US 12,348,918 B2
Integrated audiovisual system
Erik Hockman, New York, NY (US); Alex Luthwaite, Lancaster, PA (US); and Emad Yacoub Hanna, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC, New York, NY (US); and Holoplot GmbH, (DE)
Filed by Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC, New York, NY (US); and Holoplot GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,021.
Application 18/521,021 is a continuation of application No. 17/734,995, filed on May 2, 2022, granted, now 11,856,346.
Application 17/734,995 is a continuation of application No. 16/898,142, filed on Jun. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,375,305, issued on Jun. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/859,930, filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137679 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/028 (2013.01) [G06F 3/147 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 2201/403 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A venue, comprising:
a plurality of seats configured to accommodate an audience; and
an integrated audio-visual system configured to deliver one or more sounds and one or more images to the audience, the integrated audio-visual system comprising:
a loudspeaker configured to deliver the one or more sounds to the audience; and
a visual display configured to deliver the one or more images to the audience, the visual display comprising a plurality of openings configured to allow the one or more sounds to propagate through the visual display,
wherein the loudspeaker and the visual display are situated to be a displacement distance from each other within the venue to allow one or more wavefronts of the one or more sounds to form between the loudspeaker and the visual display before the one or more sounds are to propagate through the plurality of openings.