System, device and method for controlling effects in a theatre
AssigneeSimex Inc.
InventorsDavid Gairns, Gabi Hoffknecht
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for controlling a physical effect in a theater, the system comprising: an audio/video (A/V) component, the A/V component being capable of processing A/V media that is associated with data indicating when the physical effect should be activated; a show control device communicably linked to the A/V component, the show control device being capable of translating the data into one or more signals that are capable of causing the physical effect to be activated; and a control assembly communicably linked to the show control device, the control assembly capable of receiving the one or more signals and activating the physical effect in response.
Claims25
A system for controlling a physical effect in a theatre, the system comprising:
- an audio/video (A/V) component, the A/V component being capable of processing A/V media that is associated with data indicating when the physical effect should be activated;
- a show control device communicably linked to the A/V component, the show control device being capable of translating the data into one or more signals that are capable of causing the physical effect to be activated;
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- a control assembly communicably linked to the show control device, the control assembly capable of receiving the one or more signals and activating the physical effect in response,
- wherein the show control device further comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- identify a plurality of media clips that are capable of being played in a theatre;
- provide a user interface that allows a first selection of the plurality of media clips to be included in a first show that is to be shown in the theatre;
- receive, via the user interface, input that indicates an order in which the first selection of media clips are to be played during the first show;
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- store data indicating that the first selection of media clips, when played in the indicated order, forms the first show that is to be shown in the theatre.
A show control device for facilitating maintenance of a plurality of components that provide effects in a theatre, the show control device comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- identify a maintenance pattern that indicates a sequence of signals to be transmitted by the show control device;
- according to the maintenance pattern, send a first signal to activate a first effect in the theatre;
- delay sending a second signal to activate a second effect in the theatre, wherein the duration of the delay is determined according to the maintenance pattern;
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- after the delay, send the second signal to activate the second effect in the theatre.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.