RU2775335C1 - Transportation system of a civilised ski resort and method for transporting - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to transportation systems of a ski resort. The transportation system of a civilised ski resort comprises a ski slope control centre used to receive the environmental data, make a decision with respect to whether the environmental data falls within the set critical value, and send a map of the ski slope network to the dispatch vehicle control centre; a dispatch vehicle control centre used to receive maps, environmental parameters, and transportation requirement corresponding to the map and the environmental data in the transportation area, calculate transportation areas, and plan routes; multiple vehicles connected to the dispatch vehicle control centres, performing work orders.

EFFECT: ensured better operation and management of a ski slope with a higher occupancy rate and greater safety.

23 cl, 14 dwg

Description

The technical field to which the invention belongs

The present invention relates to the field of civilized ski resort technology, in particular, comprising a kind of civilized ski resort transportation system and a transportation method.

State of the art

In the following description, the term "air lift" includes: lift, open lift, cable car, and the like.

At a ski resort, skiers always climb from the bottom to the top of the snowy slope using some kind of vehicle and then ski down. In this case, limited to the designated landing site for vehicles such as aerial lift, ground lift and magic carpet conveyor belt, skiers must independently come to the designated landing site to climb to the top of the snow slope. At the same time, the limited pick-up point for vehicles also results in the fact that the slopes in the ski resort operate with set pick-up points and set drop-off points, that is, the operation is carried out only in accordance with the pick-up and drop-off points of vehicles, which has an extremely negative effect on construction and operation of a ski resort. For example, when the weather (wind) in a partially delimited area of a ski resort is unfavorable and as a result the vehicles (aerial lift) must be stopped, then it may be that the entire ski resort must be closed. In addition, when a small part of the ski slope is unsuitable for skiing or the snow on the slopes does not meet the requirements for skiing, the operator decides to close/open a large area of the slope network to skiers. If vehicles stop working due to bad weather in a partial slope area, not only the bad weather slope area is closed, but also all associated ski slopes.

In addition, due to vehicle pickup restrictions, hotels near the ski slope pick up points charge a high price, and those far from the ski slope pick up points charge a low price.

At present, as shown in FIG. 1, ski slopes 2 are mainly served by ski lifts 3 and the pick up and drop off points of these lifts are fixed at specific locations, ski slopes 2 have a fixed ski lift foot 31 and a fixed ski lift top 32. All lift systems require concrete foundations for line supports. , so any change of location in winter is almost impossible and the ski lifts are environmentally damaging. Only a very short lift (tow lift) can be moved in a few days.

A loading point, also known as a landing point, means an area where skiers, goods, or passengers can be loaded onto a conveyance system. An unloading point, also known as a drop off point, means an area where skiers, goods or passengers can be unloaded in a conveyance system. Pick-up and drop-off locations can also serve various other needs of the ski resort, such as ski lessons, restaurant supplies, snow hauling, or a snow machine.

Lift pick-up/drop-off locations are fixed, so ski slopes operate with fixed start and end locations. If any place on the slope is unsuitable for skiing, the entire slope must be closed. If the bottom or top of a lift is not accessible for skiing, the entire lift must be closed and all slopes associated with that lift must also be closed. Lack of skiing facilities in one place disrupts the operation of the entire ski resort, even if the rest of the resort is skiable. As shown in FIG. 2, if the ski resort at the foot does not have enough snow for skiing, then skiers cannot ski back to the ski resort and in this case the entire ski resort must be closed, that is, the lack of snow in zone 4 results in As a result, zone 5 is surfable but not usable. This is possible if global warming reduces the amount of snow at the foot of the ski slopes.

According to national safety regulations, aerial lifts are restricted to operate at night. Today, the nighttime operation of a high-altitude restaurant with no road access is limited to good skiers who can ski at night. Today, a high-rise hotel without road access cannot be continuously operated because the access lifts are closed at night and customers have difficulty getting in or out of the hotel surrounded by snow.

In a large network of ski slopes, snow blower systems need plumbing, electricity, compressed air, communication cables… running along the ski slopes. This network is mostly underground, fixed in certain places and specialized in terms of water pressure and hourly output. Therefore, the points of supply of water and electricity for snow machines are only fixed in certain places along the networks of ski slopes.

In addition, the original design of the aerial lift from the very beginning was to have a future-proof high hourly capacity, even if high hourly capacity is not required for some period of time. This makes the initial investment more expensive, and besides, it has to count on the possible increase in competition in the ski resort market, so during the early stage of the ski resort, the investment in the air lift is too high and the lift has a low utilization rate. Therefore, the ski resort may not be able to recoup the investment during the first few years of operation.

Air lifts are installed in specific locations and are custom-designed for a specific mountain and air lifts are costly to move to another location. For this reason, there is no official secondary market for the collateral value of aerial lifts and they cannot be rented or leased.

The air lift has a long delivery and installation time, lasting from half a year to 1 year.

Every air lift needs to be inspected by the security control of the ski resort by the government authorities. This is time consuming and affects the operation of the ski resort.

The hourly capacity of the aerial lift is limited by the organization of loading/unloading, with most of the loading/unloading operations using vehicles moving at low speed, and there are difficulties and problems with the safety of skiers.

Air lifts make the operation of the ski resort very susceptible to the lifts being stopped (due to wind) or the lifts breaking down. Sometimes, if the air lifts stop working, the ski slopes served by the lift must be closed.

