System and method of distributed control of an interactive animatronic show

摘要

A system of distributed control of an interactive animatronic show includes a plurality of animatronic actors, at least one of the actors a processor and one or more motors controlled by the processor. The system also includes a network interconnecting each of the actors, and a plurality of sensors providing messages to the network, where the messages are indicative of processed information. Each processor executed software that schedules and/or coordinates an action of the actor corresponding to the processor in accordance with the sensor messages representative of attributes of an audience viewing the show and the readiness of the corresponding actor. Actions of the corresponding actor can include animation movements of the actor, responding to another actor and/or responding to a member of the audience. The actions can result in movement of at least a component of the actor caused by control of the motor.

主权项

1. A system for distributed control of an interactive show, the system comprising:
a plurality of actors in the interactive show, at least one of the actors comprising:
a processor, andone or more motors controlled by the processor; a network interconnecting each of the actors; and a plurality of sensors providing messages to the network, wherein the messages are indicative of processed information; wherein the processor executes software that schedules and/or coordinates actions of the actor corresponding to the processor in accordance with the messages representative of attributes of one or more selected from (i) other actors of the plurality of actors and (ii) a plurality of members of an audience viewing the show; and wherein one of the actions corresponds to an interactive action with the audience in accordance with an emergency message, and wherein the emergency message occurs in response to not receiving an expected response from the one or more selected from (i) the other actors of the plurality of actors and (ii) the plurality of members of the audience viewing the show.