US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 22 for "Virtual window for aircraft fuselage" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,794, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Virtual window for aircraft fuselage" was invented by Zhongzhe Dong (Beijing), Kevin Julian Chang (Arlington, Va.) and Weiqiang Liu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection based virtual window system of an aircraft includes a hull, a transparent lens, a projection system, and a controller. The hull is mounted to an interior wall of a passenger cabin of the aircraft. The hull is positioned over a hole in the interior wall. The transparent lens is secured between the hull and the interior wall and includes a touch sensing layer embedded within. The p...