Industry Patents
Patent: 8371893
Method and System for Articulated Character Head Actuation and Control
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| Patent Number: |
8371893 |
| Title: |
Method and System for Articulated Character Head Actuation and Control |
| Abstract: |
A method for operating a driven output device provided in an articulated
head, mobile prop, or other object worn by a performer. The method
includes providing a wearable control system, the control system
including a driver for the output device, a control module, a wireless
receiver, and memory. The method includes storing a set of show control
commands for the output device in the memory, and receiving a show
control signal with the wireless receiver from a wayside controller. The
method includes operating the control module to process the show control
signal, to retrieve the show control commands, and to signal the driver
to drive the output device based on the commands. The commands are
selected based on a character identifier stored in memory associated with
the output device such as in a character head junction box, and this
memory stores tuning or configuration data for the output device.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Eck, Wiedefeld, Hynds, Schenck, Brasher, MacDonald |
| Assignee: |
Disney Enterprises |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
A63H 33/00 |
| US Classification: |
446/26 |
| Issue Date: |
02-12-2013 |
| Filing Date: |
12-04-2008 |
| Application : |
12/328417 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
8371893 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
8371893 at Google Patents |
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