Water attraction dispatch system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsDavid Helmick, Elliot Taylor, Justin Michael Schwartz
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Abstract
A water attraction dispatch system includes a water attraction having a plurality of sensors and a dispatch controller. The dispatch controller is configured to receive attraction condition data from the plurality of sensors of the water attraction and determine a dispatch status of the water attraction based on the attraction condition data. The dispatch status may be a permit dispatch status or a deny dispatch status. The dispatch controller is configured to transmit a signal indicative of the dispatch status to a controller of the water attraction.
Claims15
A water attraction dispatch system, comprising:
- a water attraction;
- a plurality of sensors of the water attraction;
- and
- a dispatch controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, the instructions configured to cause the dispatch controller to:
- receive attraction condition data from the plurality of sensors of the water attraction, wherein a portion of the plurality of sensors comprises a network of strain gauge sensors along a slide path of an individual slide of the water attraction;
- determine guest position data on the individual slide based on the network of strain gauge sensors and a strain map of the individual slide, wherein the strain map corresponds to a profile of the individual slide associated with the guest position data;
- determine a dispatch status of the individual slide of the water attraction based on the attraction condition data and the guest position data, wherein the determined dispatch status comprises a permit dispatch status or a deny dispatch status;
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- transmit a signal indicative of the dispatch status to a controller of the water attraction.
A water attraction dispatch system, comprising:
- a water attraction;
- a plurality of sensors of the water attraction;
- and a dispatch controller comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, the instructions configured to cause the dispatch controller to:
- receive attraction condition data from the plurality of sensors of the water attraction;
- determine a deny dispatch status for an individual slide of a plurality of slides of the water attraction based on attraction condition data associated with the individual slide;
- determine a permit dispatch status for other slides of the plurality of slides of the water attraction based on attraction condition data associated with the other slides and attraction condition data of a shared water resource;
- and transmit a signal indicative of the deny dispatch status and the permit dispatch status to a controller of the water attraction;
- wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a network of strain gauge sensors along a slide path of the individual slide;
- and wherein the network of strain gauge sensors and a strain map corresponding to the individual slide associated with a measured guest-associated deflection by the network of strain gauge sensors are used to determine a guest position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.