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Agriculture Technology · Patent LandscapeSmart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface Patents
- Filing is concentrated in a single jurisdiction. All 22 published families in this dataset route through India, making it the de facto proving ground for irrigation dashboard and control-interface claims.
- Growth is recent and still accelerating. Filings sat near zero through the late 2010s and reached 11 in the most recent year, with the 2022 midpoint at just 1 — most of the activity is in the last two years, understated further by publication lag.
- The applicant base is fragmented, not consolidated. Recent-year momentum is spread across six-plus distinct filers, each with a single filing, rather than concentrated behind one repeat applicant.
22
Published Records
23%
Top-5 Share of All Records
IN
Leading Jurisdiction
59
Active Filers Ranked
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Overview
What this landscape covers
Smart irrigation human-machine interface (HMI) patents cover the layer between field sensing and the person operating the system: farmer dashboards, mobile control apps, and the visualization and control logic that turns sensor and weather data into an irrigation decision. This search combines horticulture and irrigation-control IPC classes with HMI-specific terms (irrigation control app, farmer dashboard, mobile interface, visualization interface) to isolate filings that make explicit claims on the interface, not just the underlying sensor or valve hardware. The result is a small, young, tightly scoped dataset of 22 patent families, all originating from filings received in India.
Because the corpus is small and recent, the picture is closer to an early land-grab than a mature landscape: no single applicant has built a defensible position yet, and the interface layer itself is only beginning to attract dedicated claims rather than being folded into broader irrigation-hardware filings.
Filing activity and technology composition, 2017–2026
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee ranking and totals. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
The data
Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 22 families: how filing activity has moved year over year, and which IPC subclasses the claims actually sit in.
Filing trend: a late, steep ramp
Filings were effectively at zero in 2017 and stayed low through the 2022 midpoint (1 family). The count reaches 11 in the most recent year, the peak so far — a pattern consistent with the field only recently becoming a distinct claim target rather than an incidental feature of broader irrigation patents. Because publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, the true 2026 total is very likely higher than currently visible.
Technology composition: horticulture core, data-processing overlay
Every family in the set touches A01G (horticulture and forestry), confirming the search is well-targeted. The next-heaviest classes are G06Q (business/commerce data processing, 12 records) and G06N (AI-based computing, 8 records), showing that most HMI claims are being written jointly with data-processing or AI logic rather than as pure display hardware. G05B (control and regulating systems, 6), A01C (planting/sowing, 5) and A01B (soil working, 3) appear as secondary overlays, while G01D (measurement/recording, 3) and H04W (wireless networks, 3) mark the thinner, more specialized edges of the set.
Shares are the percentage of the 22 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.
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Filed 2026-07-31 · SR University
Fiber optic root-zone monitoring and precision irrigation system with farmer dashboard interface
SR UNIVERSITY
The system pairs a distributed fiber Bragg grating sensor array and optical interrogator with an IoT edge processing node, cloud platform and weather-data integration unit, feeding a precision irrigation control unit that drives valves and pumps. Control decisions and status are surfaced to the grower through a dedicated farmer dashboard interface, positioning the HMI as the point where sensing, AI processing and weather data converge into an actionable, farmer-facing decision.Abstract text condensed from the published filing; full claim language should be reviewed directly.
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What the numbers mean for filing strategy
Three patterns stand out once the trend, technology mix and jurisdiction concentration are read together.
Filing pace
0 → 11
2017 to 2026
The interface layer only recently became its own claim target
A near-flat filing rate through 2022 followed by a jump to 11 in the latest year suggests smart irrigation HMI claims were previously bundled into broader sensor or control-hardware filings and have only recently been separated out as a distinct claim strategy.
Publication lag means 2026 is likely undercounted.
Jurisdiction
22 of 22
records via India
A single-jurisdiction dataset
Every published family in this search routes through India, which concentrates both the opportunity and the risk: freedom-to-operate analysis for this exact claim scope currently needs to focus there rather than being split across multiple patent offices.
No US, EP or CN filings appear in this search scope.
Technology overlay
12 & 8
G06Q & G06N records
Dashboards are being claimed together with AI and business logic
Twelve of 22 families also sit in G06Q (data processing for business/commerce) and eight in G06N (AI-based computing), meaning most dashboard or app claims are not simple display patents — they bundle decision logic, making the interface claim inseparable from the analytics behind it.
Pure visualization-only claims are the minority pattern here.
Applicant base
6+
distinct filers, latest year
No dominant repeat filer yet
Recent-year momentum is split across at least six different individuals and institutions, each contributing a single filing rather than one applicant building a portfolio — the field is still open to a determined filer willing to claim broadly now.
Co-assignee pairs are mostly one-off collaborations, not standing teams.
