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US 11,976,794 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing a show effect for an attraction system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsGregory Shellman Hall, Dante Lamar Bruno, Matthew Robert Rossett, Rachel Nicole Migliacci
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Abstract
A show effect system may include a plasma tube configured to generate an electric arc within the plasma tube and a light strip extending along the plasma tube. The light strip may include a plurality of light emitters configured to output light through the plasma tube and backlight the electric arc generated by the plasma tube.
Claims21
A show effect system, comprising:
- a plasma tube having an axial length greater than a width and configured to generate an electric arc within the plasma tube;
- and
- a light strip extending along the axial length of the plasma tube, wherein the light strip comprises a plurality of light emitters configured to output light through the plasma tube and backlight the electric arc generated by the plasma tube.
An attraction system, comprising:
- a plasma tube configured to generate an electric arc within the plasma tube;
- a light strip extending along the plasma tube, wherein the light strip is configured to output light through the plasma tube and illuminate the electric arc generated by the plasma tube;
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- a vehicle configured to move along a path proximate to at least a portion of the plasma tube and the light strip.
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A show effect system, comprising:
- a plasma tube having an axial length greater than a width, wherein the plasma tube comprises a switch configured to apply a voltage to generate an electric arc within an internal volume of the plasma tube;
- a light strip external to the plasma tube and configured to output a light, wherein the light strip extends along the axial length of the plasma tube and is oriented to output the light through the plasma tube and onto the electric arc generated within the internal volume of the plasma tube;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to the plasma tube and the light strip, wherein the controller is configured to perform operations comprising:
- instructing the switch to apply the voltage to generate the electric arc;
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- instructing the light strip to output the light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.