US 12,007,374 B2
Internet of flora things (IoFT)
Aslihan Kartci, Thuwal (SA); Quang Thang Nguyen, Thuwal (SA); and Khaled Nabil Salama, Thuwal (SA)
Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
Appl. No. 17/925,128
Filed by KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056920
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/229284, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,442, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184733 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/0098 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); A01G 25/167 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for collecting information through a plant, the system comprising:
a first remote detecting device attached to a first portion of the plant and configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant;
the plant, which constitutes a communication channel;
a second remote detecting device attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portion, and configured to receive a signal indicative of the transmitted given signal; and
a sink node that communicates with the second remote detecting device.