US 11,925,152 B2
Plant growth system
Alexander Dobrinsky, Vienna, VA (US); and Michael Shur, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., Columbia, SC (US)
Filed by Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., Columbia, SC (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/107,117.
Application 17/107,117 is a continuation of application No. 15/499,819, filed on Apr. 27, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/330,372, filed on May 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076573 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 7/06 (2006.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01); A01G 9/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 7/045 (2013.01) [A01G 7/06 (2013.01); A01G 9/02 (2013.01); A01G 9/20 (2013.01); G01N 21/64 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01); Y02P 60/14 (2015.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a container at least partially defining a growth environment for a plant, the container including:
a support system for the plant located within the container, wherein the support system is configured to deliver at least one of: water or nutrients to the plant;
an environmental control system configured to control at least one of: a temperature, a humidity, a carbon dioxide level, or a convection, of the growth environment for the plant;
a set of visible light sources configured to emit visible radiation directed at the plant, wherein the visible radiation includes a plurality of peak wavelengths and at least one of the peak wavelength has approximately 10 nanometers to approximately 80 nanometers full width at half maximum (FWHM);
a set of infrared radiation sources configured to emit infrared radiation directed at the plant; and
a feedback component including a plurality of sensors configured to acquire data regarding the growth environment and/or the plant; and
a growth receptacle, the growth receptacle including a plurality of connectors providing input/output connections between components of the container and a growth input unit including sources for power and at least one of: water, nutrients, ventilation, carbon dioxide, heating, or cooling.