US 12,111,628 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for adaptive irrigation zone control using pressure, time, flow, and predicted behavior
Franklin Timothy Hickenlooper, Eagle, ID (US); Christopher Leon Swenson, Meridian, ID (US); and Tige H. Fiedor, Meridian, ID (US)
Assigned to Baseline, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Baseline, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,582.
Application 18/449,582 is a continuation of application No. 17/466,969, filed on Sep. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,726,444.
Application 17/466,969 is a continuation of application No. 16/533,535, filed on Aug. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,112,764, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/715,184, filed on Aug. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053719 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/048 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); F15B 19/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/10 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01)
CPC G05B 19/048 (2013.01) [A01G 25/165 (2013.01); F15B 19/005 (2013.01); H04L 1/0026 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04L 5/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2625 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by a hydraulic system controller for a hydraulic system, configure the hydraulic system controller to:
determine when a water flow characteristic of water in a water line are outside of a target operational range, in which the water flow characteristic includes one or both pressure and flow rate;
in response to a determination that the water flow characteristic is outside of the target operational range, identify one or more valves that are associated with a predicted water flow characteristic change sufficient to return the water flow characteristic to within the target operational range;
provide instructions to change a position of the one or more identified valves;
compare the predicted water flow characteristic change to a measured water flow characteristic after the position of the one or more identified valves has changed to a new position to determine an effectiveness of the new position of the one or more identified valves, in which the effectiveness is based on a difference between the predicted water flow characteristic change and the measured water flow characteristic; and
rank the effectiveness of the new position of the one or more identified valves in relation to previous valve positions so as to determine which combination of valve positions has a highest ranked effectiveness for a desired water flow characteristic change and thereby identify future valve changes to maintain the water flow characteristic within the target operational range.