Special light effects system
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorsAkiva Meir Krauthamer, Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Timothy Fitzgerald Garnier
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Abstract
A special effects system includes a retroreflective target, an object comprising one or more light sources disposed on an end of the object, where the end of the object is spatially oriented to face the retroreflective target such that light from the one or more light sources is emitted onto the retroreflective target, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and the one or more light sources, wherein the controller comprises a processor configured to adjust the light from the light source based in part on the on the one or more signals output by the one or more sensors, wherein the signals are indicative of a position of the object, or a condition of the one or more light sources.
Claims19
A special effects light method configured to generate a halo effect, the method comprising:
- receiving, via one or more sensors, one or more signals indicative of a position of a surface or end of an object oriented to face a retroreflective target, and indicative of identification of the object or a guest holding the object, wherein the surface or end of the object comprises a reflector;
- and
- emitting light from one or more light sources onto the surface or end of the object based on the one or more signals indicative of the position of the surface or end of the object, wherein the one or more light sources are separate from the object and the retroreflective target, and
- wherein the retroreflective target is configured to receive the light from the reflector of the object and to retroreflect the light received from the reflector towards the reflector such that the retroreflected light enhances the emitted light to create a light special effect at a location of the reflector.
A special effects light system configured to generate a halo effect,
- the system comprising:
- a retroreflective target;
- one or more objects, wherein an object tip of each of the one or more objects comprises one or more light sources, the one or more light sources oriented to face the retroreflective target;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive one or more signals indicative of a position of the one or more object tips;
- and
- adjust a location of the retroreflective target based on the one or more signals, wherein the controller is configured to generate instructions to modify a surface of the retroreflective target.
A special effects light system configured to generate a halo effect,
- the system comprising:
- a retroreflective target disposed within an actuatable object;
- an object comprising one or more light sources disposed on an end of the object,
- one or more sensors configured to output one or more signals indicative of a position of the end of the object, and indicative of identification of the object or a guest holding the object;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive the one or more signals output by the one or more sensors;
- and
- control the actuatable object to open to expose the retroreflective target when the end of the object is oriented towards the actuatable object and such that the retroreflective target is configured to receive the light from the one or more light sources of the object and to retroreflect the light received towards the end of the object such that the retroreflected light enhances the one or more light sources to create a light special effect at the end of the object based on interaction of the light with the exposed retroreflective target of the actuatable object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.