Optics: motion pictures – Plural
Patent
1983-04-27
1986-05-27
Hayes, Monroe H.
Optics: motion pictures
Plural
352 5, 352 92, 273311, 434321, G03B 1918, G03B 2132
Patent
active
045912483
ABSTRACT:
A movie changeover system (20,200,2004,400) capable of providing a real time decision tree movie presentation having a variable movie display content dependent on the viewing audience response to branching choices which occur during the course of the movie. A pair of movie projection devices (22, 24), each having an associated portion of a substantially continuous overall motion picture presentation therefrom, has stored thereon a projectable portion of the overall motion picture presentation content. A changeover shutter mechanism (26) is operatively associated with the pair of projectors (22, 24) for selectively projecting a movie display choice of one of the projectable portions from one of the pair of projectors (22, 24) in a real time continuous movie display presentation with the previous movie display portion in response to a changeover signal. Means for detecting and sampling the audience responses associated with each choice, such as a microphone (32, 34), is provided with the sampled responses corresponding to preferential signal levels. The sampled signal levels are processed (252, 252a, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 320f, 322, 324, 452, 416, 418, 36, 38, 264, 402 ) and subsequently compared (40, 266, 440) to determine which of the two levels is greater, with the resultant signal being provided (268, 274, 276, 478) to an output circuit (42, 278, 442) to which the changeover signal is provided. An audience trend preferential characteristics, depending on the manner in which the movie has been constructed, may be used to automatically generate (158, 270, 406, 408, 160, 162, 272, 276, 410, 412) a changeover signal to provide a preselected ending for the movie based on the previously indicated audience trend, or ending selection logic (424) may be employed to select an audience preferred ending.
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