ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,866, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to REALMFIVE Inc. (Lincoln, Neb.).
"Smart irrigation system" was invented by Brant Burkey (Denton, Neb.), Dan Pickerill (Milford, Neb.), Tim Adkins (Plattsmouth, Neb.), Mateusz Mittek (Lincoln, Neb.) and Steve R. Tippery (Gretna, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-monitoring and self-controlling smart irrigation system is provided. The smart irrigation system may include a plurality of tower control units, which tower control units include one or more processors, one or more memory units, and communication circuitry. The tower control units may be configured to determine one or more operat...