Abstract: A lensed display system includes a projector configured to project an image. The lensed display system includes a lens formed of a glass or crystalline material. The lens includes a first surface, wherein at least a portion of the first surface includes a coating that is configured to display the projected image. The lens includes a second surface, wherein the second surface comprises a transparent curved surface that is configured to face toward a user and to enable the user to view the image projected onto the coating through the transparent curved surface.

Abstract: A visual effects system includes a first display, a second display, and a graphics generation system. The graphics generation system is configured to provide graphics data to the first display and the second display to define a combined image. The graphics generation system includes a processing system and a memory, the memory encoded with instructions configured to be executed by the processing system to cause the first display and the second display to display a first image on the first display based on the graphics data and a user location, a user gaze orientation, or both, and display a second image on the second display based on the graphics data and the user location, the user gaze orientation, or both.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for triggering an action while a device is separated from a user and traveling toward a target. A system includes a device and a triggering apparatus. The device is configured to measure a magnetic field strength, a device acceleration, and/or a device angular velocity while the device is separated from a user and traveling toward a target, and send the measured magnetic field strength, the measured acceleration, and/or the measured angular velocity to the triggering apparatus while the device is separated from the user and traveling toward the target. The triggering apparatus is configured to receive the measured magnetic field strength, the measured acceleration, and/or the measured angular velocity from the device, and determine whether to trigger an action based on an analysis of the measured magnetic field strength, the measured acceleration, and/or the measured angular velocity.

Abstract: An prop of an attraction system includes a first plate, a second plate coupled to the first plate and configured to move relative to the first plate, and a biasing support coupled to and extending between the first plate and to the second plate. The biasing support includes a mesh structure and is configured to deform during relative movement between the first plate and the second plate, and the biasing support is configured to apply a force onto the first plate, the second plate, or both upon deformation.

Abstract: A visual effects system includes a first display, wherein the first display includes a polarized filter on or in the first display, and a second display, wherein the second display is not polarized. The visual effects system also includes a beam splitter positioned to enable a guest to view the first display through the beam splitter and a reflection of the second display via the beam splitter.

Abstract: An amusement park attraction mapping system includes a sensing system configured to be disposed within an environment of an amusement park attraction, a positioning system coupled to the sensing system, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensing system and the positioning system. The sensing system is configured to capture scanning data of the environment, and the scanning data includes virtual points representative of objects in the environment. The positioning system is configured to move the sensing system within the environment. Further, the controller is configured to determine target scanning data to be captured by the sensing system, output a first control signal to instruct the positioning system to move the sensing system to a target position based on the target scanning data, and output a second control signal to instruct the sensing system to capture the scanning data at the target position.

Abstract: A ride vehicle system includes a seat configured to support a passenger in a ride vehicle. The seat includes a seat pan, and the seat pan includes a membrane defining an internal volume and an active fluid disposed within the internal volume. Additionally, the ride vehicle system includes a field generator configured to generate an applied field in the active fluid to change a property of the active fluid. The seat pan is configured to deform under a weight of the passenger to form a contour conformed to a shape of the passenger in an absence of the applied field.

Abstract: A method of providing audio descriptions of landmarks includes causing a user device to capture an image via an imaging sensor of the user device, comparing the captured image to a reference image to identify a landmark that appears in the captured image, providing a prompt requesting a description associated with the identified landmark to a large language model (LLM), receiving an audio file of the description associated with the identified landmark, and providing the audio file of the description associated with the identified landmark to the one or more user devices.

Abstract: A ride system includes a ride vehicle made of a buoyant material configured to float in a liquid. A bogie of the ride system includes a vehicle support positioned under the ride vehicle, and the bogie is configured to travel along a track. An extender is coupled to the vehicle support and coupled to the ride vehicle. The extender is configured to transition between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration to allow the ride vehicle to float in the liquid within a range of motion relative to the vehicle support.

