Establishment for viewing image

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to an establishment for viewing image which is used as a recreation facility of an amusement park, an observation restaurant or the like.

The conventional recreation faclihty of the amusement park makes a seat for guest move while it rotates and allows the audience or spectators experience a non-daily-vision and a gravitational feeing, however, a non-daily-sense of vision not be produced vision since a visual object was usually qualified on real scenery of a circumferential portion of a seat for guest.

The object of non-daily is emphasized a physical sense such as a gravitational feeling, a speed feeling or the like than vision. Today, the movement of a seat for guest is more rapid and violent the possibility of danger is enlarging with regard to movement of the seat.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provided an establishment for viewing an image by which the spectators can experience a big change for visual sense as well as a non-daily- physical sense by movement of a seat for the guest. Also, it is another object of the present invention to provide an establishment for viewing an image which can be used as an establishment that they do not tire of by providing the spectators with various visual experience.

The novel featurewhich are believed to be characteristic of the invention, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further projects and advantages thereof will be better understood from the following description considered in connection with accompanying drawings in which a presently preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration and description only, and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2

is a crss-sectional view taken on line

2

—

2

of

FIG. 1

;

FIG. 3

is a front view showing a frst embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4

is an explanation view of a move device showing a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

6

—

6

of

FIG. 5

;

FIG. 7

is a vertical cross-sectonal view showing a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

9

—

9

of

FIG. 8

;

FIG. 10

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11

is a cross-sectional view taken online

11

—

11

of

FIG. 10

;

FIG. 12

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

13

—

13

of

FIG. 12

;

FIG. 14

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

15

—

15

of

FIG. 14

;

FIG. 16

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

17

—

17

of

FIG. 16

;

FIG. 18

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a ninth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

19

—

19

of

FIG. 18

;

FIG. 20

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a tenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 21

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

21

—

21

of

FIG. 20

;

FIG. 22

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an eleventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 23

is a front view showing an eleventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 24

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twelfth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 25

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

25

—

25

of

FIG. 24

;

FIG. 26

is a front view showing a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 27

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 28

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 29

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

29

—

29

of

FIG. 28

;

FIG. 30

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a fifteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 31

is a coss-sectional view taken on line

31

—

31

of

FIG. 30

;

FIG. 32

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 33

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

33

—

33

of

FIG. 32

;

FIG. 34

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a seventeenth embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 35

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

35

—

35

of

FIG. 34

;

FIG. 36

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an eighteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 37

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

37

—

37

of

FIG. 36

;

FIG. 38

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a nineteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 39

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

39

—

39

of

FIG. 38

;

FIG. 40

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twentieth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 41

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

41

—

41

of

FIG. 40

;

FIG. 42

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twenty-first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 43

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

43

—

43

of

FIG. 42

;

FIG. 44

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twenty-second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 45

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

45

—

45

of

FIG. 44

;

FIG. 46

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twenty-third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 47

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

47

—

47

of

FIG. 46

;

FIG. 48

is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a twenty-fourth embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 49

is a cross-sectional view taken on line

49

—

49

of FIG.

48

.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Preferred embodiment of the present invention are described m more detail below referring to the accompanying drawing;

An understanding of the present invention may be best gained by reference to

FIGS. 1

to

4

.

FIGS. 1

to

4

illustrate an establishment for viewing an image of the first embodiment of the present invention. Numeral

1

is an establishment for viewing an image which is used as a recreation facility of the amusement park and is composed of a building

3

with two stories, a door

5

, a floor surface

6

for a second floor, a support

7

, a floor surface

8

for a mezzanine, a stair

10

, a spiral staircase

12

, a moving object

14

, a plurality of wooden horses

15

, a move device

19

, a moving object

20

for the mezzanine, the wooden horses

15

mounted to the moving object

20

, a move device

21

for the mezzanine, a screen

22

, four pieces ofprojectors

23

,

23

,

23

,

23

, and a ceiling board

24

.

