US 8,300,046 B2 · Attraction system and attraction providing method

Abstract

A theater (54) can be divided into a plurality of booths (64) by booth partition walls (68). By moving the booth partition walls (68), the plurality of booths (64) are combined to form a combined theater (66). When the theater (54) is divided in the plurality of booths (64), each booth (64) provides a booth picture in which images of visitors seated in the booth (64) are incorporated as characters. The combined theater (66) provides a combined-theater picture with the use of screens (70) of all the booths (64). Each booth (64) provides a default picture when a fault occurs in the function of generating a booth picture.

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Dependent claims

An attraction system comprising:

a theater;
a booth partition member for partitioning the theater into a plurality of booths, wherein each of the plurality of booths comprises a plurality of seats;
a partition moving mechanism for moving the booth partition member to combine the plurality of booths to form a combined theater;
and
a plurality of picture sending apparatuses provided for the plurality of booths, respectively;
and wherein,
when the theater is divided in the plurality of booths, each of the plurality of picture sending apparatuses sends a booth picture of the corresponding booth;
when the plurality of booths are combined and the combined theater is formed, a combined theater picture is formed by a plurality of adjacent partial theater pictures sent out from the plurality of picture sending apparatuses;
and
the booth picture of the booth is a picture in which an image of a visitor seated in the corresponding booth is incorporated as a character;
wherein each of the plurality of picture sending apparatuses provided for the plurality of booths provides an attraction picture including the booth picture and the partial theater picture;
the attraction system further comprises:
a plurality of attraction picture generation apparatuses provided for the plurality of booths, respectively, each of the plurality of attraction picture generation apparatuses generating the booth picture of the corresponding booth;
a plurality of default picture storage sections provided for the plurality of booths, respectively, for storing a default booth picture in which the image of the visitor is not incorporated but a default character image is incorporated;
and
a plurality of fault detection sections provided for the plurality of booths, respectively, for detecting occurrence of a fault which disables generation of the booth picture;
and wherein,
when the fault is detected by the fault detection section, the picture sending apparatus provides the default booth picture and the partial theater picture in the booth where the fault has been detected, and the picture sending apparatus provides the booth picture and the partial theater picture in the booth where the fault has not been detected.

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An attraction system comprising:

a theater;
a booth partition member for partitioning the theater into a plurality of booths, wherein each of the plurality of booths comprises a plurality of seats;
a partition moving mechanism for moving the booth partition member to combine the plurality of booths to form a combined theater;
and
a plurality of picture sending apparatuses provided for the plurality of booths, respectively;
and wherein,
when the theater is divided in the plurality of booths, each of the plurality of picture sending apparatuses sends a booth picture of the corresponding booth;
when the plurality of booths are combined and the combined theater is formed, a combined theater picture is formed by a plurality of adjacent partial theater pictures sent out from the plurality of picture sending apparatuses;
and
the booth picture of the booth is a picture in which an image of a visitor seated in the corresponding booth is incorporated as a character;
wherein a plurality of said theaters are provided, the plurality of theaters are partitioned by a theater partition member, the theater partition member being a removable member, and the plurality of theaters are arranged so that the visitors of the plurality of theaters meet face to face when the theater partition member is removed;
the plurality of theaters are arranged in parallel, each of the plurality of theaters being individually provided with a function of providing an attraction picture and a function of moving the booth partition member;
and
the attraction system comprises a control apparatus capable of, when a fault which disables provision of an attraction occurs in one of the plurality of theaters, stopping the functions of the theater where the fault has occurred and continuing the operation of the functions of the theater where the fault has not occurred.