Abstract: An attraction loading system is provided that includes a turntable configured to rotate about a vertical axis. A ride vehicle is configured to travel along a loading path disposed about a perimeter of the turntable. A first track switch of the system is disposed along the loading path to direct the ride vehicle to a main portion of the loading path from an attraction path, or to direct the ride vehicle to the main portion of the loading path from a secondary portion of the loading path. A second track switch of the system is disposed along the loading path to direct the ride vehicle from the main portion of the loading path to the attraction path, or to direct the ride vehicle from the main portion of the loading path to the secondary portion of the loading path.

Abstract: A system for an entertainment venue includes an enclosure comprising a display surface, a light emitter disposed within the enclosure and configured to output a light, and a tube disposed within the enclosure. The tube is configured to receive the light and transmit the light through the display surface of the enclosure to form imagery.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems for implementing a vehicle system for amusement parks. A vehicle system can have one or more vehicles for carrying passengers. Each vehicle can be propelled via a propulsion assembly that is propelled by a flow of fluid. In some aspects, the propulsion assembly can provide one or more adjustable surfaces that extend into the flow of fluid in a trough.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to an articulated joint. The articulated joint includes a first rotatable joint member including a first socket cavity, and a second rotatable joint member including a second socket cavity. The articulated joint further includes an elongated member including a first end having a spherical shape and a second end having the spherical shape, the first end of the elongated member being moveably secured in the first socket cavity and the second end of the elongated member being moveably secured in the second socket cavity. The elongated member is configured to rotate the second rotatable joint member in response to a rotation of the first rotatable joint member.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling an emission of an audio track in a three-dimensional (3D) space. An audio system is configured to detect an emission of a first audio track via one or more speakers of a plurality of speakers, wherein the first audio track is associated with an attraction, and select a speaker of the plurality of speakers. The audio system is further configured to determine whether the selected speaker is within a predetermined distance from the attraction, determine whether the selected speaker is emitting a second audio track different from the first audio track if the selected speaker is within the predetermined distance from the attraction, and control the emission of the first audio track via the selected speaker if the selected speaker is not emitting the second audio track.

Abstract: A display correction system including a display and a control system including processing circuitry and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, are configured to cause the processing circuitry to determine a first guest configuration in a ride vehicle during a first ride cycle, and determine a first view point based on the first guest configuration. The instructions are also configured to cause the processing circuitry to generate a first color correction layer based on the first view point and apply the first color correction layer to the display.

Abstract: A special effect system may include a steam generator, a reheater, and a steam separator configured to generate dry steam. The steam generator is coupled to a show element comprising a one or more compartments. Steam from the steam generator passes through the reheater and the steam separator before entering the one or more compartments such that condensate is removed and cooling of the steam within the system between the steam generator and the show element is remedied.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, a second RFID tag, one or more feedback devices configured to provide feedback to a guest, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to generate a first control signal that causes a first type of feedback via the one or more feedback devices in response to interaction between electromagnetic radiation having a first frequency and the first RFID tag and to generate a second control signal that causes a second type of feedback via the one or more feedback devices in response to interaction between electromagnetic radiation having a second frequency and the second RFID tag.

Abstract: An attraction system includes a ride vehicle configured to move within the attraction system, a display coupled to the ride vehicle, and a control system communicatively coupled to the display. The control system is configured to determine a position and/or orientation of the display within the attraction system and operate the display to present an image based on the position and/or orientation of the display.

Abstract: A reactive show action equipment system is disclosed, including show action equipment having one or more actuators and a special effects system coupled to the show action equipment. The special effects system includes an effects source and an effect emitter configured to expel a substance from the effects source to provide a special effect. The reactive show action equipment system also includes a sensor configured to detect a characteristic of the special effect or a characteristic impactful to the special effect and transmit data indicative of the characteristic. A control system is configured to receive the data indicative of the characteristic and instruct the one or more actuators based on the data indicative of the characteristic. In some embodiments, one or more components of the special effects system may be onboard the show action equipment.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag having a memory that stores identification information. The wearable device also has a power harvesting circuit configured to harness power from electromagnetic radiation. Further, the wearable device has a sensor coupled to the power harvesting circuit and configured to utilize the power to monitor a condition of the wearable device. Even further, the wearable device has a microcontroller coupled to the sensor and configured to write data indicative of the condition to the memory of the RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is configured to transmit the identification information and the data in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation from an RFID reader.