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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185248 | Wireless extension to an irrigation control system and related methods Several embodiments provide wireless extensions to an irrigation controller system and related methods of use, as well as other improvements to irrigation control equipment. In one implementation, an irrigation control system includes a transmitter unit including a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160750 | Programmable irrigation controller having user interface An irrigation controller includes a user interface capable of presenting information to a user and allowing the programming of the controller in a simple and intuitive fashion. Information presented may include values of all programmable irrigation parameters associ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150554 | Resource use management in yards and gardens Therefore, the illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product comprising a computer recordable media having computer usable program code. Resource needs are determined for each plant in a plurality of plants to form individual resource needs. Conditions... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145360 | System for the remote control of control units, even battery powered control units, for irrigation devices A system for the remote control of a plurality of control units (A11 . . . A1n . . . An1 . . . Ann) for irrigation devices is described; the system includes a data processing device (1, B1 . . . Bn) for setting data regardin... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145359 | Systems and methods of reducing peak water usage An irrigation management system reduces high peak water use values by utilizing a microprocessor disposed in an irrigation controller to (a) receive peak water use information from a source other than a water supplier (b) receive water use information at a consumer ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8108077 | Intelligent sensor for irrigation management An intelligent sensor includes an irrigation related data sensor for sensing irrigation related data and a network processor coupled to the irrigation related data sensor for receiving the irrigation data. The intelligent sensor also includes an interface coupled to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108078 | Integrated actuator coil and decoder module for irrigation control An integrated actuator coil and decoder module for use in decoder-based irrigation control systems, and related methods of manufacture and installation, are provided herein. In one implementation, an irrigation control device comprises a body, decoder circuitry loca... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086354 | Optimizing consumption of resources Methods, systems and apparatus for optimizing consumption of one or more resources are presented. For example, a method may be implemented on a processor device and includes obtaining user preferences for the consumption of resources that include water and electrici... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055389 | Method and apparatus for controlling irrigation The invention comprises devices and methods for providing operational power to a solar-powered irrigation control system. In one aspect, a method includes producing electrical energy from light, storing the electrical energy in a capacitive module, and operating an ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8024075 | System and method for wireless irrigation utilizing a centralized control server and field module matrix The invention is a centralized server-based system containing a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system, which utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field m... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024074 | System and method of managing substances in a plant root zone A method for managing substances in a plant root zone, including the steps of providing a fluid distribution system, controlling the fluid distribution system, modeling the plant root zone, and distributing the substances thereto. The fluid distribution system is as... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019482 | Method and apparatus for controlling a sprinkler system A sprinkler system having a method and computer program comprises one or more sprinklers each comprising a sprinkler valve adapted to regulate an amount of fluid delivered by the sprinkler in response to a control signal; a master unit adapted to transmit digital da... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014904 | Hybrid modular/decoder irrigation controller A plurality of receptacles in an irrigation controller removably receive a plurality of modules. At least one station module is configured for insertion into a first one of the receptacles and is connectable to a corresponding solenoid actuated valve through a dedic... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010238 | Wireless extension to an irrigation control system and related methods Several embodiments provide wireless extensions to an irrigation controller system and related methods of use, as well as other improvements to irrigation control equipment. In one implementation, an irrigation control system includes a transmitter unit including a ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996115 | Modular and expandable irrigation controller Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when ins... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7962244 | Landscape irrigation time of use scheduling A number of water related issues concern most communities. Among these are the availability of water, and the ability of the existing infrastructure to efficiently pump and deliver that water without wasting energy. The present invention addresses these issues with ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962245 | Intelligent environmental sensor for irrigation systems The invention provides a regulator system for regulating the operation of an irrigation system which is responsive to user programmed information. It has a control element for issuing watering control signals to an irrigation system, having at least one of (i) a dur... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957843 | System and method for irrigation controller A method of controlling the duration of irrigation is described, comprising compiling a database that includes information relating to historical evapo-transpiration rates for a plurality of sectors (preferably identified by zip code) located within a geographical a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953517 | Landscape controller with control panel insertable feature module A landscape controller includes a housing and a control panel in the housing. The control panel includes a display and at least one manual control that enables a user to enter and/or select a watering schedule. A memory is provided for storing an operational program... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949433 | Sensor device for interrupting irrigation Methods and apparatus are provided herein for permitting or interrupting irrigation using sensor equipment. In one embodiment, a method for controlling irrigation comprising the steps of: generating an indication representing the amount of rain fall at a sensor unit... