System and method for an improved sprinkler control system
AssigneeRachio, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Michael Klein, Franz David Garsombke, Matthew B. Reisman
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments can provide a system and method for controlling irrigation schedules for a sprinkler system including automatically updating irrigation schedules based on qualitative and quantitative feedback and meteorological data as well as matching optimal or near-optimal irrigation schedules to other sprinkler zones based on characteristics of the landscape and sprinkler system as well as other characteristics.
Claims20
A method of setting an irrigation schedule comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a request to set an irrigation schedule for a first sprinkler controller, the request comprising landscape characteristics of a first sprinkler zone associated with the first sprinkler controller;
- generating, by the processor, an irrigation schedule for the first sprinkler zone based, at least in part, on the landscape characteristics;
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- transmitting, by the processor, the irrigation schedule for the first sprinkler zone to the first sprinkler controller.
A sprinkler system comprising:
- a plurality of sprinkler valves configured to control water flow to a plurality of irrigation zones;
- a central controller configured to generate an irrigation schedule based on one or more landscape characteristics of the plurality of irrigation zones;
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- a sprinkler controller configured to control the plurality of sprinkler vales based, at least in part, on the irrigation schedule.
A central controller for generating irrigation schedules for a first sprinkler controller, the central controller comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive landscape characteristics of a first sprinkler zone associated with the first sprinkler controller;
- generate an irrigation schedule for the first sprinkler controller based, at least in part, on the landscape characteristics;
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- transmit the irrigation schedule to the sprinkler first controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.