Aerial lifts are installed at specific locations and the top station must be located at a location that serves as many ski slopes as possible starting from that location, which limits the ability to design a network of ski slopes and reduces profitability.

In a network of ski slopes, it is common that most skiers change from one ski area to another at the same time, for example, following the sun and avoiding the cold shady side, or moving to a place where the snow quality is better during the day, etc. Today every zone needs a full size lift (high hourly capacity) even if the lift has a low occupancy rate at some time during the day. This requires over-investment and creates a low occupancy rate for some lifts and ski slopes.

When the air lift breaks or stops, the entire lift stops. If evacuation is necessary, it can take several hours to evacuate all passengers, and when skiing temperatures drop below -10°C, it can be very dangerous for passengers.

After a breakdown, the lift must be fixed for the night before the next morning opening, creating a strain on employees due to working in very harsh environments, even dangerous ones, especially during a windy night when the temperature drops below -20°C.

In most cases, the technology of lifts obliges to have the same vehicle for transporting passengers. Only in the combined lift can a chair/wagon be placed at the same time. This does not allow the sale of 1st class and economy class tickets on the lift, but only in accordance with the use of the lift.

Conventional snow machines are placed in a certain place when snow is piled and they make snow packs, after which a snow grooming machine is needed to evenly distribute the snow on the ski slopes. By creating snow in a certain place, the snow near the car is of good quality, but poor quality in remote areas. This change in snow quality irritates skiers and even increases the danger on the ski slope. Sometimes you can find a change in snow quality from ice crust to soft snow over a length of only 60m to 80m, which is hard for skiers to put up with.

Disclosure of the essence of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention is provided for providing a civilized ski resort transportation system and a method for solving at least in part all of the above problems.

The present invention is to provide better operation and management of a ski slope with higher occupancy and greater safety, and creates a new high performance mountain transport system providing: mobile skier embarkation and disembarkation, increased hourly transport productivity, longer transport distance, better snow quality. This invention creates a new ski resort business concept, a new ski slope network design, a different concept of urbanism, accelerated construction, changes the operational concept, and provides increased operational efficiency at a cheaper investment cost.

The present invention in one embodiment provides a variation of a civilized ski resort transportation system comprising:

ski slope control centers for receiving ski slope environmental data, deciding whether the environmental parameters of each ski slope on the civilized ski resort maps are within predetermined critical values, in order to determine the route where the ski slope environmental parameters are not are within predetermined critical values, and sending certain maps of a civilized ski resort to vehicle control centers;

the vehicle dispatching centers are used to receive maps of the civilized ski resort, the environment of the transportation area and the need for transportation corresponding to the digital map of the civilized ski resort and the environmental parameters of the transportation area, to calculate the digital map of the transportation area, and in accordance with the digital maps of the transportation area, environmental parameters in the transportation area and transportation needs received from the user terminals, calculate the route and send the route information to the vehicles and users.

There are a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle is connected to the vehicle control center, each vehicle is used to receive an execution order sent by the vehicle control center, and the vehicle moves in accordance with the execution order.

Additionally, environmental parameters in the transportation zones include: snow thickness in the transportation zones, air condition, slipperiness of the ground in the transportation zones, snow density in the transportation zones, weather conditions in the transportation zone, presence of obstacles on the route.

Additionally, each vehicle is used to send real-time vehicle operation information to the vehicle control center. Vehicle operating conditions include: vehicle location, speed, ground or air conditions, fuel, electricity, malfunctions.

Additionally, the digital map of the civilized ski resort also contains: information about the route in the transportation area and information about the location of the vehicle.

Further, each vehicle in the vehicle control system includes a vehicle control unit and a vehicle cab, and the vehicle cab type is determined according to an object to be transported.

Additionally, the vehicle control center is also used to receive the transportation demand from the ski slope control center according to the number of registrations at each location and location, calculate the vehicles required at each location and location, and distribute the vehicles accordingly. .

Additionally, the vehicle control center is also used to identify images of people and animals outside the treated ski slopes that are received by cameras monitoring the transportation zones; when people or animals appear near a given route, the dispatch center edits and sends a signal to vehicles to slow down, stop or change route.

Additionally, the vehicle control center is also used to identify images acquired by cameras monitoring ski resort transport areas, identify obstacles outside of treated ski slopes and moving objects in the transport zone, and edit and signal vehicles to slow down, stop, or reroute.

Additionally, vehicles are also used to identify images of the transportation area obtained by cameras or sensors installed on the vehicles, identify obstacles in the transportation areas, edit and transmit information to the vehicle control center.

Additionally, each vehicle in the vehicle control system is an Alvis Bv206S armored tracked all-terrain vehicle.

Additionally, the vehicle control center is also used to receive transport requests submitted by the ski slope control center and make decisions on transport requests according to the location information of the vehicle and the object to be transported, issue a transport order to vehicles nearby. the place of transportation and the corresponding object to be transported, in accordance with the information about the place of transportation and the object to be transported.

Additionally, environmental parameters in the transport zones are sent via manual data entry or from automatic sensors or from an external database.

The present invention in another embodiment provides a kind of control method based on the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation system, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

taking environmental parameters on the ski slope, deciding whether the environmental parameters on each ski slope on the civilized ski resort map are within predetermined critical values; when the environmental parameters on the ski slopes are not within the predetermined critical values, determining the skip areas of the ski slopes and sending the determined digital map of the ski slope network to the vehicle control center;

receiving digital maps of the civilized ski resort, environmental parameters and transportation needs in the transportation area to calculate the digital map of the transportation area, and in accordance with the digital maps of the transportation area, environmental parameters in the transportation area and transportation needs received from the user terminals, calculate route and send route information to vehicles and users.

