Handheld data-logging spray apparatus
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A handheld data-logging spray apparatus comprising:
- a spray delivery assembly comprising a handheld liquid reservoir bottle and a finger-pumpable trigger;
a microcontroller;
a flow measurement means; and
a geographic information system receiver;
whereby the handheld data-logging spray apparatus is structured so that as an operator uses his fingers to pump the trigger of the apparatus, the microcontroller records an amount of a liquid dispensed from the handheld liquid reservoir bottle through the apparatus, and simultaneously records a geographic location of the apparatus.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The handheld data-logging spray apparatus incorporates a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and microcontroller into a conventional handheld spray unit. As an operator dispenses a chemical using the handheld data-logging spray apparatus, the microcontroller records (among other things) the volume of chemical dispensed and the GPS location of the sprayer. The recorded data is processed and stored on a removable USB thumb drive. The operator can download the data from the thumb drive and manipulate the data using a conventional spreadsheet program or a commercially-available geographic information system program.
13 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A handheld data-logging spray apparatus comprising:
-
a spray delivery assembly comprising a handheld liquid reservoir bottle and a finger-pumpable trigger; a microcontroller; a flow measurement means; and a geographic information system receiver; whereby the handheld data-logging spray apparatus is structured so that as an operator uses his fingers to pump the trigger of the apparatus, the microcontroller records an amount of a liquid dispensed from the handheld liquid reservoir bottle through the apparatus, and simultaneously records a geographic location of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A method of making a handheld data-logging spray apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
-
(a) providing a microcontroller, the microcontroller comprising a programmable data processing data recorder; (b) connecting the microcontroller to a geographic information system; (c) integrating the microcontroller and geographic information system into a control housing to create a data integration module, the data integration module being capable of operating as a handheld component; and (d) connecting the data integration module to a handheld spray assembly; (e) connecting a flow measurement module to the data integration module and the spray assembly so that the flow measurement module provides an electrical flow volume signal to the microcontroller as a liquid is pumped from a handheld liquid reservoir bottle and through the handheld spray assembly and out of a spray assembly nozzle when a finger-pumpable trigger is pumped. - View Dependent Claims (19)
-
Specification