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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2007
Steven Morris King, Orlando, FL (US);
Henry William Long, Burnaby, CA;
Steven Morris King, Orlando, FL (US);
Henry William Long, Burnaby, CA;
Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US);
Abstract
A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.