Method for selling motion-actuated seats in movie theaters

A screening room and projection room of a feature-length movie theater comprising:

• a projection system in the projection room;
• a screen in the screening room;
• seats disposed so as to face the screen, the seats providing movement;
• a control interface for receiving access data identifying a portion of seats for which access is sold, and for receiving return signals from any one of the actuated seats to manage the actuated seats from the projection room, the return signal including fault information data issued by one of the actuated seats;
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• a motion simulation system having linear actuators each having an electric motor driving an output shaft, the output shafts of the linear actuators directly connected to some of the seats to move the seats and interfaced to the projection system centrally sending motion data signals to cause individual motion of each said seats so as to remotely and individually send motion data signals to the electric motors of the electrically-powered linear actuators of the seats in synchronization with a feature-length motion picture being projected on the screen as a function of said access data, so as to provide movement to the portion of seats in synchronization with the feature-length motion picture.

A method for operating seats in a first screening room of a movie theater, the seats being actuatable to provide movement in synchronization with video images of a sporting event being projected in the first screening room, comprising the steps of:

• operating a control interface centrally controlling a plurality of the actuated seats individually;
• centrally receiving access data confirming that access is sold for a portion of said seats;
• selectively actuating said portion of the seats from said access data with centrally-sent motion signals while said sporting event is projected in the first screening room, the centrally-sent motion signals causing only said actuated portion of said seats to be individually actuated by electrically-operated linear actuators connected directly to the actuated seats to provide movement in synchronization with the video images of the sporting event;
• selectively non-actuating a remainder of said seats with said centrally-sent motion signals while said motion picture is projected based on said centrally received access data;
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• centrally receiving management signals from any individual one of the actuated seats on the control interface to confirm actuation of said portion of said seats, the management signals including fault information data issued by the individual one of the actuated seat.