Patent ID: 11957084
Assignee: RAIN BIRD CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 26:
27. A method for controlling irrigation based on rainfall, the method comprising:
providing an irrigation controller configured to execute one or more watering schedules and including a wireless transceiver;
providing a weather station source in communication with the irrigation controller over a network comprising a wireless local area network, wherein the wireless transceiver of the irrigation controller is communicationally coupled to the wireless local area network;
obtaining, via the irrigation controller, from the weather station source and over the network via the wireless local area network and the wireless transceiver, weather data associated with a location where the irrigation controller is installed;
causing, via a control unit of the irrigation controller, an interruption of one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller in response to receipt of weather data indicative of active rainfall, in the location where the irrigation controller is installed, reaching an interrupt threshold that is associated with a preset rainfall accumulation amount; and
removing, via the control unit of the irrigation controller, the interruption of the one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller after a completion of a predetermined interval of time and without determining whether the rainfall accumulation amount is above the interrupt threshold or below the interrupt threshold in response to receipt of weather data indicative of a rainfall stop in the location where the irrigation controller is installed.