Watering System with Adaptive Components

Abstract

A system may include sensor equipment including one or more sensors disposed on a parcel of land, watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel, and a gateway configured to provide for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment. The gateway may interface between a first network and a second network. The first network may include at least the watering equipment and the sensor equipment. An operator may be enabled to wirelessly communicate with the gateway via the second network. At least one component of the watering equipment or the sensor equipment may be an adaptive component.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a sensor equipment including one or more sensors configured to be disposed on a parcel of land;   a watering equipment disposed on the parcel and configured to selectively apply water to the parcel, the water equipment comprising:
 a watering computer; and 
 a valve configured to be operated by the watering computer to selectively isolate or operably couple a water source to a water line to control the water output of the water line; 
   a user terminal; and   a gateway configured to communicate with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment via a first network, and communicate with the user terminal via a second network;   wherein the user terminal comprises processing circuitry configured to provide a remote interface for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment via the gateway;   wherein the processing circuitry of the user terminal is configured to communicate, via the gateway, with the watering computer to control operation of the valve.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry of the user terminal is configured to communicate, via the gateway, with the watering computer to modify a schedule for operating the valve. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry of the user terminal is configured to communicate, via the gateway, with the watering computer to enable real-time control of the valve via the user terminal. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the watering computer is configured to store schedule information indicating a schedule for controlling the valve in a local memory of the watering computer. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the waterline is operably coupled to a sprinkler; and
 wherein the valve is configured to control at least the water output of the sprinkler.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the watering computer is configured to control the valve based on sensor measurements obtained by the sensor equipment. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more sensors of the sensor equipment is a moisture sensor;
 wherein the moisture sensor is configured to take moisture measurements and communicate the moisture measurements via the gateway;   wherein the watering computer is configured to control the valve based on moisture measurements obtained by the sensor equipment.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein watering computer is configured to open the valve in response to a moisture measurement being below a moisture threshold. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein watering computer is configured to close the valve in response to a moisture measurement being above a moisture threshold. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry of the user terminal is configured to receive a communication indicating a current valve position of the valve, and output on a display of the user terminal the current valve position to a user. 
     
     
         11 . A watering equipment comprising:
 a watering computer comprising processing circuitry and a device interface configured to communicate via gateway of a garden network; and   a valve configured to be operated by the watering computer to selectively isolate or operably couple a water source to a water line to control the water output of the water line;   wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive communications from a user terminal to control operation of the valve.   
     
     
         12 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry of the watering computer is configured to modify a schedule for operating the valve in response to a communication being received from the user terminal via the gateway. 
     
     
         13 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry of the watering computer is configured to control operation of the valve in real-time in response to a communication being received from the user terminal via the gateway. 
     
     
         14 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the watering computer is configured to store schedule information indicating a schedule for controlling the valve in a local memory of the watering computer. 
     
     
         15 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the waterline is configured to be operably coupled to a sprinkler; and
 wherein the valve is configured to control at least the water output of the sprinkler.   
     
     
         16 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the watering computer is configured to control the valve based on sensor measurements obtained by sensor equipment. 
     
     
         17 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the watering computer is configured to control the valve based on moisture measurements obtained by the sensor equipment. 
     
     
         18 . The watering equipment of  claim 17 , wherein watering computer is configured to open the valve in response to a moisture measurement being below a moisture threshold. 
     
     
         19 . The watering equipment of  claim 17 , wherein watering computer is configured to close the valve in response to a moisture measurement being above a moisture threshold. 
     
     
         20 . The watering equipment of  claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry of the watering computer is configured to transmit a communication, via the device interface and the gateway, to the user terminal indicating a current valve position of the valve for output on a display of the user terminal to a user.