Patent ID: 11950545
Assignee: JAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A system for precision irrigation for an irrigation area, the system comprising:
a main line;
a plurality of sub main lines, wherein the plurality of sub main lines are configured to receive fluid from the main line;
a plurality of emitters lines emerging from at least one of the plurality of the sub main lines;
a plurality of valves, wherein each valve is configured to connect with at least one emitter line, from the plurality of emitter lines, with the at least one sub main line, from the plurality of sub main lines; and
a drone configured to communicably connect with the plurality of valves;
a remote server being a controller communicably connected with the drone, wherein the remote server sends a set of pre-defined instructions to the drone for a set of activation patterns and the drone automatically controls the plurality of valves in real-time based on the set of pre-defined instructions received from the remote server;
wherein each valve comprises:
a receiving circuit for receiving an activation signal from the drone and
at least one of a piezoelectric device and a solenoid actuator configured to receive the activation signal from the receiving circuit and control at least one opening of each valve based on the activation signal, and
a solar panel mounted directly onto each valve to generate on-board power;

wherein the drone is further configured to dynamically execute the set of pre-defined instructions for the set of activation patterns based on a plurality of irrigation requirements, a GPS location of the irrigation area, and a location of at least one of the valves, wherein each activation pattern comprises a series of flyovers over the irrigation area and supply of activation signals to the receiving circuit of at least one valve of the plurality of valves for a pre-set time by the drone, the location of each of the plurality of valves in the irrigation area is mapped using a global positioning system,
the remote server is configured to automatically assign a unique value for each of the plurality of valves in the irrigation area based on the location of each valve and control the plurality of valves by using the drone based on the unique value of each of the plurality of valves;
wherein each series of flyovers and each activation comprises:
a first flyover that activates the valve having the highest priority irrigation requirement for a first time,
a second flyover that activates the valve having the next highest priority irrigation requirement for a second time, and
further flyovers activating the further valves of the plurality of valves until the entire irrigation area meets the plurality of irrigation requirements,
each series of flyovers and each activation by the drone is changed by changing the activation pattern in the drone, wherein the drone is configured to automatically execute different sets of activation patterns for different requirements of the plurality of valves.