WO2019203588A1

WO2019203588A1 - Theater having mezzanine floor structure equipped with motion chairs

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Publication number: WO2019203588A1
Application number: PCT/KR2019/004685
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jeong Ho Chae; Mun Yong Song; Sung Min Im; Jae Sung Choi
Original assignee: Cj 4Dplex Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2018-04-18
Filing date: 2019-04-18
Publication date: 2019-10-24

Abstract

Disclosed is a theater equipped with motion chairs and, more particularly, to a theater structure, which enables audiences to have a higher interest and feeling of immersion when watching a movie, by including motion chairs within the theater.

Description

THEATER HAVING MEZZANINE FLOOR STRUCTURE EQUIPPED WITH MOTION CHAIRS

The present invention relates to a theater having a mezzanine floor structure equipped with motion chairs and, more particularly, to a theater structure, which enables audiences to have a higher interest and feeling of immersion when watching a movie, by including motion chairs within a theater having a mezzanine floor structure.

With the development of movie content, the subject that operates a theater develops various techniques in order to provide audiences with more various environments when the audiences watch a movie. As part of such technical development, in addition to the technology in which audiences merely watch a movie with their eyes using motion chairs, an effort to improve a movie watching environment so that the audiences can feel different body stimulation or a different feeling of motion is continuously made.

In most of conventional theaters, only seats fixed to a floor have been disposed. The seats fixed to the floor as described above inevitably have a limit in implementing various motions. Furthermore, the seats have a limit in providing a new screening environment to audiences because the seat array has been determined based on the space structure of the existing theater and thus the seats cannot be extended.

Furthermore, in the existing theaters, seats have been inclined and arrayed so that multiple audiences can watch a movie with their views not blocked on the assumption that a large-sized screen has been installed on the front. Accordingly, the subject that operates the theater cannot efficiently use the space within a theater building because such a theater structure inevitably has an idle space over the seats.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of a conventional theater structure, and is intended to overcome the limit of a conventional theater by introducing top fixed type motion chairs, that is, a chair having the top fixed and a chair which may be installed on a floor into a theater.

Furthermore, the present invention is intended to sufficiently use an idle space within the existing theater using a mezzanine floor structure within the theater along with the introduction of a top or bottom fixed type motion chair.

The present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art and has been invented to solve the above-described technical problems and to provide additional technical elements which may not be easily invented by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

An object of the present invention is to enable an audience to have a feeling not felt in a conventional technology when watching a movie, for example, to feel the state in which the audience floats in the air by introducing a top fixed type motion chair into a theater and thus to improve a feeling of immersion and interest in movie watching. Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a user with more various feelings of motions by implementing a top or bottom fixed type motion chair to enable a motion of a high degree of freedom.

Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to use an idle space not used in a conventional technology by forming a mezzanine floor within a theater and to further improve space utilization using the bottom of a mezzanine floor as the space on which a top fixed type motion chair can be positioned.

An object of the present invention is to improve a feeling of immersion of audiences by positioning a plane or curved screen on the interior face of a theater in addition to the above elements.

Technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described technical objects, and other technical objects not described above may be evidently understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a theater includes a ceiling and a ground. The theater may include one or more mezzanine floors formed between the ceiling and the ground, a motion chair provided within the theater, wherein an audience is seated in the motion chair, and a screen positioned in at least one of the inside faces of the theater.

Furthermore, in the theater, a horizontal viewing angle of audience may be implemented to be 80~100°.

Furthermore, in the theater, the motion chair may include a top fixed type motion chair and a bottom fixed type motion chair. The top fixed type motion chair may include at least any one of a motion chair positioned at the ceiling of the theater or a motion chair positioned at the bottom of the mezzanine floor. In this case, the top fixed type motion chair includes a seating unit, a backrest unit, and a suspending unit. The suspending unit may be installed on a structure positioned over the suspending unit to lift the motion chair.

Furthermore, in the theater, the suspending unit may include a driving unit configured to generate a motion of a corresponding motion chair. In this case, the driving unit may generate at least one motion of pitching, rolling, heaving or yawing of the motion chair.

Furthermore, the theater further includes a rail installed on the ceiling or the bottom of the mezzanine floor. The driving unit may be coupled to the rail in such a way as to slide along the rail.

