Soil moisture monitoring systems and methods for measuring mutual inductance of area of influence using radio frequency stimulus
US11519896B2 · kind B2 · utility
0Cited by
17References
20Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/245
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Soil moisture monitoring systems and methods for measuring mutual inductance of area of influence using radio frequency stimulus are disclosed herein. An example device includes a master element stacked vertically on top of one or more slave elements. The master element and slave elements can communicate through a 1-wire bus configuration. The master element can determine the presence and location of each of the one or more slave elements using an auto-discovery process. The master element can issue commands to the one or more slave elements to obtain moisture readings and/or temperature readings.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.