AUTOMATED IRRIGATION MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

An automated system for identifying a watering zone malfunction includes a sensor and a controller. The watering zone includes a valve that couples an input conduit to an output conduit. The output conduit terminates at one or more water distributors. The sensor is for capturing mechanical perturbat...

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Hauptverfasser:	DOVAL, Jose, WINTER, Kirt, KUEHLER, Dan
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL ATOMISING APPARATUS CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED FISHING FORESTRY FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS NOZZLES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGULATING SPRAYING APPARATUS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	An automated system for identifying a watering zone malfunction includes a sensor and a controller. The watering zone includes a valve that couples an input conduit to an output conduit. The output conduit terminates at one or more water distributors. The sensor is for capturing mechanical perturbations of the watering zone. The controller is configured to: store a profile defining at least one profile parameter based upon a transient operation of the zone in an intact state, receive the signal from the sensor during a watering operation when the zone is in an unknown state, compute a operation parameter based upon the signal for at least one time window of receiving the signal, determining a malfunction exists, and determine whether to take further action based upon the comparison.