Sensory simulator

• US 5,496,220 A
• Filed: 06/02/1994
• Issued: 03/05/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brad Engstrand
• Original Assignee: Brad Engstrand
• Inventors: Engstrand, Brad
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kien T.
• Application Number:
  US08/253,094
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 472/60, 472/59, 472/61, 472/130, 472/135, 434/55
• US Class Current: 472/60
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 2005/002 moving the spectator's body
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/00 Auxiliaries for producing special effects on stages, or in circuses or arenas
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/02 for teaching control of vehicles or other craft

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and a method for interactively experiencing a recording. At least one seat is provided which moves in a plane simultaneously either through active participation of the viewer through movement of a joystick or passively by a signal recorded on the recording medium. The recording medium includes a motion signal provided to a controller for actuating release and supply of air to pneumatic cylinders moving the at least one seat simultaneously in the same plane in a maximum degree of movement. The recording medium may also include video and/or audio signals for displaying an image on a screen which moves in the same plane as the seat.

Claims

1. A system for recording and playing back motion recorded on a medium, the system comprising:

a bracket with at least one seat mounted on the bracket;

a plurality of pneumatic cylinders mounted on a level base and extending to the bracket;

a controller selectively controlling supply and release of air to the plurality of pneumatic cylinders, the controller responsive to a signal on the medium wherein the signal is indicative of a desired position of the at least one seat and further corresponds to the recorded motion on the medium; and

a screen mounted on the bracket facing the at least one seat, the screen displaying an image recorded on the medium wherein the bracket has a first leg holding the at least one seat and a second leg, the second leg holding the screen.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein at least two of the plurality of pneumatic cylinders are secured at each of both ends of the first leg and further at an end of the second leg, the six pneumatic cylinders simultaneously operative to control motion of the at least one seat and the screen on the bracket.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a housing formed by a plurality of walls defining an interior at least partially enclosing the at least one seat and the screen.

4. A system for recording and playing back motion recorded on a medium, the system comprising:

a bracket with at least one seat mounted on the bracket;

a plurality of pneumatic cylinders mounted on a level base and extending to the bracket; and

a controller selectively controlling supply and release of air to the plurality of pneumatic cylinders, the controller responsive to a signal on the medium wherein the signal is indicative of a desired position of the at least one seat and further corresponds to the recorded motion on the medium and the bracket has a first leg holding the at least one seat and a second leg perpendicular to the first leg wherein at least two of the plurality of pneumatic cylinders are secured at each of both ends of the first leg and further at an end of the second leg, the six pneumatic cylinders simultaneously operative to control motion of the at least one seat and the screen on the bracket.