Entertainment device safety system and related methods of use
View Patent ↗An entertainment device safety system includes a video camera configured to capture video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device and a video analytic module to perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from video. A computer receives the video and the non-video data from the video camera analyzes the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device. The user position is compared to a user position rule to determine whether the user position violates the user position rule. A notification is transmitted in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.
1. A video analytics module for monitoring safety of an amusement ride comprising:
a memory storing:
user behavior data including a plurality of types of user behaviors;
rule data including a plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors; and
amusement ride data including a plurality of types of amusement rides, wherein each of the plurality of rules is associated with a respective type of amusement ride of the plurality of types of amusement rides; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
analyze video camera data having at least one image of an amusement ride and a user of the amusement ride to determine a type of the amusement ride and user behavior;
choose a rule from the plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors based on the type of the amusement ride; and
compare the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.
2. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a notification based on a comparison of the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.
3. The video analytics module according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store in the memory, safety position data including a safety device position rule;
analyze the video camera data to determine a safety device position of a safety device;
compare the safety device position to the safety device position rule; and
transmit a notification based on a result of a comparison of the safety device position to the safety device position rule.
4. The video analytics module according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
associate the safety device position rule with the type of amusement ride; and
choose the safety device position rule based on the type of amusement ride.
5. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the safety device position rule is chosen based on a color of the safety device.
6. The video analytics module according to claim 5 , wherein the safety device includes a fluorescent infra-red pigment.
7. The video analytics module according to claim 6 , wherein the video camera data includes at least one infra-red image of the safety device.
8. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to cease operation of the amusement ride based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.
9. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to activate a visual indicator based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.
10. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the rule chosen from the plurality of rules includes at least one of an aspect ratio, an absolute height, absolute width, or a weighted centroid.
11. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to receive position data indicating a position of the amusement ride.
12. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the video camera data includes a plurality of images and non-video data.
13. A method for providing for monitoring safety of an amusement ride, comprising:
storing in memory, user behavior data including a plurality of types of user behaviors;
storing in the memory, rule data including a plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors;
storing in the memory, amusement ride data including a plurality of types of amusement rides, wherein each of the plurality of rules is associated with a respective type of amusement ride of the plurality of types of amusement rides;
analyzing at a processor, video camera data of an amusement ride and a user of the amusement ride to determine a type of the amusement ride and user behavior;
choosing by the processor, a rule from the plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors based on the type of the amusement ride; and
comparing by the processor, the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.
14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
storing in the memory, safety position data indicating a safety device position rule;
analyzing at the processor, the video camera data to determine a safety device position of a safety device;
comparing at the processor, the safety device position to the safety device position rule; and
transmitting a notification based on a result of a comparison of the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.
15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
associating at the processor, the safety device position rule with a type of amusement ride;
and choosing at the processor, the safety device position rule based on the type of amusement ride.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the safety device position rule is chosen based on a color of the safety device.
17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising ceasing operation of the amusement ride based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.