Patent ID: 11889796
Assignee: HEARTLAND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A monitoring system for an irrigation system, the irrigation system including a moveable end gun operatively associated with a portion of the irrigation system, the monitoring system comprising:
a sensor configured to couple to the moveable end gun, and configured to generate an electrical signal indicative of movement and/or positioning of the moveable end gun relative to the portion of the irrigation system over time;
a product storage tank coupled to the irrigation system, the product storage tank configured to dispense a product;
at least one of a variable speed pump or a valve configured to control a flow rate of the product from the product storage tank to the moveable end gun;
a processor; and
a memory, including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor cause the system to:
receive the generated electrical signal;
determine an applied rate of the product over a predetermined area, based on the electrical signal;
at least one of actuate the valve or vary the speed of the variable speed pump based on the determined applied rate;
determine an angular rate of the moveable end gun and a time the moveable end gun spent going forward and/or reverse based on the generated electrical signal;
determine that the moveable end gun pivots more than a predetermined number of degrees without the moveable end gun dispensing the product; and
provide an indication to a user that a location in the predetermined area was not fertilized with the product based on the determination.