SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CULTIVATION OF PLANT IN GREENHOUSE

• US 20130042523A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: BAE, Jang sik, KIM, Kyuhyung, KIM, Gwang Su, LEE, Sangho, MOON, Ae Kyeung, LI, Song, LEE, Hae Dong
• Application Number:
  US13/551,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20130042523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/17
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/22 Shades or blinds for greenhouses, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/243 Collecting solar energy in general F24S
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/12 using renewable energies, e.g. solar water pumping

Abstract

A greenhouse plant cultivation control system includes a plurality of solar cell modules providing light of different wavelengths to each of a plurality of areas in which plants are cultivated, and a movement of a plant to an area in which light of a wavelength required for the plant is provided is determined according to a type of the plant and a growth stage of the plant.

Claims

1. A greenhouse plant cultivation control system for controlling cultivation of plants cultivated in at least one greenhouse, comprising:

a plurality of solar cell modules installed on outer walls of the greenhouse corresponding to a plurality of areas in which plants are cultivated, and providing light of different wavelengths to the respective areas; and

a plant cultivation controller determining a movement of a plant to an area in which light of a wavelength required for the plant is provided according to a type of the plant and a growth stage of the plant.

2. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 1, wherein the plant cultivation controller comprises:

a plant type determining unit configured to determine the type of the plant;

a growth state collecting unit configured to determine a current growth stage of the plant;

a wavelength determining unit configured to determine an optimum absorption wavelength currently required for the plant based on the type of the plant and the current growth stage of the plant; and

a plant movement determining unit configured to compare the optimum absorption wavelength and the wavelength of an area in which the plant is cultivated, and determine a movement of the plant.

3. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 2, wherein the plant cultivation controller further comprises

a growth region determining unit configured to determine a cultivation region of the plant,

wherein the wavelength determining unit determines the optimum absorption wavelength based on the cultivation region of the plant.

4. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 2, wherein the plant cultivation controller further comprises

a database storing types of plants, cultivation region of plants, and maximum absorption wavelengths according to growth stages of plants,

wherein the wavelength determining unit determines the optimum absorption wavelength with reference to the database.

5. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 2, wherein a plurality of RFID tags storing information regarding types of plants cultivated in the plurality of areas are installed in the plurality of areas, respectively, and

the plant type determining unit determines the type of the plant through communication with the plurality of RFID tags.

6. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of solar cell modules is a dye-sensitized solar cell.

7. The greenhouse plant cultivation control system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of solar cell modules have different types of dyes.

8. A method for controlling cultivation of a plant in a greenhouse plant cultivation control system, the method comprising:

providing light beams of different wavelengths to a plurality of areas in which plants are cultivated by a plurality of solar cell modules;

determining a type and a growth stage of a plant cultivated in any one of the areas;

determining an optimum absorption wavelength of the plant required for the type and growth stage of the plant; and

comparing the optimum absorption wavelength and a wavelength provided to the any one area and determining a movement of the plant.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining of the optimum absorption wavelength comprises:

determining a cultivation region of the plant; and

determining an optimum absorption wavelength required for the plant according to the cultivation region of the plant and the type and growth stage of the plant.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining of a movement of the plant comprises

determining a movement of the plant to an area in which light of a wavelength corresponding to the optimum absorption wavelength is provided, when the optimum absorption wavelength is different from the wavelength provided in the any one area.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising,

when a movement of the plant is determined, moving the plant.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of solar cell modules is a dye-sensitized solar cell.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of solar cell modules have different types of dyes.