SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GARDEN MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method for garden management comprising:
- generating with at least one sensor placed in soil in a garden a plurality of measurements of at least one soil parameter during a first predetermined time period;
operating at least one treatment system to control the growth of a plant in the garden during the first predetermined time period with reference to the plurality of measurements;
storing a history of the operational parameters of the at least one operational system during the first predetermined time period in a memory; and
operating the at least one treatment system with reference to the stored history of the operational parameters during a second predetermined time period and without reference to any measurements of soil parameters from the at least one sensor.
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Abstract
An automated garden monitoring and plant treatment system includes one or more sensors and programmable timers for the control of irrigation and other plant treatment devices that are connected to a server through wireless router that enables remote access using a smart phone or computing device. A sensor sends a measurement through a wireless router to the server. The user accesses the sensor information from the server from an Internet enabled device. The user can also assign programmable timer schedules, assign a sensor and/or programmable timer to a plant, manually turn on the programmable timer, or let the programmable timer activate whenever a predetermined level is reached. The computer or smart phone optionally receives data from the sensors and sends commands to the programmable timers using a local wireless data connection.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for garden management comprising:
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generating with at least one sensor placed in soil in a garden a plurality of measurements of at least one soil parameter during a first predetermined time period; operating at least one treatment system to control the growth of a plant in the garden during the first predetermined time period with reference to the plurality of measurements; storing a history of the operational parameters of the at least one operational system during the first predetermined time period in a memory; and operating the at least one treatment system with reference to the stored history of the operational parameters during a second predetermined time period and without reference to any measurements of soil parameters from the at least one sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of identification of plants for planting in a garden comprising:
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generating with a sensor placed in soil in the garden a measurement of at least one soil parameter; transmitting with the sensor the measurement of the at least one soil parameter; identifying with the server at least one plant type for planting in the garden with reference to the measurement of the at least one soil parameter received from the sensor and a predetermined database of horticultural data for a plurality of plant types in association with soil parameters that promote growth of each plant type in the plurality of plant types; and transmitting with the server a recommendation to plant the identified at least one plant type to a computing device associated with the garden management system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A garden management system comprising:
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at least one sensor positioned in soil in a garden, the at least one sensor begin configured to generate a plurality of measurements of at least one soil parameter; at least one treatment system for the garden configured to treat a plant in the garden; a server communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and operatively connected to the at least one treatment system, the server being configured to; receive the plurality of measurements of the at least one soil parameter from the at least one sensor during a first predetermined time period; operate the at least one treatment system to control the growth of a plant in the garden during the first predetermined time period with reference to the plurality of measurements; store a history of the operational parameters of the at least one operational system during the first predetermined time period in a memory; and operate the at least one treatment system with reference to the stored history of the operational parameters during a second predetermined time period and without reference to any measurements of soil parameters from the at least one sensor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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