Patents
US 12761203 B2: Portable agricultural robot for continuous apparent soil electrical conductivity measurements to improve irrigation practices
- Granted
- 2026-10-13
- Filed
- 2023-05-30 application 18203517
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for determining soil moisture. An apparatus includes a mobile platform to traverse an agricultural field, a sensor physically coupled to the mobile platform, the sensor to make one or more soil apparent electrical conductivity measurements, and a control system mounted on the chassis and communicatively coupled to the sensor. A method includes navigating an agricultural field with a mobile platform, generating a real-time position and orientation for the mobile platform, performing one or more soil apparent electrical conductivity measurements from a sensor physically coupled to the mobile platform, synchronizing the one or more soil apparent electrical conductivity measurements with the real-time position, geospatial mapping and autonomously logging the one or more soil apparent electrical conductivity measurements, and processing each of the one or more soil apparent electrical conductivity measurements to generate a soil moisture value.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 (ipgb20261013.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 8,781 patents | US company or organization | Oakland, CA | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Konstantinos Karydis | Laguna Beach, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Elia Scudiero | Riverside, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Merrick Campbell | Riverside, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Dimitrios Chatziparaschis | Riverside, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | ||
| Keran Ye | Riverside, CA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/246 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
| A01B | Soil working in agriculture or forestry; parts, details, or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general | A01B69/008 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
| A01G | Horticulture; cultivation of vegetables, flowers, rice, fruit, vines, hops or seaweed; forestry; watering | A01G25/167 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/0088 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KARYDIS, KONSTANTINOS signed 2023-11-20 SCUDIERO, ELIA signed 2023-11-20 CAMPBELL, MERRICK signed 2023-12-18 CHATZIPARASCHIS, DIMITRIOS signed 2023-11-21 YE, KERAN signed 2023-11-20 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND, CA | 73950/125 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-08 |
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