US 7,321,799 B2 | ||
Flexible interface for controlling a motion platform | ||
Bruno Paillard, Sherbrooke (Canada) | ||
Assigned to D-Box Technologies Inc., Longueuil, Québec (Canada) | ||
Filed on May 13, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/844,457. | ||
Claims priority of provisional application 60/470198, filed on May 14, 2003. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0249484 A1, Dec. 09, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 700—9 | 20 Claims |
1. A method for controlling a motion platform for providing motion synchronized with an audio/video program, said method comprising:
providing a motion signal indicative of a motion to be performed by said motion platform and comprising a plurality of motion
sub-signals, said motion to be synchronized with said audio/video program;
buffering each one of said plurality of motion sub-signals in parallel by providing each one of said plurality of motion sub-signals
to one of a plurality of buffers;
combining the buffered plurality of motion sub-signals to provide a buffered motion signal;
formatting the buffered motion signal according to a synchronous protocol to produce a corresponding data packet; and
synchronously providing, according to said protocol, said data packet to said motion platform to thereby control said motion
platform.
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