US 12,402,580 B2
Method for managing crop irrigation, and system using same
Michael Walter Gilbert, Vancouver, CA (US); Kenny Ka Hin Leung, Burnaby, CA (US); Tomas Teitelbaum, Vancouver, CA (US); Oliver Zheyi Ma, Burnaby, CA (US); Johann David Martinez, Davis, CA (US); Jordan Richard Hazell, Dunnville, CA (US); Ian Yue-Ming Chan, Burnaby, CA (US); and Kuan Yi Liu, Richmond, CA (US)
Assigned to Semiosbio Technologies Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by SemiosBio Technologies Inc., Vancouver, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/740,704.
Application 18/740,704 is a continuation of application No. 17/547,889, filed on Dec. 10, 2021, granted, now 12,029,174.
Claims priority of application No. 3102341 (CA), filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324529 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 25/16 (2006.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01)
CPC A01G 25/167 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/02 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A location-specific irrigation management method for predicting plant-realisable water in a crop location, the location-specific irrigation management method comprising:
acquiring a soil moisture value by a network-interfacing sensor at the crop location, said soil moisture value being indicative of a location-specific plant-realisable water value at the crop location;
receiving at a network communications device said soil moisture value and an irrigation signal indicative of an irrigation event at the crop location; storing, over time and in association with the crop location, said soil moisture value and said irrigation signal; and
determining, at a digital data processor, for the crop location and at least in part based on said stored moisture value and said irrigation signal, a location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic for the crop location, said location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic comprising a location-specific apparent evapotranspiration coefficient calculated using a generic evapotranspiration and said soil moisture value for the crop location,
wherein said location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic is for predicting a future plant-realisable water value at the crop location for a watering schedule and controlling irrigation at the crop location based on the watering schedule, at least in part based on the location-specific apparent evapotranspiration coefficient corresponding to the crop location.