The present invention relates to the field of crop management system, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location.
BACKGROUND ART

[0002] Automation of farm activities can transform agricultural domain from being manual and static to intelligent and dynamic leading to higher production with lesser human supervision. This presentation proposes an automated irrigation system which monitors and maintains the desired soil moisture content via automatic watering on basis of parameters such current soil moisture content, soil temperature, humidity, type of crop, weather in that area. Moreover, this will allow farmers to manually turn the irrigation from his smartphone if they want to.s. In automation system water availability to crop is monitored through sensors and as per need watering is done through the controlled irrigation.
[0003] The available system irrigation systems are not economical, accurate and time efficient. Further, the available systems are not user friendly as these systems take time to respond. Some of the systems are not effectively used for remote locations. Also, the available systems are provided with the wrong soil parameter information, which may mislead the user.
[0004] Following are some of the attempts made to develop an IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location.
[0005] CN105573277A discloses Internet of Things intelligent irrigation system based on cloud computing that relates to an intelligent irrigation system, and more particularly to a cloud computing based IoT intelligent irrigation system.
[0006] CN211558328U discloses automatic irrigation system based on NB-IoT that relates to an irrigation system, in particular to an automatic irrigation system based on NB-IoT.
[0007] CN209711016U discloses Intelligent irrigation control system based on IOT cloud platform that relates to the field of agricultural technology, in particular to an intelligent irrigation control system based on an IOT cloud platform.
[0008] Although, there are a number of solutions in the form of irrigation systems, none of them are specially designed with an accurate an irrigation system. Although, some of the prior existing solutions attempt to create a reliable and economical systems system for irrigating the crops from a remote location, but this solution fails to meet the user’s requirement. In the view of above prior art, it can be understood that many irrigation systems have been designed in an attempt to provide similar solution, however they are bulky, expensive, and inefficient.
[0009] In the light of foregoing, there is need for an IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location that overcomes problems prevalent in the prior art.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The principal object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art by providing an IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location.
[0011] An object of the present invention is to provide an IOT based irrigation system, wherein the system is economical.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide an IOT based irrigation system, wherein the system generates an alert for a user.
[0013] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an IOT based irrigation system, wherein the system is energy efficient.
[0014] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an IOT based irrigation system, wherein the system recommends the water quantity required for every crop field separately.
[0015] Further object of the present invention is to provide an IOT based irrigation system, wherein the system is operated from a remote location.
[0016] The foregoing and other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following detailed description of the embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0017] The present invention relates to an IOT based irrigation system. The system includes one or more sensor(s), a GSM Module, a water pump, a server, one or more electronic device(s) and a controller.
[0018] In one embodiment, the one or more sensor(s) senses one or more soil parameters.
[0019] In one embodiment, the GSM Module communicates with the electronic device.
[0020] In one embodiment, the water pump pumps the fluid for irrigating the farm.
[0021] In one embodiment, the server stores the data and allows the user to access the stored data using the one or more electronic device(s).
[0022] In one embodiment, the controller receives the one or more sensed parameters from the sensors for calculating the soil condition and sends an alert to the electronic device if the conditions are beyond the threshold limit and activates the water pump for pumping the fluid.
[0023] In one embodiment, the electronic device is a mobile or a laptop or a computer or a tablet or a like IOT based electronic device.
[0024] In one embodiment, the one or more sensors may include a soil moisture sensor and a soil temperature sensor.
[0025] In one embodiment, the alert is an email or a text message or a call or audio message or a video message.
[0026] In one embodiment, the water pump may include a solenoid relay pump or a water pump or a submersible pump.
[0027] In one embodiment, the fluid includes water or fertilizer mixed in water or a liquid fertilizer.
[0028] In one embodiment, the controller is a microcontroller, microcomputer, processor, microprocessor, etc.
[0029] While the invention has been described and shown with reference to the preferred embodiment, it will be apparent that variations might be possible that would fall within the scope of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0030] So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may have been referred by embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
[0031] These and other features, benefits, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent by reference to the following text figure, with like reference numbers referring to like structures across the views, wherein:
[0032] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of an IOT based irrigation system in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0033] While the present invention is described herein by way of example using embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of drawing or drawings described and are not intended to represent the scale of the various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated in certain figures, for ease of illustration, and such omissions do not limit the embodiments outlined in any way. It should be understood that the drawings and the detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.
[0034] As used throughout this description, the word "may" is used in a permissive sense (i.e. meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense, (i.e. meaning must). Further, the words "a" or "an" mean "at least one” and the word “plurality” means “one or more” unless otherwise mentioned. Furthermore, the terminology and phraseology used herein are solely used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting in scope. Language such as "including," "comprising," "having," "containing," or "involving," and variations thereof, is intended to be broad and encompass the subject matter listed thereafter, equivalents, and additional subject matter not recited, and is not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers, or steps. Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the terms "including" or "containing" for applicable legal purposes. Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles, and the like are included in the specification solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not suggested or represented that any or all these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention.
