US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Sept. 23 for "System and method for costumed character interaction" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,213, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System and method for costumed character interaction" was invented by Nathaniel David Helmick (Winter Park, Fla.) and Katherine Amanda Novak (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling costumed character interaction includes a character costume configured to be worn by a user. The character costume includes an electromagnet integrated into the character costume. The system also includes a stage prop including a magnetic piece integrated into the stage prop. The system further includes a control interface coupled ...