Patents by Inventor Jacob David Allinson

Jacob David Allinson 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).

  • Patent number: 12254717
    Abstract: An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Anthony Melo, Angelo Pagliuca, Brandon David Burnette, John Adams, Jacob David Allinson, Eric To Chan, Mark James Traynor
  • Publication number: 20240270295
    Abstract: An inspection vehicle for an attraction system of an amusement park includes one or more bogies configured to engage with a path of the attraction system, a sensor configured to capture imagery of the path, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to receive data indicative of a detected marker, determine a path section at which the inspection vehicle is located based on the detected marker, determine target imagery associated with the path section, receive captured imagery from the sensor, and output a control signal in response to determining a difference between captured imagery received from the sensor and the target imagery is equal to or greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Paige Lynette Reiter, Patrick John Goergen, Thomas Owen Williams, Sarah Anne Kelley, Daniel Matthew Freedman, Jacob David Allinson
  • Publication number: 20240264795
    Abstract: An attraction system includes a display that operates to present augmented reality and/or virtual reality (AR/VR) imagery to a guest in an interactive space. The system includes an audio controller that operates an array of speakers that are distributed throughout the interactive space and a controller having one or more processors. The one or more processors are operable to receive data indicative of a state of the guest (e.g., an action, movement, or gesture of the guest, an input received from an input device). The one or more processors are also operable to adjust the AR/VR imagery in response to the state of the guest, and instruct the audio controller to operate the array of the speakers to provide interactive audio based on the state of the guest and such that the interactive audio presents to the guest as though originating from a dynamic portion of the AR/VR imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob David Allinson, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, Thomas Owen Williams, Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo
  • Publication number: 20240054693
    Abstract: A system for an attraction includes a sensor configured to capture imagery of a real world environment and a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor. The control system is configured to receive the imagery captured by the sensor, identify a real world element of the imagery, generate image data that includes a virtual element that corresponds to the real world element, and transmit the image data for presentation in the attraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob David Allinson, Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Eric To Chan, Peter Carsillo
  • Publication number: 20230419726
    Abstract: An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Anthony Melo, Angelo Pagliuca, Brandon David Burmette, John Adams, Jacob David Allinson, Eric To Chan, Mark James Traynor