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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2007
David Franklin Bailey, Riverview, FL (US);
Ronald Willard Mickels, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Mark Murphy Ensworth, Orange, CA (US);
Thomas Anthony Antonucci, Azusa, CA (US);
David Franklin Bailey, Riverview, FL (US);
Ronald Willard Mickels, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Mark Murphy Ensworth, Orange, CA (US);
Thomas Anthony Antonucci, Azusa, CA (US);
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Abstract
An irrigation control device has a controller sealed within a watertight housing. The control device also has an antenna, power supply and battery charging device, such as a solar array. The controller receives signals through the antenna and updates one or more watering schedules stored in a memory module, based on the received signals, and generates control signals to execute a watering schedule. The battery charging device recharges the power supply and the irrigation control device requires no external electrical connections for power or control. Control signals are generated in a central controller remote from the rotor, and are preferably transmitted to the rotor antenna through a commercial paging or other type of public broadcast network.