Illumination arrangement for illuminating horticultural growths
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1. An illumination system for illuminating at least one horticultural plant comprising:
- a lighting unit configured to generate a beam of light that illuminates the horticultural plant and to control an optical property of the beam of light in response to a control signal;
an electromagnetic wave sensor selected from the group consisting of a charged coupled device (CCD) camera, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera, digital camera and a radar sensor, and configured to sense horticultural growth of the plant and to generate a sensor signal comprising one or more three-dimensional images of the horticultural growth; and
a control unit configured to process the sensor signal and to produce the control signal based on the sensor signal.
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Abstract
The invention provides an illumination arrangement (1) for illuminating horticultural growths (100) with for instance LEDs as a light source. These LEDs are placed in a lighting unit (10). The lighting unit may especially have the ability to direct substantially all light from the light source (here the LEDs) to the horticultural growths (in the greenhouse). Additionally, a horticultural growth-recognition system (50) can be implemented in the illumination arrangement, so that the system can adapt for instance its beam (11) to the location of the horticultural growth(s) (in the case of growth or moving of plants, etc).
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1. An illumination system for illuminating at least one horticultural plant comprising:
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a lighting unit configured to generate a beam of light that illuminates the horticultural plant and to control an optical property of the beam of light in response to a control signal; an electromagnetic wave sensor selected from the group consisting of a charged coupled device (CCD) camera, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera, digital camera and a radar sensor, and configured to sense horticultural growth of the plant and to generate a sensor signal comprising one or more three-dimensional images of the horticultural growth; and a control unit configured to process the sensor signal and to produce the control signal based on the sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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