The present invention relates to an illuminated makeup mirror set including a mirror unit and a light source for illumination.
When makeup (including hair styling) is put on a model or actress, illumination is necessary to clearly reflect the process of the makeup in a mirror. One known illumination light fixture is a so-called Hollywood light fixture including a plurality of light sources arranged in a row. An illuminated makeup mirror set including a makeup mirror and Hollywood light fixtures disposed on opposite sides of the makeup mirror has been commercially available as a makeup case. In these Hollywood light fixtures, the light sources used are generally incandescent lamps, which are point light sources.
Other known devices include: a device having illumination light sources disposed in at least one of the upper, lower, left, and right circumferential edges of a front mirror surface of a front mirror body of a three-way mirror (Patent Document 1); and a makeup unit having a makeup mirror and a lighting fixture with adjustable illumination characteristics (Patent Document 2). In the device in Patent Document 1, the light sources used are LED (light-emitting diode) point light sources. In the unit in Patent Document 2, RGB lamps are used so that emission color is changed.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-272333
Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-125114
In the conventional illuminated makeup mirror set using Hollywood light fixtures, incandescent lamps are used as the light sources, as described above. Therefore, the size of the set is large, and it is inconvenient to carry the set. In addition, since the color of illumination cannot be changed, it is difficult to obtain optimal illumination conditions.
In the conventional illuminated makeup mirror set using point light sources such as LEDs or light bulbs, the point light sources are dazzling because the light therefrom directly enters the eyes, and this causes much pain when makeup takes a long time.
One example of problems to be solved by the present invention is the above-described drawback, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an illuminated makeup mirror set that produces optimal illumination conditions and is easily portable.
An illuminated makeup mirror set in an invention according to claim 1 comprises: a mirror unit having a mirror surface; a side plate having attached thereto a surface light source for illumination with adjustable color; and a controller for driving the surface light source according to an input operation and adjusting emission color and brightness of the surface light source, wherein the side plate is foldably connected to a side edge portion of the mirror unit such that an angle between the mirror surface and the side plate is adjustable.
An illuminated makeup mirror set in an invention according to claim 8 comprises: a mirror unit having a mirror surface; a side plate having attached thereto a surface light source for illumination with adjustable color; and a controller for driving the surface light source according to an input operation and adjusting emission color and brightness of the surface light source, wherein the side plate is connected to a side edge portion of the mirror unit and is slidable with respect to the mirror unit so as to overlap the mirror unit.
Embodiments of the present invention will next be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The vertical length of each of the side plates 12 and 13 is the same as the vertical length of the mirror unit 11, but the horizontal length of each of the side plates 12 and 13 is equal to or less than ½ of the horizontal length of the mirror unit 11.
Four organic EL (Electro Luminescence) panels (surface light sources) 25a to 25d and four organic EL panels 26a to 26d are vertically arranged on and attached to the surfaces of the side plates 12 and 13, respectively. The organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d are identical and have a square shape of, for example, 13 cm×13 cm.
The support 14 includes an elliptical flat base 14a and a strut 14b, and the strut 14b is vertically connected to the base 14a. The strut 14b of the support 14 is detachably connected to the mirror unit 11 to support the mirror unit 11 including the side plates 12 and 13. For example, a connection hole (not shown) is formed in a lower portion of the mirror unit 11. The top portion of the strut 14b is inserted into the connection hole, and the support 14 is thereby connected to the mirror unit 11.
In the makeup mirror set in
The side plates 12 and 13 can respectively be folded as shown in
The support 14 can be detached from the mirror unit 11 to separate the support 14 from the mirror unit 11 and the side plates 12 and 13. Then the side plates 12 and 13 can be folded with respect to the mirror unit 11 as described above, whereby the makeup mirror set can be easily conveyed.
