Method and system for reducing vibration of motion-enabled chairs
USRE47822E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
In a building equipped with a plurality of motion-enabled chairs such as a movie theatre, the vibration of the motion-enabled chairs adds up and may damage the foundation of the building especially at the resonance frequency. The present application describes a system and method for controlling the resulting vibration by introducing an alteration such as a delay or an inversion in the motion signals sent to the motion-enabled chairs. This delay causes the vibration of some motion-enabled chairs to be de-phased from the vibration of the other motion-enabled chairs. Whereby, the intensity (magnitude) of the resulting vibration is reduced. Control of the motion-enabled chairs may be done centrally through a central controller, or locally at selected motion-enabled chairs.
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