Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
0475801LS | Utilizing light or sound | 84 |
20080244970 | Apparatus and method for cutting lawns using lasers - The laser lawn cutting system of the present invention consists of an array or grid of laser heads distributed across a lawn. The laser heads may be permanently fixed above the surface of the lawn, or preferably mounted underneath the surface of the lawn and designed to pop up at the time of cutting. If mounted underneath the surface of the lawn, solenoids may be used to move the laser heads above the surface. Other mechanical devices could also be used to cause the laser heads to move above the surface of the lawn. Preferably, the laser heads will be distributed across the lawn in a grid or matrix, such that the laser light generated by the rotating laser head sweeps across the lawn in overlapping arcs to cut the vegetation. The system may also be used to melt snow or kill insects. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250710 | Low Light Cultivation Method and Plant Growth Promoting Agent - A low light cultivation method for cultivating a plant under low light conditions while giving a plant growth promoting agent to the plant, is provided. The plant growth promoting agent contains at least one selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, and succinic acid. | 10-16-2008 |
20080302004 | MULTIFUNCTION PLANT CULTIVATION LED ABLE TO CONTROL THE GROWING SPEED OF PLANTS - A multifunction plant cultivation LED able to control the growing speed of plants is to properly select the composition material and proportion of LED to enable the LED to emit light with different wavelengths and colors. Then, specific wavelengths beneficial to the growth of plants and able to offer best bright for human naked eyes are selected from light spectrums to make up a LED light source with multiple wavelengths for irradiating landscaping plants and flowers and controlling their growing speed as well as for seeing, enjoying and for lighting, versatile in use, having high efficiency and saving electricity. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313958 | Method for drying cane - During or closely following harvesting of the cane plant, each plant is trimmed by removing the nodes and associated leaves, thereby forming raw tubes from each remaining internode segment. The raw tubes are artificially dried and then exposed to artificial light, to produce finished tubes. The improved process reduces the time between the harvesting of a plant to the completion of a finished tube, from a period that is typically measured in months to a period measured in weeks. Furthermore, it has been found that the artificial drying is so effective that harvesting and processing of the reed cane can continue throughout the year, thereby increasing productivity and responsiveness to fluctuations in demand. | 12-25-2008 |
20090199470 | Device and Method for Observing Plant Health - A lamp for growing plants includes a first set of orange light emitting diodes that have a peak wavelength emission of about 612 nanometers, a second set of red light emitting diodes that have a peak wavelength emission of about 660 nanometers and a third set of blue light emitting diodes that have a peak wavelength emission of about 465 nanometers. The lamp also includes a green light emitting diode that has a wavelength emission that is between 500 and 600 nanometers. The green light emitting diode provides a human observer with an indication of general plant health. | 08-13-2009 |
20090288340 | LED Grow Light Method and Apparatus - A grow light fixture that may be used for the replacement of high intensity discharge (HID) lamp fixtures used for growing plants includes a housing containing a plurality of both red and blue high power LEDs mounted to a circuit board, and powered by an onboard power supply. Control circuitry may include separate, infinitely variable controls to enable independent adjustment of the red and blue LED light output. A plurality of thermal vias made of copper or other thermally conductive material extend through the circuit board to conduct heat from the LEDs to a heat sink mounted on the back of the circuit board, and a fan may be used to vent the heat to the outside of the housing. The housing is mounted an appropriate distance above a plant in a growth media to provide user-controlled lighting for enhanced plant growth. | 11-26-2009 |
20090313891 | PI-CONJUGATED HEAVY-METAL POLYMERS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO HYDROPONIC APPLICATIONS - A class of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) emit light tailored to the absorption spectra of growing plants. Upon photoexcitation, the OLEDs generate light in both the blue-green and red regions of the visible spectrum. A heavy metal atom present in the π-conjugated polymer chain (such as platinum and/or iridium) acts via the spin-orbit coupling mechanism to cause an enhancement of the ratio of fluorescent to phosphorescent emission to be of approximately equal strength. These two emission bands overlap the absorption spectra of common plants grown under hydroponic conditions. | 12-24-2009 |
20100107491 | Enhancing Yields of Harvested Plant Seeds by Treating Sowing Seeds with Selected Doses of a Physical Plant Stressor - The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the yield of harvested seed in plants by the application of selected doses of a physical plant stressor such as UV-C light (253.7 nm), X-rays, gamma ray, and electron beam irradiation to sowing seeds. This method can be used alone to enhance seed yield or in combination with standard seed treatments. | 05-06-2010 |
20100281771 | Disease Control Method and Disease Control Device - A disease control device has light emitting diodes (D | 11-11-2010 |
20100281772 | ENHANCING YIELDS OF HARVESTED PLANT SEEDS BY TREATING SOWING SEEDS WITH SELECTED DOSES OF A PHYSICAL PLANT STRESSOR - The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the yield of harvested seed in plants by the application of selected doses of a physical plant stressor such as UV-C light (253.7 nm), X-rays, gamma ray, and electron beam irradiation to sowing seeds. This method can be used alone to enhance seed yield or in combination with standard seed treatments. | 11-11-2010 |
