Automation in entertainment industry

Author

Pathak, Kalpesh B. ; Acharya, Ketan K.

Author_Institution

Gov. Eng. Coll., Gandhinagar, India

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper importance of control system for an entertainment industry has been shown. Application of instruments for show control and movie control has been discussed. Earlier and modern automation systems have been studied, reviewed and analyzed. Interactions between controller, equipments and supporting instruments using standard buses produce amazing audio visual effects. Safety and other prime design considerations have been revealed. Case study on PC control by Beckhoff with Flying by Foy has been discussed in detail. Study tells that advent of PC based control leads shows and movies full of astound effects. Cost reduction, simplification of complex system and extreme fast control strategy has also been discussed.

Keywords

automation; control systems; cost reduction; entertainment; PC control; amazing audio visual effect; complex system; control system; cost reduction; entertainment industry; extreme fast control strategy; modern automation system; movie control; prime design consideration; safety; standard buses; Automation; Industries; Lighting; Motion control; Safety; Winches; EtherCAT; Fail Safe Design; Motion Control; Pegasus; TwinCAT; TwinSAFE; XFC Technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering (NUiCONE), 2011 Nirma University International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2169-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUiConE.2011.6153318

Filename

6153318