The two-storied building

3

has a ceiling

2

at an upper surface thereof The door

5

is provided on a wall surface of a first floor used as a waiting room of the building

3

. The floor surface

6

for the second floor projects upwardly excepting the circumferential portion thereof in the building

3

. The support

7

is provided vertically substantially at the central portion of the floor surface

6

. The floor surface

8

for the mezzanine is fixed at the central portion of the support

7

, the floor surface

8

forming at the mezzanine. The stair

10

is provided in order to connect with the waiting room

4

and an entrance

9

located at the central portion of the floor surface

6

. The spiral stair case

12

is provided in a circumferential portion of the support

7

for connecting with the floor surface

6

and an entrance

11

located at a central portion of the floor surface

8

for the mezzanine. The moving object

14

is attached rotatably on the floor surface

6

for the second floor through a plurality of rollers

13

. The wooden horses

15

as a seat for guest are attached fixedly to the moving object

14

. The move device

19

is further composed of a gear

16

in the shape of a ring and a motor

18

: the gear

16

allows the moving object

14

to move as it rotates, the gear

16

being fixed to the outer ciruerential portion of the moving object

14

; and the motor

18

is fixed to the floor surface

6

, the motor

18

having a pinion

17

meshing with the gear

16

. The moving object

20

for the mezzanine in the shape of a disc is fixed rotatably on the floor surface

8

for the mezzanine through the rollers

13

. The plurality of wooden horses

15

each as a seat for guest is provided fixedly to the moving objects

20

for the mezzanine. The move device

21

for the mezzaine is further composed of a gear

16

in the shape of a ring and a motor

18

: the gear

16

allows the moving object

14

to move as it rotates, the gear

16

being fixed to the outer circumferential portion of the moving object

14

; and the motor

18

is fixed to the floor surface

6

, the motor

18

having a pinion

17

meshing with the gear

16

. The screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder is provided to an inner wall surface of the second floor portion of the building

3

. The projectors

23

which comprise an image producing system are provided adjacent outside the floor surface

8

, the projectors

23

being capable of projecting the continuous panoraimc image without joining portions on the screen

2

. The ceiling board

24

is fixed at an upper portion of the support

7

, the ceiling board

24

giving a depth to the image projected at upper portion on the screen

2

in the shape of a cylinder.

In the establishment for viewing image

1

of the above-mentioned structure, the spectators

25

mount the wooden horses

15

and they view the image projected on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder, however, the moving objects

14

and

20

provided the wooden horses

15

as a seat for guest thereon are rotated by the move devices

19

and

21

, and the continuous panoramic image having no jointing portions projected on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder so that the spectators

25

can experience not only physical sense with non-daily life but also pronounced visual change.

Other embodiments of the present invention will now be described referring to

FIGS. 5

to

49

. Through the drawings of the embodiments, like components are denoted by like numerals as of the first embodiment and will not be further expained.

A second embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 5 and 6

. It is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that a moving object

14

A in the shape of a cylinder indudes seats

26

which face each other respectively similar to a passenger cabin of the train, a moving object

20

for the mezzanine in the shape of the same as the moving object

14

A, and a shoulder

27

of a rail is provided at an outer circumferential portion of the floor surface

6

of the second floor. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

A of the second embodiment can produce a realistic effect.

Furthermore, the seats

26

,

26

of the moving objects

14

A and

20

A may be located forwardly or horizontally, and the seats

26

,

26

may be formed like a box seat.

A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.

7

. It is distinguished from the second embodiment by the fact that a tubular screen

22

A, is used an upper portion of which is a concave. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

B of the third embodiment can dire the upper portion of the image for the spectator as natural scenery.

A fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 8 and 9

. It is distinguished from the second embodiment by the fact that a tubular screen

22

B is formed in the shape of a semicircle. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

C of the fourth embodiment can direct freely the image for the spectator as a scenery viewed through the window.

A fifth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 10 and 11

. It is distinguished from the second embodiment by the fact that images

23

a

,

23

a

,

23

a

,

23

a

of the projectors

23

,

23

,

23

,

23

are partitioned by partition walls

28

,

28

,

28

,

28

. Acoordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

D of the fiftih embodiment can direct as other image scenery when the spectators

25

in the moving objects

14

and

20

passes through tunnel portions

29

,

29

,

29

,

29

provided at a front space of the partition walls

28

.

A sixth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 12 and 13

. It is distinguished from the fifth embodiment by the fact that a plurality of chairs

30

and tables

31

are furnished with a moving object

14

B and

20

B in order to use as a rotating-observation restaurant, the lower portion of the image is covered by a veranda

32

. Also partition walls

28

A,

28

A,

28

A,

28

A are formed in the shape of a board. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

E of the sixth embodiment may be used in this way.

A seventh embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 14 and 15

. It is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that building

3

A is constructed such that its ceiling is formed as a concave screen

22

C. Also, a moving object

14

C having a plurality of rotating coffee cups

35

each serving as a guest seat driven rotatably by a rotating-drive device

34

is used, the projector

23

is provided at the central portion of the moving object

14

C, the projector

23

projecting the image on the concave screen

22

C. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

F of the seventh embodiment may be used in this way.

