US 12,144,295 B1
Smart irrigation system
Gregory David Hansen, San Antonio, TX (US); Andre Rene Buentello, San Antonio, TX (US); Jose L. Romero, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US); Nina Cooper, San Antonio, TX (US); and Galo M. Alava, Tampa, FL (US)
Assigned to UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,695.
Application 18/206,695 is a continuation of application No. 17/550,683, filed on Dec. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,707,026.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,779, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Int. Cl. A01G 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/167 (2013.01) [A01G 25/162 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart irrigation system, comprising:
a first sensor configured to monitor a moisture level of soil at a location;
a second sensor configured to monitor a movement of the soil at the location; and
a computing system comprising one or more processors and configured to:
receive a first signal indicative of the moisture level of the soil at the location from the first sensor;
receive a second signal indicative of the movement of the soil at the location from the second sensor; and
control one or more valves to route a fluid from one or more fluid sources to the location based on a watering program in response to the first signal indicating that the moisture level at the location is below a moisture threshold and the second signal indicating one or more potential changes caused by the movement of the soil, wherein the watering program is determined by:
predicting, via a computational model, a movement of the location based on the second signal; and
determining, via the computational model, one or more watering parameters of the watering program based on the predicted movement of the location.