Controlling agricultural production areas
US10798891B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure relates to an irrigation system for an agricultural production area. The system receives wide-area meteorological prediction data and sensors deployed within the agricultural production area collect local-area sensor data. A processor stores received data as historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and data from the sensors as historical local-area sensor data. The processor determines a correlation between the historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and the historical local-area sensor data based on the historical wide-area meteorological prediction data and the historical local-area sensor data, and calculates a prediction on water supply relative to water demand within the agricultural production area based on current wide-area meteorological prediction data, and the calculated correlation. The irrigation actuator is then controlled based on the prediction on water supply relative to water demand to define an amount of water to be used for irrigating the agricultural production area.
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