Patent ID: 9504930
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A63H,A63J

Claim Text:
1. A special effects system comprising: a ground controller; an unmanned aerial vehicle; communications circuitry of the unmanned aerial vehicle configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the ground controller; a vehicle controller of the unmanned aerial vehicle configured to execute a flight plan; at least one special effects module of the unmanned aerial vehicle; a special effects module controller of the at least one special effects module, the special effects module controller configured to instruct the special effects module to activate the special effect in response to an activation signal from the ground controller; and a special effects material disposed within the at least one special effects module, and wherein the special effects module controller is configured to cause the special effects material to be released in response to the activation signal from the ground controller; and a guest device configured to transmit a guest signal to the ground controller to cause the ground controller to send the activation signal to the unmanned aerial vehicle.