20100287830 | FULL SPECTRUM SUNSHINE SIMULATION APPARATUS FOR DEVELOPING BIOLOGICAL GROWTH - Disclosed is a full spectrum sunshine simulation apparatus for developing biological growth which comprises a full spectrum light emitting diode module and a photoperiod controller. Therein, the full spectrum light emitting diode module includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, wherein the luminescence spectrum of the full spectrum light emitting diodes has a wavelength range of 350 nm to 800 nm. The photoperiod controller, connected to the full spectrum light emitting diode module, is in charge of lighting periods of the plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, color temperatures and emitting angles of the lights emitted from the plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, thereby simulating a environment under artificial sunlight. | 11-18-2010 |
20110041399 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PLANT VIGOR - A system for evaluating the quality and/or vigor of plants is described. Plants are planted in row sections and a cart is used to pass a radiometric sensor over the row sections. The cart has a radiometric sensor assembly positioned above the row section. Each sensor assembly generates a data signal and a computer receives and stores the data signals. The field cart is positioned above the row sections and measures the existence of plants in the row section and the quantity of vegetation in the row section. | 02-24-2011 |
20110088317 | Retractable Reflective Wall - A retractable high-reflectivity wall provides improved lighting conditions for growing plants. The wall is retractable, so that it does not get in the way when the user wishes to work in the grow area. The wall can also be retracted so that it is easier to move, carry, reposition, resize, and/or remove as needed. The wall may be implemented as a sheet including a reflective surface adhered or otherwise mounted onto a flexible backing such as a vinyl surface for additional support/reinforcement. The resulting flexible reflective wall is mounted onto a roller assembly which allows the wall to be extended or retracted. A support bar can be affixed to the roller assembly via brackets or other hardware. The entire apparatus can be suspended from or affixed to a ceiling, wall, fixture, or other object, or it can be supported by a stand or other assembly. | 04-21-2011 |
20110179706 | Biological Optimization Systems For Enhancing Photosynthetic Efficiency And Methods Of Use - The present disclosure relates to biological optimization systems for enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and methods of use. | 07-28-2011 |
20110197503 | LIGHT GUIDING FILM AND PLANT GROWING METHOD USING THE LIGHT GUIDING FILM - To provide a light guiding film including: a light entrance portion which allows incident light from a light source to enter; a wavelength converting portion which absorbs the incident light and converts the wavelength of the incident light to a wavelength utilizable for growth of a plant; and a light exit portion which allows the light with the converted wavelength to exit. | 08-18-2011 |
20110209404 | PLANT TREATMENT METHOD AND MEANS THEREFOR - A method of altering the level of at least one phytochemical in a harvested plant cell comprising chlorophyll or in harvested plant tissue comprising chlorophyll, the plant cell or tissue being capable of photosynthesis and/or being capable of blue light adsorption by shining blue light onto the surface of the plant cell or tissue, wherein the light intensity of the blue light striking the cell surface or the tissue surface is sufficient to initiate a biochemical process within the cell or tissue thereby altering the level of at least one phytochemical therein. | 09-01-2011 |
20110232178 | Compounds and processes that generate cyclopropenes and substituted cyclopropenes on demand - Compounds and methods that release 1-methylcyclopropene, 1-trifluoromethylcyclopropene, and other substituted cyclopropenes are disclosed. The compounds and methods overcome present limitations for storage, transportation, and application of the cyclopropene containing compounds by using light, including sunlight, and/or heat as the primary release trigger. Additional products released include innocuous gases and value added aryl-group compounds. | 09-29-2011 |
20120124903 | MULTICOLOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP FOR PLANT GROWTH, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND PLANT GROWTH METHOD - In an illumination apparatus for plant growth using LEDs, a light source emitting mixed color light of red and blue is dominant light source. However, actually, the luminescence intensity of red light is weaker than that of blue light, and the color is adjusted by the number of lamps used. Thus, a small number of blue LEDs are interspersed among a large number of red LEDs, and there is a problem in that it is not possible to make irradiation of blue light uniform. The present invention provides a multicolor light emitting diode lamp in which a blue LED and a AlGaInP-based red LED having high luminescence efficiency, balancing with the blue LED are mounted in the same package. The red LED includes a light emitting section including a light emitting layer having a composition formula, (Al | 05-24-2012 |
20120159845 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting. | 06-28-2012 |
20120192486 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHT BAR - A light weight and modular light emitting diode (LED) light bar comprising an extruded aluminum LED fixture frame with integral cooling fins is disclosed herein. The light bar of the present invention is used for high density multi-layer hydroponic grow facilities to greatly improve the uniformity and intensity of light distribution over the plants and at a much reduced energy cost and less heat-to-space compared to conventional lighting used in grow rooms. | 08-02-2012 |
20120210640 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING PLANTS - An embodiment includes an enclosure having a nutrient bed for retaining and providing nutrients to plants grown therein. An adjustment mechanism provided for adjusting the level of one or more environmental variables therein so as to at least partially simulate the growing conditions found at a specific altitude. Exemplary environmental variables include water levels, broad-spectrum light intensity, UV light intensity, pH, nutrients, air temperature, soil temperature, atmospheric carbon dioxide, atmospheric oxygen, atmospheric pressure and combinations thereof. The adjustment mechanism may include one or more broad-spectrum/full spectrum lights, UV generating lights, skylights, vacuum/pressure pumps, hypoxicators, oxygen generators, carbon dioxide regulators, heaters, air conditioning units and so forth. | 08-23-2012 |
