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Patent drawing for Remotely controlled irrigation timer with fault detection
US 6,782,311 B2
Horticulture US 6,782,311 B2 Expired

Remotely controlled irrigation timer with fault detection

This invention describes a system that uses local weather information, gathered from a network of neighborhood weather stations or commercial systems, to create personalized watering schedules for individual garden sprinklers. A central system calculates the best watering times and amounts, then sends these instructions over the internet to each sprinkler timer. This allows for efficient water use by adjusting to actual local conditions and helps manage water supply loads, with options for manual adjustments.

Why it matters: Filed before ubiquitous IoT sensors and cheap, low-power wireless communication made distributed microclimate data collection and individual timer control feasible. The internet infrastructure for data transfer is also vastly improved.

Status
ExpiredProtection ended and was never renewed
How hard to build
SpecializedSoftware logic, distributed system, wireless communication

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