System and method for remotely monitoring artificial snow maker of ice crushing type
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Piste Snow Industries
InventorToshihide Satonaka
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system capable of accurately monitoring each of a plurality of snowmakers of ice crushing type which are placed on a skiing ground. The system has a monitoring device, which is placed in a monitoring station of the skiing ground and is connected to each of the snowmakers for monitoring an operational state of each of the snowmakers. The system further includes an external monitoring device provided in an external monitoring station located in a remote place from skiing grounds. The external monitoring device is capable of monitoring an operational state of each of the snowmakers in a selected skiing ground, since it can be selectively connected to the monitoring device placed in each skiing ground.
Claims11
A system for remotely monitoring artificial snowmakers, comprising:
- a plurality of artificial snowmakers placed apart from each other on a slope of a skiing ground, each of said artificial snowmakers having a freezer for making ice, and being capable of independently making artificial snow by crushing the ice;
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- a monitoring device provided in a monitoring station of said skiing ground and connected to each of said artificial snowmakers, for monitoring an operational state of each of the freezers in the respective artificial snowmakers and an atmosphere surrounding the artificial snowmakers.
A system for remotely monitoring artificial snowmakers placed on a plurality of skiing grounds, comprising:
- a plurality of artificial snowmakers placed apart from each other on a ski slope of each of said skiing grounds, each of said artificial snowmakers having a freezer for making ice and being capable of independently making artificial snow by crushing the ice;
- a monitoring device provided in a monitoring station of each of said skiing grounds and connected to each of the artificial snowmakers in a skiing ground for monitoring an operational state of each of the artificial snowmakers in the skiing ground;
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- an external monitoring device provided in an external monitoring station located in a place remote from said skiing grounds, and connected to said monitoring device in the monitoring station of a selected skiing ground for monitoring an operational state of each of the artificial snowmakers in the selected skiing ground.
A method of remotely monitoring artificial snowmakers,
- wherein said snowmakers are placed apart from each other on a ski slope of a skiing ground, each of said artificial snowmakers having a freezer for making ice and being capable of independently making artificial snow by crushing the ice,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a location of each of said artificial snowmakers on a monitor in a monitoring station in said skiing ground;
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- displaying operational states of each of said artificial snowmakers at predetermined times.
A monitoring method of remotely monitoring artificial snowmakers placed on a plurality of skiing grounds,
- wherein said artificial snowmakers are placed apart from each other on a ski slope of each of said skiing grounds, each of said artificial snowmakers having a freezer for making ice and being capable of independently making artificial snow by crushing the ice,
- said method comprising the step of displaying an operational state of each of said artificial snowmakers in a selected skiing ground by making connection to the selected skiing ground from an external monitoring station remote from said skiing grounds,
- said method further comprising the step of displaying various parameters of an artificial snowmaker based on the displayed operational state when the artificial snowmaker operates abnormally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.