Disney Patent Lightsaber Technology

Disney have designed a real life LightSaber according to a patent application filed by the company on July 17th, which uses a system of drones, laser beams and reflective devices to shoot a beam of light from the hilt and make it look like lasers are bouncing off the lightsaber, as it uses a particulate matter such as water vapor, condensed water, liquid nitrogen, dust, and theatrical fog.

The technology will make it look like the light is coming from the hilt rather than the drone above it.  Not much is known about this project yet, it could be for use at special events like theme park appearances, especially with the upcoming Star Wars Lands in development.  It could even be for a product to have at home, however the drone and fog use , would suggest it’s a while off that.

PatentYogi, has gone into plenty of detail about the patent, here are a few highlights:

“An entertainment environment has a user with a faux light saber that interacts with a drone flying through the air or operated with hidden rods to appear as if its flying through the air. The faux light saber has LEDs attached thereto to provide IR light to the drone.

“As an LED is turned on, an invisible light sensor built into the drone captures an image of the field of view with a bright spot at the position of the activated LED. A visible light source built into the drone then projects light through particulate matter toward the faux light saber.

“As a result, the uses is provided with the illusion that the faux light saber has deflected a laser beam. Multiple LEDs can be activated in sequence at various times to give user the impression that the movement by the users of the faux light saber is deflecting multiple laser beams.”

However it could easily be something that never sees the light of day, what do you think of this idea?