US 2019/0159411 A1Published application

Intelligent watering pump

AssigneeHusqvarna AB

InventorsJohannes Gungl, Florian Soor, Thomas Schabel, Juergen Link, Wolfgang Schwarz

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Abstract

A system (10) with sensor equipment (30) including one or more sensors (140,142) and watering equipment (20) disposed on a parcel of land and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel, and a gateway (40) configured to provide for communication with the sensor equipment (30) and the watering equipment (20). The watering equipment (20) comprises a watering pump (120), wherein the watering pump (120) is operably coupled to a water source (100) and a water line (110) to alternately couple the water source (100) to and isolate the water source (100) from the water line (110). The watering pump (120) further includes a pump sensor assembly (155) configured to detect environmental and operational parameters and processing circuitry (160) configured to direct the watering pump (120) based on detected environmental and operational parameters.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

sensor equipment including one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land;
watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel;
a user terminal;
and
a gateway configured to communicate with the sensor equipment, the watering equipment, and the user terminal,
characterized in that:
the watering equipment includes a watering pump, the watering pump being operably coupled to a water source and a water line to alternately couple the water source to and isolate the water source from the water line,
whereby the watering source comprises a level sensor for detecting the volume of water in the water source
and whereby the watering pump includes:
a pump sensor assembly configured to detect environmental and operational parameters;
and
communication circuitry that includes processing circuitry for controlling each respective component and an antenna for enabling the watering pump to communicate with the gateway, with the processing circuitry configured to:
direct the watering pump based on detected environmental and operational parameters,
as well as to receive operational mode instructions from the gateway;
determine, based on the operational mode instructions received from the gateway, the operational mode of the watering pump;
and direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode
and as well as receive volume mode instructions from the gateway;
receive water source sensor data indicating the volume of water in the water source;
determine, based on the volume mode instructions from the gateway and the water source sensor data, if the watering pump is operational in accordance with the volume mode instructions received;
and to direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the volume mode instructions if the processing circuitry determines the watering pump is operational,
with the watering pump being programmed to adjust the volume mode or aspects of the operational mode accordingly.

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A watering pump being operably coupled to a water source and a water line to alternately couple the water source to and isolate the water source from the water line,

and whereby the watering pump comprises:
a pump sensor assembly configured to detect environmental and operational parameters;
characterized in that
the watering source comprises a level sensor for detecting the volume of water in the water source,
communication circuitry that includes processing circuitry for controlling each respective component and an antenna for enabling the watering pump to communicate with the gateway, whereby the processing circuitry is configured to direct the watering pump based on detected environmental and operational parameters,
the processing circuitry is further configured to receive operational mode instructions from the gateway;
determine, based on the operational mode instructions received from the gateway, the operational mode of the watering pump;
and direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the operational mode
and as well as receive volume mode instructions from the gateway;
receive water source sensor data indicating the volume of water in the water source;
determine, based on the volume mode instructions from the gateway and the water source sensor data, if the watering pump is operational in accordance with the volume mode instructions received;
and to direct the watering pump to operate in accordance with the volume mode instructions if the processing circuitry determines the watering pump is operational.
with the watering pump being programmed to adjust the volume mode or aspects of the operational mode accordingly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/091,809Filed 8 Apr 2016
Published: 30 May 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A01G 25/167
Control of watering: control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors
A01G 25/165
Control of watering: cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations
G05B 19/042
Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers: using digital processors
G05B 2219/2625
Pc applications: sprinkler, irrigation, watering