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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Mark Alan Lemkin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Alan Lemkin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 12/085 (2013.01); A01G 25/167 (2013.01); B05B 12/006 (2013.01); G05D 7/0676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device for monitoring an irrigation system is provided. The device includes a flow sensor and an irrigation controller comprising at least two outputs. The irrigation monitor is coupled to the irrigation controller and the flow sensor and performs an action in response to detecting a fault condition. The method includes steps of measuring flow through an irrigation feed, determining an intended state of an irrigation valve, associating the measured flow with the intended valve state, and detecting a fault condition. In some examples the irrigation monitor and irrigation controller use a single processor.