Application (pre-grant publication)
CONCEALMENT OF RIDE VEHICLES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHER RIDE VEHICLES
- Number
- 20250041741
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- Filed
- 2023-08-02
- Assignee
- DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
- Inventors
- Ward; John Neil
- CPC
- A63G31/16; H04N9/3147; H04N9/3194; H04N13/368; H04N13/398
- Verdict
- Low Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Ride-vehicle concealment/projection show hardware.
Abstract
A method of concealing a first ride vehicle in an amusement park attraction from a second ride vehicle in the amusement park attraction is disclosed herein. The method includes selecting content to project onto the first ride vehicle based at least on a characteristic of the first ride vehicle and projecting the selected content onto the first ride vehicle, where an appearance of the first ride vehicle is modified as viewed from the second ride vehicle by the projected content
Background
FIELD
The present application relates to systems and methods of increasing rider throughput and providing immersive experiences in amusement park attractions. BACKGROUND
Increasing throughput of riders in amusement park attractions generally improves rider experiences by reducing wait times, enabling a larger number of riders able to experience an attraction on a given day, and the like. Rider throughput is often increased through the addition of ride vehicles to an existing attraction or through designing attractions to accommodate a large number of ride vehicles. Creating an immersive experience for riders is difficult with an increase to the number of ride vehicles, as this may cause other ride vehicles to be within eyesight of the riders. Existing strategies to keep riders from seeing other ride vehicles are generally complex, such as programming paths of various ride vehicles to avoid one another, dark ride environments, sophisticated ride vehicles, etc. Such strategies can be expensive to implement, may not allow certain creative themes, as well as may not be applicable to retrofitting of existing attractions, such as attractions using fixed track systems. BRIEF SUMMARY
A method of concealing a first ride vehicle in an amusement park attraction from a second ride vehicle in the amusement park attraction is disclosed herein. The method includes selecting content to project onto the first ride vehicle based at least on a characteristic of the first ri