JPWO2020112407A5

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Publication number: JPWO2020112407A5
Application number: JP2021527893A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2022-11-11
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-18

Claims

a carriage configured to receive and secure a ride vehicle;
drivingly coupled to the carriage and configured to cooperatively transfer the carriage between a first position of engagement with respect to the first vehicle path and a second position of engagement with respect to the second vehicle path; a plurality of pulley systems;
A ride system for controlling motion of a ride vehicle comprising:
each pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems comprising:
a pulley;
pulley cables engaged with the pulleys and attached to respective portions of the carriage;
a motor drivingly coupled to said pulleys for causing pulley motion and pulley cable motion, thereby causing respective portions of said carriage to be displaced in accordance with said pulley motion and said pulley cable motion, said plurality of pulleys; a motor, each pulley system of systems configured to independently displace the respective portion of the carriage with respect to other portions of the carriage;
vehicle system, including

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pulley systems are coupled to at least four points on the carriage to control movement of the carriage in a predetermined manner.

a control system communicatively connected to said plurality of pulley systems, said control system controlling a motor of each pulley system of said plurality of pulley systems to cause corresponding said pulley movement and corresponding said pulley cable movement; 11. The vehicle system of claim 1, configured to operate.

The control system is
receiving an indication that the ride vehicle is at a target location;
directing a locking device on the carriage to lock the ride vehicle to the carriage at the target position;
activating a motor of at least one pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems in response to determining that the securing device secures the ride vehicle to the carriage, thereby controlling movement of the ride vehicle; control and
releasing the locking device to allow exit of the ride vehicle from the carriage;
4. The vehicle system of claim 3, including a control circuit configured to:

The ride vehicle is configured to decelerate onto the carriage along the first ride path, and the ride vehicle is configured to exit the carriage onto the second ride path. Item 1. The vehicle system according to Item 1.

2. The ride system of claim 1, wherein said first vehicle path is at a different elevation than said second vehicle path.

Displacing a portion of the carriage comprises displacing a contact point between the pulley cable and the carriage to achieve vertical displacement, roll motion, pitch motion, or some combination thereof of the carriage. 2. The vehicle system of claim 1, comprising:

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the pulley cable of each pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems is a closed loop pulley cable.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the pulley cable of each pulley system of the plurality of pulley systems is an open loop pulley cable.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein pulley cables for each pulley system of said plurality of pulley systems extend through the height of said carriage.

The carriage is removably coupled to a platform assembly, the platform assembly including a locking mechanism configured to disconnect the carriage from the platform assembly, the platform assembly being connected to the first engagement. 2. The vehicle system of claim 1, configured to vertically displace between a first position corresponding to the engaged position and a second position corresponding to the second engaged position.

A method of controlling multi-dimensional ride vehicle motion comprising:
A controller directs a locking mechanism on a platform assembly to disengage from a carriage housing a ride vehicle received from a first ride path, disengagement of said platform assembly from said carriage causes said carriage to move to said a step allowing free movement relative to the platform assembly;
directing, by said controller, a plurality of pulley systems to control carriage movement relative to said platform assembly, each of said pulley systems having a corresponding pulley system on said platform assembly or said carriage; and actuating the plurality of pulley systems causes each of the pulley systems to independently displace the corresponding portion on the platform assembly or the carriage. and
The controller causes a motor of the platform assembly to vertically move the platform assembly from a first position coupled to the first vehicle path to a second position coupled to the second vehicle path. wherein said platform assembly further defines said first vehicle path while in said first position, and said platform assembly while in said second position. further defining the second vehicle route to
directing, by the controller, the plurality of pulley systems to position the carriage on the platform assembly to enable the ride vehicle to travel along the second ride path;
A method, including

13. The method of claim 12, including instructing a securing device to secure the ride vehicle to the carriage prior to directing the plurality of pulley systems to control the carriage movement.

The securing mechanism is disengaged in response to determining that the ride vehicle is secured to the carriage, and directing the plurality of pulley systems to control the carriage movement comprises: 13. The method of claim 12, including vertically displacing a pulley cable of each pulley system of the carriage to displace a corresponding portion of the carriage drivingly coupled to the pulley cable.

13. The method of claim 12, including instructing the platform assembly to retract or fold out of the carriage travel path while the plurality of pulley systems control the carriage movement.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein actuating the plurality of pulley systems to control carriage motion includes causing vertical motion of the ride vehicle while reducing roll, pitch, and yaw motion. Method.

1 including a platform base configured to extend along a vehicle path, said platform base configured to mate with corresponding openings on said carriage for releasably coupling a carriage to said platform base; or a platform assembly including two or more alignment pins, wherein the carriage is configured to receive and secure a ride vehicle;
a first pulley cable coupled to the carriage at a first location;
a second pulley cable coupled to the carriage at a second location;
a first motor coupled to the first pulley cable and a second motor coupled to the second pulley cable;
with
The first motor and the second motor are independently operable to independently displace the carriage at the first position, the second position, or both; The motor and the second motor are independently operable to vertically transfer the carriage from a first position associated with the first vehicle path to a second position associated with the second vehicle path. configured,
The platform assembly further defines the first vehicle path while in the first position and the platform assembly further defines the second vehicle path while in the second position. vehicle system.

The platform assembly may be flush with the top of the floor of the carriage to facilitate exit of the ride vehicle from the carriage onto the first or second ride path. 18. The vehicle system of claim 17, including a rear stabilizer configured to:

19. The ride system of claim 18, wherein egress of the ride vehicle includes the ride vehicle proceeding from the floor of the carriage onto the rear stabilizer and onto the first ride path or the second ride path. .

a control system communicatively coupled to the platform assembly, the first motor, and the second motor, the control system having processing circuitry and instructions configured to be executed by the processing circuitry; and a memory circuit for storing said instructions instructing said processing circuit to cause said first motor to displace said first pulley cable or said second motor to displace said second pulley cable. 18. The vehicle system of claim 17, configured to direct a movement of the platform assembly to thereby cause platform assembly motion of the platform assembly.

18. The vehicle system of claim 17, wherein the platform assembly includes a plurality of rollers configured to rotate to facilitate the vertical transport of the platform assembly.