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US 2018/0279797 A1Published application
Systems and methods for simultaneously controlling cinema seats
AssigneeTheatre FX, LLC
InventorsDavid J. Havell, Ken Barton, Aaron Best, Alex Ferro, Tim Hayford
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Abstract
This invention relates to theater seating, and more particularly to simultaneously controlling a plurality of seats in a theater comprising a user interface and transmitter that can be used to control various elements of the seat, and a receiver and motor control unit attached to each theater seat. In some embodiments, a signal transmitter operated by an individual at a theater may simultaneously control the various elements of any group of seats.
Claims5
A system for simultaneously controlling multiple reclining theater chairs comprising:
- a transmitter unit comprising a switch or button;
- a receiver unit structured to receive a signal from the transmitter unit;
- a control unit coupled to the receiver unit and to a motor driver for modifying the configuration of an individual theater seat, wherein the receiver comprises a radio unit for receiving a signal from the transmitter, a processor and control module structured to assimilate the received signal into motor instructions to be sent to the motor driver to change the configuration of the theater seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.