Patent №
US 7,199,857
Granted
2007-04-03
Filed 2005
Owner
REGAL CINEMEDIA CORPORATION
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Lab
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AI components
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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.
AI classification
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.