the plurality of scenes,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires the illumination condition from the memory unit.

9. The illumination set according to claim 6 , wherein the illumination condition includes the brightness of each of the plurality of scenes, and
the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the brightness of the surface light source according to the difference between the detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror and the brightness of the acquired illumination condition.

10. The illuminated set according to claim 9 , wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the brightness of the surface light source such that the detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror is made substantially equal to the brightness of the acquired illumination condition.

11. The illumination set according to claim 7 , wherein the illumination condition includes the brightness of each of the plurality of scenes for each of the plurality of surface light sources, and
the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the brightness of each of the plurality of surface light sources according to a difference between the detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror and the brightness of the acquired illumination condition for each of the plurality of surface light sources.

12. The illumination set according to claim 7 , further comprising a memory unit configured to store illumination conditions for each of the plurality of scenes for each of the plurality of surface light sources,
wherein the acquisition unit acquires the illumination condition for each of the plurality of surface light sources from the memory unit.

13. The illuminated set according to claim 11 , wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the brightness of each of the plurality of surface light sources such that the detected brightness of the subject image that is reflected in the mirror is made substantially equal to the brightness of the acquired illumination condition for each of the plurality of surface light sources.

Assignees

• Adachi Kazufumi
• Ida Kazunaga
• Ito Taku
• Nakamura Harumi
• Kitamura Meiji
• Nakamura Takeshi
• Sato Yosuke
• Shinohara Takuo
• Pioneer Corp
• Pioneer Tohoku Corp

Inventors

• Adachi Kazufumi
• Ida Kazunaga
• Ito Taku
• Nakamura Harumi
• Kitamura Meiji
• Nakamura Takeshi
• Sato Yosuke
• Shinohara Takuo

Classifications

• A47G1/00

  Mirrors (as optical elements G02B5/08); Picture frames or the like, {e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means} · CPC title

• G01J1/4204

  with determination of ambient light (solar light G01J2001/4266) · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• G01J3/505

  measuring the colour produced by lighting fixtures other than screens, monitors, displays or CRTs · CPC title

• A47G1/02 Primary

  Mirrors used as equipment (hand, pocket, or shaving mirrors A45D42/00; {optical viewing means for vehicles B60R1/00}) · CPC title