Furthermore, in the theater, the mezzanine floor may have at least some area made of a transparent material. Furthermore, the screen may be a plane frame or a curved surface screen having curvature in a long-axis direction or a short-axis direction.

The theater may further include a projection apparatus configured to project an image onto the screen. In this case, the projection apparatus may include a wide angle lens or a fisheye lens.

In another embodiment of the present invention, a theater includes a ceiling and a ground. The theater may include a first mezzanine floor isolated over the ground, a second mezzanine floor formed between the first mezzanine floor and the ceiling, a first motion chair positioned over the first mezzanine floor, wherein an audience is seated in the first motion chair, a second motion chair positioned over the second mezzanine floor, wherein an audience is seated in the second motion chair, and a screen positioned in at least one of the inside faces of the theater.

Furthermore, in the theater, a horizontal viewing angle of each audience may be implemented to be 80~100°.

Furthermore, in the theater, the first motion chair and the second motion chair may include at least any one of a motion chair disposed to hang from the ceiling or the second mezzanine floor or a motion chair positioned on the ground or the bottom of the first or second mezzanine floor.

Furthermore, in the theater, the side section length of the first mezzanine floor may be different from the side section length of the second mezzanine floor.

Furthermore, in the theater, at least any one of the first mezzanine floor or the second mezzanine floor may have a given slope to a horizontal plane.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a theater includes multiple motion chairs on which audiences are seated, a screen configured to display an image for the audiences seated in the motion chair, and a projection apparatus configured to project an image onto the screen. A horizontal viewing angle of each audience may be 80~100°.

Furthermore, in the theater, the theater further includes one or more mezzanine floors formed between the ceiling and ground of the theater. The motion chair may include a top fixed type motion chair positioned in the mezzanine floor and a bottom fixed type motion chair positioned on the ground of the theater.

Furthermore, in the theater, the top fixed type motion chair may include at least any one of a motion chair installed on the ceiling of the theater or a motion chair installed on the bottom of the mezzanine floor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, particularly, the top fixed type motion chair has an effect in that it enables a movie audience to experience various motions in the state in which his or her foot does not touch the bottom.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect in that an idle space which cannot be used in a conventional theater structure can be used as the space for seats.

Furthermore, the theater structure according to an embodiment of the present invention can reduce a cost for building a new theater because it can be implemented by easily remodeling a conventional theater.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and other technical effects not described above may be evidently understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description.

FIG. 1 shows a theater structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, that is, a theater structure including top fixed type motion chairs and mezzanine floors.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed structure of a top fixed type motion chair.

FIG. 3 illustrates a motion of the top fixed type motion chair.

FIG. 4 is a plan view seen of a theater seen from the above.

FIG. 5 shows a theater structure according to another embodiment and shows a theater structure only one mezzanine floor unlike FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 shows another structure of a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows the state in which a plurality of top fixed type motion chairs is arranged on a mezzanine floor.

FIG. 8 shows that a mezzanine floor area of a transparent material has been formed under top fixed type motion chairs.

FIG. 9 shows a screen within a theater and a projection apparatus for projecting an image onto the screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 shows the state of a basic structure for implementing a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 shows the state in which the projection apparatus has been positioned on the basic structure of FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a different structure of a theater seen from the above according to an embodiment of the present invention.

50: bottom fixed type motion chair

100: (top fixed type) motion chair

110: seating unit 120: backrest unit

131: cover unit 133: driving unit

210: first mezzanine floor

230: second mezzanine floor

231: bottom of second mezzanine floor

250: edge area of mezzanine floor

255: safety panel 300: screen

400: projection apparatus 500: ceiling

550: safety bar 600: rail

The details of the objects and technical configuration of the present invention and acting effects thereof will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiments disclosed in this specification should not be interpreted as limiting or being used to limit the scope of the present invention. It is evident to those skilled in the art that a description including the embodiments of this specification has various applications. Accordingly, given embodiments described in the detailed description of the present invention are illustrative for better understanding, and the scope of the present invention is not intended to be restricted by the embodiments.

Functional blocks illustrated in the drawings and described hereunder are only examples of possible implementations. In other implementations, different functional blocks may be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the detailed description. Furthermore, although one or more functional blocks of the present invention are illustrated as separate blocks, one or more of the functional blocks of the present invention may be a combination of various hardware and software elements that execute the same function.

Furthermore, it should be understood that an expression that some elements are "included" is an expression of an "open type" and the expression simply denotes that the corresponding elements are present, but does not exclude additional elements.

