Patent ID: 7917249

Claim:
An intelligent sprinkler irrigation system for attachment to a pressurized fluid source for delivering fluid to an arbitrarily-shaped area, said system comprising: at least one programmable sprinkler head fluidly connected to said fluid source, said sprinkler head comprising: an inlet for receiving said fluid; a valve component fluidly connected to said inlet for regulating emission of said pressurized fluid to provide a first operational degree of freedom; a multi-directional movement component configured to vector position said valve component about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, to provide a second and third operational degree of freedom, respectively; a computer system configured to control said sprinkler head according to a predetermined sprinkler function, said computer system comprising: a teach mode, wherein a plurality of control parameters are learned and recorded to control said sprinkler head, said plurality of control parameters defining said pre-determined sprinkler function and being based on input signals corresponding to each of said first, second and third operational degrees of freedom; and an operation mode for executing said pre-determined sprinkler function to precisely deliver said fluid to at least a portion of said arbitrarily-shaped area.