ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,577, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to simplehuman LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Vanity mirror with hidden sensor" was invented by Ryan Wong (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a mirror assembly having a housing, a first mirror, a second mirror, a light source, and a sensor assembly. The first mirror can be positioned within an opening of the housing. The front surface of the second mirror can be coupled to a rear surface of the first mirror. The light source can be disposed on or at least partially around the first mirror. The sensor assembly can be positioned between a rear surface of th...