GUEST EXPERIENCE SCHEDULE SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: January 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130018684
An exemplary computer-implemented method comprises receiving a guest strategy, the guest strategy determined at least in part from information received from a guest. The exemplary method also includes determining available experiences based on the guest strategy, and geographically sequencing at least two of the available experiences based on the guest strategy. An exemplary computer system comprises a guest interface capable of receiving a guest strategy, where the guest strategy is…
GUEST EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: January 17, 2013
Application Number:
20130018661
An exemplary computer implemented method comprises receiving information from a guest, determining a guest strategy based on the information received from the guest, and generating a schedule for the guest visit based on the guest strategy. The schedule for the guest visit may include attendance at one or more experience areas. An exemplary computer system comprises a guest experience manager. The guest experience manager includes a guest interface capable of receiving a communication…
3D DRAWING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A REAL TIME, PERSONALIZED, AND IMMERSIVE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
Granted: January 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130002815
A method for providing a three dimensional (3D) drawing experience. The method includes capturing a 3D image of a participant and then processing this image to key the participant's image from a background. The keyed participant's image is mixed with a 3D background image such as frames or scenes from a 3D movie, and the mixed 3D image is projected on a projection screen. For example, left and right eye images may be projected from a pair of projectors with polarization films over the…
3D DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH REAR PROJECTION SCREENS FORMED OF WATER MIST OR SPRAY
Granted: January 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130003020
A 3D display system using a planar sheet of mist or water droplets as a rear projection screen. The system includes a screen generation assembly with a nozzle configured to convert supply water into a screen of water droplets. The screen is substantially planar and has a front surface facing a viewing area and an opposite rear surface. The display system includes a projection assembly projecting 3D content onto the rear surface. The projection assembly includes a first projector…
VIRTUAL LENS-RENDERING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY LENS
Granted: January 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130002698
Techniques for displaying content using an augmented reality device are described. Embodiments provide a visual scene for display, the visual scene captured using one or more camera devices of the augmented reality device. Embodiments adjust physical display geometry characteristics of the visual scene to correct for optimal projection. Additionally, illumination characteristics of the visual scene are modified based on environmental illumination data to improve realism of the visual…
Method and System for Managing The Lifecycles of Media Assets
Granted: January 3, 2013
Application Number:
20130002889
There is provided a method for managing the lifecycles of one or more media assets. The method comprises importing the one or more media assets into a system for managing the lifecycles of the one or more media assets, determining one or more metadata tags for association with the one or more media assets by evaluating the one or more media assets with one or more tagging filters, associating the one or more metadata tags with the one or more media assets after determining one or more…
Wristbands With Interchangeable Layers Allowing Sizing By End User
Granted: December 27, 2012
Application Number:
20120324773
A wearable band with an adjustable size or length. The band includes a first band element and a second band element with a planar body extending from a first to a second end. The second band element body is greater in length than the first band element body and includes a hole for receiving the first band element body. The band includes a coupling mechanism that detachably connects an outer sidewall of the first band element body to the inner sidewall of the second band element body,…
System and Method for Event Context-Based Commerce Options
Granted: December 27, 2012
Application Number:
20120330734
There is provided a system and method for providing context-based limited availability commerce options. There is provided a method comprising receiving a sensor data sample corresponding to a segment for an event, matching the sensor data sample to a media record in a media database, the media record including an identity of the event, generating an advertising campaign of limited availability commerce options using a context including the identity of the event and a location of a…
USING TACTILE FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE SPATIAL AWARENESS
Granted: December 27, 2012
Application Number:
20120327006
An image capturing device may be combined with a touch screen to generate a tactile map of an environment. The image capturing device captures an image of the environment which is then processed and used to correlate a point of user contact on a touch screen to a particular tactile sensation. The touch screen may then generate an electric signal (i.e., tactile feedback) corresponding to the tactile sensation which is felt by a user contacting the touch screen. By using the electrical…
FABRICATING OBJECTS WITH INTEGRAL AND CONTOURED REAR PROJECTION
Granted: December 27, 2012
Application Number:
20120326356
A method for manufacturing a three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The method includes providing a rapid prototyping machine, such as a stereolithography machine, with input material, such as a white photopolymer resin. The method includes providing a digital prototyping file, which defines thin, separately grown layers of a digital representation of the 3D object, to a computer control system. With the computer control system, the rapid prototyping machine…
