Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Jordan

Robert Michael Jordan 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).

  • Publication number: 20260153924
    Abstract: A ride system may include a ride vehicle that supports a passenger and an attention tracker to determine a current direction of attention of the passenger. The ride system may also include a control system for maintaining an environment of the passenger. Maintaining the environment may include determining a set of content to be incorporated into the environment based at least in part on the current direction of attention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, David Smith
  • Patent number: 12646368
    Abstract: An amusement park attraction system includes a queue area and a controller configured to receive first sensor data indicative of one or more first notable attributes associated with a first group of guests in the queue area, receive second sensor data indicative of one or more second notable attributes associated with a second group of guests in the queue area, compare the first sensor data and the second sensor data to one another, determine a confidence score associated with a match between the first group of guests and the second group of guests based on comparison between the first sensor data and the second sensor data, and output a control signal in response to determining the confidence score exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventors: David John-Louis Alter, Robert Michael Jordan, Jonathan Michael Voss, Gregory Paul Habiak
  • Publication number: 20260099960
    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: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Jacob David Allinson, Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Eric To Chan, Peter Carsillo
  • Patent number: 12591406
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventors: Jacob David Allinson, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, Thomas Owen Williams, Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo
  • Patent number: 12578758
    Abstract: A wearable device for an attraction system includes a display, a projector oriented at a first oblique angle with respect to the display and configured to project an image onto the display, and a microphone oriented at a second oblique angle with respect to the display. The microphone is configured to receive audio waves deflecting off the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen
  • Publication number: 20260070592
    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: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Paige Lynette Reiter, Patrick John Goergen, Thomas Owen Williams, Sarah Anne Kelley, Daniel Matthew Freedman, Jacob David Allinson
  • Patent number: 12560996
    Abstract: A ride system may include a ride vehicle that supports a passenger and an attention tracker to determine a current direction of attention of the passenger. The ride system may also include a control system for maintaining an environment of the passenger. Maintaining the environment may include determining a set of content to be incorporated into the environment based at least in part on the current direction of attention as well as a future direction of attention that is determined utilizing a machine learning algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Patrick John Goergen, David Smith
  • Patent number: 12551806
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein include one or more guest activity recognition devices configured to recognize activity of one or more guests within a physical environment of an amusement park. The system also includes one or more ride vehicles of a ride of the amusement park, each ride vehicle including an artificial intelligence entity management system configured to maintain one or more ride vehicle artificial intelligence entities of the ride vehicle based at least in part on the recognized activity of the one or more guests; and one or more features disposed on the ride vehicle and configured to be activated by the artificial intelligence entity management system to simulate the existence of the one or more ride vehicle artificial intelligence entities in accordance with one or more properties of the one or more ride vehicle artificial intelligence entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 12542018
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle locker system includes a controller configured to associate an autonomous vehicle locker with a guest at a first location, receive an indication that guest items are within a storage compartment, secure the storage compartment based on the indication, instruct the autonomous vehicle locker to travel to a second location, identify the guest from guests at the second location, and instruct the autonomous vehicle locker to unlock the storage compartment in response to identifying the guest. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure present a solution to provide guests with a convenient way to store, transport and/or receive personal guest items and/or purchased items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Eric To Chan, Robert Michael Jordan, Howard Bruce Mall, Jr., Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo
  • Patent number: 12513106
    Abstract: Efficient two-way communications using broadband cellular technology is provided by adapting cellular components for end-to-end Internet Protocol (IP) addressable traffic. In this manner, the broadband cellular system may be efficiently transfer data over a flat network architecture using end-to-end IP traffic, bypassing features such as network address translation (NAT), tunnelling, and other LTE cellular carrier features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Sean Fitzpatrick, Thomas Owen Williams, Patrick John Goergen
  • Patent number: 12505522