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937187 | Computer controlled fertigation system and method A system and a method of computer controlled irrigation and fertigation composed of one or more sensors positioned in order to quantify the amount of water and/or nutrients that a plant is consuming. By controlling the fertigation, the plant or a part thereof, has i... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930069 | Irrigation flow converter, monitoring system and intelligent water management system The present invention is directed to an intelligent water management irrigation system for monitoring the total water usage for a billing site and preventing cumulative water usage from exceeding a water budget by adjusting the amount of water used for irrigation. I... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912588 | Intelligent enviromental sensor for irrigation systems The invention provides a regulator system for regulating the operation of an irrigation system which is responsive to user programmed information. It has a control element for issuing watering control signals to an irrigation system, having at least one of (i) a dur... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899580 | Irrigation system A technique for controlling an irrigation system is disclosed. The technique comprises receiving landscape information, receiving environmental information, deriving an irrigation schedule based on the landscape information and the environmental information, and sen... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7877168 | Evapotranspiration unit for re-programming an irrigation controller An evapotranspiration (ET) unit includes a first communication link, a processor and a second communication link. The first communication link receives actual ET data from a plurality of environmental sensors. The processor calculates changes to a set of watering sc... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7853363 | Evapotranspiration unit connectable to an irrigation controller An evapotranspiration (ET) unit includes a processor and a memory for storing a historical set of components of ET data. The processor can communicate with one or more environmental sensors each capable of generating a signal representing an actual value to be subst... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844367 | Code replacement for irrigation controllers Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, methods of implementing irrigation control are provided that detect a presence of a first module coupled with a control unit of an irrigation controller, th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844368 | Irrigation water conservation with temperature budgeting and time of use technology The present invention provides numerous methods, systems and apparatus that use a novel form of water budgeting technology for water conservation without the use of complex ET (Evapotranspiration) data or methods. Embodiments include incorporating the technology dir... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844369 | Modular and expandable irrigation controller Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when ins... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7826931 | Integrated actuator coil and decoder module for irrigation control An integrated actuator coil and decoder module for use in decoder-based irrigation control systems, and related methods of manufacture and installation, are provided herein. In one implementation, an irrigation control device comprises a body, decoder circuitry loca... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822511 | System and method for communicating data in an automated irrigation system A communications system for an automated irrigation system includes one or more communication lines connecting one or more irrigation units and a main control system of the automated irrigation system, a communications device and a means for transmitting and receivi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809475 | Computer controlled fertigation system and method A system and a method of computer controlled irrigation and fertigation composed of one or more sensors positioned in order to quantify the amount of water and/or nutrients that a plant is consuming. By controlling the fertigation, the plant or a part thereof, has i... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805221 | Automatically adjusting irrigation controller Methods and devices are provided to automatically determine plant water requirements and adjust irrigation in order to make efficient use of water. In one implementation, an irrigation control unit comprises a memory storing historical values of a plurality of varia... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792612 | Expandable irrigation controller An expandable irrigation controller for controlling a plurality of watering stations in an irrigation system includes a removable front panel and an inner housing, connected to the front panel. The removable front panel includes a plurality of manual controls operab... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778736 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for sprinkler control A sprinkler system having a method and computer program comprises one or more sprinklers each comprising a sprinkler valve adapted to regulate an amount of fluid delivered by the sprinkler in response to a control signal; a master unit adapted to transmit digital da... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769494 | Irrigation timer for adjusting watering time based on temperature and humidity change A method automatically adjusts the amount of water supplied by a water timer having a user interface and a controller programmed to provide control signals for controlling water flow control devices. The time of day on a base day is chosen, and a base ambient temper... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761189 | Virtual dial irrigation controller The present invention includes an irrigation controller utilizing a “virtual” dial. In particular, the present invention contemplates an electronic programming and controlling interface that is controlled according to actuation of a simple on/off switch (i.e., a... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7711454 | Water savings system An irrigation controller has run-times that are modified as a function of a calculated volumetric irrigation amount and a preferred irrigation amount. The preferred irrigation amount is at least partly based on an evapotranspiration (ETo) value and the area of the i... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7640079 | Modular and expandable irrigation controller Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when ins... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7613547 | Modular irrigation controller with separate field valve line wiring terminals A modular irrigation controller includes a processor capable of executing a stored watering program and controlling a plurality of removable station modules in accordance with the watering program. Each station module includes a station module circuit for opening an... | 11/03/2009 |