Furthermore, a merry-go-round, bench or the like as a guest seat may be arranged at the moving object

14

C.

An eighth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 16 and 17

. It is distinguished from the seventh embodiment by the fact that the moving object

14

C is replaced with another like moving object

14

D and the move device

19

is replaced with another like device

19

A The moving object

14

D is further composed of a rotary shaft

36

provided at the central portion of the second floor surface

6

, a plurality of supports

37

projected radially from the rotary shaft

36

in an outward diection, airplanes

38

as a seat for guest fixed to the plurality of supports

37

. The move devioe

19

A is further composed of a gear

39

fixed at outer circumferential portion of the lower part of the rotary shaft

36

allowed the moving object

14

D to rotate and a motor

41

having a pinion

40

meshing with the gear

39

. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

G of the eighth embodiment may be used in this way.

A ninth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 18 and 19

. It is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that a reverse-domed screen

22

D is provided at the first floor portion, the sceen

22

D opening an upper portion thereof. Also, the floor surface

6

for seeond floor is a moving object

14

E allowed the floor surface

6

to be rotated by the move device

19

, and a plurality of gondolas

44

are hung down from the lower surface of the moving object

14

E, the gondolas

44

each having a window

43

respectively that the spectators

25

can ride therein through the upper opening

42

. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

H of the ninth embodiment may be used in this way.

Moreover, the establishment for viewing image

1

H can produce a more realistic effect when as an image projected on the reverse-concave screen

22

D is selected the image of scenery for ground viewed from the sky or for a bottom of the sea.

Furthermore, the gondolas

44

may be provided movably in upward and downward directions without fixing to the moving object

14

E.

A tenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 20 and 21

. It is distinguished from the seventh embodiment by the fact that a moving object

14

F is formed in the shape of a Ferris wheel and vertical concave screens

22

E,

22

E are arranged such that the screens

22

E cover both side faces of the moving object

14

F. Acordingly, an establishment for viewing image

11

of the tenth embodiment may be used in this way.

Moreover, numeral

45

is a blackout shield which prevents diffused reflection from the screens

22

E to the space between the moving object

14

E and the screens

22

E.

An eleventh embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 22 and 23

. It is distinguished from the tenth embodiment by the fact that a moving object

14

G is a three-set-typed parking device which is formed in the shape of a tower, the moving object

14

G having a plurality of pallets

47

which house cars

46

thereon. Also, a vertical concave screen

22

E is arranged at one side of the moving object

14

G. Accordingly, in an establishment for viewing image

1

J of the eleventh embodiment, the spectators

25

can enjoy viewing the image projected on the concave screen

22

E while they ride in the car.

Moreover, the moving object

14

G may be constructed any kind of structures provided that the moving object

14

G is used as a parking device in the shape of a tower.

A twelfth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 24 and 25

. It is distingished from the eleventh embodiment by the fact that a moving object

14

H includes a plurality of gondolas

48

, the screens

22

H are arranged such that the screens

22

H cover both side faces of the moving object

14

H. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

K of the twelfth embodiment may be used in this way.

A thirteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 26 and 27

. It is distinguished from the eleventh embodiment by the fact that a plurality of moving objects

14

I,

14

I,

14

I,

14

I are formed in the shape of an elevator for viewing respectively. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

L of the thirteenth embodiment may be used in this way.

A fourteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 28 and 29

. It is distinguished from the tenth embodiment by the fact that a screen

22

F in the shape of a sphere is provided, and a roller coaster

51

is provided such that the roller coaster can go in and out the screen

22

F through an entrance

49

and an ext

50

of the screen

22

F. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

M of the fourteenth embodiment may be used in this way.

Moreover, the roller coaster

51

is further composed of a roller coaster track

53

is provided such that the track

53

circulates into the screen

22

F from a platform

52

and cars

54

as a moving object run on the roller coaster track

53

.

A fifteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 30 and 31

. It is distinguished from the seventh embodiment by the fact that the revolving coffee cups

35

as a seat for guest driven rotatably by the rotary-drive device

34

is mounted on the floor surface

6

for second floor, and the projector

23

A can project the rotating image on the concave screen

22

C thereby. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

N of the fifteenth embodiment may be used in this way.

A sixteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 32 and 33

. It is distinguished from the eighth embodiment by the fact that a plurality of supports

37

allow them to move upwardly and downwardly by an up-and-down move system

55

makes the supports

37

move in upward and downward directions. Also, the projector

23

A can project the rotating image on the concave screen

22

C thereby. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

10

of the sixteenth embodiment may be used in this way.

A seventeenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 34 and 35

. It is distinguished from the ninth embodiment by the fact that the gondolas

44

hang down the bottom surface of the floor surface

6

for second floor, the gondolas

44

having a window

43

respectively such that the spectators

25

can ride therein from the upper opening

42

, and the projectors

23

A can project the rotating image on the concave screen

22

D thereby. Accordingy, an establishment for viewing image

1

P of the seventeenth embodiment may be used in this way.

An eighteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 36 and 37

. It is distinguished from the first embodiment by the fact that a plurality of wooden horses

15

as a seat for guest respectively, and the projectors

23

A can project the rotating image on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

Q of the seventeenth embodiment may be used in this way.

A nineteenth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 38 and 39

. It is distinguished from the seoond embodiment by the fact that face-to-face-type seat

26

, similar to a cabin of a train, are mounted fixedly on the floor surfaces

6

and

8

respectively, and the projectors

23

A can project the rotating image on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

R of the nineteenth embodiment may be used in this way.

A twentieth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 40 and 41

. It is distinguished from the third embodiment by the fact that face-to-face-type seat

26

, similar to a cabin of a train, are mounted fixedly on the floor surfaces

6

and

8

respectively, and the projectors

23

A can project the go-round image on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder, the screen

22

bending in an inner direction at the upper portion thereof. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

S of the twentieth embodiment may be used in this way.

A twenty-first embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 42 and 43

. It is distinguished from the sixth embodiment by the fact that a plurality of chaars

30

and tables

31

are furnished with a moving object

14

B and

20

B in order to use as a rotating observation restaurant, the lower portion of the image is covered by a veranda

32

, and the projectors

23

A can project the rotating image on the screen

22

in the shape of a cylinder. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

T of the twenty-first embodiment may be used in this way.

A twenty-second embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 44 and 45

. It is distinguished from the nineteenth embodiment by the fact that the floor surfaces

6

and

8

are formed in the shape of a square. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

U of the twenty-second embodiment may be used in this way.

A twenty-third embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 46 and 47

. It is distinguished from the twenty-second embodiment by the fact that semi-cylindrical screen

22

G,

22

G,

22

G,

22

G are provided at inner wall surface of the inner walls which cover in the shape of a semicircular respectively between props

56

,

56

,

56

,

56

located at the four corners of the floor surface

6

A for second floor and floor surface

8

A for the mezzanine. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

V of the twenty-third embodiment may be used in this way.

A twenty-fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown in

FIGS. 48 and 49

. It is distinguished from the twenty-first embodiment by the fact that a cylidrical screen

22

H is located at the central portion, the plurality of chairs

30

and tables

31

are arranged at outer circumferential portion in the screen

22

H and the projectors

23

A mounted at the central portion can project the rotating image on the screen

22

H in the shape of a cylinder. Accordingly, an establishment for viewing image

1

W of the twenty fourth embodiment may be used in this way.

As set forth above, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

(1) An establishment for viewing image comprises a moving object attached such that it moves due to a move device, the moving object having a plurality of seats for guest; a screen provided such that a panoramic image of the screen can be viewed from the seats of the moving object; and an image produng system projects the panoramic image on the screen so that it produce an advanced impractical experience to the spectators so that the establishment gives the spectators to gravity-acceleration, feeling of speed, and change of vision

(2) It need not to depend on gravity-acceleration or feeling of high speed, and therefore, the size of the establishment can be reduced and it can be managed safely.

(3) The establishment is covered by the concave screen or the like so that it can be operated at all-weather establishment even if it is a rainy day.

(4) By changing a software, it can produce a different sight experience even if the same establisment is used, and it is easy to get the customers repeatedly.

(5) By partitioning the image by a tunnel or a partition wall, the spectors have the different experiences in order at same establishment, the establishment has various enjoyable elements.

(6) The spectators view the image while they move so that it is not required high technique for a quality of the image, the connecting portion of the image or the like because the spectators pay less attention to the details of image.

(7) It has a simple structure so that it can be constructed at low cost comparatively.

(8) The image device can mount to the conventional establishment later on, and the conventional establishment can be reconstructed.

(9) The spectators view the rotating or moving image so that they do not pay attention to the detail of image. Therefore, the image is not required an advanced technology for the aocuracy of the image and transaction of joining portion of the images respectivly or the like.

Number	Name	Date
3468533	House, Jr.	Sep 1969
3602499	Kojima	Aug 1971
3758714	Herndon	Sep 1973
5499920	Trumbull	Mar 1996

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