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(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2017/0366877 Al
Basheer et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 21, 2017

(54) MODULAR SENSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR Publication Classification

SOIL AND WATER ANALYSIS AT VARIOUS
(51) Int. Cl.
DEPTHS FROM THE SURFACE
H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
GOIN 33/18 (2006.01)
(71) Applicant: Edyza, Ine., Irvine, CA (US)
GOIN 33/24 (2006.01)
(72) Inventors: Mohammed Rana Basheer, Costa (52) U.S. CI.
Mesa, CA (US); Atul A. Patel, Irvine, CPC H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); GOIN 33/24
CA (US) (2013.01); GOIN 33/18 (2013.01); H04Q
2209/10 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/82 (2013.01);
H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40
(73) Assignee: Edyza, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US) (2013.01)
(57) ABSTRACT
(21) Appl. No.: 15/626,079
A modular sensor system may perform soil and water
analysis at various depths. For instance, chemical composi-
(22) Filed: Jun. 17, 2017 tion may be determined and concentration and/or environ-
mental parameters, such as pressure, temperature, and/or
moisture, may be measured at different depths. A sensor bus
Related U.S. Application Data
head, at least one sensor rod, and a sensor bus terminus may
(60) Provisional application No. 62/351,989, filed on Jun. be vertically stacked and interconnected through a bus
19, 2016. network such that the system is modular and reconfigurable.

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