Patent ID: 9295922
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A63J,G05B

Claim Text:
1. An automation and motion control system to control a plurality of theatrical objects, the control system comprising: a plurality of nodes in communication with each other over a real time network, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to at least one item of equipment used to control at least one of the theatrical objects; each node of the plurality of nodes comprising a microprocessor and a memory device; the memory device comprising a node process and at least one control process executable by the microprocessor; the at least one control process being used to control an operation of the at least one item of equipment; and the at least one control process having one or more of cues, rules and actions to generate one or more control instructions to control the operation of the at least one item of equipment; wherein a space device is implemented into at least one node of the plurality of nodes to simulate a motion routine of an object to be moved by the at least one node in a predefined space prior to implementation of the motion routine.