Patent ID: 11896002
Assignee: LINDSAY CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. An irrigation system comprising:
a series of mobile towers each having wheels and a motor for driving the wheels;
support structure for connecting the mobile towers to each other;
a water-carrying conduit supported by the support structure;
a plurality of water emitters connected to the conduit for delivering water to a ground surface;
a plurality of valves for controlling water flow to the water emitters;
a control system for controlling operation of the motors and the valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule to move the irrigation system over a ground surface and to apply selected amounts of fluids to the ground surface; and
a processing system in communication with the control system, the processing system programmed to
access data from the irrigation schedule;
receive data from a fertilizer schedule;
receive data from a pesticide schedule;
determine a coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule that indicates when to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides to the field based on the data from the irrigation schedule, the fertilizer schedule, and the pesticide schedule;
receive location data representative of a location of the mobile irrigation system;
receive location data representative of a location of a fertilizer applicator;
receive location data representative of a location of a pesticide applicator;
determine when the fertilizer applicator may enter the field and apply fertilizers to the field based on the coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule, the location of the mobile irrigation system, and the location of the pesticide applicator; and
determine when the pesticide applicator may enter the field and apply pesticides to the field based on the coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule, the location of the mobile irrigation system, and the location of the fertilizer applicator.