Large format theater design

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10907371-B2
Application number	US-201515529924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 30, 2014
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

Theater designs including social media, and theater entrances configured to draw patrons into a main area of the theater including an entrance having a curved wall and curved walkway having a horizon drop-off for display of content related to a motion picture or other feature to be shown in the theater. The content may be interactive or otherwise linked to patrons passing a hallway including the curved wall. Spatialized sound corresponding to the video “moves” with objects in the video and with patrons as they traverse walkway.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A theater, comprising:
an entrance;
an auditorium having a main screen and seating;
a corridor connecting said auditorium to said entrance;
wherein said corridor is curved whereby a patron entering the auditorium traverses a curved path from said entrance to said auditorium;
wherein said corridor includes at least one curved wall and the at least one curved wall comprising a curved screen; and
an image is formed upon the curved screen by a plurality of image projectors positioned in the corridor such that when patrons enter the corridor, the patrons have a partial view of the image up to a first line and do not have a view of the remaining portion of the image beyond the first line.

2. The theater of claim 1 , wherein said seating is stadium style seating, and said main screen comprises a screen sized to afford viewing to all patrons in the seating.

3. The theater of claim 1 , wherein said at least one curved wall is recessed and highlighted above and below the curved screen.

4. The theater of claim 1 , wherein said corridor comprises first and second side walls, each of which are curved.

5. The theater of claim 3 , wherein said at least one curved wall includes accent lighting for highlighting said corridor.

6. The theater of claim 5 , wherein said accent lighting comprises upper and lower accent lighting.

7. The theater of claim 1 , wherein said auditorium further comprises first accent lighting for highlighting the interior of said auditorium.

8. The theater of claim 7 , wherein said first accent lighting comprises upper and lower accent lighting.

9. The theater of claim 7 , further comprising at least one walkway connecting said corridor to said auditorium, and wherein said auditorium comprises at least one side wall.

10. The theater of claim 9 , wherein said first accent lighting comprises a substantially uniform and continuous highlighting of said walkway along said at least one side wall to said curved screen.

11. The theater of claim 7 , wherein said corridor includes a second curved wall that includes second accent lighting for highlighting said corridor.

12. The theater of claim 11 , wherein said first and second accent lighting guide a patron through said corridor into said auditorium.

13. The theater of claim 12 , wherein said second accent lighting comprises upper and lower accent lighting.

14. The theater of claim 13 , wherein said entrance includes third accent lighting whereby a patron entering the theater is guided by said highlighting of said first, second and third accent lighting from said entrance, through said corridor, to said auditorium, and said screen.

15. The theater of claim 1 , wherein said auditorium includes a front area and a curved rear wall, and further comprising a walkway connecting said curved rear wall to said front area.

16. The theater of claim 15 , wherein said auditorium, said corridor, and said walkway include accent lighting for highlighting the areas thereof.

17. The theater of claim 1 wherein the curved screen having a horizon drop-off for display of content.

18. The theater of claim 17 wherein the drop-off of the curve screen is affected by the curvature of the curved screen.

19. The theater of claim 17 wherein the content displayed on the curved screen comprises content related to a motion picture shown in the theater.

20. The theater of claim 19 wherein content displayed on the curved screen is interactive with the patrons.

21. The theater of claim 1 wherein curved screen displays moving objects that are synchronized with sounds that are spatially associated with the moving objects.

Assignees

• Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp

Inventors

• Gorny Douglas J
• Oehl Wilhelm
• Voron Vincent
• Herman David
• Burlock Donald
• Sijen Pascal
• Kukshtel Christopher Roy
• Cuson C Matthew
• Robinson Charles Q

Classifications

• E04H3/30

  Constructional features of auditoriums · CPC title

• E04F19/02

  Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves (for protecting edges of plaster E04F13/06) · CPC title

• E04H3/00

  Buildings or groups of buildings for public or similar purposes; Institutions, e.g. infirmaries or prisons · CPC title

• G03B21/56

  Projection screens · CPC title

• E04H3/12

  Tribunes, grandstands or terraces for spectators · CPC title