FULL-DUPLEX, WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE COSTUMED CHARACTERS

摘要

A control system for interactively operating a show control system (audio plus data) provided in a walk-around character costume. The system includes an interactive controller wearable with the walk-around character costume. The system includes an audio base station and a host controller communicatively linked to the audio base station. The interactive controller and the audio base station communicate via a wireless communications link. The control system includes a speaker controlled by the interactive controller, and the host controller transmits data over the wireless communications link via the audio base station including commands to play an audio file and an animation file, stored in memory accessible by the interactive controller, with the speaker. The control system includes microphones, linked to the interactive controller, capturing sounds near the walk-around character costume, and the interactive controller transmits the captured sounds over the communications link to the host controller via the audio base station.

主权项

1. A control system for selectively operating a sound system provided in a walk-around character costume, comprising:
an interactive controller adapted for a performer to wear; an audio base station spaced apart from the interactive controller; and a host controller communicatively linked to the audio base station, wherein the interactive controller and the audio base station each includes a wireless communication element operable to provide a full-duplex communications link between the interactive controller and the audio base station, further comprising a speaker controlled by the interactive controller, wherein the host controller transmits data over the full-duplex communications link via the audio base station including commands to play an audio file, stored in memory accessible by the interactive controller, with the speaker, and further comprising a microphone linked to the interactive controller, wherein the microphone captures sounds proximate to the walk-around character costume and wherein the interactive controller transmits the captured sounds over the full-duplex communications link to the host controller via the audio base station.