Next, a description will be given of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d in the makeup mirror set in
Each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d is a full-color illumination light-emitting panel, and stripe-shaped organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B with emission colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) are formed on a glass substrate 51, as shown in
Each of the organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B has a structure in which an anode 52, a hole injection layer 53, a hole transport layer 54, an RGB light-emitting layer 55R, 55G, or 55B, an electron transport layer 56, and a cathode 57 are stacked in that order. The organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B are partitioned by banks 58. Bus lines 59 are formed on the anodes 52 of the respective organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B, and the anodes 52 are energized through the bus lines 59. Each anode 52 is formed of, for example, an ITO film formed by sputtering and having a thickness of 70 nm. Each hole injection layer 53 is formed of CuPc and has a thickness of 20 nm. Each hole transport layer 54 is formed of NPB and has a thickness of 20 nm. Each R (red) light-emitting layer 55R is formed of CPB as a host material and Ir(phq)2tpy as a dopant. Each G (green) light-emitting layer 55G is formed of CPB as a host material and Ir(ppy)3 as a dopant, and each B (blue) light-emitting layer 55B is formed of PAND as a host material and DPAVBi as a dopant. The thicknesses of the RGB light-emitting layers 55R, 55G, and 55B are 40 nm. Each electron transport layer 56 is formed of CsxMoOx-doped NBphen and has a thickness of 30 nm. Each cathode 57 is formed of an Al film having a thickness of 70 to 100 nm. The internal structure of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d is only an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
The makeup mirror set in
The memory 63 and the operation unit 64 are further connected to the controller 62. Programs and data necessary for the control by the controller 62 are stored in the memory 63. The operation unit 64 is provided as a wired or wireless remote controller and instructs the emission color and brightness of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d according to the input operation by the user. After the user operates a power button 70 in the operation unit 64 to turn the power on, the emission color and brightness of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d can be controlled independently according to the input operation by the user through the operation unit 64. The operation unit 64 includes, in addition to the power button 70, an organic EL panel selection button 71, R-level, G-level, and B-level increment buttons 72R, 72G, and 72B, and R-level, G-level, and B-level decrement buttons 73R, 73G, and 73B, a memory button 74, scene buttons 75a to 75e, and a turn on-off button 76, as shown in
For example, one of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d is selected when the organic EL panel selection button 71 is pressed. Each time the organic EL panel selection button 71 is pressed, one of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d is selected in prescribed order. The RGB values (0 to 255) for the selected organic EL panel are adjusted by operating the increment buttons 72R, 72G, and 72B and the decrement buttons 73R, 73G, and 73B. When any of the increment buttons 72R, 72G, and 72B is pressed, the corresponding one of the RGB values increases. When any of the decrement buttons 73R, 73G, and 73B is pressed, the corresponding one of the RGB values decreases. When the increment button 72R or the decrement button 73R in the operation unit 64 is operated to change the R value, the controller 62 sets the driving current for the red-emitting organic EL elements 50R in the selected organic EL panel according to the R value and supplies the driving current to the red-emitting organic EL elements 50R. Similarly, when the increment button 72G or the decrement button 73G in the operation unit 64 is operated to change the G value, the driving current corresponding to the G value is supplied to the green-emitting organic EL elements 50G. When the increment button 72B or the decrement button 73B is operated to change the B value, the driving current corresponding to the B value is supplied to the blue-emitting organic EL elements 50B. The emission color and brightness of the selected organic EL panel can be set through the above operation. The emission color and brightness of the other organic EL panels can be set in a similar manner. By setting the emission color and brightness of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d in the manner described above, an illumination environment with a color corresponding to the scene of the activity of the makeup subject whose image is reflected in the mirror surface of the mirror 21 can be produced.
The relations between the RGB values and the driving currents are pre-stored as data in the memory 63, and the controller 62 reads the driving currents for the RGB values from the memory 63 and uses the values of the driving currents to drive the organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B. An indicator for displaying the selected organic EL panel and the set RGB values may be provided in the operation unit 64 or the makeup mirror set body (any of the mirror unit 11 and the side plates 12 and 13).
When the memory button 74 is operated for a prescribed time or longer, the controller 62 writes the current RGB values of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d in the memory 63 as user-set data associated with the organic EL panels.
For each of a plurality of scenes, RGB values for each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d are pre-stored as data in the memory 63. Examples of the scenes include an office, a hotel lounge, a dinner party, a fashion show, and an outdoor location. For each of the scenes, RGB values corresponding to the optimal emission color and brightness of each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d are stored as data in the memory 63. The number of the scene buttons 75a to 75e provided is the same as the number of the plurality of scenes. When the scene button 75a, for example, is operated, the controller 62 reads the data of the scene corresponding to the scene button 75a (i.e., the RGB values for the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d) from the memory 63. The controller 62 supplies driving currents to the RGB emitting organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d according to the read data. Therefore, when the scene button 75a is operated, illumination conditions suitable for the scene corresponding to the scene button 75a can be produced. The operation executed when one of the other scene buttons 75b to 75e is operated is the same as that for the scene button 75a.
