Planter apparatus
First Claim
1. A hanging plant planter apparatus comprising:
- a container adapted to be suspended and adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil;
at least one sensor for monitoring at least one growing condition parameter and generating a growing condition parameter signal;
a controller for controlling the at least one growing condition in response to the growing condition parameter signal; and
an effector coupled to and controlled by the controller for controlling at least one of the following growing conditions;
water, temperature, fertilization, illumination, and plant orientation.
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Abstract
A plant planter for maintaining the health of container grown plants and includes a container adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil. Further, the planter includes at least one sensor for monitoring at least one growing condition. The planter is further responsive to an indication from the sensor of the monitored growing conditions for effecting a growing condition. The growing condition can be further effected based on the species of the plant. In addition, a plurality of planters can be included in a system for maintaining a plurality of plants in which each planter can be programmed to effect growing conditions based on the species of the plant planter in the respective containers. Moreover, the system of planters can be adapted for communication therebetween for enabling effective use of shared resources.
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31 Claims
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1. A hanging plant planter apparatus comprising:
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a container adapted to be suspended and adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil;
at least one sensor for monitoring at least one growing condition parameter and generating a growing condition parameter signal;
a controller for controlling the at least one growing condition in response to the growing condition parameter signal; and
an effector coupled to and controlled by the controller for controlling at least one of the following growing conditions;
water, temperature, fertilization, illumination, and plant orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A plant planter system comprising:
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a plurality of planters each having a container adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil, each planter further comprising;
at least one sensor for monitoring at least one growing condition parameter and generating a growing condition parameter signal;
a planter controller in communication with the sensor for receiving the growing condition parameter signal and adapted for controlling the at least one growing condition in response to the growing condition parameter signal; and
an effector in communication with and controlled by the planter controller for controlling at least one growing condition;
a resource supply coupled to each of the planters for providing resources needed for effecting the at least one growing condition; and
a system controller in communication with each of the planter controllers and adapted for controlling the resource supply for selectively allocating resources from the resource supply to the planters responsive to requests received from the planter controllers, wherein the system controller determines when to allocate a resource based on status conditions of the resource. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A plant planter apparatus comprising:
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a container adapted for containing soil and a plant planted in the soil;
at least one sensor for determining a status of at least one growing condition parameter and responsive thereto for generating a corresponding status signal;
a controller in communication with the at least one sensor for receiving the status signal and responsive thereto for determining a growing condition response for managing the health of the plant; and
whereinthe controller further has an input for receiving an indication corresponding to a species of the plant planted in the container and wherein the controller determines a growing condition response based on the plant species; and
an effector in communication with the controller and responsive to the growing condition response for effecting at least one of the following growing condition parameters;
soil moisture content, soil temperature, soil fertilization, plant illumination, and plant orientation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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