Laser beam detector including a light source for use in a laser attraction
AssigneeZ-Image, LLC
InventorsJohn Bonvallet, Ted Ziemkowski
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for operating a laser attraction. Aspects include instructing a plurality of laser transmitters to each emit a laser beam, each of the emitted laser beams being detected by a particular receiver device. In addition, a signal may be received that indicates that one of the laser beams has been broken. In an aspect, the signal may be received from a receiver device that is associated with the broken laser beam. Further, the receiver device may be instructed to illuminate a light source when the laser beam is broken, the light source being part of the receiver device.
Claims20
A method for operating a laser attraction during a game mode, the laser attraction comprising a plurality of receivers each having a light source and a sensor configured to detect a corresponding laser beam, the method comprising:
- instructing a plurality of laser transmitters to each emit a laser beam during the game mode, each of the emitted laser beams being detected by a particular receiver device;
- receiving a signal that indicates that one of the laser beams has been broken during the game mode, the signal being received from a receiver device that is associated with the broken laser beam;
- instructing the receiver device associated with the broken laser beam to illuminate a light source of the receiver device when the laser beam is broken during the game mode, the light source being part of the receiver device;
- determining when the laser attraction transitions from the game mode to a non-game mode;
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- instructing the plurality of receivers to each illuminate the light sources comprised in the plurality of receivers upon determining that the laser attraction transitions from the game mode to the non-game mode.
A laser attraction comprising:
- a plurality of laser emitters;
- a plurality of receivers each having one or more light sources and a sensor configured to detect a laser beam;
- a controller configured to control the one or more light sources of each of the plurality of receivers;
- a memory;
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- at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- instruct a plurality of laser transmitters to each emit a laser beam during a game mode, each of the emitted laser beams being detected by a particular receiver device;
- receive a signal that indicates that one of the laser beams has been broken during the game mode, the signal being received from a receiver device that is associated with the broken laser beam;
- instruct the receiver device for the corresponding broken laser beam to emit light from a corresponding light source comprised in the receiver when the laser beam is broken during the game mode;
- determine when the laser attraction transitions from the game mode to a non-game mode;
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- instruct the plurality of receivers to each illuminate the one or more light sources comprised in the plurality of receivers upon determining that the laser attraction transitions from the game mode to the non-game mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.