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US 2021/0232108 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Harmonic Analysis of Soil
AssigneeFarmX Inc.
InventorsWilliam Eugene Jennings, Zachary Gentry
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Abstract
Systems and methods for harmonic analysis of soil are provided herein. Some methods include converting a first frequency of an operating signal into a second, higher frequency relative to the first frequency to create a stimulating signal, transmitting the stimulating signal into soil, and determining attenuation based on a comparison of a responsive signal and the operating signal.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting a first frequency for an operating signal used by a sensor;
- converting the first frequency of the operating signal into a second frequency to create a stimulating signal, the second frequency being a harmonic of the first frequency;
- transmitting the stimulating signal into soil;
- comparing a second count of a responsive signal in the first frequency to a first count of the operating signal in the first frequency, the first count and the second count being a number of waves;
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- determining attenuation using the responsive signal, the attenuation corresponding to a difference between the first count and the second count and the attenuation being indicative of clay within the soil.
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A device, comprising:
- a harmonic sensor circuit that produces an operating signal at a first frequency and emits a stimulating signal at a second frequency that is a harmonic of the first frequency;
- a processor;
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- a memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to:
- control the harmonic sensor circuit to emit the stimulating signal into soil;
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- determine attenuation of the stimulating signal in the soil based on an analysis of a responsive signal that has been converted back in to the first frequency relative to the operating signal;
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- comparing a second count of the responsive signal in the first frequency to a first count of the operating signal in the first frequency, the first count and the second count being a number of waves, the attenuation corresponding to a difference between the first count and the second count.
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A method, comprising:
- converting a first frequency of an operating signal into a second, higher frequency relative to the first frequency to create a stimulating signal;
- transmitting the stimulating signal into soil;
- and
- determining attenuation based on a comparison of a responsive signal and the operating signal;
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- comparing a second count of the responsive signal in the first frequency to a first count of the operating signal in the first frequency, the first count and the second count being a number of waves, the attenuation corresponding to a difference between the first count and the second count.
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