SPECIAL EFFECT APPARATUS

• US 20150105167A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CJ 4dplex Company Limited (CJ CGV Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: CJ 4dplex Company Limited (CJ CGV Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Min Jong, Chun, Ho Young
• Application Number:
  US14/352,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20150105167A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 472/57
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 25/00 Equipment specially adapted for cinemas cinematographic projection means G03B
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/025 Devices for making mist or smoke effects, e.g. with liquid air for camouflage F41H9/06

Abstract

The present invention relates to a special effect apparatus for virtually creating various disastrous situations in scenes of movies shown at 4D theaters, and more particularly, to a special effect apparatus which can maximize vividness and reality in scenes of movies by providing visual effects similar to actual scenes when the scenes of movies shows various disasters, fire, a volcano erupting, war, sparks, a flash of light, bomb terrorism, and the likes. The special effect apparatus includes: a smoke generator for generating smoke; and a porous plate which has a plurality of holes through which smoke passes, and which has a predetermined pattern formed by a plurality of the holes, wherein the smoke generated from the smoke generator is emitted through the porous plate, such that a smoke effect can be provided by creating smoke into a form that is suitable for a specific scene in a movie.

Claims

1. A special effect apparatus comprising:

a smoke generator for generating smoke; and

a porous plate having a plurality of holes for passing the smoke, a plurality of the holes being arranged in a certain pattern,

wherein the smoke generated from the smoke generator is created into a smoke form suitable for a specific situation in a scene of a movie while being emitted through the porous plate.

2. The special effect apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a smoke spraying unit for introducing the smoke generated from the smoke generator;

a fan for evenly spreading the smoke introduced into the smoke spraying unit and emitting out the smoke through the porous plate; and

a controller for controlling operations of the smoke generator and the fan.

3. The special effect apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

lighting means for applying light of a predetermined color to the smoke sprayed through the porous plate so as to provide a lighting effect.

4. The special effect apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lighting means is an LED lighting device.

5. The special effect apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the porous plate is formed in a honeycomb shape or in a mesh shape.

6. The special effect apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the porous plates having a predetermined shape are spaced apart from one another at predetermined intervals.

7. The special effect apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the porous plates are varied in shape, size and thickness of the holes and in intervals between the holes and are formed in a certain pattern.

8. The special effect apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the fan is mounted under the porous plate.

9. The special effect apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of the fans are arranged at certain intervals.

10. The special effect apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of the fans are arranged densely.

11. The special effect apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the fan is selectively controlled in rotational speed by the controller.

12. The special effect apparatus according to claim 4, wherein ON-Off action, color and brightness of the LED lighting device is controlled by the controller.