US 11,852,963 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); and Kohler Mira Ltd., Cheltenham (GB)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,019, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333699 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 30/56 (2020.01); A47G 1/02 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 21/2053 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)] 21 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 perspective of the projected image, relative to a user, is modifiable based on data received from one or more sensors.