270 results about "Roller coaster" patented technology

A total knee prosthesis comprises a femoral component and a patellar component. The femoral component has a patellar flange into which is built a twist or roller coaster configuration. The patellar component has an off-set dome with respective lateral and medial facets. The configuration of the patellar flange resists forces from a medial to a lateral direction, whilst the lateral and medial facets of the patellar component are respectively shaped to allow area contact and line contact respectively with the femoral component. Also disclosed is a device for intra-operative checking of patellar tracking to allow correct insertion of the femoral and patellar components.

An amusement ride, such as a roller coaster or vertical tower track ride, includes an attachment assembly movably connected to a track system. A vehicle assembly is connected to the attachment assembly and includes a seat assembly having at least one rider seat. The vehicle assembly is coupled to the attachment assembly and configured such that the seat assembly is capable of fully rotating about first and second, and preferably even third axes independent of the track system.

An amusement device comprising a modularized pod, in which one or more riders sit and are restrained, and which spins under power about a horizontal axis according to the passenger's active control. The riders control the spinning of the pod, either forward or backward, by pressing buttons on the passenger's handgrips located inside the pod. The modularized pod may be used in conjunction with many different types of amusement devices, including, but not limited to roller coasters, carousels, Ferris wheels, virtual reality units, centrifugal tumblers. The modularized pod may also be used in conjunction with flight and space training and simulation units.

An illuminated coaster includes a base with a body having upper and lower ends and a generally frusto-conical configuration enclosing a compartment. A resilient, insulative sleeve comprising foam rubber, polyurethane or some other suitable material is mounted on the body upper end and forms a container receiver adapted to selectively receive the lower end of a container. A lighting system is located generally in the compartment and includes a power source, such as a battery set. A light source is selectively connected to the battery set through a switching component and can comprise a bulb and socket or an LED, either of which can be mounted below the transparent lens for projecting light upwardly into a container in the container receiver. Modified embodiments of the illuminated coaster include horizontal / annular, helical and vertical ribs located on the inside of the sleeve for engaging a container received therein.

The present invention discloses a coaster cycle having a front half which works similarly to a bicycle wherein it has handle bars that turn the front wheels. The front wheel turns left and right and also leans in both a left and right direction. The front wheel leans left to right and is connected to the rear wheels by a frame having multiple pivotal couplings so that the rear wheels lean left or right with exactly the same angle as the front wheels. The leaning of the front and rear wheels in concert gives the frame a unique design which allows it to make left and right high G-force turns in a very stable manner. Additional embodiments are disclosed which comprise twin, internal combustion engines being placed on the rear wheels of the vehicle in order to power the vehicle which also have independent thumb control throttles for controlling the rear wheels individually. An additional embodiment comprises having snow skis attached to the underside of the vehicle to allow it to be used on snow and also having ice-skate like members attached to the underside of the vehicle to allow it to be used on ice.

A hybrid motion ride and ride simulator vehicle is realized as an encapsulating and reusable simulation technology roller coaster car that visually encapsulates passengers of the car from the surrounding environment to the car during the normal operation of a roller coaster ride such that only interior components of the car are within the field of vision of passengers. Simultaneously, the roller coaster car's internal simulation technology uses a computer network system to produce video and audio outputs to passengers of the vehicle for presenting an internal simulated ride theme adventure environment, of system variability and reusability, to compliment the car's roller coaster ride motions. Embodiments of the current invention present varying car designs with integrated encapsulating and reusable ride simulator components that each meets the requirements of encapsulating and reusable simulation technology roller coaster car design of the current invention.

