Horizontal revolving gate
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorChristopher Erickson
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Abstract
A show-ride attraction includes a moving pathway configured to transport a guest toward a barrier, and a gate positioned across the moving pathway upstream of the barrier relative to a direction of travel of the moving pathway, wherein the gate is configured to transition between a first position and a second position in response to the guest engaging with the gate. The ride-show attraction further includes one or more sensors configured to detect transitioning of the gate from the first position to the second position, and a controller configured to control the moving pathway in response to an indication from the one or more sensors that the gate is transitioning and/or has transitioned to the second position.
Claims20
A show-ride attraction, comprising:
- a moving pathway configured to transport a guest toward a barrier;
- a gate positioned across the moving pathway upstream of the barrier relative to a direction of travel of the moving pathway, wherein the gate is configured to transition between a first position and a second position in response to the guest engaging with the gate;
- one or more sensors configured to detect transitioning of the gate from the first position to the second position;
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- a controller configured to control the moving pathway in response to an indication from the one or more sensors that the gate is transitioning and/or has transitioned to the second position.
A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
- operate a moving pathway at a first speed to transport guests from an entry point of a ride-show attraction to an exit point of the ride-show attraction;
- receive sensor data from one or more sensors positioned about the ride-show attraction, wherein the sensor data is indicative of a gate of the ride-show attraction transitioning from a first position to a second position;
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- operate the moving pathway at a second speed to facilitate departure of a guest from the moving pathway based on the sensor data indicating that the gate is in the second position.
A method for controlling operation of a moving pathway of a show-ride attraction, the method comprising:
- initiating operation of the moving pathway to transport one or more guests from an entry point of the show-ride attraction to an exit point of the show-ride attraction;
- receiving sensor data from one or more sensors, wherein the sensor data is indicative of at least one of the one or more guests interacting with a gate extending across the moving pathway such that the gate transitions from a first position to a second position;
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- controlling a speed of the moving pathway based on the sensor data indicating that the gate is in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.