Patents by Inventor Robert R. KIPPING

Robert R. KIPPING 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPEATABLE SWITCHING BETWEEN AN ANIMATED FIGURE AND A FREE MOTION FIGURE
    Publication number: 20230415061
    Abstract: A method of controlling a first figure configured to animate and a second figure configured to exhibit free motion in an amusement park ride includes determining when a field of view of a ride vehicle (RV) moving along a RV path of the ride is either directed away from a scene area of the ride or obstructed from the scene area, and responsive to such determination, causing a first mechanism associated with the first figure to move the first figure into the scene area, and causing a second mechanism associated with the second figure to move the second figure out of the scene area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin B. PRIMM, Robert R. KIPPING, Jaemin CHOI
  • System and method for repeatable switching between an animated figure and a free motion figure
    Patent number: 11759722
    Abstract: A method of controlling a first figure configured to animate and a second figure configured to exhibit free motion in an amusement park ride includes determining when a field of view of a ride vehicle (RV) moving along a RV path of the ride is either directed away from a scene area of the ride or obstructed from the scene area, and responsive to such determination, causing a first mechanism associated with the first figure to move the first figure out of the scene area, and causing a second mechanism associated with the second figure to move the second figure into the scene area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin B. Primm, Robert R. Kipping, Jaemin Choi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPEATABLE SWITCHING BETWEEN AN ANIMATED FIGURE AND A FREE MOTION FIGURE
    Publication number: 20220105442
    Abstract: A method of controlling a first figure configured to animate and a second figure configured to exhibit free motion in an amusement park ride includes determining when a field of view of a ride vehicle (RV) moving along a RV path of the ride is either directed away from a scene area of the ride or obstructed from the scene area, and responsive to such determination, causing a first mechanism associated with the first figure to move the first figure out of the scene area, and causing a second mechanism associated with the second figure to move the second figure into the scene area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin B. PRIMM, Robert R. KIPPING, Jaemin CHOI