Lighting system for growing plants which provides a location indication

• US 9,986,621 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: LumiGrow, Inc.
• Inventors: Wells, Kevin T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US15/004,320
• Publication Number:
  US 20170215252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 315308, 315312
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/20 Forcing-frames; Lights , i.e. glass panels covering the forcing-frames
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

A lighting system includes an LED controller, and an LED array which includes first and second LED sub-arrays, wherein the LED array is operatively coupled to the LED controller. The lighting system includes an antenna in communication with the LED controller. First and second wavelength spectrums are provided by the first and second LED sub-arrays, respectively, and are adjustable in response to adjusting an input signal provided to the antenna.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a computer; and

a lighting system array operatively in communication with the computer;

wherein the computer determines a location parameter of each lighting system of the lighting system array, the location parameter corresponding to the location of a corresponding lighting system;

wherein the computer provides a digital location map corresponding to the location parameters; and

wherein the digital location map is adjusted in response to adjusting the location of at least one lighting system of the lighting system array.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer provides a digital light map corresponding to the amount of light provided by the lighting system array.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further including a light sensor array which determines the amount of light provided by the lighting system array, the light sensor array being in communication with the computer.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the digital light map is driven to a desired digital light map in response to adjusting the location of at least one lighting system of the lighting system array.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the amount of light provided by at least one lighting system of the lighting system array is adjusted in response to adjusting a selected location parameter.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using a global positioning system indication.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using a radio signal strength indication.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using triangulation.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using network ping response rate.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using a wireless mesh network.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer determines the location parameter of each lighting system in the lighting system array using a wireless personal area network.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a computer; and

a lighting system array operatively in communication with the computer;

wherein the computer provides a digital light map corresponding to light provided by the lighting system array; and

wherein the computer adjusts the light provided by the lighting system array to drive the digital light map to a desired digital light map.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further including a light sensor array, wherein the computer provides the digital light map in response to a signal from the light sensor array.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computer provides a one dimensional digital light map corresponding to the amount of light provided by the lighting system array.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computer provides a two dimensional digital light map corresponding to the amount of light provided by the lighting system array.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computer provides a three dimensional digital light map corresponding to the amount of light provided by the lighting system array.