Layered Attraction Data Reporting for Real-Time Ride Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing amusement park attractions face challenges in efficiently monitoring and managing real-time data from various components, including ride vehicles and interactive elements, which complicates immersive experiences and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A layered data reporting system utilizing a primary wireless network for fast, real-time data communication and a secondary wireless network for higher bandwidth communication of detailed data, allowing for efficient data management and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single wireless network is used to transmit all attraction data, then network simplicity is maintained, but data transmission efficiency and real-time monitoring capability deteriorate due to bandwidth limitations and data prioritization issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single wireless network into two separate networks: a first wireless network for transmitting time-sensitive operational data (such as ride vehicle position, speed, and safety-critical information) and a second wireless network for transmitting non-time-sensitive detailed data (such as maintenance logs, diagnostic information, and analytical data). This segmentation allows each network to be optimized for its specific data type, improving overall transmission efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through clear functional separation.
2Loss of information
If high bandwidth is allocated to transmit detailed attraction data, then data completeness is improved, but real-time response capability deteriorates due to network congestion and latency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data into two categories transmitted over different networks: time-sensitive data (position, speed, operational status) transmitted over the first wireless network ensuring real-time response, and detailed data (maintenance information, diagnostic data, analytical information) transmitted over the second wireless network ensuring data completeness. This eliminates the trade-off by giving each data type appropriate bandwidth allocation based on its temporal requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different transmission qualities to different data types: the first wireless network is optimized for low-latency, high-reliability transmission of critical operational data, while the second wireless network is optimized for high-bandwidth transmission of detailed informational data. Each network has tailored protocols and priorities matching the specific quality requirements of the data it carries.
3Reliability
If all attraction data is monitored continuously, then operational safety is improved, but system resource consumption and data processing complexity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments monitoring into two layers: continuous real-time monitoring of critical safety parameters (vehicle position, speed, operational status) over the first wireless network, and periodic or event-driven monitoring of detailed operational data (maintenance metrics, diagnostic information) over the second wireless network. This reduces processing complexity by applying different monitoring intensities appropriate to each data type's safety criticality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a data management system that acts as an intermediary, receiving data from both networks, prioritizing time-sensitive data for immediate processing and analysis, while queueing or summarizing detailed data for later processing. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system by managing the complexity of handling multiple data streams with different requirements.
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AI summary
A layered reporting system for an attraction may include a primary and secondary wireless communication network that are separate from one another. Components of an attraction environment, such as augmented reality/virtual reality headsets and a ride vehicle having a controller, may generate operation data of the attraction. The components of the systems may also include communication circuitry that communicates a first subset of the operation data to the primary wireless network. A second subset of the operation data is communicated via a secondary wireless network having a bandwidth higher than the primary wireless network.