A garden light system

Abstract

A garden light system (1) comprising a user assistant (2) for control of the garden light system, said system (1) further comprising physical lights (3) that are wirelessly or with wires connected to the user assistant (2), wherein said user assistant (2) is eguipped with or is connected to a database (4), wherein said database (4) comprises informational content about the present lights (3) in the garden, as well as environmental information concerning the surroundings of said present lights (3), and / or a scenery or sceneries that are realizable with the garden light system (1) in combination with the garden in which the garden light system (1) is applied.

Description

[0001] A garden light system

[0002] The invention relates to a garden light system comprising a user assistant for control of the system, said system further comprising physical lights that are wirelessly or with wires connected to the user assistant.

[0003] US2022400620A1 discloses a controlled environment agriculture system having artificial lighting for cultivation of plants, the controlled environment agriculture system comprising:

[0004] a control module configured to control an array of light emitting diodes, at least one sensor and at least one imaging device, wherein the array of light emitting diodes includes at least one drive controller;

[0005] a real-time monitoring module connected to the drive controller, the at least one sensor and the at least one imaging device and configured to collect at least one parameter for determining the spectral requirements of the array of light emitting diodes;

[0006] wherein each light emitting diode of the array of light emitting diodes is configured to emit different wavelengths of light to optimize plant growth as per spectral requirements aggregated by the at least one sensor, the at least one imaging device and

[0007] wherein each light emitting diode of the array of light emitting diodes is fabricated using gallium nitride (GaN) and configured to emit light in the range of 380 nm-800 nm.

[0008] The control module according to US2022400620A1 comprises a machine learning module and an aggregator module configured connected to at least one sensor and at least one imaging device to aggregate various parameters including environmental data, and plant phenotyping data associated with the plants. The control module determines the spectral requirements of the plants for optimal growth based on at least one parameter aggregated from at least one sensor, at least oneimaging device and a database to adjust the spectral light in the array of light emitting diodes in real time. The control module is associated with a power module for regulating the electrical power required by the array of light emitting diodes to optimize power consumption. The control module and the power module are dynamically controlled in real time by implementing machine learning algorithms to automate the controlled environment for agriculture to optimize and control the spectral and power requirements of the array of light emitting diodes.

[0009] According to US2014 / 375222 a controllable source of visible light is configured to illuminate a space to be utilized by one or more occupants. A controller causes the source (s) to emit light in a manner that varies at least one characteristic of visible light emitted into the space over a period of time and at least in part in accordance with a chaotic function. Responsive to user input, sensed activity, and / or acquired information, the source (s) are controlled by the controller in accordance with a lighting control function which may be modified based on learning by a device or system including the controller.

[0010] CN114092680A provides a plant lamp irradiation system capable of adjusting irradiation parameters according to self-recognition plant varieties. The plant lamp irradiation system comprises a module system and a hardware system, the module system comprises an ARM hardware control board card, a cloud server, an image collection module, an image processing module, a plant model construction system and a man-machine interaction module; data information and image information of various plants are collected through a plant database to serve as source data, plant data shot by an AI camera are received through an image collection module, an image processing module is matched to determine feature values of the shot plant data, and a modeling module is used for modeling the plant data on the basis of the plant database. A multi-element plant model comparison library is constructed for comparison, and the characteristic datacomparison module is used for comparing the determined characteristic values with the multi-element plant model comparison library so as to determine the plant variety and the growth cycle, so that the LED plant lamp is controlled to adjust the illumination parameters, and the cultivation effect of the plant is improved.

[0011] The invention has the objective to simplify connecting, controlling and maintaining lights of a garden light system for a garden, said garden light system comprising a user assistant for control of the garden light system, said garden light system further comprising physical lights that are wirelessly or with wires connected to the user assistant, and said user assistant comprises an artificial intelligence unit that is provided with a database, wherein said database is configured with informational content from the artificial intelligence unit about in the garden present lights, as well as environmental information concerning the surroundings of said present lights, and the user assistant is further configured to ping or address one or more physical lights in the garden to have said lights emit light, and said user assistant is further configured to analyze images from a camera so as to identify and register the lights that are emitting light after being pinged or addressed.

[0012] A further objective of the invention is to enable the application of specific functionality which simplifies said functions of connecting, controlling and maintaining the lights of the garden light system. It is a further objective to make it easier to get the garden into a desired (light) atmosphere, status, or setting in order to ' operate ' the garden more intuitively and / or automatically.

[0013] According to the invention the garden light system is provided with the features of one or more of the appended claims.