Each vehicle connects to the vehicle control center, receives the execution order sent by the vehicle control center, and moves in accordance with the execution order.

Additionally, environmental parameters in the transport zone include: snow thickness in the transport zone, conditions on the ground or in the air, slipperiness of snow/ground in the transport zones, weather conditions, obstacles and avalanche risk in the transport zone.

Further, each vehicle in the vehicle dispatching system includes a vehicle control unit and a vehicle cab, and the type of vehicle cab is determined according to the object to be transported.

Further, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also comprises: using vehicles to receive transportation requests from the ski slope control center according to the number of people along the line, to calculate the vehicle required for each accommodation, parking lot, restaurant, ski school, and others. places, calculate routes and distribute vehicles according to each need.

Additionally, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also comprises: using a vehicle control center to identify images of people and animals outside the treated ski slopes that are continuously received by cameras or sensors monitoring the ski resort transportation areas; when people or animals appear on a given route, the dispatch center edits and sends a signal to vehicles to slow down, stop or change route.

Further, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also comprises: using a vehicle control center to identify images acquired by cameras or sensors monitoring the transportation area, and identify obstacles or moving objects or an avalanche, edit, and send a signal to vehicles to slow down, stop, or change route, and issuing a hazard warning and notifying the safety, rescue or appropriate centre.

Additionally, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also includes: using artificial intelligence (AI) by the vehicle dispatch center to learn according to previous experience and day data, select the optimal route and vehicle schedule.

Additionally, in the vehicle control system, all vehicles are Alvis Bv206S armored tracked all-terrain vehicles.

Further, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also comprises: using a vehicle control center to receive transportation requests sent by the ski slope control center, converting transportation requests into information about a transportation route and an object to be transported, issue orders for transportation to vehicles located near the place of transportation and suitable for the object to be transported, according to information about the route of transportation and the object to be transported.

Additionally, environmental parameters in the transport zones are sent via manual input, automatic sensors or external databases.

Additionally, the aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also includes: each vehicle sending the vehicle operation information to the vehicle control center in real time. Real-time vehicle operation information includes: vehicle location, speed, ground or air conditions, fuel availability, battery status, malfunctions.

Further, the civilized ski resort public transportation transportation system and the transportation method of the present invention can have multiple transportation area environments, ski slope environments, a civilized ski resort digital map, a transportation area digital map, a vehicle control center, control centers for ski slopes, and can be distributed in various places, including inside vehicles.

Compared with the existing technology, the transportation system and transportation method of the civilized ski resort provided by the present invention have the following improvements:

(1) This invention, corresponding to the digital map of a civilized ski resort, determines the characteristics of unsuitable areas on the ski slopes, determines new loading / unloading places, and sends them to the vehicle control center. The real-time vehicle control center sends new loading/unloading locations to each vehicle inside the vehicle control system control system to ensure that transportation continues to operate in a manner that vehicles transport waiting passengers from pick-up to drop-off while avoiding skiers areas unsuitable for skiing;

(2) this invention, according to the registration of the number of people in each accommodation, parking lot and restaurant, ski school, calculates the number of vehicles and the required schedule, and sends the vehicle required in each of the accommodations through the vehicle dispatch center , in the parking lot, restaurant and ski school, to intelligently organize the vehicles in the vehicle dispatch control system, and realize the efficient use of the vehicle dispatch control system;

(3) the present invention, using image analysis, sensors and GPS or mobile terminals of skiers, calculates the behavior and location of skiers outside the ski slopes, and improves the safety of the ski resort through skier advice or related services (such as security, rescue, search, etc.). d.).

The above description is only a technical summary of this invention, in order to more clearly understand the technical method of this invention, it can be implemented in accordance with the contents of the technical description, and in order to make the above and other objects, characteristics and advantages of this invention more clear and easy to understand, the following is shown specific implementation of this invention.

Brief description of the drawings

A discussion in the following sections of the detailed description of the optimized implementation will make all sorts of other advantages and benefits more apparent to those skilled in the art. The accompanying drawings are used only to demonstrate the optimized implementation as its purpose and are not intended to be a limitation of this invention. In the drawings, the same reference characters are used to refer to the same components. On the drawings:

fig. 1 - the current scheme of the ski resort;

fig. 2 is a diagram of a common problem in an existing ski resort;

fig. 3a is a block diagram of the transport system of a civilized ski resort according to this invention;

fig. 3b is a diagram of a civilized ski resort transportation system according to this invention;

fig. 4 is a diagram of a method for transporting a civilized ski resort according to this invention;

fig. 5 is a diagram of a possible route for a vehicle in a completely open network of ski slopes according to this invention;

fig. 6 is a diagram of a possible route for a vehicle in a network of ski slopes closed at the top according to this invention;

fig. 7 is a diagram of a possible route for a vehicle in a network of ski slopes closed at the foot according to this invention;

fig. 8 is a diagram of the operation of a ski resort according to this invention;

fig. 9 is a diagram of accessible transportation for skiers corresponding to another case of an unskiable area according to this invention;

fig. 10 is a diagram of an accessible transport connection of two ski slopes with separated skiable areas according to this invention;

fig. 11a is a diagram of new pickup and drop-off points when the base of the ski resort is closed;

fig. 11b is a diagram of the new embarkation and disembarkation sites when the top of the ski resort is closed;

fig. 12 is a diagram of another unskiable area on ski slopes according to this invention.

