ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,966, issued on May 5, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Clearance envelope scanning system" was invented by Lucas Gorentz (Orlando, Fla.) and Michael Beatrice (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clearance envelope scanning system for an amusement park attraction includes a detection system configured to couple to a ride vehicle of the amusement park attraction. The detection system includes an emitter configured to output a wave within an environment of the amusement park attraction and a receiver configured to detect the wave reflected off of an object within the environment. The clearan...