Patent classifications
A01G9/249
BOTANICAL LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION
A height-adjustable botanical lighting system and a method of operating the same. The height-adjustable botanical lighting system comprises a height adjustment assembly, one or more light assemblies, and one or more sensors. The light assemblies depend from the height adjustment assembly. The sensors are adjustably coupled to the light assemblies. The sensors cause the height adjustment assembly to raise the light assemblies in response to one or more generally upward advancing plants interfering with a sensor field of the sensors.
Environmental parameters for growing crops under high intensity lighting
Systems and methods disclosed herein include a method of illuminating plants in an indoor farming environment, including illuminating one or more plants using one or more lighting fixtures at a light intensity of approximately 1500 μmol/m.sup.2/s during a daytime period, wherein each lighting fixtures comprises one or more LEDs, determining whether a daytime temperature of the indoor farming environment is within a daytime temperature range, adjusting the daytime temperature to be within the daytime temperature range in response to determining that the daytime temperature of the indoor farming environment is outside of the daytime temperature range, determining whether a daytime humidity of the indoor farming environment is within a daytime humidity range, and adjusting the daytime humidity to be within the daytime humidity range in response to determining that the daytime humidity of the indoor farming environment is outside of the daytime humidity range.
Vertical farming systems and methods
An automatic vertical farming system may include a frame defining at least one growth area and configured to support a plurality of vertical plant growth structures within the at least one growth area. The system may include at least one light, at least one liquid conduit, and at least one gas conduit. The system may include at least one robot disposed on a top side of the frame and movably supported by the frame. The at least one robot may include at least one tool configured to manipulate the plurality of vertical plant growth structures. The system may include a control system including at least one processor configured to automatically control illumination by the at least one light, liquid flow through the at least one liquid conduit, gas flow through the at least one gas conduit, and operation of the at least one robot.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIGHT EXPOSURE REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS AND ENERGY PRODUCTION
The present invention relates to a device (100) for light exposure regulation of agricultural goods and energy production, in particular electrical energy production, by converting or transmitting a highly-directional component (81) of incident light (80) and by transmitting a diffuse component (82) of incident light (80), comprising: #an optical arrangement (40) comprising a first optical layer (41), wherein the first optical layer (41) comprises a plurality of primary optical elements (47); #a light energy conversion layer (50) at least partially transparent to light and comprising a plurality of distant light energy conversion elements (51) capable of converting light energy in an output energy; #a shifting mechanism (60) for moving the optical arrangement (40) relative to the light energy conversion layer (50) or vice versa; and #a frame element (10) to which either the optical arrangement (40) or the light energy conversion layer (50) is attached, wherein the shifting mechanism (60) is arranged to displace the optical arrangement (40) or the light energy conversion layer (50) translationally relative to the frame element (10), through one or more translation element (65), wherein the primary optical elements (47) of the first optical layer (41) and the shifting mechanism (60) are designed such that the highly-directional component (81) of incident light (80) is directable onto the light energy conversion elements (51) of the light energy conversion layer (50) and such that the diffuse component (82) of incident light (80) is transmittable through the regions of the light energy conversion layer (50) not covered by the light energy conversion elements (51), and wherein the amount of light transmitted through the device (100) is controllable. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a corresponding method and use for converting light energy with the aforementioned device.
ADJUST LIGHT SOURCES FROM GROW LIGHT SETTINGS TO OPERATOR LIGHT SETTINGS BASED ON A DETERMINED ATTENTION AREA
A system for adjusting one or more settings of one or more identified light sources is configured to receive input from one or more sensors (21-23, 26-28), determine an attention area of an operator (81) from the input, identify one or more light sources (13,14) illuminating the attention area, and adjust one or more settings of the one or more identified light sources from grow light settings to operator light settings
PLANT ENCLOSURE WITH VERTICALLY DISTRIBUTED LIGHT SOURCES
A system for lighting a plant comprising a dome/cage defining a volume that receives, surrounds and covers the plant. A plurality of light sources are supported by the dome/cage and distributed vertically from a bottom to a top and around the dome/cage to illuminate the plant evenly. The system is adapted to control the light sources to project light in the dark, extend ambient light hours, increase an intensity of an existing light; and modify a spectrum of the existing light in accordance with growth requirements specific to a given plant growing in a specific environment. A solar panel may be connected to the lights directly or through a battery for operating the system as a standalone unit. A control unit may be provided to receive a user input setting a lighting program, to allow the system to control operation of the lights using the set program.
INFLATABLE GROW TENT WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING
Self-supporting inflatable grow tents include a base surface, a top surface, and a plurality of sidewalls. The sidewalls include an integrated lighting system. The inflatable grow tents include a plurality of support members configured to structurally support the grow tent when inflated, and an air circulation assembly including an air blower and a carbon filter. The grow tents include a lighting system configured to provide a standard deviation of average photosynthetic active radiation that is from about 2 to about 8 within the grow tent when the lighting system is active.
Method of growing plants using LED light and LED light system employing same
A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) system for facilitating the growth of a plant includes at least one LED array having one or more LEDs for emitting colored light spectra absorbable by a plant, a light detector for detecting light reflected from the plant, and a LED light driver electrically coupled to the at least one LED array and the light detector. The LED light driver receives electrical power from a power source and drives the at least one LED array using the received electrical power; receives from the light detector a signal indicative of the reflected light spectra, and controls the at least one LED array to adjust at least one of the intensities and the spectra of the light emitted from the at least one LED array, based on the received signal.
Multiple reflection panel lamp
The present invention relates to the technical field of lighting for plant, and in particular, provides a multi-reflection panel lamp. The multi-reflection panel lamp includes a fixing frame, a plurality of panel lamps, and a plurality of reflectors. The plurality of panel lamps are embedded in the fixing frame parallel to each other. The reflectors and the panel lamps are parallelly disposed on the fixing frame. Compared to other panel lamps, in the present invention, reflectors are disposed between panel lamps to reflect, a plurality of times by using a multi-refraction mechanism of the reflectors of the panel lamps, rays of light emitted by the panel lamps, so that plants are irradiated with the rays of light at various angles, thereby improving lighting intensity and uniformity and ensuring normal growth of the plants.
Apparatus and methods for automated control for a performance vegetation wall system
A method of monitoring at least one aspect in a vegetation wall system and an apparatus for doing the same. The method comprising measuring, by a sensor, a first component and a second component in the vegetation wall system; determining, by a processor, a change in the at least one aspect based on: the first component, the second component, and an amount of time between the measurement of the first component and the second component; determining whether the change in at least one aspect is outside a threshold range; and in response to determining the change in the at least one aspect is outside the threshold range, determining an anomalous condition exists.