Ride vehicle and track system
OwnerEarl Knight MAGRATH, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an antenna configured to receive a signal from a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag and an on-vehicle operating system configured to identify a vehicle action based on the signal and to control the vehicle to perform the vehicle action. Additionally, the vehicle can include a user-operated steering mechanism, a user interface configured to receive user input to activate the vehicle action and instruct the on-vehicle operating system to control the vehicle and an on-vehicle message system configured to provide messages to a user of the vehicle. A system includes one or more vehicles that are operable on a track having a plurality of RFID tags disposed at various positions along the track.
Claims12
A vehicle, comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive a signal from an RFID tag;
- and
- an on-vehicle operating system configured to identify a vehicle action based on the signal and to control the vehicle to perform the vehicle action.
A race track, comprising:
- a track surface configured to allow a vehicle to drive along the track surface;
- and
- a plurality of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags embedded within the track surface, each of the plurality of RFID tags having a digital code that contains an actuatable vehicle action,
- wherein when the vehicle drives over one of the plurality of RFID tags, the vehicle obtains the actuatable vehicle action.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of RFID tags disposed at various positions along a driveable track;
- and
- a vehicle, said vehicle comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive a signal from the plurality of RFID tags as the vehicle is driven along the driveable track;
- and
- an on-vehicle operating system configured to identify a vehicle action based on the signal and to control the vehicle to perform the vehicle action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.