Patents by Inventor Dorota Zofia Haman

Dorota Zofia Haman 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).

  • Automatic control method and system for irrigation
    Patent number: 6978794
    Abstract: A controlled irrigation system can include a control device for determining whether to irrigate soil and at least one irrigation structure having an actuator for controlling water flow. The actuator can be communicably coupled to the control device for delivering water to irrigate a region. The controlled irrigation system further can include at least one time domain reflectometry sensor (“TDRS”) located in the soil and communicably coupled to the control device for measuring soil moisture where the control device determines whether to irrigate the soil based on data from the at least one TDRS. Additionally, a method for controlling an irrigation system can include providing multiple TDRS's having probes, distributing each TDRS at a different soil depth, measuring soil moisture content, and irrigating soil based on the measuring step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Dukes, Luis Carlos Nogueira, Camilo Cornejo, Larry Wayne Miller, Dorota Zofia Haman, Johan M. Scholberg
  • Automatic control method and system for irrigation
    Publication number: 20030230638
    Abstract: A controlled irrigation system can include a control device for determining whether to irrigate soil and at least one irrigation structure having an actuator for controlling water flow. The actuator can be communicably coupled to the control device for delivering water to irrigate a region. The controlled irrigation system further can include at least one time domain reflectometry sensor (“TDRS”) located in the soil and communicably coupled to the control device for measuring soil moisture where the control device determines whether to irrigate the soil based on data from the at least one TDRS. Additionally, a method for controlling an irrigation system can include providing multiple TDRS's having probes, distributing each TDRS at a different soil depth, measuring soil moisture content, and irrigating soil based on the measuring step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: University of Florida
    Inventors: Michael D. Dukes, Luis Carlos Nogueira, Camilo Cornejo, Larry Wayne Miller, Dorota Zofia Haman, Johan M. Scholberg