SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A SKI SLOPE USING SNOWMAKING APPARATUSES
First Claim
1. A system for maintaining a ski slope provided with a plurality of snowmaking apparatuses, said system comprising:
- means for obtaining a geographical position of a snow compressing vehicle which is used for maintaining the ski slope;
means for comparing said geographical position of the snow compressing vehicle and geographical information of a snowless ski slope to thereby calculate snow coverage at each position of the ski slope;
means for determining snow supplement necessity based on said snow coverage at each position of the ski slope and outputting a required snow supplement amount in association with each position; and
means for calculating a required operating rate for said snowmaking apparatus based on said required snow supplement amount for each portion of the ski slope.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system for maintaining a ski slope with a plurality of snowmaking apparatuses, comprising: a snow compressing vehicle position obtaining section for obtaining a position of a snow compressing vehicle used for maintaining the ski slope; a snow coverage calculation section for comparing the position of the snow compressing vehicle, which is obtained by the snow compressing vehicle position obtaining section, and geographical information of a snowless ski slope to thereby calculate snow coverage at each position of the ski slope; a snow supplement necessity determination section for determining snow supplement necessity for each position of the ski slope and outputting a required snow supplement amount in association with each position; and a snowmaking apparatus operating rate calculation section for calculating a required operating rate for the snowmaking apparatus based on the required snow supplement amount, which is determined by the snow supplement necessity determination section.
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1. A system for maintaining a ski slope provided with a plurality of snowmaking apparatuses, said system comprising:
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means for obtaining a geographical position of a snow compressing vehicle which is used for maintaining the ski slope;
means for comparing said geographical position of the snow compressing vehicle and geographical information of a snowless ski slope to thereby calculate snow coverage at each position of the ski slope;
means for determining snow supplement necessity based on said snow coverage at each position of the ski slope and outputting a required snow supplement amount in association with each position; and
means for calculating a required operating rate for said snowmaking apparatus based on said required snow supplement amount for each portion of the ski slope. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for maintaining the ski slope provided with a plurality of snowmaking apparatuses, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining the snow compressing vehicle position for the snow compressing vehicle used for maintaining the ski slope;
comparing the snow compressing vehicle position, said snow compressing vehicle position obtained by said snow compressing vehicle position obtaining means, and geographical information of the snowless ski slope to thereby calculate snow coverage at each position of the ski slope;
determining the snow supplement necessity for each position of the ski slope and outputting the required snow supplement amount in association with each position; and
calculating a required operating rate for said snowmaking apparatus based on the required snow supplement amount, said required snow supplement amount determined by said snow supplement necessity determination means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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