ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,001, issued on June 23.

"Immersive crystal ball 3D visual projection device" was invented by Wenyi Zou (Meizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An immersive crystal ball 3D visual projection device is provided, including: a hemisphere body serving as the projection image carrier, featuring a mounting surface and an outer spherical surface; a mounting base with a hemispherical hollow shell structure, connecting with the hemisphere body to form a complete sphere; wherein the mounting base includes a mounting cavity housing a display screen and a control unit, with the display screen's viewing surface facing the mounting surface t...