Systems and methods for performing maintenance of an amusement park attraction system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsMichael Roy Kiddoo, Rebecca Barbara Dean
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Abstract
A maintenance vehicle for an attraction system includes a maintenance component configured to output a material onto a path of a pathway system of the attraction system, a guide engager configured to capture a projection of the pathway system, the projection being separate from the path, and a set of wheels configured to move the maintenance vehicle along the pathway system while the guide engager maintains capture of the projection to move the maintenance component along the path.
Claims20
An attraction system comprising:
- a maintenance vehicle;
- a pathway system;
- a sensor configured to detect a parameter associated with the attraction system;
- an automation control system configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving data from the sensor, wherein the data is indicative of the parameter associated with the attraction system;
- and
- controlling a movement of the maintenance vehicle along the pathway system based on the data;
- a maintenance component of the maintenance vehicle, wherein the maintenance component is configured to output a material onto a path of the pathway system of the attraction system;
- a guide engager of the maintenance vehicle, wherein the guide engager is configured to capture a projection of the pathway system, wherein the projection is separate from the path;
- and
- a set of wheels of the maintenance vehicle, wherein the set of wheels is configured to engage the pathway system to enable the movement of the maintenance vehicle along the pathway system while the guide engager maintains capture of the projection.
An attraction system, comprising:
- a maintenance vehicle;
- a pathway system;
- a sensor configured to detect a parameter associated with the attraction system;
- an automation control system configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving data from the sensor, wherein the data is indicative of the parameter associated with the attraction system;
- and
- controlling a movement of the maintenance vehicle along the pathway system based on the data;
- a maintenance component of the maintenance vehicle, the maintenance component comprising a first maintenance section configured to output a material onto a surface of a path of the pathway system of the attraction system and a second maintenance section configured to treat the material outputted onto the surface;
- a path engager of the maintenance vehicle, wherein the path engager is configured to contact the surface and capture the path;
- and
- a motivator of the maintenance vehicle, wherein the motivator is configured to move the maintenance component along the path via the path engager while maintaining capture of the path to move the maintenance component along the path.
A attraction system, the maintenance vehicle comprising:
- a maintenance component configured to output a material onto a path of a pathway system of the attraction system;
- a sensor configured to monitor a parameter associated with a property of a guide of the pathway system;
- and
- a control system configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving data from the sensor, wherein the data is indicative of the parameter associated with the property of the guide;
- and
- controlling movement of the maintenance vehicle based on the parameter to move the maintenance component along the path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.