US 11,701,595 B2
Reaction controlled systems and methods
Pratik Sanjay Chatrath, Orlando, FL (US); Benjamin Clark, Orlando, FL (US); Robert Cortelyou, Maitland, FL (US); Timothy J. Eck, Orlando, FL (US); Byron C. Miller, Orlando, FL (US); James B. Winfrey, Orlando, FL (US); Ethan Terwilliger, New York, NY (US); Corey Cox, Orlando, FL (US); and Justin Daimler, Melbourne, FL (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,249.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,003, filed on Nov. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143518 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 7/00 (2006.01); A63G 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 7/00 (2013.01) [A63G 31/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reaction controlled system, comprising:
a track;
a trolley configured to travel along the track;
an animated figure coupled to the trolley;
at least one reaction control element coupled to a portion of the animated figure; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the trolley and the animated figure, wherein the controller is configured to:
detect a presence of a ride vehicle or a guest proximate to the track based on sensor data received by the controller from one or more sensors proximate to the track;
control the trolley to position the animated figure based on the presence of the ride vehicle or the guest; and
control animation of the animated figure by operating the reaction control element.