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US 5,611,174 AGranted
Dome theater
OwnerMasahiko Hayashiinventor
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Abstract
According to the present invention, an image projected on a dome shaped screen or reproduced on an image producing apparatus of a dome shape can be viewed through windows of spectator compartments with highly realistic and panoramic effects.
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A dome theater comprising:
- compartments arranged horizontally and vertically in an array, each compartment having a front side with a window;
- a domed image producing system having a substantially hemispherical display surface;
- said substantially hemispherical display surface being disposed in front of the windows of the compartments such that a plane tangent to a center thereof is substantially vertical to allow spectators in the compartments to view an image through the windows;
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- said compartments having back sides, opposite said windows, with passages therein for access to the compartments.
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A dome theater comprising:
- one or more compartments, each having a window arranged in the front thereof;
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- a domed image producing system having a substantially hemispherical display surface;
- said substantially hemispherical display surface being disposed in front of one or more compartments such that a plane tangent to a center thereof is substantially vertical to allow spectators in said one or more compartments to view an image through said windows.
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A theater comprising:
- viewing compartments in a vertical array;
- said viewing compartments having viewing apertures disposed in front sides thereof;
- access means for accessing said viewing compartments;
- a domed image producing system having a semi-spherical display surface, the semi-spherical display surface being less than a hemisphere;
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- said semi-spherical display surface being bounded along a first edge thereof by a horizontal plane substantially normal to said vertical array of viewing compartments and along a second edge by said vertical array.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.