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

Claim 15:
16. A system for controlling irrigation based on rainfall, the system comprising:
an irrigation controller configured to execute one or more watering schedules and including a wireless transceiver;
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;
wherein the irrigation controller is configured to obtain, 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; and
wherein the irrigation controller includes a control unit configured to:
cause 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
remove 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.