Intelligent light sources to enhance plant response
AssigneeIntelligent Light Source, LLC
InventorsJack Abbott, Peter A. Zeidler, Alex Bodell
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Abstract
A grow system is disclosed herein. The grow system can include a grow device that can include a light system including a plurality of light sources, a light position controller, and a processor. The processor can receive information relating to a plant to be grown by the grow system and can, based on that information, identify an operation program that specifies lighting and positioning of the illumination system. Using the operation program, the processor can generate one or several control signals to control the operation of the light system and the light position system.
Claims20
An active growth controller system comprising:
- an active growth control system comprising:
- an illumination system configured to illuminate a growth region, wherein one or several plants can be located in the growth region;
- a memory containing stored instructions, wherein the stored instructions comprise a plurality of operating programs, wherein the operating programs contains parameters for controlling at least one of the climate control system and the illumination system;
- a processor configured to:
- receive first plant data, wherein the first plant data identifies at least one of:
- a plant type;
- a plant age;
- a plant size, and a canopy thickness at a first time;
- determine a first pulse program, wherein the first pulse program prescribes a pulsing of the illumination system to deliver illumination level by the intermittent powering of one or several light sources of the illumination system;
- determine a first position of the illumination system with respect to the growth region;
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- generate and send first control signals to a positioning system, wherein the first control signals direct the position system to position the illumination system at the first position.
The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to determine the first pulse program by retrieving a damage limit, wherein the damage limit identifies a value demarking between lighting conditions under which a plant is damaged and lighting condition under which the plant is not damaged.
A method of optimizing plant growth, the method comprising:
- receiving first plant data, wherein the first plant data identifies at least one of:
- a plant type;
- a plant age;
- a plant size, and a desired harvest outcome at a first time;
- receiving grow parameter data, wherein the grow parameter data specifies at least one of an available grow time, and a cost parameter, wherein the cost parameter identifies a maximum cost for completion of the grow;
- determining a first pulse program, wherein the first pulse program prescribes a pulsing of the illumination system to deliver an illumination level by intermittent powering of one or several light sources of the illumination system;
- determining a first position of the illumination system with respect to the growth region;
- generating and sending first control signals to a positioning system, wherein the first control signals direct the position system to position the illumination system at the first position;
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- generating and sending first pulse signals to the illumination system, wherein the first pulse signals direct the intermittent powering of one or several light sources of the illumination system.
The method of claim 17, wherein the pulse program directs the intermittent powering of one of the red light source and the blue light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.