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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Applicant:
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jackson, Bloomington, MN (US);
James D. Laiche, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/167 (2013.01); A01G 25/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of irrigation control calculates a predicted soil moisture value based that is compared to low moisture threshold. If the predicted soil moisture value is a value below the low moisture threshold value, the next irrigation cycle or scheduled irrigation operation is allowed to proceed or otherwise activated. The predicted soil moisture value may be calculated by adjusting a current soil moisture value by a historical adjustment factor based on negative net changes in soil moisture values.