WO2004052560A3 - Irrigation system - Google Patents

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WO2004052560A3
WO2004052560A3 PCT/US2003/039478 US0339478W WO2004052560A3 WO 2004052560 A3 WO2004052560 A3 WO 2004052560A3 US 0339478 W US0339478 W US 0339478W WO 2004052560 A3 WO2004052560 A3 WO 2004052560A3
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irrigation
irrigation system
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environmental information
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Bruce J Cardinal
Gordon A Stewart
Gregor A Berkowitz
Michael Fogarty
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Water Systems Llc
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01GHORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G25/00Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like
    • A01G25/16Control of watering
    • A01G25/167Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors

Abstract

A technique for controlling an irrigation system (100) is disclosed. The technique comprises receiving landscape information (106), receiving environmental information (108), deriving an irrigation schedule based on the landscape information and the environmental information (102), and sending the irrigation schedule to an irrigation control unit (112).
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