Universal City Studios, Inc.

Daniel Matthew Freedman

Nathanael Gordon White

David Gerard Majdali

Ted W Van Winkle

Ji Hyun Han

Steven C Blum

Eric Alan Vance

Robert Michael Jordan

Paula Stenzler

Christopher Oliver

Dwain South

Tom Masterson

Dustin W Fike

Justin Michael Schwartz

James F Anderson

Patrick John Goergen

Gregory Shellman Hall

Michael Joseph Tresaugue

Victor Alexander Lugo

Kevin Blaine Primm

Christine Sorrentino

Jeffrey A Bardt

Sarah Anne Kelley

Thomas Owen Williams

Julia Ann Javorsky

Jacob David Allinson

Jared Cryder

Asli Soyler Akbas

William Travis Faircloth

Paige Lynette Reiter

Michael Joseph Troise

Zach Morgan

William Miller

Hannah Amelia Brush

Morgan Elizabeth Dickinson

Robert Henry Cybulski, Iii

Felix M Chao Rodriguez

Michael Tresaugue

An inspection vehicle for an attraction system of an amusement park includes one or more bogies configured to engage with a path of the attraction system, a sensor configured to capture imagery of the path, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to receive data indicative of a detected marker, determine a path section at which the inspection vehicle is located based on the detected marker, determine target imagery associated with the path section, receive captured imagery from the sensor, and output a control signal in response to determining a difference between captured imagery received from the sensor and the target imagery is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

Systems and methods for inspecting an amusement park attraction system

A surface-mounted vehicle includes a body and a mounting system configured to couple the surface-mounted vehicle to a surface. The surface-mounted vehicle also includes a propulsion system configured to move the surface-mounted vehicle along the surface. In addition, the surface-mounted vehicle includes a rail coupling system having at least one rail coupled to the body. The at least one rail is configured to couple a component to the surface-mounted vehicle. The rail coupling system also includes multiple electrical connectors disposed along the at least one rail. The electrical connectors are configured to provide electrical power to the component.

Surface-mounted vehicle having a rail coupling system

A restraint system for a ride vehicle includes a clamp restraint having a first restraint portion and a second restraint portion configured to transition between a released configuration and a secured configuration. The clamp restraint is configured to receive at least one passenger leg between the first restraint portion and the second restraint portion in the released configuration. The restraint system also includes one or more inflatable bladders of the first restraint portion, the second restraint portion, or both configured to inflate to engage the at least one passenger leg in the secured configuration to facilitate restraint of the passenger within the ride vehicle.

System and method for inflatable restraint for a ride vehicle

An attraction system has a plurality of show effects, a handheld or wearable device, and a control system. The control system is configured to perform operations that include monitoring a parameter of the handheld or wearable device, determining that the parameter is indicative of an undesirable utilization of the attraction system, and controlling the handheld or wearable device, at least one show effect of the plurality of show effects, or both. The control system is also configured to provide guidance to change the parameter in response to the determination that the parameter is indicative of the undesirable utilization of the attraction system.

Systems and methods for controlling an operation of an attraction system

Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for oscillating transparent digital displays to generate a three-dimensional (3D) holographic image. A holographic imaging system includes a plurality of digital screens, wherein each screen of the plurality of digital screens is positioned parallel to an x-axis and a y-axis, and the screens are stacked along a z-axis perpendicular to the x-axis and the y-axis, a propulsion system configured to oscillate the plurality of digital screens along the z-axis, and a control system. The control system is configured to generate a digital image, display different slices of the digital image on the plurality of digital screens, and activate the propulsion system to oscillate the plurality of digital screens in synchronization with the display of the different slices on the screens to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image.

Oscillating stacked digital displays for holographic image

A ride system includes a first ride vehicle having a first magnet exposed along a first exterior side of the first ride vehicle and a first additional magnet exposed along a first additional exterior side of the first ride vehicle. The ride system includes a second ride vehicle having a second magnet exposed along a second exterior side of the second ride vehicle and a second additional magnet exposed along a second additional exterior side of the second ride vehicle. The ride system includes a control system configured to control maneuvering of one or both of the first and second ride vehicles to: establish a coupling between the first magnet and the second magnet in a first configuration, establish a coupling between the first magnet and the second additional magnet in a second configuration, establish a coupling between the first additional magnet and the second magnet in a third configuration, establish a coupling between the first additional magnet and the second additional magnet in a fourth configuration.

