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US 12,588,604 B2Granted
Plant cultivation device and plant cultivation method
AssigneePlantx Corp.
InventorsKazutaka Ohshima, Shinjiro Yamada, Takuji Akiyama, Shunsuke Sakaguchi, Kosuke Yamada
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Abstract
To provide a mechanism for performing environment control in a plant cultivation device and process control regarding to a work process for cultivating a plant. A plant cultivation device includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring a growing condition of a plant to be cultivated; an environment controlling unit for controlling an environment which is a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space in the plant cultivation device; and a process controlling unit for controlling a work process for cultivating the plant.
Claims19
A plant cultivation device, comprising:
- a plurality of sensors for monitoring a growing condition of a plant to be cultivated;
- an environment controlling unit for controlling an environment, wherein the environment is a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space in the plant cultivation device;
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- a process controlling unit for controlling a work process for cultivating the plant,
- wherein the environment controlling unit is configured to control the environment in the plant cultivation device according to a basic recipe for defining environmental value information inside the plant cultivation device, wherein the environmental value information relates to a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for use in cultivating the plant,
- wherein the process controlling unit controls the work process, which is performed outside the plant cultivation device, the work process being at least one of sowing, transplanting, harvesting, trimming, packaging, storing, and transporting related to cultivating the plant, according to a work recipe for defining the work process and work environment outside the plant cultivation device for cultivating the plant, wherein the work environment defines a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for outside the plant cultivation device for each of work processes to be performed outside the plant cultivation device,
- wherein the work process is defined to be performed according to at least one of an elapsed time from a predetermined start time, a condition of the plant cultivation device, and a change in the environment.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program for causing a plant cultivation device, wherein the plant cultivation device being configured to acquire information from a plurality of sensors for monitoring a growing condition of a plant to be cultivated, to function as:
- an environment management unit managing the environment which is at least one of the conditions of light, air, water, and space in the plant cultivation device, and
- a process control unit managing working process of cultivating the plant
- wherein the environment management unit manages the environment in the plant cultivation device according to a basic recipe for defining environmental value information inside the plant cultivation device, wherein the environmental value information relates to a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for use in cultivating the plant,
- wherein the process control unit controls the work process, which is performed outside the plant cultivation device, the work process being at least one of sowing, transplanting, harvesting, trimming, packaging, storing, and transporting related to cultivating the plant, according to a work recipe for defining the work process and work environment outside the plant cultivation device for cultivating the plant wherein the work environment defines a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for outside the plant cultivation device for each of work processes to be performed outside the plant cultivation device,
- wherein the work process is defined to be performed according to at least one of an elapsed time from a predetermined start time, a condition of the plant cultivation device, and a change in the environment.
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A method for cultivating a plant in a plant cultivation device, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring information from a plurality of sensors for monitoring a growing condition of a plant to be cultivated;
- controlling an environment in the plant cultivation device according to a basic recipe for defining environmental value information inside the plant cultivation device, wherein the environment is a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space in the plant cultivation device, wherein the environmental value information relates to a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for use in cultivating the plant;
- controlling a work process, which is performed outside the plant cultivation device, the work process being at least one of sowing, transplanting, harvesting, trimming, packaging, storing, and transporting related to cultivating the plant, according to a work recipe for defining the work process and work environment outside the plant cultivation device for cultivating the plant, wherein the work environment defines a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for outside the plant cultivation device for each of work processes to be performed outside the plant cultivation device,
- wherein the work process is defined to be performed according to at least one of an elapsed time from a predetermined start time, a condition of the plant cultivation device, and a change in the environment.
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A plant produced by a method for cultivating a plant in a plant cultivation device, wherein the method for cultivating the plant comprises the steps of:
- acquiring information from a plurality of sensors for monitoring a growing condition of the plant to be cultivated;
- controlling an environment in the plant cultivation device according to a basic recipe for defining environmental value information inside the plant cultivation device, wherein the environment is a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space in the plant cultivation device, wherein the environmental value information relates to a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for use in cultivating the plant;
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- controlling a work process, which is performed outside the plant cultivation device, the work process being at least one of sowing, transplanting, harvesting, trimming, packaging, storing, and transporting related to cultivating the plant, according to a work recipe for defining the work process and work environment outside the plant cultivation device for cultivating the plant, wherein the work environment defines a condition of at least one of light, air, water, and space for outside the plant cultivation device for each of work processes to be performed outside the plant cultivation device,
- wherein the work process is defined to be performed according to at least one of an elapsed time from a predetermined start time, a condition of the plant cultivation device, and a change in the environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.