Cinema Light Emitting Screen and Sound System

Abstract

Light emitting displays can be used in cinemas for cinema presentations that integrate a sound system to achieve immersive conditions in cinema theatres. In an example, a theatre includes a viewer seating area, an active display, and one or more sound wave emitters. The active display includes light emitting elements configured to output, toward the viewer seating area, light representing a visual presentation. The one or more sound wave emitters can be positioned proximate to the viewer seating area. The one or more sound wave emitters are configured to output, toward the active display, sound waves corresponding to at least a portion of sound for the visual presentation. The active display can be positioned to reflect, toward the viewer seating area, the sound waves from the one or more sound wave emitters.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A theatre comprising:
 a viewer seating area;   an active display comprising light emitting elements configured to output, toward the viewer seating area, light representing a visual presentation; and   one or more sound wave emitters positionable proximate to the viewer seating area, the one or more sound wave emitters being configured to output, toward the active display, sound waves corresponding to at least a portion of sound for the visual presentation,   wherein the active display is positionable to reflect, toward the viewer seating area, the sound waves from the one or more sound wave emitters.   
     
     
         2 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein the active display is positionable such that the active display is configured to reflect the sound waves toward the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         3 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters are configured to output sound waves along a sound dispersion path directed toward a surface of the active display. 
     
     
         4 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positionable on a right-hand side or a left-hand side of the theatre. 
     
     
         5 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positionable above a floor of the theatre and outside of a line of sight of the active display for viewers in the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         6 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positionable at a back position of the theatre such that the viewer seating area is between the active display and the at least one sound wave emitter. 
     
     
         7 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein the active display comprises:
 an optically diffusing surface between the light emitting elements and the viewer seating area, the optically diffusing surface having perforations; and   an optical element between the light emitting elements and the optically diffusing surface.   
     
     
         8 . The theatre of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters include one or more loudspeakers positionable in front of the active display. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 emitting, by a light emitting display having a matrix of light emitting elements on a front portion thereof, light representing a visual presentation toward a viewer seating area in a theatre;   emitting, by one or more sound wave emitters positioned proximate to the viewer seating area, sound waves corresponding to sound for the visual presentation toward the light emitting display; and   reflecting, by the light emitting display, the sound waves from the one or more sound wave emitters toward the viewer seating area.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positioned on a right-hand side or a left-hand side of the theatre. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positioned above a floor of the theatre and outside of a line of sight of the light emitting display for viewers in the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein at least one sound wave emitter of the one or more sound wave emitters is positioned at a back position of the theatre such that the viewer seating area is between the light emitting display and the at least one sound wave emitter. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the light emitting display comprises:
 an optically diffusing surface between the light emitting elements and the viewer seating area, the optically diffusing surface having perforations; and   an optical element between the light emitting elements and the optically diffusing surface.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters include one or more loudspeakers positioned in front of the light emitting display. 
     
     
         15 . A theatre sound system comprising:
 one or more sound wave emitters positionable proximate a viewer seating area in a theatre in which an active display, having a plurality of light emitting elements for outputting light representing a visual presentation toward the viewer seating area, is positioned, the one or more sound wave emitters being configured to output sound waves corresponding to at least a portion of sound for the visual presentation toward the active display that is positionable to reflect the sound waves toward the viewer seating area.   
     
     
         16 . The theatre sound system of  claim 15 , wherein the active display is positionable such that the active display is configured to reflect the sound waves toward the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         17 . The theatre sound system of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters are configured to output sound waves along a sound dispersion path directed toward a surface of the active display. 
     
     
         18 . The theatre sound system of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters include one or more loudspeakers positioned in front of the active display. 
     
     
         19 . The theatre sound system of  claim 18 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable on a right-hand side or a left-hand side of the theatre. 
     
     
         20 . The theatre sound system of  claim 18 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable above a floor of the theatre and outside of a line of sight of the active display for viewers in the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         21 . The theatre sound system of  claim 18 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable at a back position of the theatre such that the viewer seating area is between the active display and the at least one loudspeaker. 
     
     
         22 . The theatre sound system of  claim 18 , wherein the active display comprises:
 an optically diffusing surface between the plurality of light emitting elements and the viewer seating area, the optically diffusing surface having perforations; and   an optical element between the plurality of light emitting elements and the optically diffusing surface.   
     
     
         23 . A cinema screen comprising:
 a light emitting display positionable to emit light representing a visual presentation toward a viewer seating area in a theatre, the light emitting display having a surface that is configured for reflecting sound waves emitted from one or more sound wave emitters positionable proximate to the viewer seating area toward the viewer seating area, the sound waves corresponding to at a least a portion of sound for the visual presentation.   
     
     
         24 . The cinema screen of  claim 23 , wherein the one or more sound wave emitters include one or more loudspeakers positioned in front of the light emitting display. 
     
     
         25 . The cinema screen of  claim 24 , wherein the light emitting display has a width between 40 feet and 100 feet, wherein the light emitting display is positioned between 14 feet and 45 feet from a front seat in the viewer seating area, and wherein the one or more sound wave emitters include at least three sound wave emitters positioned in front of the light emitting display. 
     
     
         26 . The cinema screen of  claim 25 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable on a right-hand side or a left-hand side of the theatre. 
     
     
         27 . The cinema screen of  claim 25 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable above a floor of the theatre and outside of a line of sight of the light emitting display for viewers in the viewer seating area. 
     
     
         28 . The cinema screen of  claim 25 , wherein at least one loudspeaker of the one or more loudspeakers is positionable at a back position of the theatre such that the viewer seating area is between the light emitting display and the at least one loudspeaker. 
     
     
         29 . The cinema screen of  claim 25 , wherein the light emitting display comprises:
 a plurality of light emitting elements;   an optically diffusing surface between the plurality of light emitting elements and the viewer seating area, the optically diffusing surface having perforations; and   an optical element between the plurality of light emitting elements and the optically diffusing surface.