Suspended Platform Theater Seating for Large-Screen Viewing Comfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional movie theaters with large IMAX screens face challenges in ensuring all spectators, from the first to the last row, can view the entire projected image without excessive head tilting, while adhering to AFNOR NF-S 27001 standards and CST-RT-035 recommendations, which results in disparities in viewing quality and immersion.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates suspended platforms with varying heights and staggered configurations along the back wall, allowing for a greater slope of the seating zone, enabling the first row to be farther from the screen and the last row closer, thus optimizing seating arrangements to maximize spectator immersion and comfort while maintaining compliance with standards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the screen size is increased to enhance immersion, then the visual impact and spectator immersion are improved, but the viewing angle and head tilting requirements worsen for spectators in the first row
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a conventional continuous tier arrangement to a multi-level platform structure with suspended sections. This dimensional reorganization allows spectators to be distributed across different vertical levels, enabling those in the first row to view the screen without excessive head tilting while maintaining large screen dimensions for immersion.
Solution Approach 2:
The seating zone is divided into multiple discrete platforms at different heights rather than a continuous tiered structure. This segmentation allows for optimized viewing angles on each platform level, particularly benefiting first-row spectators while preserving the immersive experience through maintained screen size.
2Productivity
If the first row is positioned closer to the screen to maximize immersion, then spectator immersion is improved, but the head tilting angle increases excessively
Solution Approach 1:
By introducing vertical platform levels with suspended sections, the patent enables first-row spectators to achieve optimal immersion distances from the screen while maintaining comfortable viewing angles. The multi-dimensional arrangement decouples the relationship between proximity to screen and head tilting angle.
3Quantity of substance
If continuous tiers with staircases are used to accommodate all spectators, then seating capacity is maximized, but the complexity of access and e movement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous tier structure is segmented into discrete platforms connected by staircases and corridors. This segmentation simplifies the access structure by breaking down the complex continuous staircase system into manageable sections, while still accommodating large numbers of spectators across multiple levels.
Solution Approach 2:
Corridors and landing areas serve as intermediary elements between platforms, facilitating simplified movement and access. These intermediary structures reduce the complexity of direct staircase connections by providing transitional spaces for spectator flow.
4Ease of operation
If the seating zone slope is increased to improve viewing angles, then viewing quality is improved, but the space requirements and architectural constraints increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes vertical platform levels with suspended sections to achieve improved viewing angles without proportionally increasing the horizontal footprint. This multi-dimensional arrangement allows steeper effective viewing slopes while optimizing space utilization within the theater volume.
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AI summary
A theater including at least one screen at a front end; a display apparatus suitable for displaying a visual content on the screen(s); and a back wall arranged facing the screen(s).The theater further includes a certain number of platforms having seats fastened on each of them, with each of the platforms being a projecting platform, presenting a width that is less than 70% of the width of the theater.