公开(公告)号：US10306847B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-04

申请号：US15278148

申请日：2016-09-28

申请人： MJNN LLC

发明人： John L. Whitcher ,  Jack Oslan ,  Nate Mazonson ,  Nathaniel R. Storey ,  Daniel Cook ,  Philip E. Beatty ,  Matthew Barnard ,  Christopher K. Conway ,  Ernest Learn ,  Michael Duffy ,  Russell Varone ,  Russell Field ,  William R. George ,  Rob Jensen ,  Benjamin J. Clark ,  Jaremy Creechley ,  Matteo Melani

IPC分类号： A01G31/06 ,  A01G7/02 ,  A01G7/04 ,  A01G9/24 ,  A01G9/26 ,  A01G31/02 ,  A01G31/04 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H05B37/02 ,  A01G2/20 ,  A01G9/029 ,  A01G9/02 ,  A01G27/00 ,  H05B33/08

摘要： A plant growing system configured for high density crop growth and yield, including an environmentally-controlled growing chamber and a vertical growth column within, the column configured to support a hydroponic plant growth module which is configured for containing and supporting plant growth media for containing and supporting a root structure of at least one gravitropic crop plant growing therein and for detachably mounting to the vertical growth column, the hydroponic plant growth module including a lateral growth opening to allow the plant to grow laterally through toward a light emitting source, a nutrient supply system to direct aqueous crop nutrient solution through an upper opening of the hydroponic plant growth module, an airflow source to direct airflow away from the growth opening and through an under-canopy of the plant, so as to disturb the boundary layer, and a control system for regulating, at least one growing condition in an area in or adjacent to the under-canopy.

公开(公告)号：US10973185B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US15278564

申请日：2016-09-28

申请人： MJNN LLC

发明人： Jaremy Creechley ,  Jack Oslan ,  Nate Mazonson ,  Nathaniel R. Storey ,  Daniel Cook ,  Philip E. Beatty ,  John L. Whitcher ,  Christopher K. Conway ,  Ernest Learn ,  Michael Duffy ,  Russell Varone ,  Russell Field ,  William R. George ,  Rob Jensen ,  Benjamin J. Clark ,  Matthew Barnard ,  Matteo Melani

IPC分类号： A01G31/06 ,  H05B47/105 ,  A01G7/02 ,  A01G7/04 ,  A01G9/24 ,  A01G9/26 ,  A01G31/02 ,  A01G31/04 ,  H04N7/18 ,  A01G2/20 ,  A01G9/029 ,  A01G9/02 ,  A01G27/00 ,  H05B45/10

摘要： A computer implemented system for a vertical farming system comprising at least a first crop growth module and operating in an environmentally-controlled growing chamber, the control system comprising sensors for measuring environmental growing conditions in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber over time to generate environmental condition data, a device configured for measuring a crop characteristic of a crop grown in the crop growth module of the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to generate crop growth data and a processing device comprising software modules for receiving the environmental condition data and the crop growth data; applying an algorithm to the environmental condition data and the crop growth data to generate an improved environmental growing condition and generating instructions for adjustment of the environmental growing conditions in or around the growth module in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to the improved environmental growing condition.