Stage Performance Image Animation for Actor Transport Illusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current stage performance technologies limit the creative and realistic representation of actor movements by restricting the distance and method of transition between the stage platform and backdrop, often relying on static props and limited audience perspective.
Innovation Solution
The method involves animating images of props on the stage backdrop and using props on the platform to create the illusion of actors moving between locations, utilizing dark stages for scene changes and prop interactions to enhance the perception of distance and viewpoint change.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital projection is used to display images on the stage backdrop, then the visual enhancement and flexibility of scene changes are improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses digital projection to create copies of images and videos on the stage backdrop, allowing multiple scene representations without physical set changes. The projection system displays copied visual content that can be changed instantly, providing scene flexibility without the complexity of moving physical props or sets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical scene changing mechanisms (physical set movements, prop changes) with digital projection systems. Instead of mechanically moving sets or changing physical props, the system uses digital images projected onto the backdrop, substituting mechanical complexity with optical display technology.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the performance area is extended to include the stage backdrop, then the creative possibilities and audience immersion are improved, but the difficulty of coordinating actor movements and image transitions increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the physical stage space with the projected image space, allowing actors to interact with both real and virtual elements simultaneously. The stage backdrop becomes an integrated performance surface where digital images and live actors coexist and interact, extending the performance area without requiring separate coordination systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The projection system acts as an intermediary between the physical stage and the virtual scene representations. It mediates the transition between real actor movements and their digital counterparts by displaying synchronized images on the backdrop, facilitating seamless interaction between physical and virtual performance elements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If precision images of actors are displayed on the backdrop and moved to exit, then the illusion of actor transportation is improved, but the measurement precision and timing synchronization requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates precision copies of actors' images and displays them on the backdrop at exact locations corresponding to the actor's physical position. These copied images are then animated to move and exit the backdrop in synchronization with the actor's movements, creating the illusion of transportation through precise spatial and temporal copying.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and positions the actor's image on the backdrop in advance, before the actor actually reaches that position. The image is pre-positioned and then animated to move in coordination with the actor's movement, creating the illusion that the image is following or anticipating the actor's journey across the stage.
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AI summary
Disclosed are methods that create the perception for an audience that an actor is being transported from one location to another during a stage performance. Also disclosed are methods for entrance onto/exit from a stage platform by an actor, or entrance onto/exit from a stage backdrop by a precision image that represents an actor. The disclosed methods involve interaction of an actor with an object/prop or image of an object/prop, and/or involve interaction of an image of an actor with an object/prop or image of an object/prop during a stage performance.