System and method for detecting the number of users on at least one ski resort run
AssigneeSkadii GmbH
InventorsPhilipp Oberhuber, Gunter Tschinkel
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Abstract
A system for detecting the passage of users in a ski resort, the ski resort comprising a plurality of ski runs and a plurality of ski lifts; the system for detecting the passage of users comprising: an image sensor and a processing unit, which are connected in communication with each other; wherein the image sensor is configured to capture images, such as a video, of a portion of the ski run, and send them to the processing unit; the processing unit being configured to analyse said images, such as the video, and detect moving objects, such as moving in a given direction, and count said detected moving objects; such as the image sensor is a video camera.
Claims20
A management system configured to manage a ski resort comprising a ski run and a ski lift, the management system comprising:
- a central unit;
- and
- a detection system associated with at least a portion of the ski run and configured to:
- determine a number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run, and
- communicate the number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run to the central unit, wherein based on the number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run, the central unit is configured to at least one of:
- program a snow groomer vehicle, program a snow gun of an artificial-snow system associated with the ski run, intervene with an operation of the snow groomer vehicle, and intervene with an operation of the snow gun.
A ski resort comprising:
- a ski run;
- a ski lift;
- and
- a management system comprising:
- a central unit, and
- a detection system associated with at least a portion of the ski run and configured to:
- determine a number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run, and
- communicate the number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run to the central unit, wherein based on the number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run, the central unit is configured to at least one of:
- program a snow groomer vehicle, program a snow gun of an artificial-snow system associated with the ski run, intervene with an operation of the snow groomer vehicle, and intervene with an operation of the snow gun.
A method of managing a ski resort comprising a ski run and a ski lift, the method comprising:
- determining a number of users passing on at least a portion of the ski run, and
- based on the number of users passing on at least the portion of the ski run, at least one of:
- programming a snow groomer vehicle, programming a snow gun of an artificial-snow system associated with the ski run, intervening with an operation of the snow groomer vehicle, and intervening with an operation of the snow gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.