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US 12,615,495 B2Granted
Systems and methods for wireless communication in ride attractions
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorMo Raofi
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Abstract
A system includes an attraction vehicle in an attraction. The attraction vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to measure one or more parameters pertaining to the attraction. The system also includes a network interface configured to transmit information related to the one or more parameters wirelessly using outgoing signals in a first high-frequency band and to receive incoming information at the attraction vehicle wirelessly using incoming signals using a second high-frequency band. The system also includes a controller configured to operate the attraction vehicle based at least in part on the incoming information.
Claims20
An attraction system, comprising:
- an attraction vehicle comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to measure one or more parameters pertaining to the attraction system;
- a network interface communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to:
- transmit information related to the one or more parameters wirelessly using outgoing signals in a first high-frequency band to a plurality of access points by transitioning between access points of the plurality of access points when transitioning between scenes of an attraction through which the attraction vehicle traverses by closing a door or causing the attraction vehicle to travel behind a wall to disconnect from a previous access point of the plurality of access points;
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- receive incoming information at the attraction vehicle wirelessly using incoming signals using a second high-frequency band, wherein the first and second high-frequency bands use frequencies higher than 60 GHz to exchange data between the attraction vehicle and one or more wireless electronic devices;
- and
- a controller configured to operate the attraction vehicle based at least in part on the incoming information.
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An attraction system, comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive and transmit high-speed signals in a high-frequency band from an attraction vehicle in an attraction to a plurality of access points by transitioning between access points of the plurality of access points when the attraction vehicle traverses through the attraction by causing a door to close or causing the attraction vehicle to travel behind a wall to disconnect from a previous access point of the plurality of access points, wherein the high-frequency band uses frequencies higher than 60 GHz to exchange data between the attraction vehicle and another wireless electronic device;
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- one or more processors configured to control one or more objects in the attraction by transmitting a control signal based at least in part on the high-speed signals transmitted from the attraction vehicle.
A method of attraction system operation, the method comprising:
- measuring one or more parameters of operation of an attraction vehicle travelling within an attraction using one or more electronic sensors on the attraction vehicle;
- transmitting, from a transmitter on the attraction vehicle, outgoing information from the attraction vehicle to a network comprising a plurality of access points by transitioning between access points when transitioning between scenes of the attraction system by closing a door or causing the attraction vehicle to travel behind a wall to disconnect from a previous access point of the plurality of access points, wherein the outgoing information is related to the one or more parameters and is transmitted wirelessly using outgoing signals in a first high-frequency band;
- receiving, at a receiver of the attraction vehicle, incoming information at the attraction vehicle wirelessly using incoming signals using a second high-frequency band, wherein the incoming information is based at least in part on signals from another attraction vehicle in the attraction that are transmitted wirelessly to the network of access points, wherein the first and second high-frequency bands use frequencies higher than 60 GHz to exchange data between the attraction vehicle and one or more wireless electronic devices;
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- operating, using a controller, the attraction vehicle based at least in part on the incoming information and the one or more parameters.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.