Patents by Inventor FRANK D. MEZZATESTA, III

FRANK D. MEZZATESTA, III has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Park attraction with collaborative passenger control of holonomic vehicles
    Patent number: 11294378
    Abstract: A system for use in a park attraction to provide collaborative driving experiences. The system includes a vehicle including a body with passenger seats, including a user input assembly proximate to each of the passenger seats, and further including a holonomic drive system adapted to move the body in any direction while riding on a driving surface of the park attraction. The system also includes a system controller (running an attraction/game control module) that operates to: (a) receive user input from each of the user input assemblies; (b) process the user input from each of the user input assemblies to generate a control vector associated with each of the user input assemblies; (c) combine the control vectors from all of the user input assemblies to generate a resultant vector; (d) generate a drive control signal from the resultant vector; and (e) transmit the drive control signal to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Ilardi, Frank D. Mezzatesta, III, Jonathan Michael Becker, Dawson McLeod Dill, Luke Andrew Sciaraffa, Joseph George Hager, IV, William Bennett Hogue, Jr.
  • PARK ATTRACTION WITH COLLABORATIVE PASSENGER CONTROL OF HOLONOMIC VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20190302776
    Abstract: A system for use in a park attraction to provide collaborative driving experiences. The system includes a vehicle including a body with passenger seats, including a user input assembly proximate to each of the passenger seats, and further including a holonomic drive system adapted to move the body in any direction while riding on a driving surface of the park attraction. The system also includes a system controller (running an attraction/game control module) that operates to: (a) receive user input from each of the user input assemblies; (b) process the user input from each of the user input assemblies to generate a control vector associated with each of the user input assemblies; (c) combine the control vectors from all of the user input assemblies to generate a resultant vector; (d) generate a drive control signal from the resultant vector; and (e) transmit the drive control signal to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. ILARDI, FRANK D. MEZZATESTA, III, JONATHAN MICHAEL BECKER, DAWSON MCLEOD DILL, LUKE ANDREW SCIARAFFA, JOSEPH GEORGE HAGER, IV, WILLIAM BENNETT HOGUE, JR.