Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
  • A47F7/19—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for garments
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F11/00—Arrangements in shop windows, shop floors or show cases
  • A47F11/06—Means for bringing about special optical effects
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
  • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
  • A47F7/19—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for garments
  • A47F2007/195—Virtual display of clothes on the wearer by means of a mirror, screen or the like

Definitions

• the present invention relates to composite images obtained by juxtaposition of a living image and a recorded image.
• living image is meant the virtual self-image that any person standing in front of a mirror can observe.
• PCT / FR85 / 0013 describes an installation allowing a client to observe a collection of full-size ornaments.
• typical images are projected onto a screen using a slide projector, a funicular system making it possible to move the projector along a ramp situated opposite said screen, the inclination corresponding to the downward opening angle of the beam of light projected by said projector.
• the screen is a translucent screen which is seen by the person to be dressed in a 45 ° mirror, the projector comprising a crew also provided with a 45 ° mirror moving with it on the ramp and oriented parallel to the screen. .
• the mirror attached to the projector is a flexible plastic mirror, capable of supporting a concave or convex curvature or remaining flat, this in order to obtain the projection onto the screen of a thin, strong or medium body, depending on the diverence of the person being observed, from a standard slide made on a mannequin.
• the object of the present invention is to alleviate this drawback and to allow the realization of an installation allowing the observation of composite images, which is of a compact size compared to the installations known by the aforementioned brief, and allows an observation in day light.
• an installation comprising, inside a cabin, a projector making it possible to scroll through images of objects from a collection, the projector being adjustable in height and in depth, a screen constituted by a semi mirror -transparent, and means of lighting the observer located on the side opposite the projector compared to the semi-transparent mirror, is characterized in that the semi-transparent mirror is a curved mirror, convex on the side of the person carrying out observation.
• the projector is a slide projector projecting images such as those mentioned in the aforementioned patent.
• the projected images are obtained from a television, the largest side of the screen advantageously of which is arranged vertically.
• FIG. 1 and 2 block diagrams showing the device, respectively in the case of a slide projector and in the case of a television;
• FIG. 3 a transparent view of a fitting installation according to the invention;
• the magnification of the convex mirror is negative, so that the face of the person is smaller than the normal face.
• the image projected by the projector 2 (FIG. 1) or by the television 3 (FIG. 2), on the frosted screen 10, must be adapted to the reduction of the image of the person's face.
• the latter must see in the mirror a harmoniously balanced composite image, smaller than the natural image, but of a magnitude sufficient to be able to judge the effect produced by the por of a body adornment such as a garment for example.
• the narrowing of the image makes it possible to obtain an image of greater brightness than in the case where it is an image whose magnification is equal to one, and this image can be observed in ambient light.
• the assembly is the same, except that the slide projector 2 has been replaced by a cathode ray tube 3, the image of which appears in transparency through the mirror 1.
• the face of the person es reduced, and it can observe a virtual composite image arranged in an image plane, at a relatively small distance from the other side of the mirror.
• FIG. 3 represents an installation according to the present invention. It consists of a cabin 4 which is advantageously mounted on casters 5. It is thus very easy to move it inside a store according to needs.
• the cabin has a number of compartments. These compartments are formed by vertical uprights 7, the ends of which are fixed to frames 8
• the person wishing to observe himself is placed in compartment 6.
• the mirror 1 is mounted substantially at equal distance from compartment 6 and from compartment 9 which contains the projection device.
• l semi-reflecting mirror 1 is constituted by a spherical cap whose convex part is directed towards the observer. In order to make the best use of the total surface of the mirror, it is inclined at an angle of about 20 °, so that its upper part is closer to the head of the observer than its lower part.
• the mirror 1 is inclined on an axis 11 which can be displaced in height so as to allow an adjustment of the connection between the living image and the photographic image.
• the projector 2 can be mounted on a funicular, and it is by moving the projector that one obtains an image corresponding to the body of the person engaging in observation, thanks to the presence of the flexible mirror 16 .
• the compartment 6 consists of two vertical flaps or panels, respectively 12 and 13, which can pivot around the uprights 7 to fold down and thus limit the space requirement when the device is not in use.
• One or more spots 14 adjustable in height illuminate, as mentioned above, the face of the observer.
• the spots 14 are fixed on one side of the cabin, one of them directing the light on a mirror (not shown), so that the lighting of the face is uniform and not blinding.
• the cabin 19 of polygonal section is of reduced height and it is mounted on a pivot 18 itself resting on the ground by rollers 5.
• the compartment 9 contains the projector and the optical elements mentioned above, the composite image being formed on the curved mirror 1.
• the observation takes place on a plane mirror 17 inclined on the axis of the mirror 1.
• the adjustment is carried out as previously, using the keyboard 15. While in the previous embodiment, the observation had to be made strictly in the axis of mirror 1, it is possible to observe a suitable composite image under a slight incidence compared to normal. Thus, two or more people can observe the same image at the same time.

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• 1987
  • 1987-10-14 FR FR8714180A patent/FR2622037B3/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
• 1988
  • 1988-10-14 JP JP50882088A patent/JPH02501896A/ja active Pending
  • 1988-10-14 EP EP19880909537 patent/EP0338061A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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