On all attached drawings:

1 - village / place of day accommodation, 2 - ski slopes, 3 - ski lift, C31 - location of the foot of the ski lift, C32 - location of the top of the ski lift, C4 - no snow zone, 5 - skiable but unused zone , 6 - unskiable area, 7 - skiable area, 8 - new pick-up location, 9 - pick-up location, 10 - new drop-off location, A-town, B-new pick-up location, C - new drop-off location, D - new pick-up location, E - new drop-off location, F-mountain top, G-village/day location, H - new pick-up location, I - new drop-off location, J - new drop-off location, K - new drop-off location, L - peak mountains, 11 landing location, 12 landing location, 13 vehicle route.

Implementation of the invention

Reference will be made below to the accompanying drawings to describe this published exemplary embodiment in more detail. Although the accompanying drawings show a published illustrative implementation, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be implemented in various ways and should not be limited to the examples described here. Rather, the provision of these examples enables a better understanding of the disclosure and a complete presentation of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Those skilled in the art should understand that, unless otherwise specified, all terms (including technical terms and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as they have in the common understanding of those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. It should also be understood that terms such as those defined in the general vocabulary should be understood to have a meaning compatible with them in the context of existing technology and should not be explained in an idealized or overly formal sense unless specifically stated.

The present invention is directed to how to operate a network of ski slopes when it is partially open or closed. Even if part of the ski slopes are unsuitable for skiing or partial areas are closed using the system and method of the present invention, the operation of the ski slopes can continue. Therefore, there is a need for a system and method of this invention to change or redirect the start and end points of ski slopes in a timely manner. There are many reasons that can cause the start and end points of ski slopes to change location, such as the amount or quality of snow, avalanche risk, wind, fog, skier safety, future global warming, management decisions, etc.

In this invention, "civilized ski resort" means a snow-covered piece of land on which ski slope networks have more than 2000 m of total length of water pipes to supply water to snow machines; and the ski slope network has an actual capacity of more than 500 skiers skiing at the same time; the total length of the ski slopes is more than 3000 m and the capacity of the lifts is over 1000 people/hour.

In this invention, “transport zones” means areas where vehicles can safely ascend and descend and nearby areas.

As shown in FIG. 3a and 3b, the civilized ski resort operation and management system of this invention comprises:

a ski slope control center used for receiving the environmental parameters of the ski slope, deciding whether the environmental parameters of each ski slope on the civilized ski resort map are within predetermined critical values; determining areas of the ski slope in which the environmental parameters of the ski slope are not within predetermined critical values, and sending the determined digital map of the network of ski slopes to the vehicle control center;

a vehicle control center(s) used to receive a digital map of a civilized ski resort, environmental parameters in transportation zones, and transportation needs; in accordance with the digital map of the civilized ski resort and the environmental parameters of the transportation zones, develop a digital map of the transportation zone, and in accordance with the digital map of the transportation zone, the environmental parameters of the transportation zone and the transportation needs reported by the user terminals, calculate the route and send the route vehicles and users;

there are many vehicles, all vehicles are connected to the vehicle control dispatch center; each vehicle is used to receive execution orders sent by the vehicle control center and moves according to the execution order.

The vehicle control centers of the present invention communicate with many vehicles, develop new loading/unloading locations according to the digital map of the civilized ski resort, and send them to the vehicle control center in real time, so that through various vehicles, carrying objects waiting to be transported from point of loading to point of unloading, to ensure that skiable sections of snow slopes continue to work, avoiding areas unsuitable for skiers for skiers.

The environmental parameters in the transport zones include: snow layer thickness, snow hardness, snow density, air and weather forecast for the ski resort zone, presence or absence of obstacles in the transport zones. The conditions on the routes may change according to the surrounding conditions of the ski resort, such as: the conditions for the operation of the cable car, the hardness of the snow / ground on the road, having a set critical value of less than 4000 Pa, the density of snow accumulation, having a set critical value of 0.3 g /cm ³ and weather conditions for which the given critical values in the route area are: wind speed less than 60 km/h, visibility more than 200 m, light intensity more than 300 lux, temperature above -30°C and slope gradient on the road less than 40 %.

Each vehicle contains a vehicle control unit and a cab, and the type of vehicle cab is determined by the objects to be transported. For example, during the day it is necessary to transport skiers and the cabin is a passenger cabin, and when there is no need to transport skiers at night, the cabin can be changed to carry goods or snow. Of course, the passenger cabin is not limited to transporting skiers, for example, in summer the cabin can be used to transport tourists. The vehicle in the control vehicle control system is the Alvis Bv206S armored tracked all-terrain vehicle, but not limited to this.

The vehicle control center is also used to receive transportation reservation data from various locations, calculate vehicle demand by quantity and time at various locations and pickup points; distributing vehicles according to the number of vehicles required at each location, and sending the distribution to the vehicle control dispatch center.

The present invention, according to the booked number of people in various hotels or accommodations, can calculate the number of vehicles and make the necessary exit schedule at each hotel or accommodation, and determine the pick-up point in order to intelligently arrange the vehicles and further maximize the occupancy rate of each vehicle. funds.

The vehicle control center is also used to identify images of skiers or obstacles in the transport zones that are received by cameras or sensors monitoring the transport zones of the ski resort, and when skiers or obstacles approach the transport route, the control center edits and sends a signal to vehicles to slow down, disembark , stop or change route.