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An attraction system comprising:

a theater;
a booth partition member for partitioning the theater into a plurality of booths, wherein each of the plurality of booths comprises a plurality of seats;
a partition moving mechanism for moving the booth partition member to combine the plurality of booths to form a combined theater;
a plurality of picture sending apparatuses provided for the plurality of booths, respectively;
an emergency stop switch and a moving mechanism emergency stop switch;
a control apparatus connected to the emergency stop switch;
and
a moving mechanism control apparatus connected to the moving mechanism emergency stop switch and controlled by the control apparatus;
and wherein,
when the theater is divided in the plurality of booths, each of the plurality of picture sending apparatuses sends a booth picture of the corresponding booth;
when the plurality of booths are combined and the combined theater is formed, a combined theater picture is formed by a plurality of adjacent partial theater pictures sent out from the plurality of picture sending apparatuses;
the booth picture of the booth is a picture in which an image of a visitor seated in the corresponding booth is incorporated as a character;
when the emergency stop switch operates, the control apparatus controls the moving mechanism control apparatus to form the combined theater by moving the booth partition member, and move and remove a screen of the theater, and the control apparatus further lights a lighting apparatus and an emergency guide light;
and
when the moving mechanism emergency stop switch operates, the moving mechanism control apparatus prohibits the booth partition member and the screen of the theater from being moved.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description18,971 words

Summary3,054 words

#The present invention relates a picture-providing-type attraction system, and in particular to an attraction system capable of increasing the pleasure of visitors.

#Various attraction systems have been installed in event sites, amusement parks and the like to give enjoyment to visitors. Such attraction systems include a system for providing a picture in a theater and the like. This kind of system is referred to as a picture-providing-type attraction system in this specification. There is also a system in which another element is combined with provision of a picture (for example, a ride is combined with a picture). Such a system is also included in the picture-providing-type system in this specification.

#The picture-providing-type attraction system provides an impressive picture by making full use of state-of-the-art picture techniques. For example, by utilizing a three-dimensional CG (computer graphic) image, the visitor's feeling as if he/she were in the picture can be increased, and reality or virtual reality is provided.

Brief description of the drawings20 figures

#FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an attraction system of an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an attraction picture generation apparatus and an image scenario storage server;

#FIG. 3 is a plane view of a facility for the attraction system;

Detailed description15,566 words

#Detailed description of the present invention will be given below. However, the detailed description below and accompanying drawings do not limit the present invention. Instead, the scope of the invention is specified by accompanying CLAIMS.

#In this embodiment, the image of a visitor's face is taken into an attraction picture as a visitor image. First, the configuration related to generation and provision of an attraction picture will be described. Then, an example of an attraction system suitable for a facility which seats a lot of visitors will be described.

#FIG. 1 shows the attraction system of this embodiment. The attraction system 10 includes a three-dimensional scanner 12, an image processing PC 14, an attraction picture generation apparatus 16, an image scenario storage server 18, a picture sending apparatus 20 and a screen 22.

Facts

Application

13/185,814Filed 19 Jul 2011 · division

Published

US 2011/0302850 A115 Dec 2011

Granted

30 Oct 2012

Term ends

21 May 2028

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification10 codes

A63J 3/00
Equipment for, or arrangement of, circuses or arenas
A63G 31/00
Amusement arrangements
A63G 31/16
Amusement arrangements: creating illusions of travel
A63J 1/00
Stage arrangements

Family

PCT/JP2005/017057Parent of this division · filed 15 Sep 2005

US 2011/0302850 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Dec 2011

Application12/066,988Parent of this division

US 2009/0241433 A1Published application

US 8,537,154 B2Related patent

US 8,300,046 B2This patent

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Timeline

19 Jul 2011Application filedUS 13/185,814
15 Dec 2011PublishedUS 2011/0302850 A1
30 Oct 2012GrantedUS 8,300,046 B2
18 Feb 2015Assigned to Dentsu Tec, Inc.change of address
16 Feb 2016Assigned to Dentsu, Inc, Dentsu Tec, Incassignment of assignor's interest
6 Jul 2017Assigned to Dentsu Live Inc.change of name
16 Jan 2023Assigned to Dentsu Group Inc.change of name
19 Jan 2023Assigned to Dentsu Inc.assignment of assignor's interest
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
21 May 2028Term endsEstimated

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