Method and system for sensing soil properties and deploying predictive analytics for soil properties

Abstract

A system for predicting ideal environmental conditions to grow plants, the system comprising: establishing a connection with at least one sensor; adjusting at least one setting of the at least one sensor; collecting environmental data from the sensor based on the at least one setting; manipulating the collected environmental data, wherein the data is manipulated from a first format to a second format, wherein the second format is readable by a predictive analyzing engine; performing a predictive model manipulation on the manipulated collected environmental data, wherein a future value of the environmental data is calculated; and manipulating a user interface based on the future value of the environmental data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer implemented method for predicting ideal environmental conditions to grow plants, the method comprising:
 establishing, by one or more processors, a connection with at least one sensor, wherein the sensor is able to collect data related to at least one environmental condition;   calibrating, by the one or more processors, the at least one sensor, wherein the calibration is based on a set of environmental conditions desired for a plant;   collecting, by the one or more processors, data related to the at least one environmental condition from the at least one sensor;   manipulating, by the one or more processors, the collected data, wherein the data is manipulated from a first format to a second format, wherein the second format is readable by a predictive analyzing engine;   performing, by the one or more processors, a predictive model manipulation on the manipulated collected data; and   manipulating, by the one or more processors, a user interface to identify specific environmental conditions to be adjusted and a predetermined adjustment of those environmental conditions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, comparing, by the one or more processors, the calculated future values to the set of environmental conditions desired for the plant. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the calculated future values are calculated for a predetermined future time frame. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface provides visual indicators to the environmental conditions to be manipulated. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein predictive model manipulation calculates future values of the environmental conditions. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the predictive model manipulation using data collected from third party sources to assist in the calculation of the future values of the environmental conditions. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, comparing, by the one or more processors, the calculated future values of the environmental conditions with the set of desired environmental conditions for the plant. 
     
     
         8 . A system for predicting ideal environmental conditions to grow plants, the system comprising:
 a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer non-transitory readable storage medium associated with a computing device;   establishing a connection with at least one sensor;   adjusting at least one setting of the at least one sensor;   collecting environmental data from the sensor based on the at least one setting;   manipulating the collected environmental data, wherein the data is manipulated from a first format to a second format, wherein the second format is readable by a predictive analyzing engine;   performing a predictive model manipulation on the manipulated collected environmental data, wherein a future value of the environmental data is calculated; and   manipulating a user interface based on the future value of the environmental data.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , further comprising, connecting the at least one sensor to a gateway, wherein all of the at least one sensors are connected to the gateway. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the collected environmental data is transferred to the gateway. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , further comprising, comparing the future value of the environmental data to a set of required values of the environmental data based on a plant type. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the calculated future value of the environmental data is for a predetermined time frame. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , creating alerts based on the different of the future value of the environmental data to the set of required values of the environmental data, based on a predetermined value. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the adjusting of the at least one setting of the at least one sensor is based on a set of required value of the environmental data. 
     
     
         15 . A computer program product for predicting ideal environmental conditions to grow plants, the computer program product comprising:
 A computer non-transitory readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:   program instructions to collect data from a set of sensors, wherein the collected data is related to a set of variables and is provided to a gateway device;   program instructions to manipulate the collected data from a first format to a second readable format for a predictive engine;   program instructions to analyze the manipulated collected data, wherein the manipulated collected data is analyzed to determine future values for the set of variables;   program instruction to manipulate a user interface based on the future values of the set of variables.   
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to compare the future values to a set of base values. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 15 , further comprising, program instructions to further analyze the manipulated collected data with a set of third party data to calculate a second set of future values for the set of variables. 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , further comprising, program instructions to generate alerts on a user device based on the difference between the future values and the set of base values.