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Source: Patsnap Eureka. Co-assignee relationships and derived observations. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
Who's filing
A fragmented, academically-weighted applicant base
The 22 families in this dataset are spread across individual inventors and engineering colleges rather than concentrated behind agritech firms or equipment manufacturers.
Filer type
22 families
total in ranking
Individuals and academic institutions dominate
Named filers include individual inventors alongside institutions such as SRM Valliammai Engineering College, SR University and Sona College of Technology, pointing to an applicant base still largely academic rather than corporate.
No single applicant holds a multi-filing lead in this set.
Collaboration pattern
10 pairs
co-assignee pairs
Collaboration is real but shallow
Ten co-assignee pairs appear in the data, with the strongest links each showing a single shared filing — evidence of active teaming between inventors and institutions, but not yet of a repeat-filing partnership.
VRLRAINA E appears across several of the strongest pairs.
Latest-year activity
1 each
per top recent filer
Momentum is broad, not deep
Every name in the recent-year momentum list — VRLRAINA E, VISHNU N, Venugopal Lenin Kalyanasundaram, and the college applicants — shows exactly one filing in the latest year, confirming the field has not yet produced a filer building sustained volume.
This is the moment for a well-resourced filer to move first.
Recent-year filing momentum by assignee
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| VRLRAINA E | 1 | — |
| VISHNU N | 1 | — |
| VENUGOPAL LENIN KALYANASUNDARAM | 1 | — |
| SRM VALLIAMMAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE | 1 | — |
| SR UNIVERSITY | 1 | — |
| SONA COLLEGE OF TECH | 1 | — |
| Lovely Professional University | 0 | — |
| UTTARANCHAL UNIVERSITY | 0 | -100% |
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee-level momentum. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
What's next
Where to take this analysis
The trend and composition data point to where a deeper freedom-to-operate or whitespace review should focus next.
Track the India filing pipeline closely
With every published family routed through India and the count still climbing, new filings here are the earliest signal of where the interface claim space is heading next.
Explore live filings in EurekaMap claim scope against the AI overlay
Because most dashboard claims bundle G06N/G06Q logic, a workable design-around often needs to separate the visualization element from the underlying decision algorithm.
Run a claim comparison in EurekaWatch for the first repeat filer
No applicant currently holds more than one recent filing; the first to build a multi-filing portfolio here will set the de facto claim boundaries for others.
Set an assignee alert in EurekaSource: Patsnap Eureka. Forward-looking reading of the same dataset. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
FAQ
Common questions about this landscape
No single applicant dominates this landscape. The 22 published families are spread across individual inventors and academic institutions including SR University, SRM Valliammai Engineering College and Sona College of Technology, with recent-year momentum showing each active filer contributing exactly one filing. This is a fragmented, early-stage applicant base rather than one led by a small number of repeat corporate filers, which means the field is still open to whoever files broadly first.
This search dataset returns 22 of 22 records via Indian receiving offices, which reflects both the specific search scope used and a genuine concentration of smart irrigation HMI development activity in that jurisdiction. It does not necessarily mean no comparable filings exist elsewhere in the world; it means that within this exact claim scope — irrigation control apps, farmer dashboards, mobile and visualization interfaces layered on horticulture IPC classes — India is where the activity is currently visible. Anyone doing freedom-to-operate work on this specific claim language should treat Indian patent law and examination practice as the primary lens.
It is accelerating. Filings were close to zero in 2017 and the 2022 midpoint, then rose to 11 in the most recent year, the peak observed so far. Because patent publication typically lags actual filing by around 18 months, the real level of activity in the most recent year is probably understated in the current data, meaning the true growth curve is likely steeper than what is currently published.
IN202641090168A, filed by SR University, describes an AI-enabled fiber optic root-zone monitoring and precision irrigation system that combines a distributed Fiber Bragg Grating sensor array, an IoT edge processing node, a cloud platform, a weather-data integration unit and a precision irrigation control unit, all surfaced to the grower through a farmer dashboard interface. The claim value sits in that end-to-end pipeline — from fiber-optic root-zone sensing through AI processing to a farmer-facing control dashboard — rather than in any single component alone. Anyone building a comparable dashboard that also touches root-zone sensing and automated valve control should review this filing's exact claim boundaries before finalizing an architecture.
The technology composition shows dense overlap between A01G (horticulture), G06Q (data processing) and G06N (AI) claims, but thinner coverage in areas like wireless edge-node status displays (H04W, 3 records) and standalone measurement/recording interfaces (G01D, 3 records). Sub-areas such as multi-farm fleet visualization, low-literacy or voice-driven farmer controls, and explainability-focused AI decision interfaces do not yet show dense, dedicated claims in this dataset. A first claim in these areas, drafted specifically around the interface rather than the underlying sensor or AI model, would be entering relatively open claim space.
Answers are grounded in the same dataset. Derived from a Patsnap search on Smart Irrigation System Human-Machine Interface covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
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