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Patent No.:

US 10299447 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sergio A. Bermudez Rodriguez, Boston, MA (US);

Hendrik F. Hamann, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Levente Klein, Tuckahoe, NY (US);

Fernando J. Marianno, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/16 (2013.01); A01G 25/092 (2013.01); A01G 25/167 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2625 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a plurality of optical sensors located along at least one pipe segment of a rotating arm that pivots around an irrigation area of a field, the plurality of optical sensors continuously monitors soil and vegetation conditions and transmits sensed data to a central computer, and a plurality of in-ground sensors scattered in the irrigation area of the field, the plurality of in-ground sensors continuously monitors soil conditions and transmits sensed data to a plurality of gateway devices located in the rotating arm, the plurality of gateway devices transmits data from the plurality of in-ground sensors to the central computer where data from the plurality of optical sensors and the plurality of in-ground sensors is integrated with external data to determine water and fertilizer needs based on which an irrigation schedule is created.


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Bermudez Rodriguez, Sergio. (2019). Targeted irrigation using a central pivot irrigation system with a sensor network (U.S. Patent No. 10299447). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10299447

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