Method and System for Object Recognition, Authentication, and Tracking with Infrared Distortion Caused by Objects for Augmented Reality
Granted: December 20, 2012
Application Number:
20120320216
There are presented methods and systems for virtual environment manipulation by detection of physical objects. An example method includes projecting an infrared pattern onto a physical environment having a physical object, capturing an infrared image of the physical environment using an infrared camera, detecting, in the infrared image, an infrared distortion caused by at least a portion of the physical object, the at least portion of the physical object comprising patterned materials…
ADVANCED PEPPER'S GHOST PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH A MULTIVIEW AND MULTIPLANAR DISPLAY
Granted: December 13, 2012
Application Number:
20120313839
An apparatus for displaying virtual objects within a physical set or scene. The apparatus includes a set assembly including at least one physical object, e.g., a background prop. A virtual object display assembly is provided with: a display element with a screen operable to display an image of an object; a beam splitter positioned at an angle between the screen and the set assembly; and a mask display element positioned within the set assembly at an image plane associated with the…
COUPLED RECONSTRUCTION OF HAIR AND SKIN
Granted: December 13, 2012
Application Number:
20120313937
Techniques are provided to model hair and skin. Multiscopic images are received that depict at least part of a subject having hair. The multiscopic images are analyzed to determine hairs depicted. Two-dimensional hair segments are generated that represent the hairs. Three-dimensional hair segments are generated based on the two-dimensional hair segments. A three-dimensional model of skin is generated based on the three-dimensional hair segments.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING A CREATIVE ELEMENT TO MEDIA
Granted: December 13, 2012
Application Number:
20120313945
A system for adding a creative element to media includes a media file having content and metadata associated with the content, logic for analyzing the content to determine at least one of a lighting characteristic, a shadow characteristic, and a presence of an identifying element associated with the content. The system also includes a creative element store configured to store at least one creative element, a rendering engine configured to develop a three dimensional rendering of the…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING OBJECT LOCATION
Granted: December 13, 2012
Application Number:
20120314907
A system for predicting object location includes a video capture system for capturing a plurality of video frames, each of the video frames having a first area, an object isolation element for locating an object in each of the plurality of video frames, the object being located at a first actual position in a first video frame and being located at a second actual position in a second video frame, and a trajectory calculation element configured to analyze the first actual position and the…
DIGITAL LANDMARKS
Granted: December 6, 2012
Application Number:
20120310784
Techniques are described for notifying a user of creative digital media associated with the user's geographic location. Embodiments of the invention receive location information specifying the geographic location of the user. Embodiments identify one or more instances of creative digital media having an association with the specified geographic location of the user. An indication of at least a portion of the identified instances of creative digital media is then provided to the user.
System for the Delivery and Dynamic Presentation of Large Media Assets over Bandwidth Constrained Networks
Granted: December 6, 2012
Application Number:
20120311066
Media content, based on a predetermined set of constraints, from a content provider is delivered to a local cache of a user device before viewing the media. A client asset manager process resides in the user device, an asset list at the content provider site, and the media assets are located at a remote site.
PROVIDING A SINGLE INSTANCE OF A VIRTUAL SPACE REPRESENTED IN EITHER TWO DIMENSIONS OR THREE DIMENSIONS VIA SEPARATE CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICES
Granted: December 6, 2012
Application Number:
20120311463
A single instance of a virtual space may be provided that can be simultaneously represented in at least two dimensions or three dimensions on separate client computing devices. Virtual space information used to facilitate presentation of the virtual space may be agnostic as to whether the virtual space will be represented in two or three dimensions. That is, the same virtual space information may be sent to one or more client computing platforms regardless of the dimensionality of…
Elastomeric Input Device
Granted: November 29, 2012
Application Number:
20120303839
An input device for tracking three-dimensional movements. The input device includes a tracking structure and is in electronic communication with a computing device. The tracking structure is detectable by a tracking device. The tracking structure is configured so that as the input device is deformed, the tracking structure deforms correspondingly.
WATER RIDE WITH IMPROVED BOAT CAPTURE MECHANISM
Granted: November 22, 2012
Application Number:
20120291657
A boat capture assembly that enhances control over boats moved by a track assembly through a body of water. The capture assembly includes a mounting plate attached to a positionable portion of the track assembly (such as to a bogie). The capture assembly includes a rigid extension arm with a first end attached to the mounting plate and a pivot structure, defining a pivot surface, rigidly attached to a second end of the rigid extension arm. The capture assembly includes a receiver cavity…
