Lighting, sensing and imaging methods and apparatus for controlled environment agriculture

A lighting and imaging method, comprising:

• A) generating first radiation from at least one first light source having a sufficient radiation output to alter at least one chemical property and/or at least one morphological property of at least one plant;
• B) generating second radiation from a second light source to irradiate the at least one plant to facilitate sensing of reflected or emitted radiation reflected or emitted by the at least one plant in response to the second irradiation by the second light source, the second light source comprising:
• at least one first light to emit first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• and
• at least one second light to emit second essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation different from the first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• and
• C) receiving and processing first information from at least one of a camera or a sensor to detect changes in the at least one chemical property and/or the at least one morphological property of the at least one plant arising from the radiation generated in A).

A lighting and imaging system, comprising:

• at least one lighting fixture comprising:
• a first light source;
• at least one pipe, thermally coupled to the first light source, to carry a fluid coolant;
• at least one fluid coolant circuit, mechanically coupled to the at least one pipe, to carry the fluid coolant;
• at least one hydronics loop, coupled to the at least one fluid coolant circuit, to regulate a temperature of at least a portion of an area in a building structure;
• and
• a multi spectral imaging module comprising:
• at least one of a camera or a sensor;
• a second light source to irradiate at least one object in an environment of the at least one lighting fixture to facilitate sensing, by the at least one camera or sensor, of reflected or emitted radiation reflected or emitted by the at least one object in response to irradiation by the second light source, the second light source comprising:
• at least one first light to emit first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• and
• at least one second light to emit second essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation different from the first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation.

A lighting and imaging system for a controlled agricultural environment that includes a vertically-stacked multiple-level growing area including a plurality of levels, the system comprising:

• a fluid-cooled LED-based lighting system including a plurality of fluid-cooled LED-based lighting fixtures disposed in the vertically-stacked multiple-level growing area, wherein at least a first fluid-cooled LED-based lighting fixture of the plurality of fluid-cooled LED-based lighting fixtures comprises:
• a first LED light source to emit radiation;
• control circuitry, electrically coupled to the at least one LED module, to receive AC power and to supply regulated electrical power to the first LED light source;
• at least one pipe, thermally coupled to the first LED light source, to carry a fluid coolant that extracts heat generated by the first LED light source during operation of the lighting fixture;
• and
• a multi spectral imaging module comprising:
• at least one of a camera or a sensor;
• a second LED light source to irradiate at least one object to facilitate sensing, by the at least one camera or sensor, of reflected or emitted radiation reflected or emitted by the at least one object in response to irradiation by the second LED light source, the second LED light source comprising:
• at least one first LED to emit first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• and
• at least one second LED to emit second essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation different from the first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation.

A lighting and imaging system, comprising:

• a first light source to illuminate at least one object in an environment of the lighting and imaging system;
• at least a first pipe, thermally coupled to the first light source;
• a multi spectral imaging module comprising:
• at least one of a camera or a sensor;
• a second light source to irradiate the at least one object to facilitate sensing, by the at least one camera or sensor, of reflected or emitted radiation reflected or emitted by the at least one object in response to irradiation by the second light source, the second light source comprising:
• at least one first light to emit first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• and
• at least one second light to emit second essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation different from the first essentially monochromatic or relatively narrowband radiation;
• control circuitry to transmit data from the at least one camera or sensor;
• and
• a remote device configured to receive the data transmitted by the control circuitry and generate a visual presentation of the data.