Movable screen
AssigneeRobocoaster Limited
InventorGino De-Gol
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Abstract
A movable screen apparatus suitable for use in a themed entertainment environment. The movable screen apparatus includes a screen and a base configured for movement over surface. The movable screen apparatus includes a guidance arrangement and a drive arrangement, wherein said guidance and drive arrangements are operable, in use, to move the screen apparatus along a pre-defined looped path. The looped path is defined by a physical track which is contactable by the guidance arrangement.
Claims21
A themed or dark-ride environment comprising a movable screen apparatus comprising a screen and a base configured for movement over a surface, wherein the movable screen apparatus includes a guidance arrangement and a drive arrangement, characterized in that said guidance and drive arrangements are operable, in use, to circulate the screen apparatus around a pre-defined looped path, wherein the looped path is defined by a physical track which is contactable by the guidance arrangement;
- and a passenger conveying apparatus, wherein the movable screen apparatus is movable around the looped path within the themed environment, the passenger conveying apparatus is movable through and themed environment past the looped path, and movement of the passenger conveying apparatus and the display of images on the screen is synchronized with movement of the movable screen apparatus as the passenger conveying apparatus passes the looped path.
The themed or dark-ride environment as claimed in 1 wherein the screen is configured so as to be able to generate images for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.