The invention relates to a system to activate 4D effects for occupants in seats, including a thermal camera to capture a thermal image of the 4D seats, and a server to determine the occupancy of the 4D seats from the thermal image and to control the 4D seats. It also relates to a method of activate 4D effects based on seat occupancy, including receiving a baseline thermal image of seats, defining a bounding box in the baseline thermal image of the seats, storing the bounding box and the baseline thermal image, acquiring an occupancy thermal image of the seats, removing the baseline thermal image from the occupancy thermal image, locating people in the occupancy thermal image, determining occupancy of the seats, and activating the effects based on seat occupancy.

The present invention relates to systems and methods of delivering fluid from one or more armrests of seat systems. In a feature, the system includes a seat support assembly with armrests with one or more fluid nozzles mounted on one or more of the armrests, a fluid delivery system coupled to the one or more fluid nozzle(s), wherein the fluid nozzles are mounted on an end of the armrest that slopes upward to direct fluid toward the viewer. In another feature, the system includes a seat support assembly with air outlet(s) on an armrest coupled to a fan, which reduces the load on the fluid delivery system. In another feature, the system includes a controller (e.g., a network server) configured to communicate on and off commands that correspond to events on a timeline of a movie to actuate the fluid delivery system to deliver fluids to the outlets.

A drive apparatus of a chair assembly for a 4D theater according to the present disclosure includes: a lower plate which is in contact with the ground; an upper plate which is positioned above the lower plate so as to be spaced apart from the lower plate; a first actuator which is positioned at a left portion between the lower plate and the upper plate; a second actuator which is positioned at a right portion between the lower plate and the upper plate; and a spline device, in which the spline device is installed to be positioned on a vertical centerline of the lower plate, and the first actuator is installed to have a predetermined first angle with respect to a horizontal centerline of the lower plate.

An entertainment venue comprising a performance area and a spectator area surrounding the performance area, wherein the spectator area includes a static spectator portion and a dynamic spectator portion, the dynamic spectator portion including a track substrate defining a continuous loop around the performance area, a plurality of spectator pods adapted for movement around the loop relative to the track substrate; and a platform located adjacent to the track substrate, wherein each pod is spaced from and not physically connected to a neighboring pod; and each pod includes at least one proximity sensor connected to a controller, the controller being adapted to maintain a predetermined minimum spacing between adjacent pods when the pods are in motion and/or detect a foreign object located between adjacent pods.

A theater area includes audience seating that faces outwardly in an inverted-theater-in-the-round arrangement towards a ring-shaped performance stage. The performance stage is designed to rotate around the audience area so that each section of the audience can see each part of the stage at different times.

The present invention provides a performance system with a multi-projection environment including a stage installed for a performance and a plurality of projection surfaces arranged around the stage and arranged so as not to be parallel to each other, in which synchronized images are projected on the plurality of projection surfaces.

The present invention relates to a motion chair included in a 4D theater and a motion chair control system for controlling a plurality of the motion chairs. More specifically, the present invention relates to a motion chair, including a control unit configured to receive control data from an operating server and selectively control some or all of effect device control units, the effect device control units configured to correspond to one or more effect devices and to independently control corresponding effect devices under the control of the control unit, and the effect devices for implementing special effects, and a system for controlling the motion chairs.

The present invention relates to a system and method for collecting, by a single server, an overall situation of theaters operating in various areas nationwide or all over the world, for example, state information, maintenance and repair information about each theater, and theater information of screening-related devices and for enabling a user to control a plurality of theaters using such pieces of information. To this end, the present invention includes a theater server included in each theater and a control server configured to receive a variety of pieces of information from the theater server and process the information.

A platform dynamic vehicle, comprising a vehicle body (100), the vehicle body (100) moving on a rail track by means of vehicle wheels (110) on the bottom of the vehicle body, a bracket (200) being arranged vertically on the vehicle body (100), the upper part of the bracket (200) being connected movably to a viewing platform (400), a plurality of rows of viewing seats (300) being disposed on the viewing platform (400), a seat drive apparatus used for driving the viewing seats (300) to tilt forwards or recline backwards being disposed on the viewing seats (300), a platform drive apparatus used for driving the viewing platform (400) to rotate on the X axis, Y axis, and Z axis being disposed on the viewing platform (400), and a vehicle drive apparatus used for driving the vehicle body (100) to move along the rail track being disposed on the vehicle body (100). When seating in the dynamic vehicle, viewers can change viewing position with the movement of the vehicle body, thereby changing the viewing space, and the viewing platform (400) and viewing seats (300) can also move, such that the viewer can obtain more viewing space and a larger viewing range.

A system for providing motion signals indicative of a motion to be performed by the motion platforms synchronously with video images comprising an input interface for extracting a motion signal from the input signal. A server provides a network address to each motion platform. A motion platform interface has control ports connected to arrays of motion platforms. Each motion platform being connected one to another by a wired connection according to a control protocol. The motion platform interface individually actuates each of the motion platforms by providing a client motion signal to each motion platform comprising the motion signal with a respective network address. Each motion platform is managed according to a respective feedback signal comprising the provided network address of each motion platform.