Smart mirror

Abstract

A mirror may include a display adjacent one side of a half-mirror to present content and a controller. The controller is coupled to the display to determine, from biometric information acquired from a sensor, a focal distance of a user facing an opposite side of the half-mirror, present content on the mirror in a first manner and a reflection of the user in a second manner in response to the focal distance corresponding to the display, and present the content on the mirror in a third manner, different than the first manner, and the reflection of the user in a fourth manner, different than the third manner, in response to the focal distance corresponding to the reflection of the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A mirror, comprising:
 a display adjacent one side of a half-mirror to present content;   a controller coupled to the display, the controller to:
 determine, from biometric information acquired from a sensor, a focal distance of a user facing an opposite side of the half-mirror, 
 present content on the mirror in a first manner and a reflection of the user in a second manner in response to the focal distance corresponding to the display, and 
 present the content on the mirror in a third manner, different than the first manner, and the reflection of the user in a fourth manner, different than the third manner, in response to the focal distance corresponding to the reflection of the user. 
   
     
     
         2 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprise a binocular eye sensor. 
     
     
         3 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises an OLED display having a screen disposed against the one side of the viewing screen. 
     
     
         4 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the sensors comprise a camera, and wherein the controller is further to:
 determine from the biometric information an identity of the user, and   customize the content based on the identity.   
     
     
         5 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further to
 determine, from the biometric information, a distance of the user from the mirror, and   present the content on the display at a size which is determined from the distance.   
     
     
         6 . The mirror of  claim 4 , wherein the controller is further to
 determine, from the biometric information, a position of the user with respect to the mirror, and   present the content on the display at an x-y location which is determined from the position.   
     
     
         7 . The mirror of  claim 1 , comprising:
 an additional sensor to acquire environmental information about an environment of the mirror; and wherein the controller is further to
 determine a first brightness level used to present the content on the display in the first manner, and 
 determine a second brightness level, dimmer than the first brightness level, used to present the content on the display in the third manner. 
   
     
     
         8 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the first manner is brighter than the second manner and the third manner. 
     
     
         9 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the second manner is brighter than the fourth manner. 
     
     
         10 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is to present the reflection of the user in the second manner and in the fourth manner by controlling a brightness of the display relative to a brightness of the content. 
     
     
         11 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the content comprises a user interface. 
     
     
         12 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the presenting of the content in the third manner and the user reflection in the fourth manner by the controller comprises the controller powering off the display. 
     
     
         13 . The mirror of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is to determine absence of the user in front of the mirror and is to automatically present the content in the third manner in response to absence of the user. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to direct a processor to:
 determine an optical focal distance of a user substantially facing a mirror having a display that presents content; and   adjust a brightness differential between a brightness of the content and a brightness of portions the display surrounding the content based upon the determined optical focal distance of the user.   
     
     
         15 . The medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions are to further direct the processor to discontinue presentation of the content based upon the determined optical focal distance of the user. 
     
     
         16 . The medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions are to further direct the processor to:
 determine a distance of the user from the smart mirror; and   display the content on the smart mirror at a size which is determined from the distance.   
     
     
         17 . The medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions are to further direct the processor to:
 determine a position of the user with respect to a plane of the mirror, and   display the content on the smart mirror at a location which is determined from the position.   
     
     
         18 . The medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions are to further direct the processor to:
 determine that a gaze position of the user on a half-mirror surface of the smart mirror corresponds, for a predetermined time, to a particular content item displayed on the content, and   perform an action associated with the content item.   
     
     
         19 . The medium of  claim 14 , wherein the instructions are to further direct the processor to:
 determine a presence of an object within a predefined distance from the smart mirror;   determine if the detected object is a person;   in response to the determined object being a person, attempting to identify the person;   in response to the person being identified, displaying content customized to the identified person on the content; and   in response to the person not being identified, displaying generic content on the content.   
     
     
         20 . A method for operating a mirror, the method comprising:
 detecting an optical focal distance of a user substantially facing the mirror;   adjusting a brightness level of a display of the mirror based upon the detected optical distance.