Picture-showing facility including special effect devices

Abstract

The present invention provides a picture-showing facility, including a plurality of special effect devices, motion seat assemblies, and a control unit capable of controlling the special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies. The special effect devices include a fog generation device and a fan, and further include at least one selected from a group consisting of a bubble generation device, a laser generation device, a strobe generation device, and a scent generation device. Further, the present invention provides a method of showing a picture in the picture-showing facility. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a picture-showing facility equipped with special effect devices, which can maximize the audience's bodily sensation without interfering with the immersion of the audience in pictures, and provide motion seat assemblies enabling motions capable of reducing a motional burden placed on feeble persons.

1 . A picture-showing facility, comprising:
 a plurality of special effect devices;   motion seat assemblies; and   a control unit capable of controlling the special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies,   wherein the special effect devices comprise a fog generation device and a fan, and   wherein the special effect devices further comprise at least one selected from a group consisting of a bubble generation device, a laser generation device, a strobe generation device, and a scent generation device.   
     
     
         2 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein the special effect devices comprise all of the bubble generation device, the fog generation device, the laser generation device, the strobe generation device, the scent generation device, and the fan. 
     
     
         3 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein the control unit is capable of controlling the special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies using control signals corresponding to a picture that can be shown in the picture-showing facility, and the control signals are signals that have been synchronized with the picture. 
     
     
         4 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of the bubble generation device, the laser generation device, the strobe generation device and the fan is located on a ceiling part of the picture-showing facility. 
     
     
         5 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of the fog generation device and the scent generation device is located in an auditorium of the picture-showing facility. 
     
     
         6 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 5 , wherein the scent generation device is located in each row of the auditorium of the picture-showing facility. 
     
     
         7 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein the scent generation device is located on a sidewall of the picture-showing facility. 
     
     
         8 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 3 , wherein the control unit performs control using the control signals so that:
 the bubble generation device is capable of controlling an amount of bubbles to be generated,   the laser generation device is capable of controlling laser effects to be generated,   the fan is capable of controlling strength of a gust of wind to be generated,   the fog generation device is capable of controlling an amount of fog, and   the scent generation device is capable of controlling a type of scent to be generated.   
     
     
         9 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein the control unit and at least one of the plurality of special effect devices are connected to each other through a Digital multiplex (DMX) communication line. 
     
     
         10 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the motion seat assemblies comprises an actuator enabling a pitch motion, a roll motion, and a heave motion. 
     
     
         11 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the motion seat assemblies comprises an air shooter and a water shooter connected to an air tank and a water tank, respectively. 
     
     
         12 . The picture-showing facility according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the motion seat assemblies comprises a plurality of ticklers. 
     
     
         13 . A picture-showing method of showing a picture in the picture-showing facility according to any one of  claims 1  to  12 , comprising:
 (a) setting control signals synchronized with a picture that can be shown in the picture-showing facility; 
 (b) applying the set control signals to the control unit; and 
 (c) showing the picture using the applied control signals while controlling and driving the plurality of special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies. 
 
     
     
         14 . The picture showing method according to  claim 13 , wherein (c) comprises stopping driving of the special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies when a stop signal is applied to the control unit while the picture is being shown. 
     
     
         15 . The picture showing method according to  claim 13 , wherein (c) comprises stopping driving of a motion seat assembly in a predetermined row when a seat motion stop signal for the predetermined row is applied to the control unit while the picture is being shown.