Universal City Studios, Inc.

Amanda Zielkowski

Robert Cortelyou

Justin Michael Schwartz

Ross Alan Osterman

Anisha Vyas

Darrin Hughes

Caitlin Amanda Correll

Steven C Blum

Dennis Gebken

Jannik Ingerslev Jensen

Brian Birney McQuillian

Paula Stenzler

Christopher Oliver

John Charles Ugrin

Matthew Preston Jones

Michelle Phillips

Alexandria Catania

Robert J Cortelyou

Brian B Mcquillian

An amusement park monitoring system may include a plurality of sensor devices configured to acquire data related to one or more individuals within an amusement park and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to process the data from the plurality of sensor devices. The instructions further cause the processor to identify an activity performed by the one or more individuals based on the data and compare the activity to a behavior model. The behavior model may be indicative of one or more behavior threshold values associated with one or more amusement park attractions. The processor may then determine that the activity exceeds a behavior threshold value of the one or more behavior threshold values and initiate an action in response to the activity exceeding the behavior threshold value.

Amusement park interactive guidance system

A system may include a virtual reality system configured to present one or more virtual objects via an electronic display. The system may also include one or more inflatable objects that correspond to the one or more virtual objects, such that the one or more inflatable objects matches one or more shapes of the one or more virtual objects. The system may also include a processor configured to cause at least one of the one or more inflatable objects to inflate based on feedback from the virtual reality system.

Systems and methods for incorporating pneumatic robotic systems into structures

A system may include an inflatable assembly having a plurality of members. The system may also include a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of positions inside or around the inflatable assembly, such that the plurality of sensors may acquire data related to a shape of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes one or more valves, each configured to direct a fluid into a corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly. The system also includes a processor that adjusts positions of the one or more valves to cause the fluid to be directed into the corresponding member of the plurality of members of the inflatable assembly based on the data and a desired shape of the inflatable assembly.

Systems and methods for incorporating pneumatic robotic systems into amusement park attractions

Present systems and methods are directed to a system that includes a visualization device that includes a display viewable by a user. The system also includes a computer graphics generation system communicatively coupled to the visualization device. The computer graphics generation system includes a processor and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor, such that the memory device stores instructions that cause the processor to generate an environment of real-world images, augmented-reality images, or a combination thereof. The instructions also cause the processor to receive and analyze data associated with the environment to determine an appropriate text location, determine appropriate textual characteristics for text based at least in part on the appropriate text location, and overlay the text having the appropriate textual characteristics onto the environment at the appropriate text location.

Systems and methods for textual overlay in an amusement park environment

An inflatable assembly may include a housing that has a plurality of adjustment inflatables that may form a range of shapes at different levels of inflation. The inflatable may also include one or more sensors disposed on the housing and one or more valves disposed in the housing. The valves are controllable and configured to direct fluid flow into the plurality of adjustment inflatables. The assembly may also include a processor that receives data from the one or more sensors disposed on the housing and adjust one or more positions of the one or more valves based on the data to control fluid flow into one or more of the plurality of adjustment inflatables.

Systems and methods for incorporating pneumatic robotic systems into inflatable objects

A system includes a portable locker including a container that may receive and store items and a first lock coupled to the container and that may lock the container to block access to the stored items. The first lock includes a detector that may receive a wireless signal, and receiving the wireless signal causes the first lock to lock or unlock. The system also includes a restraint coupled to the container and includes a second lock. The second lock may secure the portable locker to a rider of an amusement park ride.

Loose item management systems and methods for amusement park rides

A system may include a housing that may hold a body of water, an inflatable assembly disposed within the body of water, and a processor. The processor may receive an indication related to a speed of a flow of the body of water and send a signal to at least one valve coupled between the inflatable assembly and a fluid source in response to the indication. The signal may cause the at least one valve to fluidly couple the inflatable assembly to the fluid source to cause the inflatable assembly to expand to an inflated configuration.

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Amanda Zielkowski