WO2023017067A1 - Vergnügungs-fahrgeschäft und verfahren zum betrieb eines vergnügungs-fahrgeschäfts - Google Patents
Vergnügungs-fahrgeschäft und verfahren zum betrieb eines vergnügungs-fahrgeschäfts Download PDFInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- Amusement rides are popular attractions in leisure and amusement parks, at fairs and at folk festivals. They usually have at least one vehicle with at least one passenger accommodation, for example a seat, which is guided along a track.
- the appeal of the ride on the amusement ride can be both the course of the track, as is the case with a roller coaster, for example, and the area around the track, for example a ghost train or a ride in a rail vehicle through a fairytale land be imparted to children.
- a measure that has already been implemented in some of these amusement rides to increase the appeal of the ride is that the passenger seat can be positioned and/or moved relative to the vehicle by means of an actuating unit.
- the perspective from which the ride is experienced changes according to a fixed scheme.
- the attraction of the journey can be further increased by enabling individual movement or positioning of the passenger accommodation relative to the seat.
- die-hard roller coaster fans may find it attractive if their seat rotates around its own axis while driving through a loop, or if their seat is rotated 90° to the direction of travel while driving through a helix while on the Fairytale Land Express can be achieved by the relative movement between passenger and vehicle that a child can look at the scene of his favorite fairy tale for a particularly long time.
- a movement or positioning of the passenger accommodation is preferably not predetermined but can be carried out individually.
- the movement or positioning of the passenger compartment should not be dictated by the fact that one is or must be seated in a particular passenger compartment of the vehicle.
- the assignment of the passenger admissions is usually based on the position of the respective passenger in the queue and cannot be selected.
- each passenger seat is directly assigned a controllable movement device, the movement of which by the passenger is controlled by an operating device.
- an operating device can be a joystick, and actuating the joystick while driving then leads to a change in the position and/or orientation of the passenger accommodation relative to the vehicle.
- this approach only practicable on relatively slow rides and only when an adult takes control.
- the stimuli and/or forces to which one is exposed while driving the amusement ride turn out to be so strong in most cases that the adequate and precise use of the operating device is negatively influenced or completely thwarted.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide an amusement ride that enables improved customization options for the passenger position while driving and to specify a method for operating such an amusement ride.
- the amusement ride according to the invention has at least one vehicle that is guided along a track, with at least one passenger accommodation for accommodating a passenger being arranged on the vehicle.
- the vehicle can be, for example, a train or a carriage that runs on rails that define the path, as is often the case, for example, with a roller coaster or a roller coaster. However, it can also be, for example, a boat that is guided through a canal system on a specific route by means of a towing mechanism.
- gondolas or trolleys the path of which can be predetermined by guide rails or the course of suspension cables.
- the passenger accommodation is a seat, which can be arranged, for example, on the vehicle or suspended from the vehicle. It can, for example, also be an arrangement on which the passenger stands while driving, as is used in stand-up coasters, on which the passenger hangs or on which the passenger lies.
- the movement, position and/or orientation of the respective passenger accommodation relative to the vehicle can be changed or adjusted in at least one degree of freedom by at least one actuating unit.
- the passenger accommodation can, for example, be rotatable or pivotable about one or more axes by the setting unit or units, but it can also be movable in one or more directions. Accordingly, these degrees of freedom can, for example, be rotational or translational degrees of freedom, with the latter possibly also being non-linear (e.g. when using a suitable link guide).
- the actuating unit is thus controlled by means of the controller, so that the passenger pickup driven by it is automatically transferred to at least one, preferably several, different predetermined positions while driving, or undergoes a controlled or uncontrolled movement.
- This can happen, for example, at certain times of the journey or at certain points along the route. consequences. In the simplest case, this can involve position changes that are carried out and between which a given position is held; however, it can also be a complete additional movement of the passenger pickup during the entire journey, which can be described or understood as a sequence of positions or orientations.
- the passenger accommodation can carry out an uncontrolled, uncontrolled and/or unbraked movement, and preferably move freely.
- the movement may be controlled controlled movement that gives the passenger a sense of free and/or uncontrolled movement of the passenger tray.
- a position or orientation of the passenger pick-up while the amusement ride is traveling along the track can also take place as a function of the position on the track.
- the controller is in signal communication with a memory in which positions, orientations and/or movements of the respective passenger accommodation to be taken during the journey are directly or indirectly stored as memory content, that the controller is set up to the actuating unit to let the passenger pick-up take up these positions, orientations and/or movements during the ride of the ride in sequence at a given point on the track and that the amusement ride has means for the passenger to define the memory content for the respective passenger pick-up.
- an immediate storage of the positions, orientations and/or movements is understood to mean the case in which the controller reads out the target positions or movements from the memory and the ones necessary to achieve them Determines control commands yourself.
- This approach has the advantage that the amount of data that has to be written to or read from the memory is rather small, but increases the demands on the controller, for example with regard to its computing power.
- the positions, orientations and/or movements are stored indirectly if the control commands are stored in the memory, so that the controller reads a program from the memory, through the processing of which the actuating unit of the control is caused to assume the corresponding positions, orientations and/or movements.
- This approach reduces the demands on the (local) control of the actuating unit of the respective passenger reception.
- the memory can be a local memory of the control unit of the respective passenger reception, but it can also be a central memory of the amusement ride or a database that is assigned to the control of the respective passenger reception.
- this passenger admission is at the point in time at which the passenger recognizes the movements, the positions or determines the orientations, not yet determined.
