ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,694, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HydroPoint Data Systems Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).
"Systems and methods of irrigation need assessment" was invented by James Andrew Hill (Garden City, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irrigation needs assessment system and method used to determine irrigation needs of one or more participants. The irrigation needs assessment system determines irrigation needs based on weather conditions, forecast weather conditions, plant water uptake, and ground moisture content information. Evaporation rate information is also provided from one or more other participants of the irrigation needs assessment s...