20120222350 | APPLYING ACOUSTIC WAVE TO RICE SEED METHOD FOR INCREASING YIELD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of applying acoustic wave to rice seeds for increasing yield comprises the following steps: (1) Process rice seeds by winnowing and/or wet separation; (2) Soak the rice seeds for 10 to 12 hours and pre-process by acoustic wave irradiation in power density from 0.25 to 25 w/L; (3) Use acoustic wave frequency from 10 khz to 2000 khz for acoustic wave processing; (4) Take out the rice seeds processed by the acoustic wave from soaking liquid and keep the rice seeds stationary until they excrete convex white flakes. A device for applying acoustic wave to rice seeds for increasing yield comprises a container ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120279121 | Apparatus for influencing the growth of a plant - Disclosed is a multistage thermal convection apparatus such as a two-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the two-stage thermal convection apparatus includes a temperature shaping element that assists a thermal convection mediated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The invention has a wide variety of applications including amplifying nucleic acid without cumbersome and expensive hardware associated with many prior devices. In a typical embodiment, the apparatus can fit in the palm of a user's hand for use as a portable, simple to operate, and low cost PCR amplification device. | 11-08-2012 |
20130008085 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR ACCLIMATIZING SEEDLINGS FOR OUTDOOR LIFE - Lighting method and devices can be used to treat a seedling in a growth chamber or greenhouse prior to the introduction of the seedling to outdoors. A light by which the plants can be prepared for the outdoors, by giving them certain wavelengths of light they do not currently receive from the light in the greenhouse or growth chambers. The light can be applied in smaller doses during the major part of nursing of the seedlings or as a “sun-shock” period in the end of the indoors nursing period. By giving the seedlings this light, they are prepared to Sun light and do not need to spend a few weeks under the sunshade curtains. Thus, the growth cycle of tree seedlings is shortened, the proportion of viable seedlings is enhanced, and one work phase in the growth process is eliminated, thereby improving the economics of seedling cultivation. | 01-10-2013 |
20130008086 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PLANT VIGOR - A system for evaluating the quality and/or vigor of plants is described. Plants are planted in row sections and a cart is used to pass a radiometric sensor over the row sections. The cart has a radiometric sensor assembly positioned above the row section. Each sensor assembly generates a data signal and a computer receives and stores the data signals. The field cart is positioned above the row sections and measures the existence of plants in the row section and the quantity of vegetation in the row section. | 01-10-2013 |
20130042527 | PLANT ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An improved method to produce artificial light for plant cultivation, an illumination device with a semiconductor light emission solution and device suited for plant cultivation in a greenhouse environment are described. The best mode is considered to be a lighting device with binary alloy quantum dots ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130139437 | ILLUMINATION AND GROW LIGHT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An illumination and grow light system and associated methods are provided to produce an emission spectrum which may be optimized for plant response curve, as well as provide high quality light with respect to the human response curve. Embodiments of the present invention may include highly efficient tunable lamps and associated modulation controls that allow specific radiation wavelength bands to be manipulated, the emission direction and intensity to be varied, and the output power to be coordinated to create high fluxes of photosynthetic active radiation while maintaining a desirable color temperature and high color rendering index. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152464 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTICAL PROPERTY OF A PLANT - A sensor system for determining an optical property of a plant by means of a reflection measurement, having a first light source, which emits light along a first beam axis, and a second light source, which emits light along a second beam axis, and at least one receiver, which is aligned along a third beam axis, to detect light reflected from the plant. The first light source, the second light source, and the receiver are arranged relative to one another so that a target cylinder, which respectively extends along the first beam axis and the second beam axis, and a first measuring cylinder, which extends along the third beam axis, at least partially overlap one another in a measuring space, and the first beam axis and the second beam axis respectively enclose an angle (α, δ) with the third beam axis. Related methods are also disclosed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130239475 | MARINE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus of lighting a marine habitat for growth utilizing an LED light system. The light system includes an LED light source, a power supply for such light source and a controller for controlling the activation status and the intensity of the LED light source. | 09-19-2013 |
20130255150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANT PROTECTION - A method of improving the growth and/or pathogen resistance of a plant, comprising the step of exposing at least part of the plant to a transient period of high intensity illumination providing a photon flux at the plant surface having at least one of the following characteristics: (a) a red photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square metre per second, and having a wavelength of between 600 and 700 nm; (b) a blue photon flux comprising at least 100 micromoles photons per square metre per second, having a wavelength of between 420 and 480 nm. The Invention also provides apparatus for providing such conditions to growing plants. | 10-03-2013 |
