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Storage device including target UV illumination ranges

  • US 9,724,441 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2014
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a set of ultraviolet radiation sources configured to generate ultraviolet radiation directed at a set of items within a storage area;

    an ethylene destruction chamber configured to destroy ethylene gas; and

    a monitoring and control system configured to;

    monitor, using data from a visual camera and a chemical sensor, a set of current conditions of at least one of;

    the storage area or the set of items located in the storage area, the set of current conditions including a level of ethylene gas within the storage area and a change in a visual appearance of the at least one of;

    the storage area or the set of items located in the storage area;

    control the ultraviolet radiation generated by the set of ultraviolet radiation sources using the set of current conditions and a target effect for the set of items by adjusting at least one of;

    an intensity, a wavelength, a temporal distribution, or a spatial distribution of the ultraviolet radiation; and

    control the ethylene destruction chamber in order to reduce the level of ethylene gas within the storage area.

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