US 7,551,354 B2
Mirror with built in display
Jan B. A. M. Horsten, Eindhoven (Netherlands); Johannes Johanna Van Herk, Eindhoven (Netherlands); and Markus Cornelis Jakobus Lazeroms, Vroenhoven-Riemst (Belgium)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Appl. No. 10/545,988
PCT Filed Feb. 09, 2004, PCT No. PCT/IB2004/050088
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 17, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/074886, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 02, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 03100400 (EP), filed on Feb. 20, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0164725 A1, Jul. 27, 2006
Int. Cl. G02B 27/28 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 359—485  [359/609] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mirror comprising:
an at least partly reflecting layer,
a polarizing mirror in a first area of the mirror through which a display device can be viewed, and
an aperture in the reflecting layer at the first area of the mirror,
wherein the reflecting layer covers a second area of the mirror, and the first area is configured to transmit light from the polarizing mirror.