Mirror unit and light source for illumination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528695-B2
Application number	US-201114348233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

An illuminated makeup mirror set includes: a mirror unit; a surface light source with adjustable color that is used to illuminate a makeup subject; a setting unit for setting illumination conditions with the surface light source according to an input operation; an adjustment unit for adjusting color and brightness of the surface light source according to the illumination conditions set by the setting unit; a speaker; and a playback unit that stores a plurality of musical pieces as data, plays a musical piece selected from the plurality of musical pieces according to the illumination conditions and time of illumination with the surface light source, and causes the speaker to output the selected musical piece as a reproduced sound.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An illumination set including a mirror, comprising:
surface light sources disposed in a fringe of the mirror;
a setting unit configured to set a luminosity for the surface light sources according to an input operation;
an adjustment unit configured to adjust the surface light sources according to the luminosity set by the setting unit;
an output unit outputting a reproduced sound and being disposed in the fringe of the mirror;
side plates disposed at side edges of the mirror; and
a processing unit configured to selectively play a musical piece selected from a plurality of musical pieces according to the luminosity of the surface light sources, wherein the setting unit is configured to select one luminosity for the surface light sources from a plurality of preset luminosities according to the input operation and set the selected luminosity.

2. The illumination set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the surface light sources are disposed on the one or more side plates.

3. The illumination set according to claim 1 , wherein a loudspeaker as the output unit is disposed on the side plates.

4. The illumination set according to claim 1 , further comprising a flexible hinge mechanism configured to attach the side plates to a side edge of the mirror such that an angle of the side plate with respect to the mirror is adjustable.

5. The illumination set according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit is disposed at positions below the surface light sources without being disposed behind the mirror.

6. An illumination set including a mirror, comprising:
surface light sources;
a setting unit configured to set a luminosity for the surface light sources according to an input operation;
an adjustment unit configured to adjust the one or more surface light sources according to the luminosity set by the setting unit;
a processing unit configured to selectively play a musical piece selected from a plurality of musical pieces according to a time of illumination of the surface light sources;
side plates disposed at side edges of the mirror;

and
an output unit configured to output the selected musical piece as a reproduced sound, wherein the output unit is disposed on the side plates.

7. The illumination set according to claim 6 , comprising:
a storage configured to store the plurality of musical pieces as data,
wherein the processing unit is configured to select the musical piece from the plurality of musical pieces stored in the storage.

8. The illumination set according to claim 6 , further comprising a recognition unit configured to recognize a degree of progress of makeup application on a subject image that is reflected in the mirror,
wherein the processing unit is further configured to obtain a degree of progress from the recognition unit as information corresponding to the measured illumination time, select a musical piece corresponding to the degree of progress from a group of musical pieces that correspond to the measured illumination time, and play the selected musical piece.

9. The illumination set according to claim 6 , wherein the setting unit is configured to select one luminosity for the surface light sources from a plurality of preset luminosities according to the input operation and set the selected luminosity.

10. The illumination set according to claim 6 , further comprising a flexible hinge mechanism configured to attach the side plates to a side edge of the mirror such that an angle of the side plate with respect to the mirror is adjustable.

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

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title

• F21V33/0056

  Audio equipment, e.g. music instruments, radios or speakers · CPC title

• H04R2201/025

  Transducer mountings or cabinet supports enabling variable orientation of transducer of cabinet · CPC title

• A47G1/02

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

• F21V33/004 Primary

  Sanitary equipment, e.g. mirrors, showers, toilet seats or paper dispensers · CPC title