公开(公告)号：US20190141918A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US16231285

申请日：2018-12-21

Applicant: Nelson Irrigation Corporation

Inventor： Mark A. Bauman ,  Graham L. Hutchinson ,  Travis A. Griggs ,  Meade M. Neal

IPC: A01G25/16 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: An irrigation control system having an irrigation controller with a unique identifier and configured to execute irrigation schedules, collect, store and forward watering metrics and determine global time, together with a power source, a global time receiver in communication with the microcontroller and configured to provide time from an outside source to the microcontroller and a transceiver in communication with the microcontroller configured to send messages including its unique identifier, predefined irrigation schedules, stored watering metrics and current global time. The system further includes a mobile computer having a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver configured to receive the messages from the irrigation controller transceiver and transmit instructions to the irrigation controller via a communication link and a memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store predefined irrigation schedules, and watering metrics. Methods for providing watering metrics and controlling an irrigation control system or value controller are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10194598B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US14882253

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: Nelson Irrigation Corporation

Inventor： Mark A. Bauman ,  Graham L. Hutchinson ,  Travis A. Griggs ,  Meade M. Neal

IPC: A01G25/16 ,  G05B15/02

Abstract: An irrigation control system having an irrigation controller with a unique identifier and configured to execute irrigation schedules, collect, store and forward watering metrics and determine global time, together with a power source, a global time receiver in communication with the microcontroller and configured to provide time from an outside source to the microcontroller and a transceiver in communication with the microcontroller configured to send messages including its unique identifier, predefined irrigation schedules, stored watering metrics and current global time. The system further includes a mobile computer having a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver configured to receive the messages from the irrigation controller transceiver and transmit instructions to the irrigation controller via a communication link and a memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store predefined irrigation schedules, and watering metrics. Methods for providing watering metrics and controlling an irrigation control system or value controller are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09655312B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14205140

申请日：2014-03-11

Applicant: Nelson Irrigation Corporation

Inventor： Travis A. Griggs ,  Mark A. Bauman

IPC: A01G25/16

CPC classification number: A01G25/16

Abstract: An agile irrigation controller enables any number of programs to be added, limited only by available memory, and is similarly adaptable to control any number of valves or similar irrigation devices in a network. Stored programs within the memory include pointers to next programs in memory, linking the programs together. The memory further stores groups of valves, with links to additional groups of valves.

公开(公告)号：US20160100533A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-14

申请号：US14882253

申请日：2015-10-13

Applicant: Nelson Irrigation Corporation

Inventor： Mark A. Bauman ,  Graham L. Hutchinson ,  Travis A. Griggs ,  Meade M. Neal

IPC: A01G25/16 ,  G05B15/02

CPC classification number: A01G25/16 ,  G05B15/02 ,  Y02A40/238

Abstract: An irrigation control system having an irrigation controller with a unique identifier and configured to execute irrigation schedules, collect, store and forward watering metrics and determine global time, together with a power source, a global time receiver in communication with the microcontroller and configured to provide time from an outside source to the microcontroller and a transceiver in communication with the microcontroller configured to send messages including its unique identifier, predefined irrigation schedules, stored watering metrics and current global time. The system further includes a mobile computer having a microprocessor, a wireless transceiver configured to receive the messages from the irrigation controller transceiver and transmit instructions to the irrigation controller via a communication link and a memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store predefined irrigation schedules, and watering metrics. Methods for providing watering metrics and controlling an irrigation control system or value controller are also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 一种灌溉控制系统，其具有具有唯一标识符的灌溉控制器，并且被配置为执行灌溉计划，收集，存储和转发浇水度量并且与电源一起确定全局时间，全局时间接收器与微控制器通信并被配置为提供 从外部源到微控制器的时间，以及与微控制器通信的收发器，被配置为发送包括其唯一标识符，预定义的灌溉计划，存储的浇水度量和当前全局时间的消息。 该系统还包括具有微处理器的移动计算机，被配置为从冲洗控制器收发器接收消息的无线收发器，以及经由通信链路和连接到微处理器并被配置为存储预定义的灌溉计划的存储器的指令传送给冲洗控制器， 和浇水指标。 还公开了提供浇水度量和控制灌溉控制系统或价值控制器的方法。