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Virtual window for aircraft

US9787948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2012
Grant dateOct 10, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64D2011/0061
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To create an environment in which the passenger has the same emotion, feel and visual experience that a pilot has with regard to freedom of flight and proximity to the exterior of the aircraft and where passengers have the impression that they are looking out of an actual panoramic window, a “virtual window” includes internal and the external aspects of a real window. The internal part can comprise a folded or flexible high resolution color display that conforms to the internal profile of the aircraft fuselage as if it were an actual window. The external part comprises a paint scheme that is indistinguishable from an actual window and which is placed on the outside of the aircraft fuselage in registry with the conformal display in the aircraft's interior.

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