US 12,402,570 B2
Radiation-based mildew control
Arthur Peter Barber, III, Lexington, SC (US); Alexander Dobrinsky, Vienna, VA (US); Maxim S. Shatalov, Columbia, SC (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. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,095.
Application 17/522,095 is a continuation of application No. 16/205,896, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,166,415.
Application 16/205,896 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/659,192, filed on Jul. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,624,978, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,569, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/366,682, filed on Jul. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061228 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 7/06 (2006.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A01G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 7/06 (2013.01) [A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 9/246 (2013.01); A61L 2/0047 (2013.01); A61L 2/0052 (2013.01); A61L 2/0058 (2013.01); A61L 2/0076 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A01G 7/00 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling mildew, the system comprising:
a plurality of radiation sources, wherein the plurality of radiation sources are configured to emit radiation having a plurality of distinct peak wavelengths;
a set of sensors for acquiring plant data for at least one plant surface of a plant under cultivation, wherein the plant data includes data regarding a fluorescent signal received from the plant;
a control system including means for controlling mildew on the plant, wherein the means for controlling includes:
operating at least one of the plurality of radiation sources to illuminate at least a portion of the plant with radiation having a first peak wavelength configured to induce a fluorescent response by mildew;
evaluating the plant data acquired by the set of sensors to determine a presence of mildew on the at least one plant surface; and
operating at least another one of the plurality of radiation sources to irradiate the at least one plant surface with ultraviolet radiation having a second peak wavelength distinct from the first peak wavelength in response to determining the presence of mildew on the at least one plant surface; and
a set of environmental devices, wherein the control system is further configured to selectively operate the set of environmental devices to affect a growth environment of the plant.