[0014] In a first aspect of the invention said database of the artificial intelligence unit is configured with information content on a scenery or sceneries that are realizable with the garden light system in combination with the garden in which thegarden light system is applied, and the user assistant is further configured to monitor actual environmental imagery in the immediate vicinity of the lights that are pinged or addressed and compare that imagery with information content about the scenery or sceneries in the database, and optionally to store such information content about the actual monitored imagery in the database.

[0015] Preferably the user assistant or its artificial intelligence unit is equipped to receive spoken or written instructions from a user and translate such instructions into atmosphere settings of the garden light system, and / or settings in a particular zone or zones of the garden light system, and / or to render advise about improving an already existing light plan and / or garden design, including plant plan, for the garden light system. This may involve advice on particular lights and accessories, such as a motion detector, a shield against glare, a cover to protect a transformer, etc. etc. The artificial intelligence unit is preferably also equipped to advise the user on new or alternative scenes.

[0016] Preferably the camera is informationally connected to the user assistant for monitoring one or more of the physical lights in the garden and / or for monitoring an actual scenery in the garden, said scenery comprising the presence and identification of plants that are present in the garden, and their location with respect to the present lights in the garden.

[0017] As mentioned above the user assistant is configured to ping or otherwise excite one or more physical lights in the garden to have said lights emit light, wherein said user assistant is further configured to analyze images from the camera so as to identify and register the lights that are emitting light after being pinged or excited. The user assistant thus can scan transformers and fixtures, determine how much power is being used, how many additional lights or power consumers can still be installed, and advise on fixture types.To improve the versatility and flexibility in using the garden light system of the invention, the artificial intelligence unit is trained to recognize and identify in the images received from the camera particular scenery, and to provide suggestions through the user assistant of names and icons to be attributed to the images received from the camera which match or have the closest fit to the images of the actual scenery generated by the camera.

[0018] Advantageously the artificial intelligence unit is equipped to inform and provide suggestions to add one or more further plants and / or physical lights in the garden and / or in one or more specific zones of the garden so as to optimize the actual scenery of the garden.

[0019] Beneficially the artificial intelligence unit of the user assistant is equipped to process and keep track of user settings in the course of a specific period of time that the system is in operation, and to register repeated daily settings for use in providing suggestions through the user assistant of preferable settings in subsequent and comparable periods of time. This improves the user-friendliness of the garden light system according to the invention.

[0020] It is further preferable that the artificial intelligence unit of the user assistant processes real-time images from the camera so as to adjust the emission of light by the lights and their respective brightness, hue and other lighting parameters based on the real-time images so as to adjust said lights and realize a closest fit to a desired scenery.

[0021] The accompanying drawing, which is incorporated into and forms a part of the specification, illustrates an embodiment of the present invention and, together with the description, serves to explain the principles of the invention. The drawing is only for the purpose of illustrating the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.

[0022] In the drawing of a single figure a garden light system 1 is depicted, comprising a user assistant 2 for control of thesystem, said system further comprising physical lights 3 that are in the shown embodiment wirelessly connected to the user assistant 2.

[0023] The user assistant 2 is equipped with or is connected to a database 4, wherein said database 4 comprises informational content about the present lights 3 in the garden, as well as environmental information concerning the surroundings of said present lights 3. Preferably the informational content also relates to a scenery or sceneries that are realizable with the garden light system 1 in combination with the garden in which the garden light system 1 is applied. It is also possible that the user assistant 2 generates suitable scenes tailored to the garden as monitored with a camera 5 as mentioned hereinafter.

[0024] The system 1 preferably further comprises a camera 5 which is informationally connected to the user assistant 2 for monitoring one or more of the physical lights 3 in the garden and / or for monitoring an actual scenery 6 in the garden, said scenery 6 comprising the presence and identification of plants 7 that are present in the garden, and their location with respect to the present lights 3 in the garden. The user assistant 2 is provided with a visual display unit and / or a keyboard, and preferably also a microphone and loudspeaker to entertain communication with the user of the garden light system 1 of the invention. The user assistant 2 may also be provided with information on products and sceneries as depicted by mood boards, or represented in videos or photos.

[0025] The user assistant 2 is equipped to ping or otherwise excite one or more physical lights 3 in the garden to have said lights 3 emit light, and said user assistant 2 is further equipped to analyze images from the camera 5 so as to identify and register the lights 3 that are emitting light after being pinged. The user assistant 2 is further equipped to monitor and store environmental imagery received from the camera 5 in the immediate vicinity of the lights 3 that are pinged.Noteworthy is that the user assistant 2 comprises an artificial intelligence unit 8 which is trained to recognize and identify in the images received from the camera 5 particular scenery, and to provide suggestions through the user assistant 2 of names and icons to be attributed to the images received from the camera 5 which match or have the closest fit to the images of the actual scenery generated by the camera 5.

