ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,432, issued on July 22, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Active aircraft visual cloaking system" was invented by Adam S. Menard (Aledo, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cloaking system for an aircraft is provided. Cameras on the aircraft can detect background colors during flight. Electroluminescent paint on the aircraft can be powered on that resembles the background color. The color and luminescence of the aircraft will allow for dynamic cloaking unachievable by prior art camouflage paint colors."
The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2021, under Application No. 17/161,075.
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