Interactive amusement ride
AssigneeAntonio Zamperla S.p.A.
InventorsAntonio ZAMPERLA, Timothy Robert JACOBI
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Abstract
An amusement ride comprises at least one sensing system adapted to control motion of the amusement ride responsive to a non-tactile input from at least one rider. The non-tactile input comprises body motion of at least one rider. The body movement may be of the rider's arms, such as flapping of the rider's arms. The amusement ride includes at least one vehicle adapted to receive the rider. The vehicle may be a gondola suspended from an overhead rotatable retaining member and the motion of the amusement ride may be raising and lowering the gondola responsive to the rider's body motion.
Claims30
An amusement ride comprising at least one sensing system adapted to control motion of the amusement ride responsive to a non-tactile input from at least one rider.
An amusement ride comprising at least one sensing system not involving physical touching that interprets bodily movements of a rider to control motion of the amusement ride.
A method for controlling an amusement ride, said method comprising:
- a sensing system detecting movement of a body part of at least one rider in a vehicle of said amusement ride;
- said sensing system communicating with a controller of a control system;
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- said controller controlling motion of said amusement ride based upon said detected movement of said body part, as sensed by said sensing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.