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Method for three-dimensional moisture control using resistivity data

  • US 10,356,991 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2018
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for moisture control executed by a computer comprising:

  • receiving, by the computer, a three-dimensional set of moisture requirements including a set of surface zones, each surface zone associated with a depth of a set of depths below a surface, each depth related to a type of foliage, stored in a look-up table;

    receiving, by the computer, a set of probe data comprising measured voltages between a reference probe and each of a plurality of other probes and corresponding currents between pairs of the plurality of other probes, each of the reference probe and the other probes associated with a corresponding location;

    calculating a set of resistivity data from the set of probe data, the probe locations, and a probe geometric constant;

    sorting the set of resistivity data to create a set of sorted resistivity data;

    generating a set of first resistivity models from the set of sorted resistivity data;

    generating a set of second resistivity models from the set of first resistivity models;

    combining each second resistivity model of the set of second resistivity models to generate a three-dimensional resistivity model;

    comparing the three-dimensional resistivity model to the three-dimensional set of moisture requirements;

    generating a set of sprinkler commands based on the comparison; and

    ,sending, by the computer, the set of sprinkler commands to a set of sprinkler controllers thereby activating at least one sprinkler.

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