Furthermore, when it is said that one element is "connected" or "coupled" to the other element, it should be understood that one element may be directly "connected" or "coupled" to the other element, but a third element may be present between the two elements.

FIG. 1 shows a theater structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, that is, a theater structure including top fixed type motion chairs and mezzanine floors. Referring to FIG. 1, the theater according to an embodiment of the present invention includes top fixed type motion chairs 100,

mezzanine floors

210 and 230, a screen 300, and a projection apparatus 400 for projecting an image onto the screen. In this case, the screen 300 may have a curved surface or a plane shape. Each of the elements is described specifically.

First, the top fixed type motion chair 100 functions as a chair in which an audience can seat when watching a movie. Unlike in the existing theater seat fixed to the ground, in an embodiment of the present invention, the top fixed type motion chair 100 means a chair positioned as if it hangs from another structure within a theater, for example, the ceiling 500 of the theater or the bottom 231 of a mezzanine floor. For example, the

mezzanine floor

210, 230 means a middle floor positioned between floors within a building, and means a middle floor having a narrower bottom area than a normal floor. The mezzanine floor is described specifically later. For example, from among terms described in this specification, a motion chair may be understood as a comprehensive term, including both a top fixed type motion chair and a bottom fixed type motion chair. In some embodiments, a top fixed type motion chair and a bottom fixed type motion chair are separately described.

The top fixed type motion chair 100 may implement various motions through a driving unit in addition to the role of a chair in which an audience can seat. The top fixed type motion chair can provide an audience who is seated in the chair with a sense as if the audience moves in the state in which he or she floats in the air in response to such a motion. The top fixed type motion chair 100 may have the height adjusted to the extent that the feet of an audience seated in the chair do not touch a floor. Accordingly, an audience may have a feeling that he or she moves while riding on an instrument in the air.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed structure of the top fixed type motion chair 100. Referring to FIG. 2, the top fixed type motion chair 100 includes a seating unit 110, a backrest unit 120, and a suspending unit.

The seating unit 110 and the backrest unit 120 have the same configurations as a known chair and a detailed description thereof is omitted. The suspending unit which may be said to be a characteristic element of the top fixed type motion chair 100 is described in detail.

The suspending unit is an element positioned over the backrest unit. The suspending unit has a fixed structure in which the top fixed type motion chair 100 is positioned on the upper side, for example, an element extended from the ceiling or bottom of the mezzanine floor of a theater to lift the corresponding top fixed type motion chair 100. That is, the suspending unit is an element configured to lift a chair from an upper structure unlike in the case where the existing chair is fixed to the ground. Accordingly, a seat having a form different from that of a theater seat according to a conventional technology may be implemented.

The suspending unit may be subdivided into a cover surface 131 and a driving unit 133. As may be seen from FIG. 2, the cover surface 131 refers to a face positioned over the head of an audience to cover the head. The driving unit 133 refers to an element coupled upward from the cover surface 131 to generate a motion of a corresponding top fixed type motion chair 100. A shape of the cover surface 131 may be a curved surface. The settlement unit of the driving unit 133 coupled to the cover surface may be implemented to have the same curved surface as the cover surface 131. If the cover surface 131 and the settlement unit of the driving unit 133 have a curved surface as described above, there is an effect in that a free motion of the top fixed type motion chair 100 can be implemented.

A motion of the top fixed type motion chair 100, which may be implemented by the driving unit 133, may include pitching, rolling, heaving or yawing. Pitching means a motion that the top fixed type motion chair 100 pitches and rolls back and forth. Rolling means a motion that the top fixed type motion chair 100 pitches and rolls left and right. Heaving means a motion that the top fixed type motion chair 100 rises and falls. Yawing means a motion that the top fixed type motion chair 100 turns left and right. In this case, power supplied to the driving unit may be delivered through a cable prepared through the ceiling or the inside of a mezzanine floor. Furthermore, a control signal for controlling the driving unit may also be delivered through the cable.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the top fixed type motion chair 100 may slide along a rail 600 installed on the ceiling or the bottom 231 of a mezzanine floor within a theater. Specifically, the driving unit 133 of the top fixed type motion chair 100 may be coupled to the rail 600 in such a way as to slide. Accordingly, the top fixed type motion chair 100 may be implemented to move back and forth.

