Systems and methods for removing defective seeds and plants in a grow pod
AssigneeGrow Solutions Tech LLC
InventorGary Bret Millar
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Abstract
A system for removing seeds includes a track, one or more carts moveably disposed on the track, one or more sensors, a removing device, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to determine a location of one or more of one or more contaminated seeds and one or more contaminated plants on the one or more carts based on information received from the one or more sensors and instruct the removing device to remove one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants based on the location.
Claims20
A system for removing seeds, the system comprising:
- a track;
- one or more carts moveably disposed on the track;
- one or more trays disposed on the one or more carts, each of the one or more trays comprising a plurality of cells;
- one or more sensors associated with the plurality of cells;
- a removing device;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory modules;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:
- determine a location of one or more of one or more contaminated seeds and one or more contaminated plants on the one or more carts based on information received from the one or more sensors;
- and
- instruct the removing device to remove one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants based on the location.
A method of removing one or more of contaminated seeds and contaminated plants from a cart comprising one or more trays travelling along a track in a grow pod, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller of the grow pod, data from one or more sensors associated with one or more cells of the one or more trays;
- determining, by the controller of the grow pod, one or more contaminated seeds and one or more contaminated plants based on data from the one or more sensors;
- determining, by the controller of the grow pod, a location of one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants in response to a determination of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants;
- and
- transmitting, by the controller of the grow pod, an instruction for removing one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants based on the location.
A grow pod for growing one or more plants, the grow pod comprising:
- a track comprising a plurality of curved track sections and a plurality of straight track sections;
- one or more carts moveably disposed on the track;
- one or more trays disposed on the one or more carts, each of the one or more trays comprising a plurality of cells;
- one or more sensors associated with the plurality of cells;
- a removing device;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory modules;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to:
- determine a location of one or more of one or more contaminated seeds and one or more contaminated plants on the one or more carts based on information received from the one or more sensors;
- and
- instruct the removing device to remove one or more of the one or more contaminated seeds and the one or more contaminated plants based on the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.