PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT GROWTH

• US 20160029574A1
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HE, Lin, LIU, Fei, FENG, Xiaohua
• Granted Patent: US 10,123,489 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/023 Multi-tiered planters
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/20 Forcing-frames; Lights , i.e. glass panels covering the forcing-frames
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/24 Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature , illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/249 Lighting means with special arrangements for promoting growth A01G7/045
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a plant growth system and a method for controlling plant growth. The plant growth system includes a cabinet within which partitions are provided so as to divide an interior of the cabinet into a plurality of plant growth compartments, wherein at least one side wall of the cabinet is provided with a touchable; transparent display panel capable of being switched to black screen display.

Claims

1. A plant growth system, comprising a cabinet within which partitions are provided so as to divide an interior of the cabinet into a plurality of plant growth compartments, wherein at least one side wall of the cabinet is provided with a touchable, transparent display panel capable of being switched to black screen display.

2. The plant growth system according to claim 1, wherein apart from the side wall provided with the transparent display panel, other walls of the cabinet are made of light-adjustable glass.

3. The plant growth system according to claim 1, wherein a tray for carrying a plant, a plant growth environment controlling unit, and a lighting unit serving as a light source for transparent display and configured to control the plant growth in the tray are provided in each plant growth compartment.

4. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein the lighting unit is a white-light LED unit or an OLED unit.

5. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein the lighting unit is provided at a top or a side wall of the plant growth compartment.

6. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein a net bag structure for defining a position of the plant is provided in the tray.

7. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein an image acquiring unit for acquiring plant growth information is provided in each plant growth compartment.

8. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein the plant growth environment controlling unit comprises:

a collecting unit configured to collect environmental information in the plant growth compartment;

a signal processing unit connected to the collecting unit and configured to determine a control signal in accordance with a difference between the environmental information collected by the collecting unit and predetermined information; and

an executing unit configured to adjust environmental factors in the plant growth compartment in accordance with the control signal.

9. The plant growth system according to claim 8, wherein the collecting unit comprises at least one of a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a nutrient liquid level sensor, and a carbon dioxide content sensor.

10. The plant growth system according to claim 8, wherein the executing unit comprises a humidity adjuster corresponding to the humidity sensor, a temperature adjuster corresponding to the temperature sensor, a nutrient liquid feeder corresponding to the nutrient liquid level sensor, and a carbon dioxide adjuster corresponding to the carbon dioxide content sensor.

11. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein a seeder for sowing seeds onto the tray is provided at a top wall of each plant growth compartment.

12. The plant growth system according to claim 1, further comprising a solar cell panel arranged outside the cabinet.

13. The plant growth system according to claim 3, wherein white light from the lighting unit has a central wavelength of 660 nm±

10 nm or 450 nm±

10 nm.

14. The plant growth system according to claim 1, wherein pairs of delimiting slots for delimiting positions of the partitions are provided at an inner wall of the cabinet of the plant growth system.

15. A method for controlling plant growth, comprising the steps of:

controlling a transparent display panel to be switched between black screen display and transparent display as required;

controlling a plant growth environment in each plant growth compartment in a plant growth system by a plant growth environment controlling unit, and acquiring a plant growth image in the plant growth compartment by an image acquiring unit;

determining whether or not a plant is ripe in accordance with acquired plant growth image; and

adjusting an environment in the plant growth compartment to a freshness-keeping state by the plant growth environment controlling unit, when it is determined that the plant is ripe.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of controlling the plant growth environment in the plant growth compartment by the plant growth environment controlling unit comprises:

acquiring a temperature in the plant growth compartment by a temperature sensor;

determining a temperature controlling signal in accordance with a difference between a predetermined temperature and acquired temperature; and

controlling a temperature adjuster in accordance with the temperature controlling signal.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of controlling the plant growth environment in the plant growth compartment by the plant growth environment controlling unit comprises:

acquiring a humidity in the plant growth compartment by a humidity sensor;

determining a humidity controlling signal in accordance with a difference between a predetermined humidity and acquired humidity; and

controlling a humidity adjuster in accordance with the humidity controlling signal.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of controlling the plant growth environment in the plant growth compartment by the plant growth environment controlling unit comprises:

acquiring a nutrient liquid level in a tray of the plant growth compartment by a nutrient liquid level sensor;

determining a nutrient liquid level controlling signal in accordance with a difference between a predetermined nutrient liquid level and acquired nutrient liquid level; and

controlling a nutrient liquid feeder in accordance with the nutrient liquid level controlling signal.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of controlling the plant growth environment in the plant growth compartment by the plant growth environment controlling unit comprises:

acquiring a carbon dioxide content in the plant growth compartment by a carbon dioxide content sensor;

determining a carbon dioxide controlling signal in accordance with a difference between a predetermined carbon dioxide content and acquired carbon dioxide content; and

controlling a carbon dioxide content adjuster in accordance with the carbon dioxide controlling signal.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein a CCD camera is used to periodically acquire the plant growth image in the plant growth compartment.