Interactive Portrait AI Feedback for Adaptive Guest Engagement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Entertainment venues face challenges in providing dynamic, personalized interactions with guests that capture their interests and behaviors to enhance immersive experiences.

Innovation Solution

An interactive portrait system utilizing computer vision, AI algorithms, and communication with guest devices to identify characteristics, behaviors, and locations, and provide personalized and conversational interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional show attractions use physical props and displayed animations, then visual effects are provided to guests, but the interactions are static and cannot dynamically adapt to guest behaviors or interests

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from static pre-programmed show attractions to dynamic interactive experiences by continuously monitoring guest behaviors through cameras and sensors, analyzing data with AI algorithms, and adapting outputs in real-time based on detected guest interests and responses

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements closed-loop feedback by detecting guest behaviors, evaluating responses using AI algorithms, and adjusting subsequent outputs based on whether guests showed interest or engagement, creating an adaptive interaction cycle

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the system attempts to provide personalized interactions to all guests, then guest engagement improves, but the complexity of tracking and analyzing individual guest behaviors increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveguest engagement efficiencyVSAvoidbehavior tracking complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by using AI algorithms to automatically detect, analyze, and respond to guest behaviors without requiring manual intervention, allowing the system to handle multiple guests simultaneously through automated behavior recognition and response selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual observation and interaction methods with automated computer vision technology, using cameras and AI algorithms to detect guest behaviors, track movements, and analyze responses without human operators

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Speed

If the system provides immediate responses to guest behaviors, then interaction responsiveness improves, but the processing time required to analyze behaviors and determine appropriate outputs increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse speedVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and continuously monitoring guest behaviors, maintaining ready-state analysis of detected actions, and having pre-determined response options prepared based on initial behavior detection to enable faster response deployment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250246023A1Interactive imagery systems and methods
Publication Date: 2025.07.31 UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
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AI summary

An interactive portrait system includes a camera configured to capture imagery of an environment and a controller. The controller is configured to analyze the imagery to identify a guest in the environment, instruct an output device to provide an initial output to attempt to interact with the guest, and analyze the imagery to identify a behavior of the guest during the initial output, after the initial output, or both. The controller is also configured to evaluate the behavior of the guest using one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to determine whether the guest responded to the initial output. The controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the guest responded to the initial output, instruct the output device to provide an additional output to continue to attempt to interact with the guest.