- the means must therefore not only enable the passenger to make this determination, but also ensure the correct attribution of this content to the correct passenger recording.
- these means for defining the memory content for the respective passenger recording comprise at least one input means, with which the passenger can enter the desired movement and/or sequence of positions or orientations, and transmission means, with which this data can be transferred or read into a memory.
- these transmission means have a receiving means assigned directly to the respective passenger reception, so that a direct transmission takes place from the input means of the passenger to the reception means of the passenger reception.
- a specific exemplary embodiment that falls under this embodiment is, for example, that the input means is the passenger's smartphone, on which the passenger has installed a corresponding app.
- the app shows the course of the train on the display.
- the passenger marks sections of the train, for example by touching it with a finger, and selects the position, orientation and/or a movement, i.e. a sequence of movements, positions and/or orientations that go to should take place in this section of the track.
- this can also be done at least partially on the basis of a selection from or inclusion of suggested positions, orientations, movement and/or movement patterns, but it can also be done as a completely free personal creation within the technical possibilities of passenger admission.
- the app can convert this data into a QR code, for example, which is shown on the display of the smartphone, which thus also serves as a means of transmission and thus forms this part of the means of transmission.
- this QR code is read by a reader that is arranged, for example, in the passenger seat and forms the receiving means of the transmission means. scanned and the data contained in it are written to the memory of the controller, from which they are then read out and translated into the control commands to be processed for the control unit of the passenger admission.
- the memory contents are first transmitted from the receiving means to a central storage means, for example a database in a central control unit of the amusement ride, where they are stored in connection with an identification code which the passenger also uses when he/she signs off s of the selection gets .
- a central storage means for example a database in a central control unit of the amusement ride
- an identification code which the passenger also uses when he/she signs off s of the selection gets .
- a wireless data connection can be established with which this data can be transferred to the database and the identification code can be a barcode or QR code.
- the passenger takes his position on the passenger reception he scans this code with a reader on the passenger reception .
- the controller assigned to the passenger reception retrieves the data record stored for this identification code from the central storage means of the amusement ride.
- the identification can also take place via an RFID chip.
- the input means can also be a stationary part of the amusement ride, for example a terminal, which the passengers in the queue are guided past and where they can then program the individual positions, orientations and/or movements of the passenger pickup.
- an RFID tag which initially remains with the passenger
- a QR code or barcode which the passenger can photograph with their mobile phone
- this identi fi cation code is then read out with a reading device, and the control of the passenger reception then requests the memory content of the central database associated with this identi fi cation code.
- An amusement ride according to the invention is operated with the method according to the invention. It is characterized by the fact that the passenger selects at least one movement, one position, one movement and/or one orientation that the passenger should take up while the passenger is driving with the amusement ride relative to the vehicle before starting the journey s this selection and an identification of the passenger accommodation on which this passenger carries out the journey is transmitted to the amusement ride and that this selection or the corresponding control commands are stored in a memory assigned to the control unit for this passenger accommodation at the latest at the start of the journey .
- the passenger selects at least one movement, one position, one movement and/or one orientation that the passenger should take relative to the vehicle while the passenger is traveling with the amusement ride before starting the journey an app on his smartphone.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows an exemplary sequence of the method for operating an amusement ride.
- a first method step 100 at least one passenger can select at least one movement, a position and/or an orientation before starting the journey, which a passenger recording of a vehicle of the amusement ride should take or undertake during the journey.
- the passenger can load an app onto his smartphone before visiting the ride and can use the app to make a selection for the subsequent ride on the amusement ride.
- an identification of the at least one passenger is transmitted to the amusement ride together with the selection made.
- an identification can take place in an optional third method step 300, whereby the selection made in the first method step 100 is linked or assigned to the respective passenger pickup.
- the identification can take place, for example, by means of an identification code, barcode, QR code, etc.
- the passenger can use their smartphone to scan a QR code in the relevant passenger accommodation, or a reader in the passenger accommodation reads an identification code from the smartphone and the control of the passenger accommodation then requests the memory content assigned to this identification code from the central database.
- a fourth method step 400 the controller retrieves the corresponding data set about the selection made and im
- method step 500 corresponding control commands are stored in the memory of the control unit for the respective passenger admission. The control commands are executed in method step 600 .
- the execution of the control commands in method step 600 can be started immediately after method steps 300 to 500 and before the start of the ride, in particular in the station of the amusement ride.
- the first control commands can be implemented as soon as the selection made in the first method step 100 has been assigned to the respective passenger admission and the corresponding data record or the corresponding data records about the selection made have been loaded.
- the control commands can be executed immediately, in particular when the vehicle is stationary before the journey begins.
- the vehicle is preferably in the station of the amusement ride.
- the passenger accommodation can be connected to the vehicle via a rotary joint.
- the rotary joint can have a clutch that can be actuated by the control unit by means of an actuating unit and/or a bolt that can be actuated by the control unit by means of an actuating unit and that can lock the rotary joint.
- the passenger accommodation can thus either be fixed or freely rotatable, as a result of which the passenger accommodation can perform a preferably free rotating movement while driving the fairground ride.
- the control unit can be an actuator, a drive and/or a brake, for example. Furthermore, the control unit can be set up to change the position and/or the orientation in relation to the passenger accommodation in at least one degree of freedom. For example, the orientation of the passenger pickup can be adjusted to "backwards" or “forwards", or the rotational movement described above can be damped, braked or even reinforced by the actuating unit, or a movement pattern can be generated.
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