Systems and methods for deploying and resetting show elements
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorBenjamin Robert Clark
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Abstract
A show system includes a rotatable beam assembly having a rotatable beam, a first track, a second track, and one or more motors. The show system also includes a first show element coupled to the first track to enable the first show element to translate along the first track and a second show element coupled to the second track to enable the second show element to translate along the second track. The show system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the rotatable beam assembly and configured to provide control signals to the one or more motors to rotate the rotatable beam to cause the first show element to rotate from a show location to a reset location and to cause the second show element to rotate from the reset location to the show location.
Claims20
A show system, comprising
- a rotatable beam assembly comprising a rotatable beam, a first track, a second track, and one or more motors;
- a first show element coupled to the first track to enable the first show element to translate along the first track and a second show element coupled to the second track to enable the second show element to translate along the second track;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the rotatable beam assembly and configured to provide control signals to the one or more motors to:
- with the first show element in a show location, drive the first show element to translate along the first track to present a respective motion profile in a scene;
- rotate the rotatable beam to cause the first show element to rotate from the show location to a reset location and to cause the second show element to rotate from the reset location to the show location;
- and
- with the second show element in the show location, drive the second show element to translate along the second track to present a respective motion profile in the scene.
A method of operating a show system, the method comprising:
- driving, via one or more motors and with a first show element in a show location, the first show element to translate in a first direction along a first track coupled to a rotatable beam to present a respective motion profile to one or more guests in a first ride vehicle;
- rotating, via the one or more motors, the rotatable beam to cause the first show element to rotate from the show location to a reset location and to cause a second show element to rotate from the reset location to the show location;
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- driving, via the one or more motors and with the second show element in the show location, the second show element to translate in the first direction along a second track to present a respective motion profile to one or more additional guests in a second ride vehicle.
A show system, comprising:
- a rotatable beam assembly comprising a rotatable beam, a first track positioned on a first side of the rotatable beam, a second track positioned on a second side of the rotatable beam, and one or more motors configured to drive rotation of the rotatable beam;
- a first show element coupled to the first track to enable the first show element to translate along the first track;
- a second show element coupled to the second track to enable the second show element to translate along the second track;
- and
- a controller configured to provide control signals to one or more motors to rotate the rotatable beam to alternate presentation of the first show element and the second show element within a scene.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.