20130263503 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR PLANTS - A method for encouraging maturation and growth of a plant includes a provision of at least one stroboscopic lamp disposed adjacent the plant. The stroboscopic lamp is cycled through at least one on-period and at least one off-period for a predetermined cycling time. The plant is exposed to strobed high-intensity light during the at least one on-period, and not exposed to strobed high-intensity light during the at least one off-period. A maturation rate and the growth of the plant are thereby encouraged. A related system includes the at least one stroboscopic lamp and a controller for controlling the stroboscopic lamp according to the method, for encouraging maturation and growth of the plant. | 10-10-2013 |
20130283683 | TILTING HORTICULTURAL LIGHT AND METHOD OF PLANT CULTIVATION - Method and lighting device for providing artificial light optimally to plants is achieved effectively by moving both the lighting device ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130298459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING CROP ASSOCIATED SELECTION OF SPECTRAL AGRICULTURAL LIGHTING PROGRAMS - The system of the indention is applied to sunless enclosed spaces suitable for agricultural use. A growing zone is seeded with a particular crop variety. The crop growth is optimized by receipt of a specific light emissions. A light emitting computer comprising an array of light emitting devices, a microprocessor, a radio frequency receiver and a storage device is disposed optimally over the growing zone to bath the zone uniformly in the specific light emission for optimal growth. A radio frequency identification tag is placed within the growing zone to electrically define the growth zone for the light emitting computer. The RFID tags emit a crop variety specific radio frequency that is received by the radio frequency receiver. The appropriate light emission profile related to the radio frequency is retrieved from a digital look-up table. The emitting computer then emits the light emission profile. | 11-14-2013 |
20130318869 | LIGHTING ASSEMBLY - A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture comprises a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326945 | NOVEL LIGHT SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING PLANTS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PLANT GROWTH - A method of growing a plant or its propagule is described. The method includes: (i) powering a light source with input power to generate an incident light; (ii) illuminating, for a period of time, a growth area of the plant/propagule with the incident light having a spectral profile defined by a first (i.e., between about 400 nm and about 470 nm), a second (i.e., between about 526 nm and about 570 nm) and a third (i.e., between about 626 nm and about 700 nm) set of wavelengths; (iii) achieving, using the incident light, a dry weight that is greater than that achieved if the growth area of the plant/propagule had been illuminated by another incident light with same amount of input power for substantially same period of time, and another incident light includes the first and the third set of wavelengths, but not the second set of wavelengths. | 12-12-2013 |
20130326946 | NOVEL LIGHT SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING PLANTS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PLANT GROWTH - A method of growing a plant or its propagule is described. The method includes: (i) powering a light source with input power to generate an incident light; (ii) illuminating, for a period of time, a growth area of the plant/propagule with the incident light having a spectral profile defined by a first (i.e., between about 400 nm and about 470 nm), a second (i.e., between about 526 nm and about 570 nm) and a third (i.e., between about 626 nm and about 700 nm) set of wavelengths; (iii) achieving, using the incident light, a final harvest index that is greater than that achieved if the growth area of the plant/propagule had been illuminated by another incident light with same amount of input power for substantially same period of time, and another incident light includes the first and the third set of wavelengths, but not the second set of wavelengths. | 12-12-2013 |
20130326947 | NOVEL LIGHT SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING PLANTS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PLANT GROWTH - A method of growing a plant or its propagule is described. The method includes: (i) powering a light source with input power to generate an incident light; (ii) illuminating, for a period of time, a growth area of the plant/propagule with the incident light having a spectral profile defined by a first (i.e., between about 400 nm and about 470 nm), a second (i.e., between about 526 nm and about 570 nm) and a third (i.e., between about 626 nm and about 700 nm) set of wavelengths; (iii) achieving, using the incident light, a photosynthetic productivity that is greater than that achieved if the growth area of the plant/propagule had been illuminated by another incident light with same amount of input power for substantially same period of time, and another incident light includes the first and the third set of wavelengths, but not the second set of wavelengths. | 12-12-2013 |
20130326948 | Diffusive Light Reflectors With Polymeric Coating And Opaque Blackout Layer - A diffuse light reflector is disclosed for use in lighting fixtures including luminaires, light boxes, displays, signage, daylighting applications, and the like. The reflector includes a light reflective nonwoven, a polymer layer that enhances reflectivity, and an opaque blackout layer. The reflector can be laminated to coil steel or aluminum and can be formed in metal coil or sheet forming operations. The polymer layer can be easily cleaned of machine oils from the metal forming operations. | 12-12-2013 |
