Patent ID: 11856900
Assignee: RACHIO, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of delivering a consumable to an irrigation area comprising:
determining application characteristics for applying the consumable to the irrigation area based on irrigation area characteristics of the irrigation area;
analyzing consumable characteristics including one or more of a type, chemical makeup, volume contained within a nutrient module, application frequency, or targeted vegetation;
generating an irrigation schedule for the irrigation area based on the consumable characteristics of the consumable within the nutrient module and the application characteristics of the irrigation area, wherein the consumable characteristics and the application characteristics together enhance the benefits of the consumable to the irrigation area, and the irrigation schedule is selected to apply an amount of the consumable and an amount of water to the irrigation area;
transmitting the irrigation schedule to a local control to selectively activate one or more delivery outlets of a sprinkler system to deliver the consumable and the water from a water supply of the sprinkler system together to the irrigation area based on the irrigation schedule;
generating a growth and irrigation model for the irrigation area based on the consumable characteristics, the applied amount of the consumable, vegetation characteristics of vegetation growing in the irrigation area, and the amount of the water applied to the irrigation area, wherein the growth and irrigation model estimates a growth curve for the vegetation growing in the irrigation area; and
generating an updated irrigation schedule for the irrigation area based on the growth curve determined by the growth and irrigation model;
wherein:
during activation of the one or more delivery outlets of the sprinkler system, water flows passively from the water supply into the nutrient module to mix with the consumable to create a consumable water mixture that flows out of the nutrient module and to the one or more delivery outlets.