Interactive systems and methods with feedback devices
A wearable device includes a first radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, a second RFID tag, one or more feedback devices configured to provide feedback to a guest, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to generate a first control signal that causes a first type of feedback via the one or more feedback devices in response to interaction between electromagnetic radiation having a first frequency and the first RFID tag and to generate a second control signal that causes a second type of feedback via the one or more feedback devices in response to interaction between electromagnetic radiation having a second frequency and the second RFID tag.
1 . A wearable device comprising:
a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag;
one or more feedback devices configured to provide feedback to a user to indicate progression of the user within an attraction; and
a microcontroller configured to control the one or more feedback devices to:
provide a first type of the feedback in response to a total number of a plurality of occurrences of RFID tag interactions passing a first threshold number of occurrences; and
provide a second type of the feedback in response to the total number of the plurality of occurrences of RFID tag interactions passing a second threshold number of occurrences:
wherein the RFID tag interactions are between the RFID tag and electromagnetic radiation within a frequency range such that the first type of the feedback provides a first indication of a first number of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and interactive elements within the attraction and the second type of the feedback provides a second indication of a second number of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and interactive elements within the attraction.
2 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the microcontroller is configured to control the one or more feedback devices to provide an additional type of the feedback in response to and during a particular RFID tag interaction between the RFID tag and the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range to indicate occurrence of a particular wearable device interaction with an interactive element of the interactive elements within the attraction.
3 . The wearable device of claim 1 , comprising a power harvesting circuit configured to harness power from the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range and supply the harnessed power to the one or more feedback devices.
4 . The wearable device of claim 3 , comprising an energy storage device configured to store the harnessed power.
5 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback devices comprise a speaker, a haptic feedback device, or both.
6 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback devices comprise a light emitter.
7 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more feedback devices comprise a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light, and the microcontroller is configured to:
control the plurality of light emitters to cause a first number of the plurality of light emitters to emit the light as the first type of the feedback in response to the total number of the plurality of occurrences of RFID tag interactions, between the RFID tag and the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range, passing the first threshold number of occurrences; and
control the plurality of light emitters to cause a second number of the plurality of light emitters to emit the light as the second type of the feedback in response to the total number of the plurality of occurrences of RFID tag interactions, between the RFID tag and the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range, passing the second threshold number of occurrences.
8 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the RFID tag is a read/write RFID tag, and the microcontroller is configured to access data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of RFID interactions from a memory of the RFID tag.
9 . The wearable device of claim 1 , comprising an additional RFID tag, wherein the RFID tag is configured to respond to near-high frequency (NFC) electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range and the additional RFID tag is configured to respond to ultra-high frequency (UHF) electromagnetic radiation within a different frequency range.
10 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first type of the feedback is a first volume of sound and the second type of the feedback is a second volume of sound.
11 . A feedback system for use in an attraction, the feedback system comprising:
a plurality of readers within the attraction, wherein each reader of the plurality of readers is associated with a respective interactive element of a plurality of interactive elements in the attraction and is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation within a frequency range;
a wearable device configured to be worn by a user within the attraction, the wearable device comprising:
a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising a memory that stores identification information and that is readable by each reader of the plurality of readers;
a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light indicative of progression of the user within an attraction; and
a microcontroller configured to control the plurality of light emitters to emit the light; and
a computing system configured to:
track a total number of a plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements in the attraction based on a total number of times the identification information of the RFID tag is read by the plurality of readers; and
instruct at least one reader of the plurality of readers to write data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements in the attraction to the memory of the RFID tag;
wherein the microcontroller is configured to access the data from the memory of the RFID tag and to control a first subset of the plurality of light emitters to emit light as a first type of feedback to indicate the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions, between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction, meets or exceeds a first threshold number of occurrences and to control a second subset of the plurality of light emitters to emit light as a second type of feedback to indicate the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions, between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction, meets or exceeds a second threshold number of occurrences.
12 . The feedback system of claim 11 , comprising a speaker, wherein microcontroller is configured to:
control the speaker to output a first sound as the first type of feedback to indicate that the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction meets or exceeds the first threshold; and
control the speaker to output a second sound as the second type of feedback to indicate that the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction meets or exceeds the second threshold.
13 . The feedback system of claim 11 , wherein the microcontroller is configured to control the plurality of light emitters to emit light as a third type of feedback in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range at the RFID tag.
14 . The feedback system of claim 11 , wherein the computing system is configured to store and to associate the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements in the attraction with the identification information in a database.
15 . The feedback system of claim 11 , comprising a plurality of additional readers within the attraction, wherein each additional reader of the plurality of additional readers is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation within another frequency range, and the wearable device comprises an additional RFID tag that is readable by each additional reader of the plurality of additional readers.
16 . A method for providing feedback to a user within an attraction, the method comprising:
transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a frequency range from a reader associated with an interactive element in the attraction;
transmitting identification information from a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag supported by a wearable device carried by the user to the reader in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range;
updating, using one or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the reader, a total number of a plurality of occurrences of the wearable device providing the identification information to the reader in response to receipt of the identification information at the reader;
writing, using the reader or an additional reader, data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device providing the identification information to the reader to a memory accessible by a microcontroller of the wearable device; and
controlling, using the microcontroller and in response to the data being written to the memory, one or more feedback devices supported by the wearable device to provide a first type of feedback indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device meeting or exceeding a first threshold and a second type of feedback indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device meeting or exceeding a second threshold such that the first type of feedback and the second type of feedback are indicative of progression of the user within the attraction.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more feedback devices comprise a plurality of light emitters, and the method comprises controlling, using the microcontroller and in response to the data being written to the memory, the plurality of light emitters to provide the first type of feedback and the second type of feedback.
18 . The method of claim 16 , comprising:
comparing, using the one or more processors, the total number of the plurality of occurrences to the first threshold; and
writing, using the reader or the additional reader, the data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences to the memory accessible by the microcontroller of the wearable device in response to determining that the total number of the plurality of occurrences exceeds the first threshold.
19 . The method of claim 16 , comprising controlling, using the microcontroller, the one or more feedback devices to provide a third type of feedback in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range at the RFID tag.
20 . The method of claim 16 , comprising:
comparing, using the one or more processors, the total number of the plurality of occurrences to the second threshold; and
writing, using the reader or the additional reader, the data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences to the memory accessible by the microcontroller of the wearable device in response to determining that the total number of the plurality of occurrences exceeds the second threshold.