Vehicles are also used to identify route conditions using vehicle sensors to collect information and control vehicle operation when vehicle operating conditions exceed pre-set critical values (e.g. slip, wind…), edit and send to vehicle control center new route conditions and expect the vehicle control center to issue new instructions.

Vehicles are also used to identify images of obstacles that appear on the routes, which are obtained using cameras or sensors installed on vehicles, when new obstacles appear on the routes, edit and send new route conditions to the vehicle control center and wait for the control center vehicles issuing new instructions.

The vehicle control center is also used to receive transportation requirements from user mobile terminals and vehicles, then convert the transportation requirements into information about the transportation location and the objects to be transported; in accordance with the information about the place of transportation and the objects to be transported, the dispatch center issues orders for transportation to vehicles located near the place of transportation and suitable for the objects to be transported.

Thus, the vehicle control center of the present invention can also ensure that skiers receive vehicles anywhere and anytime.

The environmental parameters in the transport area are sent via manual input or sensors or from an external database.

As shown in FIG. 4, this invention provides a control method that can realize the above civilized ski resort operation and management system, comprising the steps of:

taking environmental parameters on the ski slopes, deciding whether the environmental parameters of each ski slope on the civilized ski resort map are within predetermined critical values; when the environmental parameters of the ski slopes are not within the predetermined critical values, detect such ski slopes, and send the determined digital map of the civilized ski resort to the vehicle control center;

receiving a digital map of a civilized ski resort, environmental parameters in the transportation area, and transportation needs; in accordance with the digital map of the civilized ski resort and the environmental parameters in the transportation zone, develop a digital map of the transportation zone; and then, in accordance with the digital map of the transportation area, the environment parameters and the transportation needs received from the user terminals, calculate the routes and send the routes to the vehicles and users;

each vehicle connects to the vehicle control center to receive execution orders sent by the vehicle control center and moves in accordance with the execution order.

The vehicle control center(s) in this invention connects to a plurality of vehicles, generates a digital map of the civilized ski resort and operation zone(s) according to the environmental parameters of the transportation zone, and determines new pick-up/drop-off locations corresponding to the digital map of the civilized ski resort , then sends them to vehicles in real time so that the various vehicles can transport waiting passengers from pick-up points to drop-off points, ensuring that the ski slopes, excluding the non-skiable areas, can continue to operate.

The environmental parameters in the transport zones include: snow thickness, snow hardness, snow density, air and weather conditions in the ski resort area, obstacles in the transport zones.

All vehicles contain a vehicle control unit and a cab, and the type of vehicle cab is determined according to the objects to be transported. The vehicle is an Alvis Bv206S armored tracked all-terrain vehicle or other ground vehicle.

The aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also includes the steps of: using the vehicle control center to obtain room booking data of each hotel and ski resort location, calculating the vehicle room demand in each building for accommodation and pickup location, corresponding to the booked rooms in various hotels and accommodations, and distribute vehicles according to the required vehicle numbers and schedule in various locations, and send the information to the vehicle dispatch center.

The vehicle control center of the present invention calculates the vehicle requirements for each accommodation building and pickup locations according to the booked rooms at each accommodation location in order to intelligently arrange vehicles and maximize the vehicle occupancy rate.

The aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also comprises the step of: using a vehicle control center to identify images of skiers or obstacles in transportation areas that are received by cameras monitoring ski resort transportation areas. When skiers or obstacles approach the work route, edit and send a signal to vehicles to slow down, stop, or reroute.

Vehicles are also used to identify conditions on their routes, using sensors installed on vehicles to collect information and control the operation of vehicles, when operating conditions exceed predetermined critical values (such as slip, wind), edit the route conditions, transmit to the control room vehicle control center new route conditions and waiting for the vehicle control center to issue new instructions.

The aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also includes the step that: vehicles are also used to identify images of obstacles on the route that are obtained by cameras mounted on vehicles, and when new obstacles appear on the routes, edit the routes, transmit to the vehicle control center new route conditions and wait for the vehicle control center to issue new instructions.

The aforementioned civilized ski resort transportation method also includes the step of: using the vehicle control center to receive the transportation demands supplied by the user's mobile terminals and the vehicles, then converting the transportation needs of the vehicles into information about the transportation location and the objects to be be transported, then, in accordance with the information about the place of transportation and the objects to be transported, issue a transportation order to the vehicle closest to the place of transportation and suitable for the objects to be transported. In this way, the vehicle control center and the vehicles of this invention can also ensure that skiers can go for a walk anywhere and anytime.

The environmental parameters in the transport area are sent via manual input, automatic sensor/sensors or from an external database.

This civilized ski area digital map contains all ski slopes in the ski area, hotel, ski area ski areas and vehicle locations in real time.

Transportation routes are determined at the ski resort in advance. Loop routes allow the system to operate better and more evenly and better take into account the needs of passengers for means of transportation, since if one of the routes is unusable, vehicles can move on another route. Transport routes are connected in a network that runs all over or near the network of ski slopes and the resort village. The transport route should connect to the peaks of the ski slopes, but the main goal and key point should be several connecting points between the vehicle routes and the ski slopes in order to accommodate ski slopes of varying length.

The route of transportation of each vehicle is determined each time by the places of embarkation and disembarkation chosen by the skiers.

Each drop-off point is associated with a vehicle route, just as each pick-up point is associated with a vehicle route.

