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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Walter Schmidt, Russikon, CH;
Yucel Toprak, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Walter Schmidt, Russikon, CH;
Yucel Toprak, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Plantcare AG, Russikon, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 7/00 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 29/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G01K 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/09 (2013.01); A01G 25/167 (2013.01); A01G 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile apparatus and a process for adequately irrigating soil, wherein the apparatus has an irrigation unit for irrigating soil and a mobile microwave measurement unit for determining the water content of the soil along a measurement path. A control unit is used to irrigate the soil along the measurement path depending on the measured water content. The apparatus preferably also has a water tank and leaves an area of soil to be irrigated autonomously.