Patent ID: 10227743

Abstract:
The invention provides an apparatus, program, and method for controlling the automatic spraying of an antifreezing agent that can reduce the cost of the antifreezing agent and the impact of salt damages caused by the antifreezing agent. This is accomplished by reducing the amount of antifreezing agent to be sprayed automatically according to road surface condition and reducing the amount of the antifreezing agent left unused on completion of the spray operation by grasping in advance the total spray amount of the antifreezing agent. Thus, the antifreezing agent automatic spray control apparatus comprises a spray section setting unit for setting a spray section, a road surface condition data acquiring unit for acquiring road surface condition data, a spay condition data acquiring unit for acquiring spray condition data, a spray condition determining unit for determining the spay conditions for each of unit sections, a total spray amount advance calculating unit for calculating in advance the total spray amount of antifreezing agent to be sprayed for the spray section, a current position data acquiring unit for acquiring current position data, a unit section identifying unit for identifying a unit section corresponding to the current position, and a spray condition outputting unit for outputting the spray conditions for each of the unit sections to an antifreezing agent spraying unit.