US 12,190,426 B2
Systems and methods for animated figure media projection
Timothy J. Eck, Windermere, FL (US); Anthony Alexander Mecca, Winter Garden, FL (US); Eli Joseph Romaire, Los Angeles, CA (US); Jahaziel Minor, Cincinnati, OH (US); Matthias Wolfgang Wittmann, Santa Monica, CA (US); Alexandre Lupien, Montreal (CA); Steven Beliveau, Montreal (CA); and Terry Orion Sandin, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,536.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,375, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0405997 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 13/40 (2011.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 13/40 (2013.01) [G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. An amusement park attraction system, comprising:
a projector configured to output imagery; and
a control system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions configured to cause the control system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
defining a first computer-generated model corresponding to an animated figure;
simulating projection of the imagery onto the first computer-generated model to establish first simulated projection data;
transmitting instructions to generate a first tangible model based on the first computer-generated model and the first simulated projection data;
generating an electronic scan of the first tangible model;
updating the first computer-generated model to obtain a second computer-generated model based on the electronic scan of the first tangible model;
simulating projection of the imagery onto the second computer-generated model to establish second simulated projection data;
transmitting instructions to generate a second tangible model based on the second computer-generated model and the second simulated projection data, wherein the first tangible model and the second tangible model are distinct tangible models; and
operating the projector to output the imagery onto the second tangible model.