US Patent Issued to Kristy Cote on June 30 for "Automated irrigation system adjusting to watering errors determined based on look-ahead and look-behind sensor data to reduce water usage and increase agricultural crop yield" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,064, issued on June 30, was assigned to Kristy Cote (Cochrane, Canada).

"Automated irrigation system adjusting to watering errors determined based on look-ahead and look-behind sensor data to reduce water usage and increase agricultural crop yield" was invented by Cameron Cote (Calgary, Canada), Saad Waraich (Calgary, Canada) and Ren Xue (North York, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated irrigation system includes a movable structure that has nozzles for spraying water on aimed area of ground. A controller selects a nozzle and determines a location in an unwatered area to be sprayed after the movable structure has moved ...