When the memory button 74 is operated for a time shorter than a prescribed time, the controller 62 reads the user-set data from the memory 63 and supplies driving currents to the RGB emitting organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d according to the read data. Therefore, the illumination conditions preset by the user can be produced immediately through the operation of the memory button 74.
Before the turn on-off button 76 is operated, one of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d must be selected through the operation of the organic EL panel selection button 71. When the turn on-off button 76 is operated with one organic EL panel selected, the controller 62 reads a turn on-off flag for the one organic EL panel from the memory 63. When the turn on-off flag is 0 (initial value) representing “on,” the current RGB values of the one organic EL panel are written in the memory 63 as data immediately before the one organic EL panel is turned off, and the driving of each of the organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the one organic EL panel is stopped. Then the turn on-off flag for the one organic EL panel in the memory 63 is changed to 1 representing “off.” More specifically, when the turn on-off button 76 is operated with the one organic EL panel turned on, no driving current flows into each of the organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the one organic EL panel, and the one organic EL panel is turned off.
When the turn on-off button 76 is operated with the selected one organic EL panel turned off, the controller 62 reads the turn on-off flag for the one organic EL panel that represents 1 (corresponding to off) from the memory 63 and also reads the data of the one organic EL panel immediately before it was turned off from the memory 63. The controller 62 supplies driving currents to the RGB emitting organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the one organic EL panel according to the read data of the one organic EL panel immediately before it was turned off and changes the turn on-off flag for the one organic EL panel in the memory 63 to 0 representing “on.” More specifically, when the turn on-off button 76 is operated with the one organic EL panel turned off (i.e., not emitting light), the driving currents used immediately before the one organic EL panel was turned off are supplied to the organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the one organic EL panel, and the one organic EL panel resumes the turned-on (i.e., light-emitting) state immediately before it was turned off.
Each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d in their turned-off state functions as a mirror surface because the Al film of the cathode 57 reflects light. In
As described above, the illuminated makeup mirror set in the invention according to claim 1 includes a mirror unit having a mirror surface and side plates to which surface light sources for illumination with adjustable color are attached. Therefore, the makeup subject is not dazzled even when the intensity of the illumination provided is the same as that when point light sources are used, so that the makeup can be applied under good illumination conditions for a long time. In addition, since the surface light sources for illumination with adjustable color are provided, an illumination environment with a color corresponding to the scene of the activity of the makeup subject can be produced. Since the side plates are foldably connected to the side edge portions of the mirror unit such that the angles between the side plates and the mirror surface are adjustable, the image of the makeup subject can be clearly reflected in the mirror surface with no shade. When the side plates are folded with respect to the mirror unit, the makeup mirror set can be easily carried with the surface light sources attached.
In the embodiments described above, the RGB values for each of the organic EL panels are designated by the input operation by the user through the operation unit 64 to drive the color organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in the each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d. However, the emission color and brightness of each of the organic EL panels may be designated by the input operation by the user through the operation unit 64. In this case, the RGB values are computed according to the emission color and brightness to drive the color organic EL elements 50R, 50G, and 50B in each of the organic EL panels 25a to 25d and 26a to 26d.
As described above, the illuminated makeup mirror set in the invention according to claim 8 includes a mirror unit having a mirror surface and side plates to which surface light sources for illumination with adjustable color are attached. Therefore, the makeup subject is not dazzled even when the intensity of the illumination provided is the same as that when point light sources are used, so that the makeup can be applied under good illumination conditions for a long time. In addition, since the surface light sources for illumination with adjustable color are provided, an illumination environment with a color corresponding to the scene of the activity of the makeup subject can be produced. The side plates are connected to the side edge portions of the mirror unit and are slidable with respect to the mirror unit so as to overlap the mirror unit. Therefore, in a state in which the side plates overlap the mirror unit, the makeup mirror set can be easily carried with the surface light sources attached.
In each of the above-described embodiments of the present invention, the surface light sources are disposed on the left and right sides of the mirror surface of the mirror unit. However, another surface light source may be disposed above the mirror surface. For example, as shown in
11, 81 Mirror unit
12, 13, 82, 83 Side plate
14, 84 Support
15 Hinge mechanism
25, 26, 25a to 25d, 26a to 26d, 95a to 95d, 96a to 96d Organic EL panel
50R, 50G, 50B Organic EL element
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2011-216737 | Sep 2011 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/JP2012/075151 | 9/28/2012 | WO | 00 | 3/26/2014 |