20140041295 | CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATION METHOD - The present invention provides a circular polarization illumination device which can irradiate right-circularly polarized light at a large light amount from a light source of right-circularly polarized light with a high efficiency and can irradiate left-circularly polarized light at a large light amount from a light source of left-circularly polarized light with a high efficiency, and a plant growth regulation method that can efficiently regulate the promotion or inhibition of the growth of plants by using the circular polarization illumination device. Moreover, the illumination device includes a light-emitting light source, a reflective polarizing plate, reirradiation unit, and circular polarization conversion unit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041296 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATION METHOD - The present invention provides an illuminating device that makes it possible to reduce the number of members for regulating a polarization state and can irradiate light having natural color shades without decreasing energy efficiency of light irradiation, and a plant growth regulation method using the illuminating device. The illuminating device of the present invention includes a light-emitting light source and a polarization state regulation member that regulates a polarization state of the light-emitting light source, in which the polarization state of a wavelength region of a portion of emission wavelengths is changed to circular polarization, and a degree of circular polarization of light in a wavelength band for regulation among the light rays to be irradiated is 0.3 or higher. In a preferable embodiment, a width of at least one wavelength band for regulation of the polarization state regulation member is from 60 nm to 250 nm. | 02-13-2014 |
20140069002 | Method and Apparatus for Optimized Plant Growth - A system for enabling controlled plant growth of plants in containers includes linear tracks spaced apart from each other by intervening supporting plates. Each track includes an array of blue and red LEDs affixed to heat sink that can slide along the track to be positioned in a desired arrangement to the container beneath it. A controller for the LEDs is positioned between every other pair of tracks to control adjacent arrays of LEDs. The controller controls the LEDs to provide light to the plants in the containers of desired intensity and wavelength. | 03-13-2014 |
20140090293 | Partnering mirrors and reflective material with growing lights to enhance plant growth for maximizing indoor plant production - Agribusiness like most markets is very competitive. In particular, agricultural products that have a short shelf life create an added pressure to sell and ship more quickly. By using mirrors and other reflective material, the cost of production is reduced, while improving the quality and quantity of plant production. This process of using mirrors and reflective material improves plant growth and production beyond other indoor or outdoor growing systems. This process may be the most efficient system by growing plants in a sterile, pesticide-free, and easily accessible facility, significantly reducing labor costs. By controlling every facet of the growing process, commercial production can occur in virtually any kind of outdoor weather conditions, while making best use of land and natural resources, potentially affecting agribusiness globally. Because this process has national and global consequences, the use of mirrors and reflective material for plant production needs to be patented. | 04-03-2014 |
20140123554 | PHYSICAL METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FRESHNESS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS VIA TECHNOLOGY OF OPTICAL SIGNAL AND OPTICAL SIGNAL GENERATOR - A physical method for maintaining the freshness of vegetables and fruits via the technology of the optical signal and optical signal generator are disclosed. By adopting the computer programmable pulsed scanning signal generator, it controls the light-emitting device mounted with red, green and blue light sources group to generate optical signal with pulsed or pulsed periodical scanning combined spectrum. The optical signal irradiates the fresh-cut fruits and vegetables preserved in the storage assembly at room temperature or at controlled temperature and humidity. By regulating the optical signal with periodical pulsed spectrum or pulsed scanning spectrum or periodical pulsed scanning combined spectrum, the irradiated vegetables and fruits obtain photon energy needed in light reactions of photosynthesis from the lighting environment of artificial optical signal which is in bright and dark periodic variation. The metabolism of the cellular tissue is thus recovered and maintained, and the growth inertia is kept at slow speed. It effectively prolongs the freshness state of vegetables and fruits which are preserved in the storage assembly. | 05-08-2014 |
20140165462 | PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD AND PLANT CULTIVATION EQUIPMENT - As a plant cultivation method by an artificial light irradiation which is convenient, highly energy efficient, and excellent in growth promoting effect, a plant cultivation method which promotes the plant growth by conducting a step S | 06-19-2014 |
20140215910 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the humidity in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is higher than that at the step (B). Preferably the humidities in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 60%-90% and 40%-60%, respectively. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215911 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients as used at the step (B) are smaller than amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as fertilizer ingredients, respectively, as used at the step (A). Preferably, fertilizer ingredients are applied in amounts such that a growth medium at the step (B) contains 10-15 me/L of nitrogen, 1-4 me/L of phosphorus and 2-6 me/L of potassium, and a growth medium at the step (A) contains 15-20 me/L of nitrogen, 3-6 me/L of phosphorus and 6-9 me/L of potassium. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215912 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that a fertilizer is used at each of the step (A) and the step (B), of which at least the fertilizer used at the step (B) is applied in the form of a nutritious liquid containing fertilizer ingredients and further an increased amount of dissolved oxygen, which nutritious liquid is prepared by adding oxygen therein. Preferably, a nutritious liquid is applied at each of the step (A) and the step (B), and the nutritious liquid applied at the step (B) contains dissolved oxygen at a content higher than that in the nutritious liquid applied at the step (A). | 08-07-2014 |
