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Augmented windows

US10834373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HYPERLOOP TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

Dirk Ahlborn · Culver City, US
Jan Heitger · Munich, DE
Diego Fernando Montoya Orozco · Munich, DE
Tiphaine Rousseau · Munich, DE
Dirk Schart · Munich, DE
Wolfgang Stelzle · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2017
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N13/366
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The windowless prototypes of various evacuated tube transportation (ETT) based transportation systems, such as Hyperloop-based transportation systems, has the negative feel of an enclosed space. The lack of any kind of outside reference, the unknown sounds and the tremendous speed of the capsule/pod would surely cause anxiety with several passengers. A representation of the outside world shown within the pod/capsule using augmented windows alleviates this claustrophobic environment. At least for the closest passenger to the window, the illusion of looking out on a landscape is achieved using such augmented windows.

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