Wireless remote irrigation control

US11089746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rain Bird Corporation · US

Inventors

• Randy R. Montgomery · Tucson, US
• Anderson Micu · San Diego, US
• John E. Price · Tucson, US
• James R. Harris · Chandler, US
• Jeffrey B. Westphal · Tucson, US
• Ray S. Peppiatt · Oro Valley, US
• Samuel P. Whitt, JR. · San Diego, US
• Forrest M. Henderson · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/22
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein related to irrigation control systems. In some embodiments, an irrigation control system includes a router, an access point, and irrigation controller, a wireless adapter, and a mobile device. The mobile device can communicate with the wireless adapter in a direct communication mode in which the wireless adapter creates a wireless network, a first indirect communication mode in which the mobile device and the wireless adapter communicate via the access point while the mobile device is within range of the access point, and a second indirect communication mode in which the mobile device and the wireless adapter communicate via the access point while the mobile device is out of range of the access point.