US Patent Issued to Disney Enterprises on July 29 for "Autonomous reach envelope inspection system for amusement park rides" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,652, issued on July 29, was assigned to Disney Enterprises Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Autonomous reach envelope inspection system for amusement park rides" was invented by Francis Michael Siemer (Orlando, Fla.), Aaron Michael Foster (Windermere, Fla.), Gregory Brooks Hale (Orlando, Fla.) and Brian Foster Walters (Groveland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for autonomously inspecting intrusions into a reach envelope of a vehicle traveling along a ride path of a park ride. The system includes a test vehicle that travels along the ride path at test speeds. The system includes a reach envelope inspection assembly including a h...