A transportation route is characterized by the connection of pick-up points and drop-off points on the same route, and if these two routes are connected, then a transportation route is formed. If the two routes do not connect, then the transport system of this invention will look for a third transport route that connects the lift route with the drop off route.

When a new route is requested, the transportation system of this invention starts by checking if some of the vehicle's routes already in service can be integrated into the new route. If none of the existing vehicles match this, a new vehicle must be assigned to the new route.

There are two types of landing sites:

fixed pick-up location: This location is usually located in the collection area where many skiers arrive and begin their transition to the ski slopes. This landing site is associated with a fixed descent route. Some of these designated pick-up points may be in a muster area or at the end of a ski slope to allow skiers to quickly descend each ski slope without waiting for vehicles to arrive. The landing site may change according to the opening of the slope. Vehicles may enter this area even without being asked. The flow of vehicles can be adjusted according to loading time and vehicle queue. A permanent landing site is associated with a landing site or a group of landing sites. The transportation system of this invention can adjust vehicle requests to have a constant queue of vehicles. For example, there are always 3 vehicles waiting at a fixed pickup point. The transportation algorithm at the fixed landing site is as follows: The maximum waiting time for skiers is eg 5 minutes, the vehicle must depart this time after the first skier has entered the vehicle. If the vehicle is full, it leaves immediately.

Demand Pickup Location: This pickup location is part of a network of uphill routes and the downhill route is chosen by the skiers. Vehicles with different downhill routes can pick up a skier here on request. These on-demand pickup locations are usually located in front of hotels, restaurants, or a ski school. Vehicles do not normally stop at these pickup points unless the system has received a request instruction. The on-demand transport algorithm is as follows: when a landing request is received, the transport system of the present invention will attempt to match this transition with continuing transport: the uphill route and the downhill route must be the same transport route, the vehicle must not pass through additional locations landings along his route and there must be enough space in the vehicle for additional skiers.

After the disembarkation is completed, the vehicle returns to its starting point (set pick-up point, parking/garage).

The transportation system of the present invention is limited to predetermined established routes. The route must be cleared, approved and cleared by the vehicle control center. Thus, the transportation system according to the present invention differs from the cat-ski/heli-ski system, in which the route is often unprepared, unpaved and determined by the driver.

Ascent / descent

When the ascent is completed, the conveyance system of the present invention must check if any travel is required on the descent path. If necessary, the vehicle, after completing the upward journey, is assigned to carry out the downward journey. Otherwise, the vehicle returns to the starting point. The starting point location is where the vehicles are assembled waiting for the next transport instruction. A ski resort may have a variety of starting point locations and these may change as needed.

In FIG. 5 shows a possible route for a vehicle in a fully open network of ski slopes according to the present invention.

In FIG. 6 shows a possible route for a vehicle in a network of ski slopes closed at the top according to the present invention.

In FIG. 7 shows a possible route for a vehicle in a ski slope network closed at the foot according to the present invention.

In FIG. 5-7 show a transport system according to the present invention which can guarantee connections to normally inaccessible ski slopes. The transport system is also capable of taking skiers off and on the slope at no extra cost, allowing you to reach ski slopes previously unusable due to the high investment required.

The transport system according to the present invention guarantees the flexibility of the flow of skiers of the ski slope/ski resort network. Between different parts of the ski resort, the flow of skiers can be regulated without additional vehicles. The same vehicle can carry passengers anywhere in the resort.

The transportation system of the present invention converts types of hotels and other infrastructures that are away from the slopes into types that are entered and exited on skis. Skiers can immediately access the ski slopes from the infrastructure with a nearby landing site and can return from the ski slopes to the nearest infrastructure landing sites.

The transport system according to the present invention can connect separate ski slopes. Individual ski slopes that cannot be connected using standard ski lifts can be connected using this transport system, connecting the landing of one slope with the landing of another slope in the same network of ski slopes, whereby connections can be realized with remote ski areas.

The failure of one of the vehicles of the transport system according to the present invention does not affect the overall performance of the transport system.

The transport system according to the present invention makes it possible to expand the network of ski slopes without additional investment/construction of transport for skiers. With this transportation system presented here, there is enough snow available that the ski resort can expand its slope network without further need for development of the transportation system. The existing system can be shared by many slopes as needed.

The transport system of the present invention is capable of adapting to ski slopes of varying lengths and provides associated pick-up and drop-off points and intermediate stopping points along a route or access to a temporary ski slope.

In FIG. 8 shows the operation of a ski resort according to the present invention, and as shown in FIG. 8, the ski resort contains a day-stay village/site 1, ski slopes 2, unskiable zone 6, skiable zone 7, new landing site 8, landing site 9, new landing site 10 when the ski resort has 2 sites unsuitable for skiing, such as zone 6, due to which a new landing site 8, a landing site 9, a new landing site 10 are established, and the ski resort combined with vehicles can operate continuously with a skiable zone 7. Thus, the operation and management system and the method of managing a civilized ski resort according to the present invention make it possible to have ski slopes of various lengths, so that at the top and bottom of the ski slopes unsuitable for skiing, they do not close and continue to accommodate skiers. The middle section of the slope remains open with new embarkation sites 8 and disembarkation sites 10 to allow skiing in this skiable zone 7. The village has its own embarkation and disembarkation sites to allow descents to allow skiers to return to and leave the village in all skiable areas.