20140215913 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided wherein a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined time period, and far-red light is additionally irradiated concurrently with red light at step (A) or with blue light at step (B), or, with red light and blue light at step (A) and step (B), respectively. When far-red light is irradiated concurrently with red light at step (A), the emission intensity of red light is larger than that of far-red light, and an emission intensity ratio of red light to the total lights at step (A) is at least 50%. When far-red light is irradiated concurrently with blue light at step (B), the emission intensity of blue light is larger than that of far-red light, and an emission intensity ratio of blue light to the total lights at step (B) is at least 50%. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215914 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the concentration of carbon dioxide in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (B) is higher than that at the step (A). Preferably the concentrations of carbon dioxide at the step (B) and the step (A) are 1000-2500 ppm and 700-1500 ppm, respectively. The concentration of carbon dioxide at the step (B) is preferably at least 200 ppm higher than that at the step (A). | 08-07-2014 |
20140215915 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a red light irradiation step (A) and a blue light irradiation step (B), wherein the step (A) and the step (B) are independently carried out for a predetermined period of time under cultivation conditions such that the temperature in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) is lower than that at the step (B). Preferably, the temperatures in a cultivation atmosphere at the step (A) and the step (B) are in the ranges of 12° C. to 19° C. and 20° C. to 25° C., respectively. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215916 | PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD AND PLANT CULTIVATION APPARATUS - A plant cultivation method is provided, including: a sequence of irradiating a plant with sunlight; a sequence of irradiating the plant with red light; and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light, in which the sequences are performed independently within a certain period of time. A plant cultivation apparatus is also provided, including: a region in which a plant is irradiated with sunlight; a light irradiation unit that irradiates the plant with artificial light including red light and/or blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently perform a step of irradiating a plant with red light and a step of irradiating the plant with blue light. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215917 | PLANT CULTIVATION LAMP AND PLANT CULTIVATION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a plant cultivation lamp used in a plant cultivation method including a step of independently performing a sequence of irradiating a plant with red light and a sequence of irradiating the plant with blue light within a certain period of time, including: a light irradiation unit that includes one or more red light emitting elements that emit red light and one or more blue light emitting elements that emit blue light; and a control unit that controls the light irradiation unit to independently turn on and off the red light emitting elements and the blue light emitting elements. | 08-07-2014 |
20140215918 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANT - A plant-cultivating method is provided which comprises a step (A) of irradiating a plant with a red light and a step (B) of irradiating a plant with a blue light, and a step (C) of irradiating a plant with a light predominantly comprised of far-red light wherein the step (A), the step (B) and the step (C) are independently and separately carried out for a predetermined period of time. The light irradiated at each of the steps (A), (B) and (C) has at least 60%, based on the total emission intensity of the light, of an emission intensity ratio of red light, blue light or far-red light. | 08-07-2014 |
20140250781 | NOVEL LIGHT SOURCES AND METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING PLANTS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE PLANT GROWTH - A method of growing a plant or its propagule is described. The method includes: (i) powering a light source with input power to generate an incident light; (ii) illuminating, for a period of time, a growth area of the plant/propagule with the incident light having a spectral profile defined by a first (i.e., between about 400 nm and about 470 nm), a second (i.e., between about 526 nm and about 570 nm) and a third (i.e., between about 626 nm and about 700 nm) set of wavelengths; (iii) achieving, using the incident light, a final harvest index that is greater than that achieved if the growth area of the plant/propagule had been illuminated by another incident light with same amount of input power for substantially same period of time, and another incident light includes the first and the third set of wavelengths, but not the second set of wavelengths. | 09-11-2014 |
20140259905 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING FLOWERING TIME AND SEED YIELD IN FIELD CROPS - Methods for manipulating yield and generation time of short day plants grown in a field environment are provided. The methods comprise manipulating external signals such as photoperiod in order to increase the per plant seed yield. Also provided are methods for synchronizing the flowering times of plants in different maturity groups. | 09-18-2014 |
20140345195 | SOLAR ENERGY FUNNELING USING THERMOPLASTICS FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS - Disclosed is a wavelength-conversion material, and methods for its use, that includes an organic fluorescent dye and a polymeric matrix, wherein the organic fluorescent dye is solubilized in the polymeric matrix, and wherein the polymeric matrix is capable of absorbing light comprising a wavelength of 500 to 700 nm and emitting the absorbed light at a wavelength of greater than 550 to 800 nm. | 11-27-2014 |
