Patent ID: 7562985

Claim:
A mirror assembly comprising: a reflective element having a view side and a non-viewing side, arranged to reflect light incident on the a viewing side and to transmit light ( 4 ) incident on a non-viewing side; a display device located at the non-viewing side of the reflective element ( 2 ) for displaying a display image; a focusing element for focusing the display image onto an image plane that does not coincide with the location of the display device, wherein the mirror assembly further includes, means for capturing an image of a user located at the viewing side of the reflective element, and a processor for processing said user image to form the display image by superimposing a silhouette corresponding to the user image onto a second image and removing the data corresponding to the second image in the area coinciding with the silhouette, such that the user sees his or her own reflection in the reflective element superimposed with part of the second image.