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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Yoshiteru Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Kono, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Amusement facilities for providing predetermined images to passengers inside a vehicle for amusement on the basis of a scenario while the vehicle (ride)( ) is moving in a predetermined course, wherein the course includes bright areas and dark areas, and acceleration/deceleration of the ride ( ) is done at the boundaries of these areas. A video camera ( ) provides images outside the vehicle to the passengers in the bright areas and images of a video disk player ( ) are provided to the passengers in the dark areas. Further, sways are imparted by a motor ( ) for rolling and a motor ( ) for pitching to the ride ( ) in accordance with scenarios. These images, acceleration/deceleration and sway give the passengers an illusion as if they had moved over a longer distance than an actual distance in the dark areas.