SureSight verifies amusement ride inspections step by step. The technician wears camera-equipped eyewear, and computer vision checks each item of your daily, weekly and annual inspections as it happens. Anything it can't confirm is flagged for follow-up.
The result is a record of what was actually inspected on each ride, not just which boxes were checked.
A daily ride inspection can run to dozens of items: restraints, wheels, brakes, sensors, gates and structure. All of it happens in the hours before opening, often by a crew covering more than one ride. When time runs short, the walk gets faster, and the checklist doesn't show it.
Most inspection records, on paper or a tablet, show that a box was ticked and who ticked it. They don't show whether anyone looked at the lap bar in the last row or the wheel carrier on the last car. After an incident, that's the first question an investigator asks.
Seasonal staff, new technicians and contractors all work from the same procedure, but not with the same eye. Supervisors can't stand behind every inspector, and the gaps tend to show up in the steps that are easiest to skip.
Ride inspection requirements come from consensus standards, the manufacturer, and the jurisdiction the ride operates in. These are the ones most ride maintenance teams work under.
The core US practice for ride owners and operators: procedures for operating, maintaining and inspecting rides, and for training the people who do it. Many states adopt ASTM F24 standards into law.
The design standard for new rides and major modifications. It shapes the manufacturer's maintenance and inspection requirements that your procedures are built from.
The European standard, in three parts: design and manufacture; operation, maintenance and use; and inspection during design, manufacture, operation and use.
Rides need a BCA permit to operate. A qualified person must inspect and certify each ride every year, and the permit holder appoints a ride manager to oversee daily operation and maintenance.
There's no federal oversight of fixed-site rides. The CPSC covers mobile rides only, and fixed-site rides are regulated by the states, with requirements that vary from state to state.
SureSight produces evidence that inspections and maintenance steps were done, which is what these programs ask you to show. It doesn't replace your inspection program, your qualified staff, or your regulator.
Each application is set up from your own procedures and trained on your own rides. These are the inspections ride maintenance teams ask about most.
The technician walks the ride with the procedure they already use, and each item is confirmed as it comes into view.
Weekly, monthly and annual preventative maintenance tasks, done after close by small night crews.
Ride-specific inspections. On coasters: wheel assemblies, track, lift and brake systems. On dark rides: vehicles, track and guide systems, often in low light.
Boats, rafts, troughs, lift belts and station equipment on water rides.
Work done by contractors and newer staff is recorded the same way as everyone else's.
Your data, your rules. Where SureSight runs, what it keeps, and who can see it are set for each deployment. It can run entirely on a server inside your network, with no video kept after verification. Storage is optional and follows your retention policy. SureSight verifies the work, not the worker: identity isn't needed to verify an inspection. Security & Data →
Yes. It's set up from the procedures you already use, including the manufacturer's requirements and your own additions. When a procedure changes, the configuration changes. Your staff don't need retraining.
It's designed not to. The technician does the same walk with eyewear on. Whether it affects your opening timeline is one of the things a pilot measures on your ride.
The vision model is customized to your rides and components during a short on-site training phase. It isn't a generic model. When it can't confirm a step with confidence, it flags the step for follow-up instead of passing it.
The computer vision model is designed to recognize ride equipment, not people, and personally identifiable information is not retained. Most inspections also happen before opening or after close, when few guests are around.
No. Your qualified staff still do the inspection, and regulators and insurers still do theirs. SureSight adds evidence that each step was done.
You do. SureSight can run on a server inside your network, with no video kept after verification. See Security & Data for the options.
We'll set up SureSight on one ride's inspection, with your procedure and your crew, and show you the record it produces.
SureSight's founder, Eddy Castaneda, spent 15 years as a mechanical engineer on safety-critical ride systems at major theme park operators, on projects in Japan, China and the United States. Read the SureSight story →