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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Kazuo Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuo Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
PIONEER CORPORATION, Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); A47G 1/00 (2006.01); A47G 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 3/252 (2017.01); B60Q 3/80 (2017.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); F21W 131/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/004 (2013.01); A47G 1/00 (2013.01); A47G 1/02 (2013.01); B60Q 3/252 (2017.02); B60Q 3/80 (2017.02); H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H05B 33/0896 (2013.01); A47G 2200/08 (2013.01); F21W 2131/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an illuminated mirror device including: a mirror; a light-emitting part for illumination disposed near the mirror; and driving means for driving the light-emitting part, and detection means for detecting a direction of a face of a person in front of the mirror with respect to the mirror, wherein the driving means controls an emission luminance distribution on a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting part on the basis of the face direction detected by the detection means. Also provided is a method for controlling illumination thereof.