Interactive Device Mounting Assembly for Ride Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interactive ride systems face challenges in properly positioning guest interactive devices (GIDs) to accommodate varying guest sizes, ensuring ergonomic comfort and accurate 3D location information, while also facilitating easy loading and unloading without guest intervention and maintaining thematic constraints.
Innovation Solution
A mounting and interconnection assembly that links a passenger restraint, such as a lap bar, to the GID, using a drive mechanism with a guide plate and non-linear guide slot to vary the position and orientation of the GID based on guest size, allowing for optimal ergonomic placement and accurate 3D positioning without requiring custom adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the GID is hard mounted to a dashboard or vehicle body at a fixed position, then the positioning is stable and结构简单, but it cannot accommodate guests of different sizes and makes the device difficult or uncomfortable for many guests
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transitioning from a fixed hard-mounted GID to a movable mounting system. The GID is mounted on a vehicle body member that can move relative to the vehicle dashboard along a travel path, allowing the device to adapt its position to different guest sizes while maintaining a structured mounting mechanism through guided motion constraints.
2Ease of operation
If the GID is tethered to the vehicle and removed by guests during loading, then usability is improved for older guests, but the system has maintenance issues and robustness problems and cannot provide accurate 3D location information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the self-service principle by enabling guests to easily remove and reattach the GID during loading and unloading operations. The GID can be detached from its mounted position on the vehicle body member and held by the guest, then automatically repositioned when the vehicle body member moves into the operational position, eliminating the need for complex tethering systems while maintaining ease of operation.
3Ease of manufacture
If the GID is positioned for an average sized guest, then the mounting is simple, but the device is not properly positioned for guests that are either smaller or larger than the selected average sized person
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by implementing a dynamic positioning system where the GID can move along a defined travel path on the vehicle body member. This allows a single mounting structure to serve multiple guest sizes - the GID starts in a neutral position suitable for average guests and can be manually adjusted or automatically repositioned along its travel path to accommodate smaller or larger guests, maintaining both manufacturing simplicity and adaptability.
4Productivity
If the GID is moved into position after loading without guest intervention, then loading efficiency is improved, but the mounting mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the preliminary action principle by pre-positioning the GID on the vehicle body member during vehicle assembly or preparation, rather than requiring complex automatic positioning mechanisms during loading. The GID is mounted on the movable vehicle body member in advance, and its final operational position is achieved simply by moving the vehicle body member relative to the dashboard, thereby improving loading efficiency while keeping the mechanism relatively simple.
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AI summary
A ride vehicle for use in amusement park rides with interactive game or show equipment. A vehicle body is included with a passenger seat and an interactive device operable by a passenger to interact with the interactive game. A mounting assembly is provided in or on vehicle body and is configured for pivotally mounting the interactive device on the vehicle body. The mounting assembly may be adapted such as with a cam or guide plate to rotate or otherwise position the interactive device through a range of positions at varying distances from the seat. Further, A passenger restraint assembly is provided and is used to determine a size of the passenger in the seat. The passenger restraint is linked to the mounting assembly to drive the mounting assembly so as to place the interactive device at a passenger-use position that is selected based on the defined size of the passenger.