An amusement device, in particular a roller coaster, for providing a sense of excitement to one or more passengers using the amusement device. The amusement device has an elongated track along which one or more amusement device seat assemblies adapted to carry the one or more passengers are moveable. Each seat assembly has a seat with a seating surface and a back support with a back support surface. The seat assembly further includes a bar construction attached to a pivot mechanism. This bar construction has a hip bar and one or more pivot arms integral with the hip bar, which bar construction is pivotable about the pivot axis from a raised position in which the hip bar is raised from the seating surface to allow a passenger to sit down in the amusement device seat assembly, to a lowered position. The bar construction is such that no part of the bar construction takes away the view of the person and limits the movements of the arms of the person, allowing the passenger to experience a great sense of freedom.The seat assembly further includes a belt construction with two shoulder straps and an adjustable length mechanism associated with each shoulder strap to allow for adaptation of the length of the shoulder straps to the size of the passenger in the lowered position of the bar construction such that the shoulder straps are in physical contact with the shoulders and upper part of the body of a passenger seated in the amusement device seat assembly so as to increase the sense of safety of the passenger.

An amusement device comprising a modularized pod, in which one or more riders sit and are restrained, and which spins under power about a horizontal axis according to the passenger's active control. The riders control the spinning of the pod, either forward or backward, by pressing buttons on the passenger's handgrips located inside the pod. The modularized pod may be used in conjunction with many different types of amusement devices, including, but not limited to roller coasters, carrousels, Ferris wheels, virtual reality units, centrifugal tumblers. The modularized pod may also be used in conjunction with flight and space training and simulation units.

A drag racing roller coaster amusement ride has at least two sets running rails, each set having at least one running rail and an embark point. At least two carriers (109) are arranged to carry at least one rider on a respective set of running rails with the rider(s) in a substantially prone position. Each carrier is arranged to slidingly engage with the respective set of running rails to enable the carriers to traverse the ride. The ride has an indicator (109) to provide a ride commencement indication. A launch system is configured to provide a powered initial motion to each carrier. Each carrier has a ride activator controllable by a rider of the carrier to trigger the launch system to commence the ride for the carrier following the ride commencement indication. Launch systems are also disclosed.

The invention belongs to the field of mahjong machines, and in particular relates to a novel tile-drawing preventing roller coaster type full-automatic mahjong machine. The full-automatic mahjong machine comprises a large iron plate, a tile bearing main bracket and a panel, wherein the large iron plate, the tile bearing main bracket and the panel are mutually connected via small vertical pillars;a conveying assembly is arranged on the large iron plate; and a tile pushing and lifting mechanism, a tile dividing system and a tile lifting system, which are sequentially connected, are arranged inthe large iron plate, the tile bearing main bracket and the panel. According to the novel tile-drawing preventing roller coaster type full-automatic mahjong machine provided by the invention, the independence of single-layer tile and double-layer tile mechanisms is protected to the greatest extent; and the full-automatic mahjong machine, when used, can avoid mutual influence, interference and damage, so that the full-automatic mahjong machine has the characteristics of being safer and more stable to use, low in tile pulling resistance, lower in tile pulling sound, good in tile type compatibility, convenient for maintenance and the like.

A testing device for roller coaster tracks has a carriage adapted to move along tracks of a roller coaster and at least one multi-axis robot mounted on the carriage. The robot has at least one testing element. The at least one robot has at least six axes and is rotatably supported on the carriage on an axis that is transverse to a plane of the tracks.

The invention discloses an image quick finding and self-service printing method based on facial image clustering and recognizing techniques. Images related to an on-site watcher are automatically found and played through the facial image clustering analysis technique and the facial recognizing technique, and an image self-service printing function is provided. The method mainly comprises the steps of offline facial image clustering, wherein secondary clustering is mainly conducted on the shot images according to the time and the facial similarity; online facial retrieving, wherein a pyramidal multi-layer facial retrieving scheme is adopted; image displaying and self-service printing, wherein displaying and intelligent playing functions of the images related to site personnel are achieved, and a self-service paying and printing function is achieved. According to the method, the problems that the manual finding and printing speed of the favorite images of customers is low, the cost is high, and the efficiency is low are solved, and the method can be widely applied to facial image retrieving and self-service printing in the occasion such as a drifting pleasure ground, a roller coaster pleasure ground, a skiing pleasure ground and a sailing pleasure ground where the customers cannot take pictures.