FIG. 3 shows use examples using a sliding motion of the top fixed type motion chair 100, and more specifically, shows motions of the top fixed type motion chair 100 that slides when an audience gets on the top fixed type motion chair 100 and gets off the top fixed type motion chair 100.

FIG. 3(a) shows the state in which an audience rides on the top fixed type motion chair 100 and watches a movie. In this case, it may be seen that the top fixed type motion chair 100 has slid along the rail in the front direction of a theater.

In contrast, FIG. 3(b) shows the state in which an audience gets on or off the top fixed type motion chair 100. In this case, the top fixed type motion chair 100 slides in the direction opposite the front direction of the theater and turns 180 degrees so that the audience can get on or off the top fixed type motion chair 100 at a safe position.

[0018] A safety bar 550 is positioned between the area where an audience gets on or off the top fixed type motion chair 100 and the area where the top fixed type motion chair 100 is driven as in FIG. 3. Accordingly, the safety of an audience can be secured.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a theater seen from the above, and shows a horizontal viewing angle of each audience when a plurality of top fixed type motion chairs 100 is arrayed in a form, such as FIG. 4. The horizontal viewing angle of an audience may be determined by the distance between the top fixed type motion chair 100 and a screen 300 and the length l_screen of the screen 300. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the top fixed type motion chairs 100 may be disposed so that the horizontal viewing angle of each audience is 80 degrees to 100 degrees. For example, as may be seen from FIG. 4, the screen 300 and the top fixed type motion chairs 100 may be disposed to form 84 degrees. The horizontal viewing angle means an angle formed between two straight lines from the center point of the motion chair to the left end and right end of the screen 300 as indicated in FIG. 4.

For example, the screen 300 and the top fixed type motion chair 100 may be disposed to implement a horizontal viewing angle of an audience, which is 100 degrees or more (e.g., 120 degrees to 180 degrees). However, in terms of content called a movie, that is, content accompanied by story reading in addition to video, the present invention proposes a theater in which a horizontal viewing angle of 80 degrees to 100 degrees has been implemented in order to induce a feeling of immersion of audiences more effectively. For example, the present invention proposes a theater in which a horizontal viewing angle has been implemented to have a range (±10%) of 10% or more and 10% or less based on 84 degrees, for example, a range (±5%) of 5% or more and 5% or less. For example, the top fixed type motion chair has been illustrated in the above description, but the present invention may also be applied to a bottom fixed type motion chair, that is, a bottom fixed type motion chair installed on the bottom of each mezzanine floor. That is, in the case of the bottom fixed type motion chair, a screen and motion chairs may be disposed so that a horizontal viewing angle of an audience is implemented to have 100 degrees or more. For example, motion chairs and a screen may be disposed to implement a horizontal viewing angle within a preset range based on 80 degrees to 100 degrees, for example, 84 degrees.

The structure and motion of the top fixed type motion chair 100 have been described above. A mezzanine floor, that is, another element within a theater, is described below.

The mezzanine floor is a middle floor formed between a given layer and a next layer or between the ceiling and the floor, and is defined as a middle floor having a smaller bottom area than a normal floor. For example, a mezzanine floor described in this specification is not essentially formed by concrete, and is not limited to any forming method capable of forming a middle floor between the ceiling and floor of a theater regardless of a building material. Referring back to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 shows a theater in which the two

mezzanine floors

210 and 230 have been formed, that is, a three-floored theater, and shows an embodiment in which the first mezzanine floor 210 has been isolated upward from a ground 700 and the second mezzanine floor 230 has been formed between the first mezzanine floor 210 and the ceiling 500.

The top fixed type motion chairs 100 may be arrayed on a mezzanine floor. In this case, the array means the state in which the suspending unit of the top fixed type motion chair 100 has been extended and lifted from a structure surface that faces the top of the mezzanine floor, that is, the ceiling of the theater or the bottom of a different mezzanine floor. Referring to FIG. 1, it may be seen that a plurality of top fixed type motion chairs 100 arrayed on the first mezzanine floor 210 has been installed on the bottom 231 of the second mezzanine floor 230 and a plurality of top fixed type motion chairs 100 arranged on the second mezzanine floor 230 has been installed on the ceiling 500 of the theater.

