US Patent Issued to TEXTRON on May 12 for "Smart sprinkler system" (South Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,370, issued on May 12, was assigned to TEXTRON INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Smart sprinkler system" was invented by Payton Michael Loppnow (Augusta, Ga.), Brian David Wanta (North Augusta, S.C.) and Cole Elliot O'Brien (North Augusta, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irrigation system includes at least one sensor configured to acquire data regarding a water saturation level of an area of soil, a sprinkler configured to provide water to the area of soil, and a control system. The control system is configured to acquire the data from the at least one sensor and adjust a watering scheme of the sprinkler based on the data to provide a ...