Disney patents moving floor tiles for film sets
Disney has patented a video production system featuring a floor made of independent tiles that can move up or down. These tiles adjust to position actors or cameras correctly within a digital background, allowing for dynamic filming without manual setup.
In the filing’s own words
A video production system may include a video production environment and a modular floor including a plurality of tiles configured to move independently to induce or respond to a motion for a user or users in contact with the modular floor. The video production environment may include a camera, a stage, and a screen. The screen may provide a digital background. The system may include a processor configured to modify a configuration of the video production environment (e.g., the digital environment or the physical environment) based on a detected characteristic of the user(s) on the modular floor (e.g., an orientation, position, or movement of the user(s)). The system may include a sensor configured to detect the characteristic of the user(s) on the modular floor. Additional systems and associated methods are also disclosed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A video production system comprising: a video production environment defining a physical environment and a digital environment both viewable by a plurality of users positioned in the physical environment, wherein the physical environment comprises a display for displaying digital content of the digital environment; a camera having a field of view; a modular floor comprising a plurality of tiles configured to move independently to induce or respond to a motion of at least one user in contact with the modular floor; and a processor configured to: modify a configuration of one of the video production environment or the modular floor based on a change of the other of the video production environment or the modular floor, and modify the configuration of the modular floor to move at least one of the camera or the at least one user to locate the at least one user to a position relative to the display within the field of view of the camera, wherein the position comprises a range of positions within a threshold distance from an exact location to define an area, such that the area allows the at least one user to move along the modular floor without modification of the modular floor.
Facts
- Company
- Disney (DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- Official title
- Modular omnidirectional actuated floors providing a reconfigurable video production environment
- Patent number
- US12761723B2
- Application number
- 18782381
- Filed
- Jul 24, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G06F 3/011 Physics & computingH04N 23/61 Electricity & electronicsG06F 2203/012 Physics & computingMore from Disney in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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