For example, FIG. 5 shows a theater in which one mezzanine floor has been formed, that is, a theater having two floors. Referring to FIG. 5, only one mezzanine floor 210 is formed within a theater, and thus the theater may be implemented to have a total of two floors. A plurality of top fixed type motion chairs 100 has their tops installed on the ceiling 500 and hangs from the ceiling. FIG. 5 shows that only the top fixed type motion chairs 100 have been lifted on the mezzanine floor, but bottom fixed type motion chairs may also be installed on the mezzanine floor 210.

As the size of a front screen within a theater recently increases, a theater space necessary to install the front screen is also increased. In the existing theater structure, seats are inevitably disposed on the ground horizontally, thereby adding a burden on a continued increase of an idle space.

The mezzanine floor has been proposed to solve an inefficient problem in a conventional theater structure as described above, that is, to use an idle space over seats. If the mezzanine floor is used as in FIG. 1 or 5, there are effects in that more audiences can be accommodated by improving efficiency of the space and the profit of a theater operator can be increased.

A plurality of mezzanine floors formed within a theater may have different width lengths (hereinafter referred to as a "side section length") when viewed from each side. Referring to FIG. 1, the side section length of the first mezzanine floor 210 is shorter than that of the second mezzanine floor 230. The side section length may be different depending on a straight-line distance from the lateral or curved surface screen 300 positioned at the front of a theater. That is, the length of each mezzanine floor may be determined so that a straight-line distance between an audience who is seated in a motion chair for each floor and the lateral or curved surface screen 300 is constant.

At least any one of a plurality of mezzanine floors may be formed to have a given slope to a horizontal surface. Particularly, if motion chairs of a plurality of columns are arrayed in one floor, an audience seated in the back column may not properly watch a screen because the front column blocks the audience's view. In order to solve such a problem, the mezzanine floor may be inclined to lower toward the screen.

FIG. 6 shows another structure of a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a theater in which one mezzanine floor has been formed, that is, a theater having two floors, like FIG. 5. The theater of FIG. 6 may have features, such as 1) the position where a bottom fixed type motion chair 50 fixed to the ground 700 has been positioned and 2) a form and installation aspect of the screen 300.

First, in the case of a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention, as may be seen from FIGS. 1 and 5, the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 may be disposed on the ground 700 (e.g., the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 may be disposed on a mezzanine floor). In order to improve movie watching convenience of audiences who are seated in the chairs fixed to the ground 700, the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 may be disposed at a position distant from the screen by the distance corresponding to about 2/5 of the width length of the screen 300. From FIG. 6, it may be seen that bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 forming a first column have been disposed from a position having a distance D from the screen 300. In this case, the distance D corresponds to the 2/5 value of the width length of the screen 300. For example, assuming that the width length of the screen is 17 m, the D value may be 6.8 m.

In the screen 300 of FIG. 6, a straight line that connects the top and bottom when viewed from the side and the wall of the front of a theater may be inclined to have a given angle θ. The reason why the screen 300 is disposed as much as θ is to allow audiences who are seated in the top fixed type motion chairs 100 to watch an image played back on the screen 300 closer to the front. As may be seen from FIG. 6, if the screen 300 has been vertically positioned as in a conventional technology, audiences who are seated in the upper floor may feel inconvenient in movie watching because they cannot view the screen 300 to the front. Accordingly, such a problem can be solved. Furthermore, from FIG. 6, it may be seen that the bottom of the screen 300 is positioned further lower than screens in conventional theaters. For example, the bottom of the screen 300 may be disposed at the height similar to the ground 700. The reason why the bottom of the screen 300 is positioned at a lower position is for allowing audiences who are seated in the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 to view a screen of a wider area. Accordingly, an audience does not need to view the upper side in an uncomfortable posture while bending his or her neck in order to watch a movie.

Furthermore, if seats are implemented using the top fixed type motion chairs 100 and the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 as in the drawings, there is an effect in that an audience can select a desired seat and watch a movie. Furthermore, if seats are configured using the top fixed type motion chairs 100 and the bottom fixed type motion chairs 50 as described above, there is an effect in that a cost for building a new theater can be reduced because the existing theater in which seats have been configured with only bottom fixed type motion chairs can be easily remodeled.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show the edge area 250 of a mezzanine floor and a plurality of top fixed type motion chairs 100 arrayed over the edge area 250.

