US 12,393,112 B2
Systems and methods for controlling a plumbing fixture, smart mirror, and the like using projected images
Kevin Peel, Gloucester (GB); Craig Fitton, Cheltenham (GB); Nigel Sansum, Gloucester (GB); and Chanseol Chung, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/396,602.
Application 18/396,602 is a continuation of application No. 17/237,713, filed on Apr. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,852,963.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,019, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0210806 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 30/56 (2020.01); A47G 1/02 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)
CPC G03B 21/2053 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mirror assembly, comprising:
an interior portion;
a wall comprising an exterior reflective surface, at least a portion of the wall configured to allow light to pass from the interior portion through the wall; and
a light source and a lens located within the interior portion;
wherein the lens is arranged to receive light from the light source and to direct such light through the portion of the wall so as to project an image beyond the exterior reflective surface,
wherein the interior portion further comprises a plate supporting a stencil, wherein the plate is located between the light source and the lens such that the light source projects light through the stencil of the plate and toward the lens thereby defining the projected image, and
wherein the stencil includes structure defining a plurality of pass-through portions, each pass-through portion being positioned at a different distance from the light source than the other pass-through portions to provide a 3D depth for the projected image.