US 12,219,947 B2
Fast change of state of weed seeds to having reduced germination viability using low energy unnatural indigo region and medium wavelength infrared illumination
Jonathan A Jackson, Dayton, OH (US); Christopher J Hoffman, Dayton, OH (US); Norman E Novotney, Mason, OH (US); Joseph M Carroll, Cedarville, OH (US); Patrick A Jackson, Dayton, OH (US); Remigio Perales, Oberlin, OH (US); and Mark J Elting, Ossining, NY (US)
Assigned to Global Neighbor Inc., Dayton, OH (US)
Filed by Jonathan A Jackson, Dayton, OH (US); Christopher J Hoffman, Dayton, OH (US); Norman E Novotney, Mason, OH (US); Joseph M Carroll, Cedarville, OH (US); Patrick A Jackson, Dayton, OH (US); Remigio Perales, Oberlin, OH (US); and Mark J Elting, Ossining, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/923,079.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008889 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 21/04 (2006.01); A01D 41/12 (2006.01); A01D 61/00 (2006.01); A01F 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 21/04 (2013.01) [A01D 41/12 (2013.01); A01D 61/00 (2013.01); A01F 17/02 (2013.01)] 45 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An illuminated harvester combine process associated with any of reaping, threshing, and separating a harvest to form a tailings flow, comprising:
illuminating, for a time under one minute, a seed within the tailings flow, as the tailings flow is being moved by a transport through a processing theater on a harvester combine, wherein the illumination is provided by at least one illumination source that is fixedly positioned within the processing theater such that illumination energy achieves:
a minimum of 2 J/cm2 cumulative illumination energy, and 0.2 W/cm2 to 7 W/cm2 average irradiance, of a light wavelength distribution comprising at least one of an Indigo Region Illumination Distribution (IRID) and infrared radiation that is substantially Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR)), wherein the illumination energy is directed to induce a change of state of the seed to having reduced germination viability.