Wireless sprinkler control
AssigneeDigital Sun, Inc.
InventorDale Hitt
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method to control the flow duration and the flow rate of each individual sprinkler head wirelessly in each zone of an automatic sprinkler system. The system comprises a plurality of sensors, preferably wireless, to control the sprinkler heads, either directly or through a controller. The system enables precise control over irrigation times for the areas covered by each sprinkler head. The system also enables each sprinkler head to control its on/off and duration decisions based on receiving data from a sensor within an irrigation zone of an automatic sprinkler system.
Claims20
An automatic sprinkler system for providing irrigation to a soil area, the system comprising
- a sprinkler head comprising a sensor for sensing the soil conditions;
- wherein the sprinkler head watering the soil based on the sensed data from the sensor.
An automatic sprinkler system for providing irrigation to a soil area, the system comprising
- a wireless sensor for sensing the soil conditions, the wireless sensor comprising a wireless tranmitter for transmitting data related to the sensed soil conditions;
- a sprinkler head comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted data;
- wherein the sprinkler head waters the soil based on the receiving data.
An automatic sprinkler system for providing irrigation to a soil area, the system comprising
- a plurality of secondary wireless sensors for sensing the soil conditions, the wireless sensors comprising a wireless tranmitter for transmitting data related to the sensed soil conditions;
- a central wireless sensor for sensing the soil conditions, the central wireless sensor comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted data from the plurality of transmitted wireless sensors, the central wireless sensor further comprising a wireless tranmitter for transmitting a combination soil condition data from the secondary sensors and the central sensor;
- a sprinkler head comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted data from the central wireless sensor;
- the sprinkler head comprising adjustable water flow controller and on-off controller;
- wherein the sprinkler head waters the soil by adjusting the water flow controller and the on-off controller based on the received combination data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.