20140352211 | Luminaire System, Method, and Apparatus for Optimizing Plant Growth in a Controlled Farming Environment Technological Field - A luminaire system, apparatus, and method of using thereof, is disclosed for optimizing plant growth in a controlled farming environment. Different types of plants have different light requirements, and different inputs to controlled farming environment have different costs. For example, there may be certain times of day where, if power is not used, a cost savings is realized. Thus, the present invention provides a luminaire system for these controlled farming environments that receives light requirement information for the different types of plants, and in turn, adjusts the luminaire light source (110) via a luminaire light interface (106) to based on the light requirement information. The light requirement information may include spectrum in formation for the type of spectrum required or needed by the plants, power cost or savings information, or light quantity information representing the maximum amount of light to be provided to the plants in the controlled environment. | 12-04-2014 |
20140366439 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING PLANT GROWTH - Nanoparticles (NPs) may be used to transform the energy of harmful or less useful wavelengths into beneficial and more useful wavelengths of light for a multitude of purposes including, for example, promotion of photosynthesis, enhancing germination timing, enhancing bloom timing. In one embodiment, a greenhouse structure may include nanoparticles embedded in a glass or plastic panel, or may include nanoparticles disposed on a surface of such a panel, to alter the wavelength of available light to a desired wavelength in order to alter an event associated with plant life contained within the greenhouse structure. In another embodiment, nanoparticles may be applied directly to a part of a plant structure (e.g., leaves, stems, etc.) to alter a characteristic of light before receipt of the light by the plant. | 12-18-2014 |
20140366440 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CLONE SEEDLINGS - A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling. | 12-18-2014 |
20140373442 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR IMPROVING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH ENHANCING INSECT POLLINATION SUCCESS IN PLANT CULTIVATION - The invention relates to the cultivation of insect ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150089866 | INTELLIGENT LIGHT SOURCES TO ENHANCE PLANT RESPONSE - 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. | 04-02-2015 |
20150089867 | INTELLIGENT LIGHT SOURCES TO ENHANCE PLANT RESPONSE - 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. | 04-02-2015 |
20150101246 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USED FOR PLANT CULTIVATION - The present invention provides an illumination apparatus for plant cultivation, including a unit configured to change light in any wavelength region of 300 nm or higher and 600 nm or lower (wavelengths of 452 nm to 474 nm, for example) to light in the wavelength region having dominantly a right-circularly polarized light component. The illumination apparatus of the present invention enables irradiation with light that is capable of giving a specific effect in plant cultivation. | 04-16-2015 |
20150121753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS IN PLANTS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for selective photomorphogenesis of plants by directly illuminating the plant stem or other plant structures using various wavelengths of light and various light sources. The methods and apparatus disclosed can be used in commercial agriculture, plant breeding research programs, genetically engineered plant research and development programs or anytime a plant grower desires to maximize the volumetric efficiency or reduced the height of a plant. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128488 | LIGHTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HORTICULTURE LIGHT AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING HORTICULTURE - The invention provides a lighting device ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150128489 | PLANT GROWING SYSTEM - In a plant growing system, a first light source irradiates a plant with light having a peak wavelength in a range from 380 to 560 nm and a peak wavelength in a range from 560 to 680 nm and a second light source irradiates the plant with far-red light having a peak wavelength in a range from 685 to 780 nm. Further, a control unit controls the first and the second light source to perform respective irradiation operations and a time setting unit sets a first and a second time zone in which the control unit controls the first and the second light source to perform the respective irradiation operations. The first time zone ranges from a first predetermined time before sunset to a second predetermined time after sunset, and the second time zone starts after the first light source completes its irradiation operation. | 05-14-2015 |
20150128490 | PLANT ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DARK GROWTH CHAMBERS - An improved method to produce artificial light for plant cultivation, an illumination device with a semiconductor light emission solution and device suited for plant cultivation in a greenhouse and/or dark growth chamber environment are described. The best mode is considered to be a lighting device with LEDs that produces an emission spectrum similar to the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spectrum in a dark growth chamber. The methods and arrangements allow more precise spectral tuning of the emission spectrum for lights used in plant ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150143745 | Methods for Manipulating Yield of Plants and Identifying Yield Genes - Methods for manipulating yield and generation time of plants, especially short day plants such as soybean are provided. The methods comprise manipulating external signals such as long day conditions, short day conditions, growth medium, and nutrient supply. | 05-28-2015 |
20150305108 | AGILE GREENHOUSE LED LIGHTING FIXTURE AND CONTROL - An apparatus, including a light emitting device, including a plurality of sets of light emitting diodes, and further including a control device for controlling a light intensity of each light emitting diode of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes is presented. Each set of the plurality of sets may be controlled by a driver. Each driver of each set of the plurality of sets may be configured to control an intensity of light emitted by each set of the plurality of sets. The control device may be programmed by a computer program to control light intensity of each set light emitting diodes of the plurality of sets of light emitting diodes based on light intensity requirements of vegetation that may be stored in the adjustment potentiometers or in the on-board computer memory via network connection or direct plugin modules. | 10-22-2015 |