The invention relates to a real-time detecting system for a state of a roller coaster passenger. The real-time detecting system comprises a main controller, a plurality of image recognition devices and a plurality of blood pressure detectors; each seat of a roller coaster is equipped with one image recognition device and a blood pressure detector; the image recognition devices are used for recognizing the passenger action in a passenger image of the passenger on a corresponding seat; the blood pressure detector is used for detecting the heart rate of the passenger on the corresponding seat; the main controller is respectively connected with the plurality of image recognition devices and the plurality of blood pressure detectors and used for controlling the running speed of the roller coaster according to the recognition results of the plurality of image recognition devices and the detection results of the plurality of blood pressure detectors. With the adoption of the real-time detecting system for the state of the roller coaster passenger, the state of the roller coaster passenger can be determined under the combined effects of the image recognition devices and the blood pressure detectors, and the running speed of the roller coaster can be accurately determined according to the state of the passenger, and therefore, the personal safety of the passenger can be ensured while enjoying and playing.

A method of fabricating an amusement park ride track utilizing stock, planar materials, namely comprising of creating elongated, curved structures from planar materials. A roller coaster track capable of being fabricated from multiple planar pieces without heating or bending. Other embodiments are described which utilize elongated, curved structures such as ski lifts, people movers, staircases and architectural structures. A jig is disclosed for providing for ease of manufacture of the elongated, curved structures.

This new invented mechanism is geometrically defined by two concentric tetrahedrons. Four motors are mounted onto the four vertexes of an outer tetrahedron frame. Four outer arc-links which are driven by these motors are pivotally connected with another four inner arc-links which are pivoted by four vertexes of an inner tetrahedron frame. This mechanism not only extends the range in pitch, roll and yaw three rotational DoF for enlarging the limits of Stewart 6-axis motion platform but also increases two translational DoF for improving the shortage of gimbals type multi-ring mechanism. This mechanism can simulate high maneuvering motion (ex. Barrel roll or fast spin) as high-speed vehicles (ex. fighter or roller coaster) can to stimulate passengers with virtual-but-real and shocked-but-exciting sensation. This mechanism will be chosen as a motion platform or a space orientating mechanism for a theme park game machine or a military fighter trainer.

A tower ride is disclosed with suspended cars mounted on rails that forms track that is a complete double helix path for the car without having to turn the car or switch tracks. The car is suspended from a four truss track, riding on the two bottom rails for stability. Another embodiment is a roller coaster track mounted on a tower.

A total knee prosthesis comprises a femoral component and a patellar component. The femoral component has a patellar flange into which is built a twist or roller coaster configuration. The patellar component has an off-set dome with respective lateral and medial facets. The configuration of the patellar flange resists forces from a medial to a lateral direction, whilst the lateral and medial facets of the patellar component are respectively shaped to allow area contact and line contact respectively with the femoral component. Also disclosed is a device for intra-operative checking of patellar tracking to allow correct insertion of the femoral and patellar components.

The present invention discloses a vertical falling type roller coaster track and an application method thereof. The vertical falling type roller coaster track is disposed in the middle of an existing roller coaster track, the existing roller coaster track is divided into two segments, the front segment is the track entering segment, the rear segment is the track sliding-out segment, a relatively high fall is formed between the track entering segment and the track sliding-out segment, and the vertical falling type roller coaster track is fixed between the track entering segment and the track sliding-out segment. The vertical falling type roller coaster track comprises a vertical tower frame and an elevating hanging frame vertically travelling in the vertical tower frame up and down, the elevating hanging frame is driven by a lifting device installed on the vertical tower frame to move up and down, and a buffer device and a locking device are installed between the elevating hanging frame and the vertical tower frame.

Provided is a seat having a headset, wherein the headset may include a headband. The headset includes a tether cable to secure the headset directly or indirectly to the seat. The seat may form part of a vehicle such as, e.g., a roller coaster vehicle.

The invention discloses a track construction and movement calculation method for simulating a real roller coaster scenario. The method comprises the steps that a constructed three-dimensional curve is taken as a roller coaster route, a route closed curve and a track closed curve which are overlapped with the roller coaster route are constructed respectively, mapping is conducted on the track closed curve to form a roller coaster track; at last, the movement calculation is conducted to calculate the acceleration and the speed of a roller coaster in real time, and the roller coaster can move on the roller coaster track. By means of the track construction and movement calculation method for simulating the real roller coaster scenario, rich and varied roller coaster experience scenarios can be formed, different experience requirements of a user are met, exciting experience with long distance, variety, immersion and thrilling tracks are achieved, the reliability is high, and stronger technological innovation and advancement are achieved.

A winch system, typically used in a roller coaster system, includes a hydraulic pump, a variable speed motor connected to the hydraulic pump, a first pipe connected to the hydraulic pump; a second pipe connected to the hydraulic pump comprising a second pressurized fluid; an accumulator system connected the pipes; a motor connected to the accumulator system; and a winch drum connected to the motor.

The invention provides a roller coaster wheel train device with buffer and eccentric adjustment functions. The roller coaster wheel train device is composed of a bearing wheel, a bearing wheel axle, a bearing wheel rack, a hanging wheel rack rotating shaft, a side guide wheel, a side guide wheel axle, a side guide wheel rack rotating shaft, a hanging wheel axle and a hanging wheel, and is characterized by further comprising a side guide wheel buffer device, a hanging wheel buffer device, a hanging wheel rack, a side guide wheel axle eccentric bushing, a side guide wheel rack, a rubber pad, a rubber pad metal plate and a spring which are connected with one another, wherein the side guide wheel buffer device is composed of the rubber pad, a rubber pad metal plate and the spring; the side guide wheel is connected with the side guide wheel axle eccentric bushing through the side guide wheel axle; the side guide wheel axle eccentric bushing is fixed on the side guide wheel rack through a screw; and the side guide wheel buffer device is fixed on the bearing wheel rack through a stud. The roller coaster wheel train device disclosed by the invention has the advantages of being reliable in operation, small in impact, capable of reducing the discomfort of passengers, simple in structure, eccentrically adjustable and convenient to detach and maintain.

The invention discloses roller coaster type interactive riding movie equipment which comprises a slide track, a plurality of interactive scenes, an on-off passenger platform and a plurality of interactive track vehicles. The slide track is a closed track, is arranged in a large entertainment room and extends in various story scenes in a shuttling manner, and the on-off passenger platform and the interactive scenes are arranged along the slide track; the interactive track vehicles are slidably arranged on the slide track via pulley devices, each interactive track vehicle comprises seats of a vehicle body and pulley devices, the seats of the vehicle bodies are used for carrying passengers, the pulley devices are mounted below the seats and are connected with the slide track, driving devices are mounted between the vehicle bodies and the pulley devices and comprise driving wheels, driving motors and speed reducers, and the interactive track vehicles can quickly slide and stop on the slide track under the control of the driving wheels.

The invention relates to a roller coaster passenger state real-time detection method. The method include the steps that (1) a roller coaster passenger state real-time detection system is provided; and (2) the detection system is used for detection, wherein the detection system comprises a master controller, a plurality of image recognizers and a plurality of blood pressure detection instruments; one image recognizer and one blood pressure detection instrument are installed on each seat of a roller coaster; each image recognizer is used for recognizing passenger motions in passenger images of a passenger on a corresponding seat; each blood pressure detection instrument is used for detecting the heart rate of the passenger on the corresponding seat; the master controller is connected with the multiple image recognizers and the multiple blood pressure detection instruments; and the roller coaster running speed can be controlled based on recognition results of the multiple image recognizers and detection results of the multiple blood pressure detection instruments.