ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,578, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Active display interior vehicle surfaces" was invented by Scott Adams (Everett, Wash.), Edward Ryan Greene (Charleston, Wash.) and Kjersta Larson-Smith (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for providing a display inside a vehicle are presented. The techniques can include: providing an electrophoretic surface integrated into an internal component of the vehicle, where the electrophoretic surface is flame resistant, and where the electrophoretic surface is configured to display an image within the vehicle; and controlling the electrophoretic sur...