Ride system with dynamic ride vehicle configurations

A passenger restraint system of a vehicle includes a passenger restraint article with an interface, and a locking device that secures the interface. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a vertical channel that enables the locking device to travel up and down. The locking device may include a camera that enables the locking device to align with the interface, and once aligned, the locking device secures the interface. In additional or alternative embodiments, the locking device includes two C-bars and a biasing element that urges the locking device into an open position. When the passenger sits or leans against the opened C-bars, the force caused by the interface on the C-bars overcomes the force applied by the biasing element, urging the C-bars into a closed position. The locking device is then secured by engaging a locking bar that pushes against a surface of the C-bars.

Jacket/vest passenger restraint systems and methods

A capsule ride system includes a capsule, where the capsule includes a drum, which may include a curved annular wall that may define a chamber. The capsule also includes a platform that may fit within the chamber and that supports a restraint for a passenger. The system further includes a drive system capable of driving rotation of the capsule about a central axis of the capsule and driving forward and/or rearward movement of the capsule along a track.

Amusement park capsule ride

A ride assembly includes a ride vehicle configured to carry one or more passengers and to move in a direction along a ride path, a first passenger seat of the ride vehicle having a seatback, where the first passenger seat is configured to seat a first passenger of the one or more passengers, and where the seatback is configured to rotate with respect to the ride vehicle from a loading position to an active position, a second passenger seat of the ride vehicle positioned behind the first passenger seat with respect to the direction, where the second passenger seat is configured to seat a second passenger of the one or more passengers, and a passenger restraint coupled to the seatback of the first passenger seat, where the passenger restraint is configured to secure the second passenger in the second passenger seat when the seatback is in the active position.

Passenger restraint for an amusement ride

A dome ride system includes a dome, a cartridge, receptacles of the cartridge configured to secure users, a media system configured to communicate a narrative to the users disposed within the cartridge utilizing an interior surface of the dome to display a visual aspect of the narrative, and a drive system. The cartridge is configured to be disposed within the dome, the dome is engaged with the drive system and configured to rotate in multiple directions about a center of the dome in response to input from the drive system, and the cartridge is configured to be coupled to and rotate with the dome.

Dome theater ride system and method

A motion simulator ride assembly including a motion base and a rider support assembly positioned beneath and coupled to the motion base. The rider support assembly includes a plurality of rider support units each including a saddle having a leading end, a tail end, and a superior surface that may support a rider in a facedown position and a restraint system that may secure the rider onto the rider support. The restraint system includes a rotating restraint having an attachment point on the saddle, and the rotating restraint may move relative to the superior surface to move the rotating restraint from an unrestrained configuration to a restrained configuration, and the rotating restraint may abut against a posterior surface of a torso of the rider when the rotating restraint is in the restrained configuration. The motion simulator ride assembly also includes a display screen that may project a simulated environment. The display screen is positioned below the motion base.

Seated motion simulation amusement park attraction

A ride vehicle includes a base configured to move through an attraction environment and a sphere engaging the base and further including one or more ride seats disposed within the sphere. The one or more ride seats are coupled to an upper surface of a platform disposed within the sphere. The ride vehicle also includes a sphere drive system of the base configured to engage with an external surface of the sphere to rotate the sphere relative to the base. The upper surface of the platform is configured to remain substantially horizontal while the sphere drive system rotates the sphere.

Systems and methods for a sphere ride

A motion simulator ride assembly includes a motion base and a rider support assembly positioned beneath and coupled to the motion base. The rider support assembly includes a plurality of rider support units, each rider support unit of the one or more rider support units having an inversion table having a surface that may abut a rider. The inversion table may rotate about an axis to transition between a loading configuration and a ride configuration and the ride configuration positions the rider in a substantially facedown position. Each rider support unit also includes a restraint system that may secure the rider onto the inversion table. The restraint system includes a first moveable restraint and a second moveable restraint that are each coupled to the inversion table and the first and second moveable restraints may move relative to the surface to move the first and second movable restraints from an unrestrained configuration to a restrained configuration. The motion simulator ride assembly also includes a display screen that may project a simulated environment. The display screen is positioned below the motion base.

Motion simulation amusement park attraction

A simulator ride may include an annular structure forming at least a partial annulus on which a path is implemented. Additionally, the simulator ride may include a headset with a display designed to be worn by a passenger. A passenger support system may be coupled to the path of the annular structure and designed to move along the path and rotate about a center axis of the annular structure when in operation. Additionally, the annular structure may be configured to be articulated in one or more degrees of freedom.

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Ocoee, FL, United States of America

Daniel Matthew Freedman