In FIG. 9 schematically shows a dispatch system for transporting skiers according to the invention, corresponding to another case of a non-skiable area. When a ski slope has some unskiable zone 6 and skiable zone 7, the skier can be transported by vehicles from village A to new landing sites C and E, from new landing site B to new landing sites C, E and to village A, from new landing site D to new landing sites C, E and to village A, from mountain top F to new landing sites C, E and to village A, etc.

In FIG. 10 schematically shows such a vehicle control system according to the invention operating between two ski slopes with separate skiable areas. As shown in FIG. 10, a vehicle control system may be used to have two ski slopes with separate skiable connected areas. For example, when skiers are transported from a new landing site H to a new landing site K, from a new landing site I to a new landing site J, a vehicle control system can also be used to transport skiers from the new landing site H, the top of mountain L, and the village / day stay G to new drop off site K, etc.

In FIG. 11a schematically shows a new landing site and a new landing site according to the present invention when a ski-unsuitable area 6 is at the foot of a ski resort. As shown in the drawing, when the unskitable zone 6 is a village/day stay location 1, by adding a new landing site 11 and keeping the same drop off sites 12 in the skiable zone 7 in the middle of the ski resort, the use of different vehicles can ensure that that most of the 7 slopes 2 will remain in operation.

In FIG. 11b schematically shows the new pick-up and drop-off locations according to the present invention when the non-skid zone 6 is at the top of the slope as shown in the drawing. When the non-skiable zone 6 is on top of a mountain, keeping the same landing site 11 and adding new landing sites 12, the use of different vehicles can ensure that most of the slopes 2 remain in operation.

In FIG. 12 schematically shows another case of unskiable areas that can occur on each ski slope in a ski resort according to the present invention. No matter where the unskiable area is, at the foot of the ski slope, i.e. in the village / place G of the day stay, at the top of the ski slope, i.e. on the top of the L mountain, or in the middle of the ski slope, the skiable area 7 may continue to operate by adding a new landing site 11 and a landing site 12, and the ski slopes partially open at the ski resort may be any combination of these three cases.

Compared with the conventional lift, the vehicles according to the present invention have the following advantages.

The civilized ski resort's public transportation system and transportation method through various vehicles can adjust the transportation performance and investment according to the needs of the ski holiday market at any time.

The vehicles do not have the task of assisting at night in the event of a malfunction, which does not apply to the case of a cable car. The system allows ski resorts to have regular business at night, such as a high-rise restaurant or high-rise hotel without road access. Transportation is carried out by a large number of independent vehicles both up and down.

Vehicles can be used to transport snow from a snow-rich landing site to any location that needs more snow, in which case there is no need to lay pipelines along the ski slopes. Vehicles may be used to transport snow at times when there is no need to transport skiers, usually before the start of the ski season or overnight during the ski season. In this way, the cost of investing in artificial snow systems can be reduced. In addition, most of the snowmaking systems in this case are mobile, which allows financing by rent or mortgage.

Vehicles make it easy to resell them as used, transfer the transportation system to another ski resort, and allow financing through rental or mortgage.

Vehicles can be delivered quickly and delivered to ski resorts even in winter with a simple installation. The vehicle control system only needs quality control at the manufacturing factory before leaving the factory, and there is no need for labor-intensive and time-consuming annual stringent inspection at the landing site.

The vehicle is loaded/unloaded when the vehicle is stopped and is safe for the skiers. Most lifts load/unload skiers on a moving vehicle.

According to the present invention, the breakdown of one individual vehicle among all vehicles has almost no effect on the operation of the entire ski resort.

According to the present invention, when the wind in some areas of the ski resort is too strong, the vehicles can move to work in a calm place, which will increase the hourly productivity of the lifts in the calm area.

According to the present invention, since the investment in a vehicle can be less than ¼ of the investment in a 5 km long aerial lift, it is possible to develop a profitable ski resort on a mountain that cannot be profitable with a conditional expensive aerial lift. The present invention makes it possible to change the design of ski slope networks during master planning.

The vehicles will allow service to be provided at multiple ski start locations on the same day, so as to group several disadvantageous ski slopes into one advantageous network of ski slopes, thus changing the design of the ski slope networks in master planning.

According to the present invention, according to the hourly change in productivity during the day, vehicles can easily move from one area to another, which will reduce investment and increase IRR (internal rate of return).

In the end, it should be noted that the above examples of implementation are used only to explain the technical scheme of the present invention, without limiting it; although this invention has been described in detail herein with reference to the above examples, those skilled in the art should understand that modification of the technical circuits as described in the above example or equivalent replacement of some of the technical features is possible; but these modifications or substitutions will not cause the spirit of the relevant technical diagram to deviate from the spirit and scope of each exemplary technical diagram of this invention.

