Luminaire System, Method, and Apparatus for Optimizing Plant Growth in a Controlled Farming Environment Technological Field
First Claim
1. A luminaire system for optimizing plant growth in a controlled environment, the luminaire comprising:
- a luminaire controller, wherein said luminaire controller has a bidirectional communication link to a network location;
a luminaire light source, wherein the luminaire light source is coupled to one or more luminaries; and
,an electrical interface providing a communication link from the luminaire light source and the luminaire controller.
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Abstract
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.
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24 Claims
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1. A luminaire system for optimizing plant growth in a controlled environment, the luminaire comprising:
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a luminaire controller, wherein said luminaire controller has a bidirectional communication link to a network location; a luminaire light source, wherein the luminaire light source is coupled to one or more luminaries; and
,an electrical interface providing a communication link from the luminaire light source and the luminaire controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of utilizing a luminaire system to optimize plant growth for a plurality of plants in a controlled environment, the method comprising:
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determining light requirement information for one or more plants via a signal received from a network location; ascertaining current level information in the controlled environment; comparing the current level information and the light requirement information; and
,adjusting the inputs to the controlled environment based on the light requirement information and current level information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for optimizing plant growth in a controlled environment, the apparatus comprising:
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a power source; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; determine light requirement information for one or more plants via a signal received from a network location; ascertain current level information in the controlled environment; and
,adjust the inputs to the controlled environment based on the light requirement information and current level information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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