System, apparatus, and method for remote soil moisture measurement and control
US10028425B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G25/167
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for remote moisture monitoring and control includes: a measurement vehicle, including a vehicle body, a vehicle control unit, a transmitter antenna, and a receiver antenna; a moisture control server, including a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output, and antenna manager, a multi spectrum analyzer, a sensor manager, an irrigation manager, a soil simulator and a data bus; a vehicle storage facility; an irrigation controller; irrigation valves; a mobile control device; ground sensors. Also disclosed is a method including piloting measurement vehicle; obtaining moisture measurements, including controlling outbound transmission, determining reflected power, calculating dielectric constant via reflection calculation, determining soil moisture via lookup in soil calibration table; obtaining sensor measurements; calculating soil model; and adjusting irrigation.
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