ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,806, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Ride vehicle artificial intelligence entity systems and methods" was invented by Robert Michael Jordan (Orlando, Fla.) and Mark James Traynor (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods presented herein include one or more guest activity recognition devices configured to recognize activity of one or more guests within a physical environment of an amusement park. The system also includes one or more ride vehicles of a ride of the amusement park, each ride vehicle including an artificial intelligence entity management sys...