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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Robert Michael Jordan, Orlando, FL (US);

Mark James Traynor, Orlando, FL (US);

Patrick John Goergen, Orlando, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01); A63G 31/16 (2006.01); G06T 13/20 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); A63G 31/16 (2013.01); G06T 13/205 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a virtual reality ride system includes a display to present virtual reality image content to a first rider, an audio sensor to capture audio data associated with a second rider, and an image sensor to capture image data associated with the second rider. The virtual reality ride system also includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and configured to (i) receive the audio data, the image data, or both, (ii) generate a virtual avatar corresponding to the second rider, wherein the virtual avatar includes a set of facial features, (iii) update the set of facial features based on the audio data, the image data, or both, and (iv) instruct the display to present the virtual reality image content including the virtual avatar and the updated set of facial features.


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