Grow lighting profiles for indoor garden center
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsLouis A. Wantland, Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Brian Allgeier, Eric Meyerholtz
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Abstract
An indoor gardening appliance includes a cabinet defining a grow chamber within the cabinet. The gardening appliance further includes an artificial lighting system configured to illuminate one or more back portions of the grow chamber. The gardening appliance also includes a controller. The controller is configured for, and/or methods of operating the gardening appliance may include, operating the artificial lighting system according to a first profile for a first period of time and operating the artificial lighting system according to a second profile for a second period of time after the first period of time.
Claims20
A method of operating a gardening appliance, the gardening appliance comprising a cabinet defining a grow chamber within the cabinet, a liner positioned within the cabinet, the liner at least partially defining one or more back portions of the grow chamber, a door mounted on a front side of the cabinet, a grow module comprising a plurality of faces with a pod aperture configured for receiving a plant pod defined in each face of the plurality of faces, wherein one face of the plurality of faces of the grow module is positioned in a front portion of the grow chamber proximate the door and one or more faces other than the one face of the plurality of faces of the grow module is positioned in the one or more back portions of the grow chamber, and an artificial lighting system configured to illuminate the one or more back portions of the grow chamber, the method comprising:
- operating the artificial lighting system according to a first profile for a first period of time;
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- operating the artificial lighting system according to a second profile for a second period of time after the first period of time.
A gardening appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a grow chamber within the cabinet;
- a liner positioned within the cabinet, the liner at least partially defining one or more back portions of the grow chamber;
- a door mounted on a front side of the cabinet;
- a grow module comprising a plurality of faces with a pod aperture configured for receiving a plant pod defined in each face of the plurality of faces, wherein one face of the plurality of faces of the grow module is positioned in a front portion of the grow chamber proximate the door and one or more faces other than the one face of the plurality of faces of the grow module is positioned in the one or more back portions of the grow chamber;
- an artificial lighting system configured to illuminate the one or more back portions of the grow chamber;
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- a controller, the controller configured for:
- operating the artificial lighting system according to a first profile for a first period of time;
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- operating the artificial lighting system according to a second profile for a second period of time after the first period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.