Entertainment video information system having a multiplane screen

• US 4,962,420 A
• Filed: 01/15/1988
• Issued: 10/09/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ussr, Moscow Teatr Polifonicheskoi Dramy
• Original Assignee: Teatr Polifonicheskoi Dramy
• Inventors: Judenich, Gennady I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Oberley, Alvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Svihla, Randall S.
• Application Number:
  US07/174,989
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 52/6, 160/88, 272/10, 272/11, 272/22, 340/717, 352/43, 352/69, 352/70, 350/117, 350/123, 350/125, 353/10, 353/30, 353/94, 353/119, 353/122, 358/56, 358/60, 358/87, 358/93, 358/104, 358/230, 358/231
• US Class Current: 348/744
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/406 for theatres, stages or film studios
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/00 Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor devices for changing pictures G03B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 37/04 with cameras or projectors providing touching or overlapping fields of view
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/32 by projected image G09B9/307, G09B9/36 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3147 Multi-projection systems displays in general H04N9/12; video walls G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026

Abstract

A video information system includes a screen (1) having at least two cells (2-5, 14-16) rotatable in at least one direction and forming a three-dimensional multi-plane screen system changeable in space. Information from at least one projector is fed to two or more cells (2-5). Video information is presented in an in-depth three-dimensionally unfolding space. The system also has the capability of producing simultaneous changes in time, and the screen system can be efficiently combined with scenery attributes. The video information can be fed to the cells of the screen in the form of front or rear projection.

Claims

1. A video information system comprising a multisectional screen (1) having three cells (2, 3, 4) for receiving and displaying dedicated information sent by at least one projector (69) to a selected combination of the cells, wherein at least two cells (2-4) of said multisectional screen (1) are movable in space in at least one direction and form at least one three-dimensional multi-plane screen system capable of varying in space, a first cell being a transverse cell (4) located at the top of and across said multisectional screen (1) and being rotatable about an axis (8) arranged parallel to an upper edge of the multisectional screen (1), the other two cells being longitudinal cells (2, 3).

2. A video information system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first transverse cell (4) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable up and/or down with respect to the longitudinal cells (2, 3).

3. A video information system as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein each longitudinal cell (2, 3) of the multisectional screen (1) is rotatable about an axis (6, 7) arranged along a respective lateral edge of the multisectional screen (1).

4. A video information system as claimed in claim 3, wheein each longitudinal cell (2,3) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable along a plane of the multisectional screen (1).

5. A video information system as claimed in claim 3, wherein each cell (2-4) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the multisectional screen (1).

6. A video information system as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein each longitudinal cell (2, 3) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable along a plane of the multisectional screen (1).

7. A video information system as claimed in claim 6, wherein each cell (2-4) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the multisectional screen (1).

8. A video information system as claimed in any one of claim 1 or 2, wherein each cell (2-4) of the multisectional screen (1) is movable in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the multisectional screen (1).

9. A video information system comprising a multisectional screen (12) having at least four cells (2-4, 14-16) for receiving and displaying dedicated information sent by at least one projector to a selected combination of the cells, wherein at least two cells (2-4, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) are movable in space in at least one direction and form at least one three-dimensional multi-plane screen system capable of varying in space, a first cell being a transverse cell (4) located at the top of and across the entire multisectional screen (12) and being rotatable about an axis (8) arranged along an upper edge of the multisectional screen (12), other cells (2-3, 14-16) being longitudinal cells.

10. A video information system as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one longitudinal cell (2, 3, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is movable along a plane of the multisectional screen (12).

11. A video information system as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one cell (2-4, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is movable in a direction perpendicular to a plane of said multisectional screen (12).

12. A video information system as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one cell (2-4, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is movable up and/or down.

13. A video information system as claimed in claim 11, wherein each longitudinal cell (2, 3 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is rotatable about a respective axis (6, 7) arranged parallel to a lateral edge of said multisectional screen (12).

14. A video information system as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one cell (2-4, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is movable up and/or down.

15. A video information system as claimed in claim 14, wherein each longitudinal cell (2, 3, 14-16) of the multisectional scrren (12) is rotatable about a respective axis (6, 7) arranged parallel to a lateral edge of said multisectional screen (12).

16. A video information system as claimed in claim 9, wherein each longitudinal cell (2, 3, 14-16) of the multisectional screen (12) is rotatable about a respective axis (6, 7) arranged parallel to a lateral edge of said multisectional screen (12).

17. A video information system comprising a multi-sectional screen having at least two cells for receiving and displaying dedicated information sent by at least one projector to a selected combination of the cells, wherein at least two cells of the multisectional screen are movable in space in at least one direction and form at least two three-dimensional multi-plane screen systems arranged parallel to one another, one after another, and capable of varying in space.

18. A video information system according to claim 17, wherein first and second systems of said at least two three-dimensional multi-plane screen systems are respectively arranged along at least parts of the perimeters of first and second curvilinear surfaces, wherein the radius of curvature of the second curvilinear surface is larger than the radius of curvature of the first curvilinear surface.