Device for observing water content, method for observing water content, and cultivation device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi FUJIYAMA, Yuuji TERASHIMA
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Abstract
A cultivation device for watering plants is provided. The cultivation device includes a light source configured to irradiate a plant and a processor. The processor calculates an amount of water contained in the plant based on reflection light of the light reflected by the plant in a certain measurement period, and irrigates the plant with a predetermined amount of water according to the calculated amount of water contained in the plant.
Claims6
A cultivation device for watering plants, the cultivation device comprising:
- a light source configured to irradiate a plant with light;
- a processor configured to:
- calculate an amount of water contained in the plant based on reflection light of the light reflected by the plant in a certain measurement period;
- and
- irrigate the plant with a predetermined amount of water according to the calculated amount of water contained in the plant.
A method of cultivating a plant by watering the plant, the method comprising:
- irradiating the plant with light;
- calculating an amount of water contained in the plant based on reflected light of the light reflected by the plant in a certain measurement period;
- and
- watering the plant with a predetermined amount of water according to the calculated amount of water contained in the plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.