    Abstract: An image correction system may include a head-mounted display, a server, and a local correction device. The head-mounted display includes a display configured to display one or more corrected images and one or more sensors configured to generate initial tracking information and updated tracking information, wherein the initial tracking information is associated with a first time point and the updated tracking information is associated with a second time point subsequent to the first time point. The local correction device is configured to: receive the tracking information from the head-mounted display, transmit the initial tracking information to a server, receive one or more rendered images from the server, generate the one or more corrected images based on the one or more rendered images and the updated tracking information, and transmit the one or more corrected images to the head-mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Michael Jordan
  • Patent number: 12505587
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Jacob David Allinson, Mark James Traynor, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Eric To Chan, Peter Carsillo
  • Patent number: 12472999
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Paige Lynette Reiter, Patrick John Goergen, Thomas Owen Williams, Sarah Anne Kelley, Daniel Matthew Freedman, Jacob David Allinson
  • Publication number: 20250342697
    Abstract: A delivery system may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to identify one or more attributes of a user in one or more images and associate the one or more attributes of the user with an order placed by the user. The delivery system may also track the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images over time to identify movement of the user within an environment and in response to the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images remaining at a location for more than a threshold time, create an association between the one or more attributes of the user and the location. The delivery system may then provide an instruction to deliver items in the order to the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy Seth Scheinberg, Thomas Michael Boessel, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Modesto Alcala
  • Publication number: 20250246023
    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: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Anthony Melo, Angelo Pagliuca, Brandon David Burnette, John Adams, Jacob David Allinson, Eric To Chan, Mark James Traynor
  • Patent number: 12347089
    Abstract: A head-mounted display testing system may include a ride motion simulator to simulate a movement of an amusement ride and a head-mounted display mounted on the ride motion simulator that displays a virtual image. The ride motion simulator includes one or more outward facing cameras configured to capture the virtual image and a physical marker when the head-mounted display is on the ride motion simulator. The controller is configured to receive the footage of the head-mounted display screen captured by the one or more cameras and to generate an indication of head-mounted display quality based on deviations from an expected display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Michael Jordan, Eric To Chan
  • Patent number: 12333640
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a virtual reality ride system includes a display to present virtual reality image content to a first rider, an audio sensor to capture audio data associated with a second rider, and an image sensor to capture image data associated with the second rider. The virtual reality ride system also includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to the display and configured to (i) receive the audio data, the image data, or both, (ii) generate a virtual avatar corresponding to the second rider, wherein the virtual avatar includes a set of facial features, (iii) update the set of facial features based on the audio data, the image data, or both, and (iv) instruct the display to present the virtual reality image content including the virtual avatar and the updated set of facial features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Robert Michael Jordan, Mark James Traynor, Patrick John Goergen
  • Patent number: 12333809
    Abstract: A delivery system may include one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to identify one or more attributes of a user in one or more images and associate the one or more attributes of the user with an order placed by the user. The delivery system may also track the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images over time to identify movement of the user within an environment and in response to the one or more attributes of the user in the one or more images remaining at a location for more than a threshold time, create an association between the one or more attributes of the user and the location. The delivery system may then provide an instruction to deliver items in the order to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Seth Scheinberg, Thomas Michael Boessel, Robert Michael Jordan, Thomas Owen Williams, Modesto Alcala
  • Publication number: 20250095123
    Abstract: An image correction system may include a head-mounted display, a server, and a local correction device. The head-mounted display includes a display configured to display one or more corrected images and one or more sensors configured to generate initial tracking information and updated tracking information, wherein the initial tracking information is associated with a first time point and the updated tracking information is associated with a second time point subsequent to the first time point. The local correction device is configured to: receive the tracking information from the head-mounted display, transmit the initial tracking information to a server, receive one or more rendered images from the server, generate the one or more corrected images based on the one or more rendered images and the updated tracking information, and transmit the one or more corrected images to the head-mounted display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick John Goergen, Robert Michael Jordan
  • 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