US 11,864,499 B2
Automated lawn application control system and methods therefor
James G McClure, Jr., Milton, GA (US); Mehrdad Arefi Nezhad, Alpharetta, GA (US); and Mehdi Hashemi, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to ALACS, LLC, Roswell, GA (US)
Filed by ALACS, LLC, Roswell, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,204.
Application 17/931,204 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/023800, filed on Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,236, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320289 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 20/30 (2018.01); B05B 7/24 (2006.01); B64D 1/18 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B05B 7/00 (2006.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC A01G 20/30 (2018.02) [B05B 7/0093 (2013.01); B05B 7/2402 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 1/18 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for treatment of a lawn or other area, comprising:
at least one computing device comprising at least one hardware processor;
a retrieval and charging station, comprising:
a plurality of container receptacles;
a plurality of containers configured to be detachably attached to the container receptacles;
a mixing reservoir fluidly connected to the containers;
at least one charging contact;
a networking module configured to communicate with the at least one computing device remotely over a network; and
processing circuitry configured to identify contents of the plurality of containers, send a list of the plurality of containers to the at least one computing device over the network, retrieve a mixing formula from the at least one computing device determined based at least in part on the list of the contents over the network, and selectively direct portions of liquid from the plurality of containers into the mixing reservoir such that the portions of the liquid are mixed, thereby generating a treatment solution in accordance with the mixing formula; and
a vehicle configured to traverse the lawn or the other area, the vehicle comprising:
a vehicle reservoir;
a battery;
processing circuitry configured to engage with the at least one charging contact to initiate a charging of the battery of the vehicle and fluidly engage with the mixing reservoir to fill the vehicle reservoir with the treatment solution; and
an applicator configured to treat the lawn or the other area with the treatment solution as the vehicle navigates the lawn or the other area.