SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING CROP ASSOCIATED SELECTION OF SPECTRAL AGRICULTURAL LIGHTING PROGRAMS

• US 20130298459A1
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeff Bucove
• Original Assignee: Jeff Bucove
• Inventors: Bucove, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US13/820,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20130298459A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/58.1LS
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 22/00 Cultivation of specific crops or plants not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A system for automating crop associated selection of spectral agricultural light programs comprising:

a. A sunless enclosed space suitable for agricultural use and comprising an at least first graving zone seeded with a specific crop variety and wherein said specific crop variety has a photosensitive biochemical activity that is optimized by receipt of a specific;

fight emissions;

b. A light emitting computer comprising an array of light emitting devices, a microprocessor, a radio frequency receiver and a storage device disposed optimally ever said at least first growing zone so that the at least first growing zones is bathed uniformly in said specific light emission;

c. An appropriate number of radio frequency identification tags placed within the at least first growing zone for emitting a crop variety specific radio frequency for receipt by said radio frequency receiver wherein said radio frequency identification tags electronically define the growing zone for the light emitting computer; and

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A light emission profile emitted by said light emitting computer for said crop variety specific radio frequency for optimizing the crop variety growth.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said right emission profile is retrievably stored in a digital look-up table within said storage device.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said digital look-up table stores the light emission profile for a plurality of crop varieties.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the right emission profile includes at least emission power, emission color and emission duration.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the storage device is in remote communication with the light emitting computer.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the look-up table is remotely programmable by wireless and wired means.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein a package of seeds for the specific crop variety includes an RFID set emitting a crop variety specific radio frequency.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said package includes data sufficient for programming the look-up table with the light emission profile for the trap variety.

9. The system of claim &

wherein said sunless enclosed space comprises a plurality of growing zones.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein at least one right emitting computer is optimally disposed overreach of said plurality of growing zones.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of growing zones is seeded with a different plant and includes a RFID set emitting a frequency specific to each of said different plant.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said at least one light emitting computer is connected to a look-up table containing a unique light emission profile, for each different plant that is associated with said RFID frequency.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the RFID frequency triggers the at least one-fight emitting computer to emit said unique emission profile.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one light emitting computer comprises a single light emitting computer disposed over a first growing zone on conveying means for conveying said single fight emitting computer from said first growing zone to a second growing zone.

15. A method for automating crop associated selection of spectral agricultural light programs comprising:

Selecting a sunless enclosed space suitable for agricultural use and comprising an at least first growing zone;

Seeding said at least first growing zone with a specific crop variety having a photosensitive biochemical activity that is optimized by receipt of a specific light emission;

Disposing a light emitting computer comprising an array of light emitting devices, a micro-processor, a radio frequency receiver and a storage device optimally over the at least first growing zone so that the at least first growing zones is bathed uniformly in a specific light emission profile;

Placing an appropriate number of radio frequency identification tags within the at least first growing zone for emitting a crop variety specific radio frequency for receipt by said radio frequency receiver, and, Emitting uniformly said light emission profile emitted from said light emitting computer for said crop variety specific radio frequency for optimizing the crop variety growth.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of retrievably storing a digital look-up table-within said storage device.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of recording the light emission profile for a plurality of crop varieties within said digital look-up table, wherein the light emission profile includes at least emission power, emission color and emission duration.