Interactive systems and methods with tracking devices
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsWei Cheng Yeh, Travis Jon Cossairt
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Abstract
A wearable device includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag having a memory that stores identification information. The wearable device also has a power harvesting circuit configured to harness power from electromagnetic radiation. Further, the wearable device has a sensor coupled to the power harvesting circuit and configured to utilize the power to monitor a condition of the wearable device. Even further, the wearable device has a microcontroller coupled to the sensor and configured to write data indicative of the condition to the memory of the RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information and the data in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation from an RFID reader.
Claims20
A wearable device comprising:
- a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that stores identification information;
- one or more LEDs configured to facilitate detection of the wearable device by an external light detector;
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- a microcontroller coupled to the RFID tag and the one or more LEDs and configured to control at least one LED of the one or more LEDs to emit light in response to receipt of electromagnetic radiation from a RFID reader at the RFID tag.
A system, comprising:
- a wearable device comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that stores identification information, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information to a RFID reader in response to receipt of electromagnetic radiation from the RFID reader;
- a tracking device supported by the wearable device and configured to facilitate tracking a position of the wearable device;
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- a processor configured to receive the identification information from the RFID reader and data indicative of the position of the wearable device, wherein the processor is configured to detect an interaction between the wearable device and an interactive element of an attraction based on the received identification information and the received data indicative of the position of the wearable device.
A system, comprising:
- a wearable device comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that stores identification information, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information to a RFID reader in response to receipt of electromagnetic radiation from the RFID reader;
- one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) supported by the wearable device and configured to facilitate tracking a position of the wearable device via an electronic device external to the wearable device;
- the electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a light detector that is configured to detect light emitted by the one or more LEDs and to generate data indicative of the position of the wearable device;
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- a processor coupled to the electronic device, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive the identification information from the RFID reader and the data indicative of the position of the wearable device from the electronic device;
- detect an interaction between the wearable device and an interactive element of an attraction based on the received identification information and the received data indicative of the position of the wearable device;
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- analyze the received data indicative of the position of the wearable device to determine a gesture performed by a guest wearing the wearable device during the interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.