Intelligent gardening system and external device communicating therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020396916-A1
Application number	US-202017011893-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 3, 2020
Priority date	Jan 29, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to an intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, including: multiple sensors that collect environmental information of the gardening area; one or more gardening apparatuses that perform gardening work according to a control instruction; and a control center that generates the control instruction based on the environmental information; wherein the sensors, the gardening apparatuses and the control center communicate with each other to form an Internet of Things.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An intelligent gardening system, for monitoring and controlling gardening apparatuses in a gardening area, comprising:
multiple sensors that collect environmental information of the gardening area; one or more gardening apparatuses that perform gardening work according to a control instruction; a self-moving device that capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area; and a control center that generates the control instruction based on the environmental information; wherein the sensors, the gardening apparatuses and the control center communicate with each other to form an Internet of Things, the control center generates, according to gardening data produced in the work of the intelligent gardening system, a garden design report that comprises at least one of a garden vegetation distribution proposal, a gardening apparatus arrangement proposal, a garden vegetation varieties proposal and a garden modification and construction scheme.

2 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the gardening apparatuses is disposed on the self-moving device capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area.

3 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the sensors is located on the self-moving device capable of autonomously moving in the gardening area, and the sensor moves with the self-moving device to collect environmental information of multiple positions.

4 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensors comprise at least one of a thermistor sensor, an environment detection sensor, a soil detection sensor, a vegetation detection sensor, a lawn detection sensor and a foreign substance detection sensor, the thermistor sensor is located on a housing of the self-moving device, the thermistor sensor detects an environment temperature value, the environment detection sensor detects at least one of humidity, temperature, wind speed, illumination, PM2.5, PM10, pollen concentration, UV intensity, rain condition, snow condition and noise value in an environment of the gardening area, the soil detection sensor detects at least one of humidity, temperature, nutrients and PH value of the soil, the vegetation detection sensor detects at least one of moisture, nutrition, pests and heights of vegetation, the lawn detection sensor detects at least one of density, distribution, bald grasses and weeds of a lawn, the foreign substance detection sensor detects at least one of pets, excrement, metal, glass, dead leaves and ground collapse in the gardening area.

5 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the gardening apparatuses comprise at least one of a sprinkler, a fertilizer apparatus, a plant pruning apparatus, a soil treatment apparatus and an animal herding apparatus, the animal herding apparatus herds animals using at least one of ultrasound, sound and water column.

6 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the intelligent gardening system further comprises a locating apparatus located on the self-moving device, to acquire position information of a particular position while acquiring environmental information of the particular position, and the control module generates, according to the environmental information and the position information of the particular position, a control instruction of controlling an operating module at the particular position.

7 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the control center comprises a data sharing module that can send data of the intelligent gardening system to a particular target under the control of a user.

8 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 7 , wherein the particular target is a social network platform, and the data comprises at least one of gardening images, gardening achievement and summarized gardening data.

9 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 7 , wherein the particular target is a commercial data platform, and the data comprises at least one of user gardening condition information, user habit information and gardening material requirement information.

10 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the control center communicates with a user equipment, the control center sends at least one of prompt information, statistic information, gardening proposal information, service information and order information, and\or, the control center receives a control instruction from the user equipment to perform a user-desired operation.

11 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the intelligent gardening system comprises multiple operating modes that comprise at least one of a party mode, a house-keeping mode, a vacation mode and a home mode, the control center configures operating statuses of the sensors and the gardening apparatuses according to the modes, wherein in the party mode, the intelligent gardening system configures operating parameters suitable for holding a party in the gardening area; in the house-keeping mode, the intelligent gardening system configures operating parameters suitable for users' leaving home; in the vacation mode, the intelligent gardening system configures operating parameters suitable for users' leaving home for several days; and in the home mode, the intelligent gardening system configures operating parameters suitable for users' being at home.

12 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 11 , wherein in the party mode, multiple gardening apparatuses leave personnel activity areas in the gardening area or stop operating; in the home mode, the gardening apparatuses perform security work; in the vacation mode, some facilities in the gardening area are turned off; and in the home mode, the intelligent gardening system adjusts operating parameters of the gardening apparatuses to reduce operating noise.

13 . The intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the intelligent gardening system communicates with an external device, and sends data generated in the operation to the external device, and the external device comprises at least one of a manufacturer device, a distributor device, a designer device and a service provider device.

14 . An external device communicating with at least one of the intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the external device acquires data generated by the intelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a data application policy based on the data, and the external device is a manufacturer device.

15 . The external device according to claim 14 , wherein the data comprises at least one of data detected by the sensors, operation or fault data of the gardening apparatuses and analytical data of the intelligent gardening system.

16 . The external device according to claim 14 , wherein the data application policy comprises at least one of a production plan improvement policy, a manufacturing process and/or production process improvement policy, an intelligent gardening system configuration adjustment policy, a product orientation sales and/or recommendation policy and a security policy.

17 . An external device communicating with at least one of the intelligent gardening system according to claim 1 , wherein the external device acquires data generated by the intelligent gardening system in the operation, and generates a data application policy based on the data, and the external device is a distributor device.

18 . The external d

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Mingming
• Sun Gen
• Rao yue
• Shao Yong
• Liu Fangshi
• Wu Jun
• Zhou Chang

Classifications

• A01G25/167 Primary

  Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L65/40

  Support for services or applications · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• G05B2219/2625

  Sprinkler, irrigation, watering · CPC title