Patent ID: 9457282
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A63G,A63J,B61L,G05D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A ride control system, comprising: a plurality of ride vehicles positioned within a course and configured to travel within the course, wherein each of the plurality of ride vehicles comprises: a primary controller; a primary transceiver in communication with the primary controller; a primary wireless network formed by the vehicle transceiver and the primary transceiver to include at least the primary controller and the vehicle controller of each of the plurality of ride vehicles, wherein the primary controller is configured to receive data indicative of the location of each of the plurality of ride vehicles from respective ones of the plurality of ride vehicles via the primary wireless network and wherein the primary controller and the vehicle controller of each of the plurality of ride vehicles are configured to coordinate to provide a control loop for each of the plurality of ride vehicles based on the data indicative of the location of each of the plurality of ride vehicles; a backup controller configured to receive the data indicative of the location of each of the plurality of ride vehicles from the respective ones of the plurality of ride vehicles via the primary wireless network, wherein the primary controller is configured to control one or more show elements and the backup controller is not; and a bi-directional voting circuit configured to select between the data received by the primary controller and the backup controller.