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US 12,109,504 B2Granted
Vehicle entertainment system and method
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Deuel, Steven M. Chapman, Joseph Mohos
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Abstract
An entertainment system for a vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, the entertainment system includes an at least partially enclosed structure configured to receive an on-road vehicle, where the structure defines a path along which the on-road vehicle is configured to move autonomously; a content output system configured to generate content based on one or more characteristics of the on-road vehicle; and a guide system configured to guide the on-road vehicle along the path.
Claims22
An entertainment system for a vehicle comprising:
- an at least partially enclosed structure configured to receive an on-road vehicle, wherein the structure defines a path along which the on-road vehicle is configured to move autonomously;
- one or more sensors configured to detect one or more characteristics of the on-road vehicle;
- a content output system configured to generate content based on one or more characteristics of the on-road vehicle and to generate guidance information for the on-road vehicle, wherein the guidance information is configured to synchronize movement of the on-road vehicle with the generated content as the generated content is displayed to one or more occupants of the on-road vehicle;
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- a guide system configured to generate control instructions based on the guidance information, wherein the control instructions guide the on-road vehicle along the path.
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A method comprising:
- detecting an on-road vehicle at an entertainment system, wherein the entertainment system includes an at least partially enclosed structure configured to receive the on-road vehicle, wherein the structure defines a path along which the on-road vehicle is configured to move autonomously;
- detecting one or more characteristics of the on-road vehicle;
- generating content based on the one or more characteristics of the on-road vehicle;
- generating guidance information for the on-road vehicle, wherein the guidance information is configured to synchronize movement of the on-road vehicle with the generated content as the generated content is displayed to one or more occupants of the on-road vehicle;
- guiding the on-road vehicle along the path using control instructions generated based on the guidance information;
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- displaying the generated content as the on-road vehicle moves along the path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.