ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,497, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Interactive energy effect attraction" was invented by Giulianna Silva (Orlando, Fla.) and Michael Tresaugue (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive energy effect system that includes one or more sensors configured to generate a signal indicative of a position of a user-associated object in the system. The interactive energy effect system also includes a system controller that receives the signal and generates a first and second set of instructions based on the signal. The system controller transmits the first instruction...