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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Bradley K. Geagley, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Joseph O. Garlington, LaCrescenta, CA (US);
John T. Hagen-Brenner, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Gary J. Nadler, Marlboro, NJ (US);
William G. Redmann, Oak Park, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
An entertainment attraction (,) comprises remote-controlled, telepresence vehicles (,) and an environment (,) for the vehicles to traverse. The environment includes a plurality of reconfigurable portions (,). A vehicle includes an identification device (,) for providing an identifier and a camera (,) for imaging its field of view. A driver console (,) corresponding to a vehicle includes a monitor (,) for displaying the imaged field of view of the camera and a control device (,) for providing a driver-initiated control signal. A control system (,) includes detectors (,) dispersed about the environment. A detector is configured to receive the identifier or to sense the vehicle or both. The control system composes the interactions among the vehicles, the driver console, and the reconfigurable portions according to the received identifier, the sensing of the vehicle, or the driver-initiated control signal or some combination thereof.