Apparatus, system and methods for improved vertical farming

a technology of vertical farming and apparatus, applied in the field of apparatus, system and methods for improving vertical farming, can solve the problems of affecting the success of traditional outdoor farming crops, and wasting as much as 30% of harvested crops, so as to reduce the cost and complexity of existing vertical structure designs, reduce the amount of human labor needed, and simplify the coring process
US20180343810A1Inactive Publication Date: 2018-12-06WILDER FIELDS LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
WILDER FIELDS LLC
Publication Date
2018-12-06
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to improved vertical farming using autonomous systems and methods for growing edible plants, using improved stacking and shelving units configured to allow for gravity-based irrigation, gravity-based loading and unloading, along with a system for autonomous rotation, incorporating novel plant-growing pallets, while being photographed and recorded by camera systems incorporating three dimensional / multispectral cameras, with the images and data recorded automatically sent to a database for processing and for gauging plant health, pest and / or disease issues, and plant life cycle. The present disclosure is also directed to novel harvesting methods, novel modular lighting, novel light intensity management systems, real time vision analysis that allows for the dynamic adjustment and optimization of the plant growing environment, and a novel rack structure system that allows for simplified building and enlarging of vertical farming rack systems.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 490,822, filed Apr. 27, 2017, entitled APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED VERTICAL FARMING, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 539,163 filed Jul. 31, 2017, entitled APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED VERTICAL FARMING, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety as though fully set forth herein.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0002] The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, system and methods for improved vertical farming, including improved farming shelves and racks, efficient transport of grow trays, which utilize a cluster system, novel plant-grow trays or pallets, which allow for combined optimal plant growth and irrigation methods, novel harvesting methods, novel modular lighting, novel light intensity management systems, real time vision analysis that allows for the dynamic adjustment and optimization of t...

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