Digital control unit for projector automation systems
US7199857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2005 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B31/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A projector automation system for controlling one or more controlled systems having functionality that is responsive at least in part to automation control signals. The automation system interacts with a digital projector having a control port and a film projector having a cue sensor that generates cue signals. A film-based cinema automation component receives the cue signals and generate at least some of the automation control signals to the one or more controlled systems. A second cinema automation component has a first interface coupled to the control port of the digital projector and the first cinema automation system. The second cinema automation component includes means for generating at least some of the automation control signals to the one or more controlled systems either autonomously, semi-autonomously, or in response to commands from an external scheduling system.
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