[0026] The artificial intelligence unit 8 is equipped to inform and provide suggestions through the user assistant 2 to add one or more further plants 7 and / or physical lights 3 in the garden and / or in one or more specific zones of the garden so as to optimize the actual scenery of the garden.

[0027] Further it is preferable that the user assistant 2 and / or the artificial intelligence unit 8 is / are equipped to process and keep track of user settings in the course of a specific period of time that the system 1 is in operation, and to register repeated daily settings for later use in providing suggestions through the user assistant 2 of preferable settings in subsequent and comparable periods of time that the system 1 is in operation.

[0028] It is desirable that the user assistant 2 and / or artificial intelligence unit 8 processes real-time images from the camera 5 so as to adjust the emission of light by the lights and their respective brightness, hue, saturation, valued and other lighting parameters based on the real-time images so as to adjust said lights 3 and realize a closest fit to a desired scenery.

[0029] The user assistant 2 and / or artificial intelligence unit 8 is equipped to receive spoken or written instructions from a user and translate such instructions into pre-developed atmosphere settings of the garden light system 1, and / or predeveloped settings in a particular zone or zones of the garden light system 1, and / or to render through the user assistant 2 advise about improving an already existing light plan and / orgarden design, including plant plan, for the garden light system 1.

[0030] Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claim to this exemplary embodiment. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.

Claims

CLAIMS1. A garden light system (1) for a garden comprising a user assistant (2) for control of the garden light system, said garden light system (1) further comprising physical lights (3) that are wirelessly or with wires connected to the user assistant (2), and said user assistant (2) comprises an artificial intelligence unit (8) and is provided with a database (4), wherein said database (4) is configured with informational content from the artificial intelligence unit (8) about in the garden present lights (3), as well as environmental information concerning the surroundings of said present lights (3), and the user assistant (2) is equipped to ping or address one or more physical lights (3) in the garden to have said lights (3) emit light, and said user assistant (2) is further equipped to analyze images from a camera (5) so as to identify and register the lights (3) that are emitting light after being pinged or addressed characterized in that the said database (4) of the artificial intelligence unit (8) is configured with information content on a scenery or sceneries that are realizable with the garden light system (1) in combination with the garden in which the garden light system (1) is applied, and that the user assistant (2) is further configured to monitor actual environmental imagery in the immediate vicinity of the lights (3) that are pinged or addressed and compare that imagery with information content about the scenery or sceneries in the database, and optionally to store such information content about the actual monitored imagery in the database.

2. The garden light system according to claim 1, characterized in that the user assistant (2) or its artificial intelligence unit (8) is configured to receive spoken or written instructions from a user and translate such instructions into sphere settings of the garden light system (1), and / or settings in a particular zone or zones of thegarden light system (1), and / or to render through the user assistant (2) advise about improving an already existing light plan and / or garden design, including plant plan, for the garden light system (1).

3. The garden light system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the camera (5) is informationally connected to the user assistant (2) for monitoring one or more of the physical lights (3) in the garden and / or for monitoring an actual scenery ( 6) in the garden, said scenery ( 6) comprising the presence and identification of plants (7) that are present in the garden, and their location with respect to the present lights (3) in the garden.

4. The garden light system according to any one of the previous claims 1 - 3, characterized in that the artificial intelligence unit (8) is trained to recognize and identify in images received from the camera (5) particular scenery, and to provide suggestions through the user assistant (2) of names and icons to be attributed to the images received from the camera (5) which match or have the closest fit to the images of the actual scenery generated by the camera (5).

5. The garden light system according to claim 4, characterized in that the artificial intelligence unit (2) is equipped to inform and provide suggestions through the user assistant (2) to add one or more further plants (7) and / or physical lights (3) in the garden and / or in one or more specific zones of the garden so as to optimize the actual scenery of the garden.

6. The garden light system according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the user assistant (2) and / or the artificial intelligence unit (8) is / are equipped to process and keep track of user settings in the course of a specific period of time that the garden light system (1) is in operation, and to register repeated daily settings for use in providing suggestions through the user assistant (2) of preferable settings in subsequent andcomparable periods of time of operation of the garden light system ( 1 ).

7. The garden light system according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the user assistant (2) or its artificial intelligence unit (8) processes realtime images from the camera (5) so as to adjust the emission of light by the lights (3) and their respective brightness, hue, saturation, valued and other lighting parameters based on the real-time images so as to adjust said lights (3) and realize a closest fit to a desired scenery.

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