Patents by Inventor Andrew Western

Andrew Western has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for water distribution and soil moisture determination
    Patent number: 11297785
    Abstract: A method of spatially deriving soil moisture at a selected location within an irrigation district to be irrigated. The method includes using system identification techniques to produce an algorithm for evapotranspiration based on a predetermined selection from the following measured parameters: solar radiation spectrum, wind speed, temperature, humidity, crop factor, soil type, barometric pressure, irrigation historical data, and energy measurement from solar panels at each of a plurality of representative locations; calibrating the algorithm by direct measurement of the moisture in the soil at each of the representative locations by respective soil moisture sensors; and using measured parameters of rainfall, soil type, irrigation historical data and crop factor with the algorithm to derive or interpolate soil moisture at the selected location within the irrigation district.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: RUBICON RESEARCH PTY LTD, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
    Inventors: David John Aughton, Sumith Choy, Iven Michiel Yvonne Mareels, Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew Western
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION AND SOIL MOISTURE DETERMINATION
    Publication number: 20210127605
    Abstract: A method of spatially deriving soil moisture at a selected location within an irrigation district to be irrigated. The method includes using system identification techniques to produce an algorithm for evapotranspiration based on a predetermined selection from the following measured parameters: solar radiation spectrum, wind speed, temperature, humidity, crop factor, soil type, barometric pressure, irrigation historical data, and energy measurement from solar panels at each of a plurality of representative locations; calibrating the algorithm by direct measurement of the moisture in the soil at each of the representative locations by respective soil moisture sensors; and using measured parameters of rainfall, soil type, irrigation historical data and crop factor with the algorithm to derive or interpolate soil moisture at the selected location within the irrigation district.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: David John Aughton, Sumith Choy, Iven Michiel Yvonne Mareels, Dongryeol Ryu, Andrew Western