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1. Transportation system of a civilized ski resort, characterized in that it contains: ski slope management center(s) used to receive environmental data on ski slopes, decide whether environmental data on each ski slope on a civilized ski resort map is within a predetermined critical value, determine ski slope zones in which the ski slope environmental data is not within a predetermined critical value, and sending the determined ski slope network digital map to the vehicle control center(s); a vehicle control center used to receive digital maps of the civilized ski resort, environmental parameters in the transportation zones and the need for transportation corresponding to the digital map of the civilized ski resort and environmental data in the transportation zone, calculate the digital map of the transportation zones, and in accordance with the digital a map of transportation areas, data of the environment in the transportation areas and the need for transportation reported by the user terminals, developing routes and sending them to each vehicle and users; a plurality of vehicles connected to the vehicle control centers, each vehicle receiving an execution order sent by the vehicle control centers and moving in accordance with the execution order. 2. The transportation system of a civilized ski resort according to claim 1, in which the environmental parameters in the transportation zones include: snow thickness in the transportation zones, sliding conditions on snow or on the ground in the transportation zones, snow density in the transportation zones, weather and air conditions in transport zone, obstacles in the transport zones. 3. The transportation system of the civilized ski resort according to claim 1, wherein each vehicle is also used to send real-time vehicle operation information to the vehicle dispatch control center, wherein the vehicle operating conditions include: location, speed, ground or air conditions , fuel level, charge level, vehicle malfunctions. 4. The civilized ski resort transportation system of claim 3, wherein the civilized ski resort maps also contain: route conditions in the transportation area and vehicle location information. 5. The civilized ski resort transportation system of claim 4, wherein each vehicle in the dispatched vehicle system comprises a vehicle control unit and a vehicle cab, and determines a vehicle cab type according to an object to be transported. 6. The civilized ski resort transportation system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle control center is also used to receive the transportation demand from the ski slope control center corresponding to the number of passengers set by the various ski resort locations and locations, calculate the number of vehicles required at each location and accommodation, and distribution of vehicles in accordance with the needs for vehicles at each location. 7. The transportation system of a civilized ski resort according to claim 6, in which the vehicle control center is also used to identify images of skiers or animals outside the serviced ski slope(s), which are obtained using cameras monitoring areas transportation, and when the skier(s) or animals appear on the specified route(s), edit and send signals to various vehicles to change the route or stop. 8. The civilized ski resort transportation system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle control center is also used to identify images collected by cameras monitoring ski resort transportation areas, identify obstacles outside the ski slope(s) or moving objects in the transport and editing zones and send signals to various vehicles to change the route or stop. 9. The transportation system of the civilized ski resort according to claim 8, wherein the vehicles are also used to identify images of the transportation areas received by cameras or sensor(s) installed on the vehicles, identify the obstacle(s) in the transportation area, edit them, and send them. to the vehicle control center. 10. The transportation system of a civilized ski resort according to claim 5, in which the vehicle is an armored tracked all-terrain vehicle Alvis Bv206S. 11. The civilized ski resort transportation system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle control center is also used to receive the transportation demand supplied by the ski slope control centers and convert the transportation demand into information about the transportation route and the object to be transported, sending a transportation order to vehicles that are close to the place of transportation and suitable for the object to be transported, in accordance with information about the place of transportation and the object to be transported. 12. The transportation system of a civilized ski resort according to claim 1, wherein the environmental parameters in the transportation area are sent by manual input, an automatic sensor, or from external databases. 13. A method of transportation based on the transportation system of a civilized ski resort according to claim 1, characterized in that it contains the steps in which: receiving ski slope environmental data, deciding whether the environmental data of each ski slope on the civilized ski resort map is within a predetermined critical value of the ski slope environmental parameters, and when the ski slope environmental parameters are not within the predetermined critical value, determining a section of the route and send a certain digital map of a civilized ski resort to a dispatching vehicle control center; receiving civilized ski resort digital maps, transportation area environments, and transportation needs, calculating a digital transportation area map, and then, in accordance with the digital transportation area map, environmental conditions, and transportation needs received from the user terminals, calculating a route, and send the route to various vehicles and users; the vehicles are connected to the vehicle control center, receive the transport order sent by the vehicle control center, and the vehicles move according to the transport order. 14. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 13, in which the environmental parameters in the transportation zones include: snow conditions, conditions at the foot or in the air, skid conditions on the route, weather conditions, obstacles, avalanche risk in the transportation zones. 15. The method for transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle comprises a vehicle control unit and a vehicle cab, wherein the vehicle cab type is determined in accordance with the object to be transported. 16. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 13, further comprising the step of: using a vehicle control center to receive transportation demand data from the ski slope control center and data on the number of bookings, calculating the vehicle required in each location, and then distribute the vehicles according to the quantities needed at each location. 17. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of: using a vehicle control center to identify images of skiers or animals outside the serviced slopes, which are obtained using installed cameras that control the transportation zones, and, when skier(s) or animals in transport, edit, and signal to vehicles to change route or stop. 18. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 17, further comprising: using a vehicle control center to identify images collected by cameras monitoring the transport zone, identify an obstacle, a moving object or an avalanche in the transport zones, and edit and sending signals to vehicles to reroute or stop; and sending alerts and notifications to interested centers. 19. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 16, further comprising: using artificial intelligence in the vehicle control center to teach it how to choose the best route in accordance with previous experience and today's data. 20. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 19, in which all vehicles are Alvis Bv206S armored tracked all-terrain vehicles. 21. The civilized ski resort transportation method according to claim 13, further comprising: using a vehicle control center to receive a transportation demand provided by a ski slope control center, converting transportation location requests into transportation route information, and object to be transported, issuing a transport order to vehicles located near the place of transportation and suitable for the object to be transported, in accordance with information about the place of transportation and the object to be transported. 22. The method of transporting a civilized ski resort according to claim 13, wherein the environmental parameters in the transport zones are sent via manual input, automatic sensors, or from external databases. 23. The civilized ski resort transportation method according to claim 13, wherein each vehicle sends a real-time vehicle operation state to the vehicle control center, the vehicle operation state comprising: location, speed, ground or air conditions, fuel level, charge level and vehicle malfunction.

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