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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Universal City Studios Llc, Universal City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Orlando, FL (US);

Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Winter Garden, FL (US);

Elam Kevin Hertzler, Winter Garden, FL (US);

Assignee:

Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/00 (2006.01); A63J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0015 (2013.01); A63J 19/006 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01);
Abstract

An animated figure system includes an animated figure comprising a flexible skin layer, an actuating system coupled to a connection location of the flexible skin layer, and an automation controller. The automation controller is configured to access a digital model of the animated figure, in which the digital model comprises a vertex associated with the connection location, determine a first positioning of the vertex within the digital model, and control the actuating system to set a second positioning of the connection location based on the first positioning of the vertex.


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