Referring to FIG. 7, the edge area 250 of the mezzanine floor may be formed of the bottom of an opaque material. In this case, the safety of an audience can be secured, and an audience may have a less fear of the height. Furthermore, the safety panel 255 may be further extended to the outside of the edge area 250 in order to prevent an audience from suffering a serious injury although the audience drops down from a corresponding top fixed type motion chair 100 while watching a movie.

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment in which the edge area 250 of a mezzanine floor is made of a transparent material. If the edge area 250 is made of a transparent material, there is an effect in that an audience who is seated in the top fixed type motion chair 100 may have a high feeling of thrill unlike in FIG. 7. Furthermore, although not shown in FIG. 8, if the safety panel is made of a transparent material, the safety of an audience can be secured and an audience's view which may be hidden by the existing opaque safety panel can be secured.

The edge area 250 and the safety panel 255 described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8 may be identically formed if bottom fixed type motion chairs are installed on a mezzanine floor.

The mezzanine floor has been described above. A screen and a projection apparatus, that is, different elements of a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention, are described below.

First, the screen is described. The screen 300 within a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a plane shape as in the description of FIG. 6, but is not essentially limited thereto. For example, the screen may have a curved surface. For example, the screen 300 may have curvature of a given size in the long-axis or short-axis direction or may have curvature of a given size in both the long-axis and short axis directions, thus being capable of being implemented in a so-called partial egg shape or partial dome shape. For example, in this specification, a side that belongs to the sides of a screen and that has a relatively loner side is defined as a long axis, and a side that belongs to the sides of a screen and that has a relatively shorter side is defined as a short axis.

Referring to FIG. 9, the screen 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in an egg shape or partial dome shape concavely caved toward seats including motion chairs. If curvature is formed in the long axis or short axis of the screen 300 as described above, there is an effect in that a higher feeling of immersion and a three-dimensional effect can be provided to audiences.

The projection apparatus is described below. The projection apparatus refers to a display device for enlarging and projecting an image onto a screen through an optical lens. Particularly, the projection apparatus 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a lens having a wide angle effect in order to overcome a short projection distance compared to the size of a screen. Furthermore, the projection apparatus 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a fisheye lens for projecting an image onto a curved screen depending on screen curvature. The fisheye lens has a very short focal distance, and is a kind of lens capable of having an effect in that a shape is spherically distorted. The projection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of wide angle lens or a fisheye lens in order to project an image onto a plane or curved surface screen having a short projection distance as described above.

Furthermore, the lens included in the projection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may have magnification of 0.5~0.8:1.

FIG. 10 schematically shows a structure for implementing a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 shows the state in which the projection apparatus 400 has been positioned in such a structure.

FIG. 10 shows a basic structure which may be positioned within a building space in order to implement a theater having the above-described form. For example, the basic structure of FIG. 10 may be an example of a basic structure for implementing a theater having a total of two floors, that is, the ground 700 and the first mezzanine floor 210.

The basic structure may be fabricated to include multiple straight-line or curved type members, and may have a form, such as FIG. 10. The form of the basic structure is described more specifically. From FIG. 10, it may be seen that the member a and member c of the members a, b, and c are not parallel to the long side of a rectangular frame F at the bottom, that is, the member a and member c are inclined at a given angle with respect to the long side of the rectangular frame. A deployment form of such non-parallel members eventually determines a deployment form of motion chairs. For example, as seen from the plan view of FIG. 4, the top fixed type motion chairs 100 within a theater are not disposed in a row for a straight line, but may be disposed in a column of a concave form in order to secure the horizontal viewing angles of audiences and to improve movie watching convenience. The basic structure of FIG. 10 may enable such a column disposition. For example, it is to be understood that all the members a, a', and a'' may be inclined at the same angle compared to the rectangular frame F and may also be inclined at different angles for each floor. The same principle may be applied to members c, c', and c''.

FIG. 11 shows the state in which the projection apparatus 400 has been positioned on a basic structure, such as FIG. 10. In a conventional theater, a separate theater room is positioned behind the theater and projection apparatuses are disposed within the theater room. In contrast, in implementing a theater according to an embodiment of the present invention, the projection apparatus 400 is positioned at the fore part of a mezzanine floor so that an image can be projected onto a screen without the interruption of a path attributable to audiences who are seated in motion chairs.

