Patent ID: 9043056
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A63G,B61B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling vehicle progression along a ride path of an amusement park ride, comprising: receiving inputs from input devices operable by a passenger of a vehicle on the ride path; processing the received inputs to determine a vehicle state change; determining a present or predicted vehicle state; comparing the present or predicted vehicle state with a set of constraints defined by a dynamic boundary associated with the vehicle; based on the comparing step and the vehicle state change, issuing vehicle control commands to a drive assembly of the vehicle to implement the vehicle state change, whereby the vehicle complies with the set of constraints; and wherein the dynamic boundary splits at a first location along the ride path into first and second dynamic boundaries that merge into a single dynamic boundary at a second location along the ride path and wherein the vehicle state change is processed to select the first or second dynamic boundary for constraining progression of the vehicle along the ride path.