Water irrigation restriction violation system and associated methods
First Claim
1. A water irrigation restriction violation system comprising:
- at least one geostationary satellite configured to collect different spectral band images a plurality of times in a given day for a geographic region to generate soil surface moisture data and rain data; and
a processor and a memory coupled thereto and configured tostore water irrigation restrictions for a plurality of governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region,receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from said at least one geostationary satellite,determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data by at leastdetermining an exceedance of the soil surface moisture data relative to a soil surface moisture threshold,determining, based upon the rain data, when irrigation, not rain, caused the exceedance,determining a time period of the exceedance caused by irrigation and not rain, andcomparing the time period of the exceedance to the water irrigation restrictions, andsend a violation notification to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation.
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Abstract
A water irrigation restriction violation system includes a geostationary satellite to collect soil surface moisture data and rain data throughout a given day for a geographic region. A processor and a memory coupled to the processor are configured to store water irrigation restrictions for governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region, receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from the geostationary satellite, and determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data. A violation notification is then sent to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation.
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1. A water irrigation restriction violation system comprising:
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at least one geostationary satellite configured to collect different spectral band images a plurality of times in a given day for a geographic region to generate soil surface moisture data and rain data; and a processor and a memory coupled thereto and configured to store water irrigation restrictions for a plurality of governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region, receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from said at least one geostationary satellite, determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data by at least determining an exceedance of the soil surface moisture data relative to a soil surface moisture threshold, determining, based upon the rain data, when irrigation, not rain, caused the exceedance, determining a time period of the exceedance caused by irrigation and not rain, and comparing the time period of the exceedance to the water irrigation restrictions, and send a violation notification to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A water irrigation restriction violation system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive from at least one geostationary satellite soil surface moisture data and rain data a plurality of times in a given day for a geographic region, the satellite soil surface moisture data and rain data being generated based upon different spectral band images collected by the at least one geostationary satellite; and a processor and a memory coupled thereto and configured to store water irrigation restrictions for a plurality of governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region, receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from the at least one geostationary satellite, determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data by at least determining an exceedance of the soil surface moisture data relative to a soil surface moisture threshold, determining, based upon the rain data, when irrigation, not rain, caused the exceedance, determining a time period of the exceedance caused by irrigation and not rain, and comparing the time period of the exceedance to the water irrigation restrictions, and send a violation notification to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for operating a water irrigation restriction violation system comprising:
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receiving soil surface moisture data and rain data from at least one geostationary satellite a plurality of times in a given day for a geographic region, the satellite soil surface moisture data and rain data being generated based upon different spectral band images collected by the at least one geostationary satellite; and operating a processor and a memory coupled thereto to perform the following store water irrigation restrictions for a plurality of governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region, receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from the at least one geostationary satellite, determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data by at least determining an exceedance of the soil surface moisture data relative to a soil surface moisture threshold, determining, based upon the rain data, when irrigation, not rain, caused the exceedance, determining a time period of the exceedance caused by irrigation and not rain, and comparing the time period of the exceedance to the water irrigation restrictions, and send a violation notification to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A water irrigation restriction violation system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive from at least one geostationary satellite soil surface moisture data and rain data a plurality of times in a given day for a geographic region; and a processor and a memory coupled thereto and configured to store water irrigation restrictions for a plurality of governmental jurisdictions for the geographic region, receive the soil surface moisture data and rain data from the at least one geostationary satellite, determine a water irrigation restriction violation based upon the stored water irrigation restrictions and the received soil surface moisture data and rain data by at least determining an exceedance of the soil surface moisture data relative to a soil surface moisture threshold, determining, based upon the rain data, when irrigation, not rain, caused the exceedance, determining a day of the exceedance caused by irrigation and not rain, and comparing the day of the exceedance to the water irrigation restrictions, and send a violation notification to a corresponding governmental jurisdiction for the determined water irrigation restriction violation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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