FIG. 12 schematically showing a different theater shape according to an embodiment of the present invention. The left of FIG. 12 is a plan view of the existing theater. The right of FIG. 12 is a plan view of a theater having a different form according to an embodiment of the present invention. The plan view of the theater on the right is described. In an embodiment of the present invention, a projection apparatus 400a may also be disposed on the side of the theater so that an image is projected onto the side, unlike in the case where in a conventional theater, an image is projected onto only a screen disposed at the front. In this case, the height of each of motion chairs may be adjusted. The high and low of each motion chair may be controlled in order to minimize the obstruction of a field of vision attributable to an audience who is seated in a motion chair in the front column when the motion chair is rotated 90 degrees. As may be seen from FIG. 12, another projection surface 300a may be disposed toward a sidewall within the theater. The projection surface 300a may be a wall surface itself or an independent plane/curved screen.

A theater including the motion chair, and a theater including the mezzanine floor the curved surface screen, and the projection apparatus have been described above. The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments and application examples and may be modified in various ways by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the gist of the present invention written in the claims. Such modified embodiments should not be construed as being distinct from the technical spirit or prospect of the present invention.

Claims

A theater comprising a ceiling and a ground, comprising:

one or more mezzanine floors formed between the ceiling and the ground;

a motion chair provided within the theater, wherein an audience is seated in the motion chair; and

a screen positioned in at least one of inside faces of the theater.
The theater of claim 1, wherein a horizontal viewing angle of audience is 80~100°.
The theater of claim 1, wherein the motion chair comprises:

a top fixed type motion chair; and

a bottom fixed type motion chair.
The theater of claim 3, wherein the top fixed type motion chair comprises at least any one of a motion chair positioned at the ceiling of the theater or a motion chair positioned at a bottom of the mezzanine floor.
The theater of claim 4, wherein the top fixed type motion chair comprises:

a seating unit;

a backrest unit; and

a suspending unit,

wherein the suspending unit is installed on a structure positioned over the suspending unit to lift the motion chair.
The theater of claim 5, wherein the suspending unit comprises a driving unit configured to generate a motion of a corresponding motion chair.
The theater of claim 6, wherein the driving unit generates at least one motion of pitching, rolling, heaving or yawing of the motion chair.
The theater of claim 6, further comprising a rail installed on the ceiling or the bottom of the mezzanine floor,

wherein the driving unit is coupled to the rail in such a way as to slide along the rail.
The theater of claim 1, wherein the mezzanine floor has at least some area made of a transparent material.
The theater of claim 1, wherein the screen comprises a plane frame.
The theater of claim 1, wherein the screen has curvature in a long-axis direction or a short-axis direction.
The theater of claim 1, further comprising a projection apparatus configured to project an image onto the screen.
The theater of claim 12, wherein the projection apparatus comprises a wide angle lens or a fisheye lens.
A theater comprising a ceiling and a ground, comprising:

a first mezzanine floor isolated over the ground;

a second mezzanine floor formed between the first mezzanine floor and the ceiling;

a first motion chair positioned over the first mezzanine floor, wherein an audience is seated in the first motion chair;

a second motion chair positioned over the second mezzanine floor, wherein an audience is seated in the second motion chair; and

a screen positioned in at least one of inside faces of the theater.
The theater of claim 14, wherein a horizontal viewing angle of each audience is 80~100°.
The theater of claim 14, wherein the first motion chair and the second motion chair comprise at least any one of a motion chair disposed to hang from the ceiling or the second mezzanine floor or a motion chair positioned on the ground or a bottom of the first or second mezzanine floor.
The theater of claim 14, wherein a side section length of the first mezzanine floor is different from a side section length of the second mezzanine floor.
The theater of claim 14, wherein at least any one of the first mezzanine floor or the second mezzanine floor has a given slope to a horizontal plane.
A theater, comprising:

multiple motion chairs on which audiences are seated;

a screen configured to display an image for the audiences seated in the motion chair; and

a projection apparatus configured to project an image onto the screen,

wherein a horizontal viewing angle of each audience is 80~100°.
The theater of claim 19, further comprising one or more mezzanine floors formed between a ceiling and ground of the theater,

wherein the motion chair comprises a top fixed type motion chair positioned in the mezzanine floor and a bottom fixed type motion chair positioned on the ground of the theater.
The theater of claim 20, wherein the top fixed type motion chair comprises at least any one of a motion chair installed on the ceiling of the theater or a motion chair installed on a bottom of the mezzanine floor.