CULTIVATING BOX FOR PLANTS AND CULTIVATING METHOD USED BY THE CULTIVATING BOX

• US 20160183477A1
• Filed: 04/02/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cal-Comp Biotech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cal-Comp Biotech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KAO, PO-CHOU, PENG, HSIN-HUA, WU, TAI-YI
• Application Number:
  US14/676,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20160183477A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 31/02 Special apparatus therefor self-acting watering devices A01G27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/00 Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses of mushrooms A01G18/00; soilless cultivation A01G31/00; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1917 using digital means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/12 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/21 Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Abstract

A cultivating box comprises a micro control unit (MCU), a memory module, a light adjusting module and a container having a cultivating space for cultivating plants is presented. The memory module records a plurality of parameters respectively corresponding to different growth conditions needed by the plants in different growth stages. The MCU applies corresponding parameters of the plurality of parameters recorded in the memory module to control the light adjusting module in each growth stage of the plants for adjusting the light status of the container, so the environment of the container can satisfy the requirement of the plant in every growth stage.

Claims

1. A cultivating box comprising:

a container, having a cultivating space for cultivating plants;

a memory module, recorded a plurality of parameters, and each of the plurality of parameters respectively corresponding to growth conditions needed by the plants in each growth stage;

a light adjusting module, being a light source of the cultivating box and arranged in the container;

a micro control unit, electrically connected with the memory module and the light adjusting module, wherein the micro control unit applies a corresponding parameter of the plurality of parameters in accordance with a current growth stage of the plants and controls the light adjusting module based on the applied corresponding parameter, and a light status of the container satisfies the growth conditions needed by the plants in the current growth stage.

2. The cultivating box in claim 1, wherein the light adjusting module comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED).

3. The cultivating box in claim 1, wherein the plurality of parameters comprises a sprouting period parameter, a seedling growing period parameter and a growth period parameter, and the sprouting period parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a sprouting period, the seedling growing period parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a seedling growing period, the growth period parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a growth period.

4. The cultivating box in claim 3, wherein the sprouting period parameter is set as twenty-four hours without light and for one day, and the seedling growing period parameter is set as twenty-four hours with light for one day and lasting for fourteen days.

5. The cultivating box in claim 3, further comprises:

a clock module, electrically connected with the micro control unit, providing current time for the micro control unit; and

a counting module, electrically connected with the micro control unit, calculating if the plants pass the sprouting period, the seedling growing period and the growth period or not.

6. The cultivating box in claim 5, wherein the micro control unit is an integrated circuit (IC), the clock module is a real-time clock (RTC) chip, and the counting module is a timer chip.

7. The cultivating box in claim 1, further comprises a light adjusting switch module, electrically connected between the micro control unit and the light adjusting module, wherein the micro control unit controls the light adjusting switch module to switch on, switch off, or adjust an amount of a power passing through the light adjusting switch module by outputting a control signal to the light adjusting switch module, so as to decide a light brightness of the light adjusting module.

8. The cultivating box in claim 7, wherein the light adjusting switch module comprises at least one metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET).

9. The cultivating box in claim 1, further comprises a temperature adjusting module, electrically connected to the micro control unit, wherein the micro control unit applies the corresponding parameter of the plurality of parameters in accordance with the current growth stage of the plants and controls the temperature adjusting module based on the applied corresponding parameter, and a temperature status of the container satisfies the growth conditions needed by the plants in the current growth stage.

10. The cultivating box in claim 9, further comprises a temperature adjusting switch module, electrically connected between the micro control unit and the temperature adjusting module, the temperature adjusting switch module is controlled by the micro control unit, wherein a condensing surface of the temperature adjusting module operates to distribute cold air if the temperature adjusting module connects to a power source and a ground through the temperature adjusting switch module in a forward direction, and a heat dissipating surface of the temperature adjusting module operates to distribute hot air if the temperature adjusting module connects to the power source and the ground through the temperature adjusting switch module in a reverse direction.

11. The cultivating box in claim 1, further comprises:

a light sensor, electrically connected with the micro control unit, sensing the light in and out of the container; and

a temperature sensor, electrically connected with the micro control unit, sensing the temperature in or out of the container.

12. A cultivating method used by the cultivating box in claim 1, comprising:

a) controlling the light adjusting module based on a first parameter, wherein the first parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a first growth stage;

b) controlling the light adjusting module based on a second parameter after the plants passing through the first growth stage, wherein the second parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a second growth stage;

c) controlling the light adjusting module based on a third parameter after the plants passing through the second growth stage, wherein the third parameter corresponds to the growth conditions needed by the plants in a third growth stage; and

d) switching off the cultivating box after the plants passing through the third growth stage.

13. The cultivating method in claim 12, wherein the first parameter is a sprouting period parameter, the second parameter is a seedling growing period parameter, the third parameter is a growth period parameter, the first growth stage is a sprouting period, the second growth stage is a seedling growing period, the third growth stage is a growth period.

14. The cultivating method in claim 13, wherein the sprouting period parameter is set as twenty-four hours without light and for one day, and the seedling growing period parameter is set as twenty-four hours with light for one day and lasting for fourteen days.

15. The cultivating method in claim 12, further comprises following step before the step a):

a0) setting the plurality of parameters in accordance with a type of the plants.

16. The cultivating method in claim 12, wherein the cultivating box further comprises a temperature adjusting module electrically connected with the micro control unit, wherein the step a) is to control the light adjusting module and the temperature adjusting module in the meantime based on the first parameter and the light status and a temperature status of the container satisfies the growth conditions needed by the plants in the first growth stage, the step b) is to control the light adjusting module and the temperature adjusting module in the meantime based on the second parameter and the light status and the temperature status of the container satisfies the growth conditions needed by the plants in the second growth stage, the step c) is to control the light adjusting module and the temperature adjusting module in the meantime based on the third parameter and the light status and the temperature status of the container satisfies the growth conditions needed by the plants in the third growth stage.