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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Inventors:
John James Wlassich, Pasadena, CA (US);
Janet Marie Reilly, La Verne, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 27/00 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 13/02 (2006.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 27/003 (2013.01); A01G 25/167 (2013.01); A01G 9/02 (2013.01); A01G 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a smart drip irrigation emitter to provide intelligent features including on-demand watering, sensors and communication links. The emitters can be activated by a wireless signal to power and/or control water delivery from the emitter. The emitter also may include sensors that gather data pertaining to an individual plant. Based on the data received by the sensors, the emitter intelligently determines whether to water the plant. The smart emitter can form a communication network with other smart emitters.