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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Holger Irmler, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Brent David Strong, Burbank, CA (US);
Asa K. Kalama, Glendale, CA (US);
Raymond J. Scanlon, Burbank, CA (US);
Cory Joseph Rouse, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Renee M. Johnson, North Hollywood, CA (US);
Tina Y. Shioji, Long Beach, CA (US);
Abigail F. Tamayo, Walnut, CA (US);
David Frederick Beaudry, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A control system for selectively operating a sound system provided in a walk-around character costume. e.g., to play audio files in an order defined by a dialog tree that can be navigated by a performer wearing the costume. The control system includes a trigger mechanism provided in the costume operable by a performer wearing the costume to generate and transmit at least one trigger signal to navigate through a dialog tree. A controller receives the trigger signal and transmits a control signal causing the sound system to playback pre-recorded dialog. The system includes a trigger processing module run by the controller for processing the trigger signal and, in response to such processing, for navigating pre-recorded audio for a show to select the set of pre-recorded dialog. The trigger mechanism includes a first and a second pressure sensor in a thumb and index finger of a glove of the costume.