20150313091 | METHOD FOR CULTIVATING FRUIT VEGETABLE - A method for cultivating a fruit vegetable includes, a step that causes a flower bud differentiation by separately and independently carrying out a procedure to irradiate red light on a fruit vegetable sprout, and a procedure to irradiate blue light on the fruit vegetable sprout, and a step that irradiates light by a fluorescent lamp, or irradiates a sunbeam, or simultaneously irradiates red light and blue light on the flower bud differentiated fruit vegetable. | 11-05-2015 |
20150313092 | METHOD AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR PLANT RECOVERY FROM STRESS - The invention relates to a method for artificial illumination of a plant, the method comprising the steps of: controlling an illumination system to illuminate the plant, the emitted light having a first spectral distribution and a first intensity level, the first spectral distribution and the first intensity level selected for optimizing growth of the plant; detecting, using a sensor, the presence of stress in the plant; if stress is detected, controlling the illumination system to illuminate the plant with light having a second spectral distribution and a second intensity level, the second intensity level being lower than the first intensity level. The invention also relates to an illumination system for artificial illumination of a plant according to the method above. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319933 | PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM USING LED LIGHTING - A system for growing a plant includes an inwardly reflective enclosure and preferably a top. A plurality of LEDs, preferably controlled by a control unit, selectively emit light onto predetermined portions of the plant. The control unit controls the growing conditions inside the enclosure with the use of air vents and air flow, an optional heater, and feedback from light intensity and color sensors. The inwardly reflective enclosure can be formed of inner and outer walls with a reflective film sandwiched in between. If desired, a recycling collar can be used with any of the LEDs to increase the intensity of the light ray. The top cover can be formed of a plurality of panels rotatable about their longitudinal axis between a closed position and open position. In another embodiment, pair of inwardly reflective enclosures share a common, reflective wall with holes. The two enclosures are operated through light and dark cycles so as to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide alternately with one another | 11-12-2015 |
20150351325 | LED GROW LIGHT WITH AUTOMATIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT - An efficient scalable networkable grow light system ensures that a DLI suitable for optimal plant growth without causing heat stress is met by selectively illuminating lighting elements of determined wavelengths, and adjusting intensity of the lighting elements, and adjusting the height of an assembly containing the lighting elements, if sensed ambient light is inadequate to meet the DLI. A hoist adjusts height to provide full illumination without causing heat stress, while reducing inefficiency due to excessive distance. If sensed ambient lighting is sufficient to meet the DLI, supplemental lighting is not activated. | 12-10-2015 |
20160000019 | ROTATING INDUCTION GROW LIGHT SYSTEM - A rotating induction growth light system and method are disclosed. The rotating induction growth light includes a mounting bracket assembly and a light source assembly rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket assembly. The light source assembly has a first side subassembly and a second side sub assembly opposite the first side subassembly. The light source assembly is configured to rotate between a first position wherein the first side subassembly is facing away from the mounting bracket assembly and at least a second position wherein the second subassembly is facing away from the mounting bracket assembly. A method of providing light to a plant is disclosed, including: directing a vegetative side subassembly of a light source assembly toward a plant; and rotating the light source assembly until a flowering side subassembly is directed toward the plant, the flowering side subassembly positioned on the light source assembly opposite the vegetative side subassembly. | 01-07-2016 |
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20160014974 | PHOTONIC ENGINE SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN - A horticultural system having lighting elements pulsed with an off time proportional to the turnover time of the photosynthetic electron transport chain. The lighting elements emit light at a wavelength within 20 nm of a peak absorption of the pigment of the plant and are controlled to provide light at predetermined intervals as needed by the plant cause photosynthesis and reduce excess unproductive light. | 01-21-2016 |
20160088802 | DYNAMIC LIGHT RECIPE FOR HORTICULTURE - A lighting system and method for the growing of a plant seedling is disclosed, including at least one light source ( | 03-31-2016 |
20160113213 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ILLUMINATION TO PLANTS - The present invention discloses a system for illuminating plants in an indoor site, comprising a plurality of illumination units for emitting light in intermittent pulses; a central unit connected to the plurality of illumination units for synchronizing the operation of the plurality of illumination units, such that two or more plants clusters receive light in intermittent pulses emitted in the same time. The illumination units may contain wireless communication units and are synchronized wirelessly. The present invention also discloses adjusting an illumination plan of plants according to information of various types from a central server and adjusting the height of the illumination units accordingly. The system adjusts illumination plans according to information received from one or more sites, and predicts problematic situations from a series of images. | 04-28-2016 |
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