The LED grow-light system includes one or more grow-light canopies with linear LED light bars to provide upward and/or downward lighting in a central illumination area. The LED grow-light system or grow-light canopies are preferably constructed using T-slot interconnects that lock into T-channels of the T-slot bars and/or T-slot light bars and the LED grow-light systems are housed in a controlled modular grow-light containers that include sky-light structures and/or light tubes that allow the controlled modular grow containers to be stacked or placed next to each other and minimize the footprint for growing plants.

A multifunctional light source assembly and a multifunctional desk lamp are disclosed. The multifunctional desk lamp includes a base assembly, a lamp head assembly, and a lamp arm assembly; one end of the lamp arm assembly is connected with the base assembly, and the other end is connected with and supports the lamp head assembly; the lamp head assembly is internally provided with the multifunctional light source assembly, the multifunctional light source assembly includes an illumination LED chip, a plant grow light LED chip and an ultraviolet LED chip. The illumination chip, the plant grow light chip and the ultraviolet chip are respectively connected to a controller, which respectively controls the three chips, through the on and off of currents, so that functions such as illumination for reading and writing, sterilization, plant growth assistance can be achieved.

A mobile light exposure device or improving the yield and quality of biological material has a first module for emitting one or more light pulses, which includes a light treatment panel whose surface area is between 0.01 m.sup.2 and 10 m.sup.2, a second module or adjusting the optical power density of the treatment panel and optionally adjusting the temperature of the panel, and a means of locomotion for moving the device at a speed of between 1 and 10 km/h. The optical power density of the panel is between 100 W/m.sup.2 and 10,000 W/m.sup.2, preferably between 300 W/m.sup.2 and 3,000 W/m.sup.2, and the light pulses delivered to the biological material are of identical or different wavelengths and of durations less than or equal to two seconds.

A system for autonomous monitoring and/or optimization of plant (140) growth is provided. The system may include actuation devices configured to interact with an agricultural area (120), image sensors (130) configured to capture images (170) of a plant (140) in the agricultural area (120), and a processor (150) in communication with the image sensors (130) and the actuation devices. The processor (150) may be configured to store, via a memory (160), a first image (170) of the agricultural area (120) captured prior to a first actuation of the actuation devices; and trigger, synchronously with the first actuation, the image sensors (130) to capture a second image (180) of the agricultural area (120). The processor (150) may be further configured to detect features of the plant (140) in the first and second images (170) of the agricultural area (120); evaluate the detected features of the plant (140) for visual plant qualities (210); and dynamically set one or more parameters (190) of the actuation devices based on the visual plant qualities (210).

The invention relates to a controlled environment agriculture for plant cultivation using artificial lights. The artificial lights comprise an array of light emitting diodes fabricated using gallium nitride, each gallium nitride operable over a wavelength of 380 nm to 900 nm. The array of light emitting diodes include at least one integrated drive controller and at least sensor. The controlled environment agriculture includes at least an imaging device and a control module. The control module comprises a machine learning module and an aggregator module configured connected to at least one sensor and at least one imaging device to aggregate various parameters including environmental data, and plant phenotyping data associated with the plants. Based on the aggregated The control module determines the spectral requirements of the plants for optimal growth based on at least one parameter aggregated from at least one sensor, at least one imaging device and a database to adjust the spectral light in the array of light emitting diodes in real time. The control module is associated with a power module for regulating the electrical power required by the array of light emitting diodes to optimize power consumption. In at least one implementation, the control module and the power module are dynamically controlled in real time by implementing machine learning algorithms to automate the controlled environment for agriculture to optimize and control the spectral and power requirements of the array of light emitting diodes.

The present utility model discloses a novel splicing type plant lamp which is provided with a power supply body and lamp bodies electrically connected with the power supply body, wherein first electrical assemblies are disposed on end portions of two ends of the power supply body correspondingly, and second electrical assemblies electrically connected with the first electrical assemblies are disposed on two ends of the lamp bodies correspondingly. The novel splicing type plant lamp has the beneficial effects that the problems of complex assembly and difficult disassembly of the plant lamp can be effectively avoided, and the transportation cost and labor intensity are reduced, so that the disassembly and assembly efficiency of the plant lamp is improved, the working efficiency is improved, the product competitiveness of the plant lamp is improved, and the efficiency of supplementing light to plants is improved. Different lamp bars can be freely combined, for example, the lamp body disposed on one side of the power supply body is composed of three lamp bars, and the lamp body disposed on the other side of the power supply body may be composed of four lamp bars, so that the plant lamp is suitable for different use scenes.

The present invention provides an intelligent cultivating system, which is used for monitoring and identifying a current cultivating status of a cultivating creature, and includes a processing center, a remote monitoring system and a harvesting system. The processing center is used for providing a cultivating regulation and controlling process for monitoring and identifying a current cultivating status. The remote monitoring system is used for regulating and controlling an automatic cultivating parameter of the cultivating regulation and controlling process. The harvesting system is used for preparing a dispatching process to the cultivating creatures, and used for collecting the automatic cultivating parameter of the cultivating regulation and controlling process.

The present invention provides an intelligent cultivating system, which is used for monitoring and identifying a current cultivating status of a cultivating creature, and includes a processing center, a remote monitoring system and a harvesting system. The processing center is used for providing a cultivating regulation and controlling process for monitoring and identifying a current cultivating status. The remote monitoring system is used for regulating and controlling an automatic cultivating parameter of the cultivating regulation and controlling process. The harvesting system is used for preparing a dispatching process to the cultivating creatures, and used for collecting the automatic cultivating parameter of the cultivating regulation and controlling process.

A plant disease control method and a plant disease control apparatus that can irradiate a plant under cultivation with an appropriate amount of near-infrared light to obtain an effect of controlling diseases while efficiently using light energy. The plant under cultivation is irradiated with the near-infrared light including a wavelength set within a wavelength range of 800 to 1000 nm so as to satisfy all following Equations 1 to 3 where X is an irradiance (W/m.sup.2) and Y is an irradiation time (second), so that the effect of controlling diseases can be obtained.

644893X.sup.−1.873≥Y≥5901.9X.sup.−1.856  Equation 1:

X≥1  Equation 2:

Y≥0.01  Equation 3:

An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module positioned within a grow chamber for receiving one or more plant pods. The indoor gardening system includes a sealed system and an air circulation system for conditioning air within the grow chamber, a hydration system for selectively hydrating plants, and a lighting system for providing growth lighting. A controller is configured to detect a vacation condition corresponding to a period of decreased usage of the indoor gardening appliance, e.g., based on a user command or period of inactivity, and adjust at least one operating parameter of the indoor gardening appliance in response to detecting the vacation condition, e.g., to reduce energy consumption, conserve water, and slow plant growth.