# US 12,007,374 B2 · Internet of flora things (IoFT) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,374 B2 - Document ID: US12007374B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/925,128 - Filed: 2020-07-22 - Published: 2023-06-15 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-15 - Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - Applicants: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - Inventors: Aslihan Kartci; Quang Thang Nguyen; Khaled Nabil Salama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007374B2 ## CPC - A01G 7/00: Botany in general - G01N 33/0098: {Plants or trees (wood G01N33/46)} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - A01G 25/167: {Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors} - G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence) - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS ## Abstract A system for collecting information through a plant includes a first remote detecting device attached to a first portion of the plant and configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant; the plant, which constitutes a communication channel; a second remote detecting device attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portion, and configured to receive a signal indicative of the transmitted given signal; and a sink node that communicates with the second remote detecting device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for collecting information through a plant, the system comprising: a first remote detecting device attached to a first portion of the plant and configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant; the plant, which constitutes a communication channel; a second remote detecting device attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portion, and configured to receive a signal indicative of the transmitted given signal; and a sink node that communicates with the second remote detecting device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first remote detecting device is a transmitter and the second remote detecting device is a receiver. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the transmitter and the receiver use binary phase shift keying to encode the given signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the transmitter and the receiver use quadrature phase shift keying to encode the given signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first remote detecting device includes a sensor for measuring a parameter associated with the plant, and the given signal is related to the parameter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second remote detecting devices includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second remote detecting devices includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a cortex of the plant. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first portion is a leaf of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: additional first remote detecting devices connected to different leaves of the plant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first remote detecting device communicates with the second remote detecting device exclusively through the first and second portions of the plant. ### Claim 11 A system for determining a health of plant, the system comprising: plural transmitters attached to various first portions of the plant and each configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant; the plant, which constitutes plural communication channels; a receiver attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portions, and configured to receive corresponding signals indicative of the transmitted given signals; a processing device that communicates with the receiver and processes the corresponding signals to generate a health report of the plant; and a display that displays the health report of the plant. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the transmitters and the receiver use binary phase shift keying to encode the given signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the transmitters and the receiver use quadrature phase shift keying to encode the given signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each of the first transmitters includes a sensor for measuring a parameter associated with the plant, and the given signal is related to the parameter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each of the transmitters and the receiver includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each of the transmitters and the receiver includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a cortex of the plant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first portions are plural leaves of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant. ### Claim 18 A method for determining a health of a plant, the method comprising: sending into the plant plural given signals from plural transmitters attached to various first portions of the plant; receiving at a receiver, attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portions, corresponding signals indicative of the transmitted given signals; transferring to a processing device, which communicates with the receiver, the corresponding signals; processing at the processing device the corresponding signals to generate a health report of the plant; and displaying on a display the health report of the plant. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: encoding the plural given signals before sending them to the plant. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: attaching an electrode of each of the plural transmitters and the receiver to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant or with a cortex of the plant, wherein the first portions are plural leaves of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant.