PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15932978
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["348", "745000"]

Abstract:
A system and method are disclosed for exhibiting wide-screen motion pictures, including in multiplex-style theaters, with an immersive, “virtual reality” picture-dominance effect not previously obtainable in such theaters. The invention uses a zero-gain or nominal-gain curved screen to accommodate a wide-screen presentation, and a digital projector capable of delivering fourteen foot-lamberts or more of light to the screen. It can support any theatrical aspect ratio for presentation, including 2.76:1. To eliminate image distortion, the invention uses mapping software to correct the image for the geometry of the auditorium and the shape of the screen. This correction is established for every aspect ratio displayed in the auditorium in which the invention is installed, and aspect ratios can be changed to display content with different aspect ratios during a program. The images delivered to viewers through the invention deliver the full benefit of the native aspect ratio in which they are displayed.

Claim (Index 17):
A system for exhibiting motion pictures in auditoriums located in motion-picture theaters, comprising: a curved screen upon which said motion pictures are projected; a digital projector which projects the images of said motion pictures onto said screen; a module within the projector/projection software for switching between one motion-picture exhibition format utilizing one aspect ratio and another motion picture format utilizing another aspect ratio in an automatic manner as the content of said motion pictures changes during the course of a motion-picture program presentation; and a module within the projector/projection software for automatically correcting the images of said motion pictures to eliminate image distortion due to the configuration of said screen and of said auditorium, further comprising: a module within the projector/projection software for automatically correcting said images in response to changes in format and aspect ratio during a program wherein the width of the images comprising said motion picture as viewed by said audiences along an arc subtended by a chord of said screen appears to exceed the width of the rear wall of the said auditorium.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73684
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11796411', '13815327', '13013095', '11494686', '10839665']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6079459255690584
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5122065442806089
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5983719874402135
- Mean Citation Score: 255.941332
- Max Citation Score: 296.7687
- Similarity Product: 207.7509462147117

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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