DIGITAL CONTROL UNIT FOR PROJECTOR AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

Patent №

US 7,199,857

Granted

2007-04-03

Filed 2005

Owner

REGAL CINEMEDIA CORPORATION

+3 more

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11099099

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.

PlanningG03B 21/32G03B 21/50G03B 31/00

AI classification

Planning0.58
Vision0.38
AI hardware0.00
Speech0.00
Natural language0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00

Ownership

REGAL CINEMEDIA CORPORATION

assignment · 164550179

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

correct · 244970607

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH

correct · 358420960

NEW RCI HOLDINGS, INC.

assignment · 645230611

Assignors

PAIGE, ROBERT F., SCHMIDT, THOMAS J., THIESTE, CHRISTOPHER H.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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