[0035] In this disclosure, whenever a composition or an element or a group of elements is preceded with the transitional phrase “comprising”, it is understood that we also contemplate the same composition, element, or group of elements with transitional phrases “consisting of”, “consisting”, “selected from the group of consisting of, “including”, or “is” preceding the recitation of the composition, element or group of elements and vice versa.
[0036] The present invention is described hereinafter by various embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein reference numerals used in the accompanying drawing correspond to the like elements throughout the description. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiment set forth herein. Rather, the embodiment is provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the following detailed description, numeric values and ranges are provided for various aspects of the implementations described. These values and ranges are to be treated as examples only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. In addition, several materials are identified as suitable for various facets of the implementations. These materials are to be treated as exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
[0037] Automation of farm activities can transform agricultural domain from being manual and static to intelligent and dynamic leading to higher production with lesser human supervision. The system proposes an automated irrigation system which monitors and maintains the desired soil moisture content via automatic watering on basis of parameters such current soil moisture content, soil temperature, humidity, type of crop, weather in that area. Moreover, this will allow farmers to manually turn the irrigation from his smartphone if they want to. In automation system water availability to crop is monitored through sensors and as per need watering is done through the controlled irrigation. This is a Mobile Integrated and smart irrigation system using IOT based on application-controlled monitoring system. The main objective of this project is to control the water supply and monitor.
[0038] The present invention relates to the field of crop management system, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location. The system is economical. The system generates an alert for a user. The system is energy efficient. The system recommends the water quantity for every crop field separately. The system is operated from a remote location.
[0039] From herein afterwards, the system is referred as a system (100). Referring now to the figure 1, the system (100) includes one or more sensor(s), a GSM Module, a water pump, a server, one or more electronic device(s) and a controller.
[0040] The one or more sensor(s) senses one or more soil parameters. The one or more sensors may include a soil moisture sensor and a soil temperature sensor. The one or more parameters include soil temperature, soil moisture, soil fertility, available chemical quantities.
[0041] The GSM Module communicates with the electronic device.
[0042] The water pump pumps the fluid for irrigating the farm.
[0043] The server stores the data and allows the user to access the stored data using the one or more electronic device(s).
[0044] The controller is a microcontroller, microcomputer, processor, microprocessor, etc. The controller receives the one or more sensed parameters from the sensors for calculating the soil condition and sends an alert to the electronic device if the conditions are beyond the threshold limit and activates the water pump for pumping the fluid. The water pump may include a solenoid relay pump or a water pump or a submersible pump. The alert is an email or a text message or a call or audio message or a video message.
[0045] The electronic device is a mobile or a laptop or a computer or a tablet or a like IOT based electronic device. The fluid includes water or fertilizer mixed in water or a liquid fertilizer.
In an exemplary non limiting implementation the system (100) includes:
1. Arduino UNO
2. Soil Moisture Sensor and Soil Temperature Sensor
3. GSM Module for Arduino
4. Solenoid Pump (or solenoid relay and a separate water pump)
5. Google Firebase
6. Heroku server
7. Open Weather API
[0046] The present invention provides an advantage of providing the IOT based irrigation system for irrigating the crops from a remote location. The system is economical. The system generates an alert for a user. The system is energy efficient. The system recommends the water quantity for every crop field separately. The system is operated from a remote location.
[0047] The system can be enhanced for large acres of soil. Also, the system can be incorporated to make sure the value of the soil and the expansion of harvest in each soil. The microcontroller and sensors are successfully interfaced and wireless communication is attained between a variety of nodes. Also, further the system can be enhanced by adding up machine learning algorithms, which are capable to study and recognize the necessities of the crop, this would aid the agriculture field to be an automatic system. The inspections and outcomes tell us that this result can be executed for a lessening of water loss and decrease the manpower necessary for a field. From the above information, finally, it is concluded that the hardware components of this system interfaces with all the sensors. The system is powered by a power source, and the system has been checked for watering an agriculture field.
[0048] Various modifications to these embodiments are apparent to those skilled in the art from the description and the accompanying drawings. The principles associated with the various embodiments described herein may be applied to other embodiments. Therefore, the description is not intended to be limited to the 5 embodiments shown along with the accompanying drawings but is to be providing the broadest scope consistent with the principles and the novel and inventive features disclosed or suggested herein. Accordingly, the invention is anticipated to hold on to all other such alternatives, modifications, and variations that fall within the scope of the present invention and appended claims.

We Claim:

1) An IOT based irrigation system (100), the system (100) comprises:
one or more sensor(s) for sensing one or more soil parameters;
a GSM Module for communicating with the electronic device;
a water pump for pumping the fluid for irrigating the farm;
a server that stores the data and allows the user to access the stored data using the one or more electronic device(s); and
a controller that receives the one or more sensed parameters from the sensors for calculating the soil condition and sends an alert to the electronic device if the conditions are beyond the threshold limit and activates the water pump for pumping the fluid.
2) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile or a laptop or a computer or a tablet or a like IOT based electronic device.
3) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors may include a soil moisture sensor and a soil temperature sensor.
4) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the alert is an email or a text message or a call or audio message or a video message.
5) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water pump may include a solenoid relay pump or a water pump or a submersible pump.
6) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fluid includes water or fertilizer mixed in water or a liquid fertilizer.
7) The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller is a microcontroller, microcomputer, processor, microprocessor, etc.