US 12,216,836 B2
Interactive pepper's ghost effect system
Casey Guarasci, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Xinyu Wang, Pasadena, CA (US); Dylan Dawkins, New York, NY (US); Daniel Viruet, Orlando, FL (US); Austin Swink, Orlando, FL (US); and Wilven Taveras, Kissimmee, FL (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/197,902.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/147,973, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0253153 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G02B 27/02 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/0346 (2013.01) [G02B 27/026 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interactive Pepper's Ghost system, comprising:
a handheld device;
a stage space;
a transparent or translucent screen positioned between the handheld device and the stage space;
a sensor configured to detect a parameter indicative of an orientation of the handheld device; and
a controller configured to:
receive, from the sensor, sensor feedback corresponding to the parameter indicative of the orientation of the handheld device;
determine, based on the sensor feedback, a location in the stage space at which the handheld device is pointed; and
generate a Pepper's Ghost visual effect using the transparent or translucent screen to simulate an effect at the location in the stage space.