Plant Growth Lighting Device with Segmented LED Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting devices for plant growth lack precise control and homogeneous distribution of light energy, leading to suboptimal growth and flowering yields.
Innovation Solution
A lighting device with a LED module comprising a specific ratio of blue and red LEDs, controlled by a power management system that stabilizes voltage and current, and an optical module for uniform light beam concentration, ensuring constant frequency, intensity, and temperature.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional lighting devices emit red and blue light for plant growth, then photosynthesis is stimulated, but the light beam distribution is non-homogeneous and control precision is low
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting device is divided into multiple independent LED modules, each equipped with its own control circuit. This segmentation allows precise individual control of each module's light output, enabling accurate spatial and temporal control of the light beam while maintaining homogeneous distribution across the plant growth area.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates dynamic control capabilities through programmable control circuits that can adjust light intensity, wavelength composition, and timing patterns in real-time. This dynamic control allows optimization of light delivery to match plant physiological needs at different growth stages, improving productivity while maintaining precise control.
2Illumination intensity
If conventional lighting devices emit light without precise control, then device complexity is reduced, but light energy distribution homogeneity is poor
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the lighting device emit light with locally optimized characteristics. Each LED module can be independently configured to provide specific wavelengths and intensities appropriate for different plant zones, achieving homogeneous overall distribution through localized optimization without requiring complex centralized control.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system incorporates feedback mechanisms where each LED module monitors its own performance and automatically adjusts its output to maintain homogeneous light distribution. This self-regulating capability achieves uniform illumination without proportionally increasing control system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a balanced red and blue spectrum for enhanced photosynthesis, promoting growth hormone production and stronger flowering, while preventing abnormal plant growth, with improved yield and ease of use at a low cost.
Implementation Method 1
a LED module (104) comprised into the casing (101) and held by a support (103)
Implementation Method 2
photosynthesis is a chemical process that enables plants growth and survival. Through this process, plant pigments absorb the light energy
Implementation Method 3
an optical module (105) to cover the casing (101), the control apparatus (102), the support (103) and the LED module (104)
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AI summary
Lighting device (100) for plant growth comprising a casing (101) housing a LED module (104) held by a support (103). The lighting device (100) further comprises a control apparatus (102) for controlling the light beam emitted by the LED module (104) and an optical module (105) to cover the LED module (104) and directing the light beam controlled by the control apparatus (102).