Automated Theater Warning Technique
AssigneeGvbb Holdings S.A.R.L.
InventorsJames Edward Pearce, John Robert Naylor, Stephen Burnside
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Abstract
An automated theater warning technique makes use of a digital cinema projection system to provide a display of a visual message indicative of an emergency condition. Upon receipt of a trigger generated in response to an emergency condition, the digital cinema projection system automatically switches from displaying the feature presentation to displaying the visual message. The digital cinema projection system can advantageously display different messages responsive to different conditions.
Claims14
A method for automatically displaying a predetermined visual image in a facility, comprising the steps of:
- detecting whether one of a plurality of prescribed conditions has occurred;
- selecting among a plurality of warning messages an appropriate warning message corresponding to the detected condition;
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- initiating the display of the selected warning message by a digital cinema system in place of a feature presentation responsive to the detected condition warranting display of the message.
3-4. (canceled)
The method according to claim 4 wherein the warning message further includes information of facility exits.
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A digital cinema projection system comprising:
- a storage file for storing at least a first file containing at least part of a feature presentation and a plurality of warning messages each corresponding a separate prescribed condition;
- a digital projector;
- a processor controlling the projector and responsive to detection of whether one of a plurality of prescribed conditions has occurred for (1) selecting one of the plurality of warning messages corresponding to the detected condition and (2) causing the digital projector to cease execution of the first file and initiate display the selected warning message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.