Cisco Technology, Inc.

Mjnn LLC

Juli A Satoh

Richard Thayer Wales

Ashok T Desai

Daniel K Harden

Christopher L Whittall

Andrew R Church

Kyle A Buzzard

Martin Zabaleta

Santiago Prieto

John P Stoddard

Shawn Emory Bender

Glenn Robert G Aarrestad

Michael Peter Flynn

Paul Baron Guerra

Meaghan Fitzgerald

Kevin Kai Morris

Grant Thomas Lindblom

Frances Willcox Esparza

A lighting system is provided that is configured for use with one or more hydroponic towers. The primary component of the lighting system is a light tube that includes one or more LED boards affixed to a central, actively cooled, mounting fixture. The LED boards may be affixed to one side or to multiple sides of the mounting fixture. A tethering system locates each light tube within the hydroponic farming facility, the tethering system configured to (i) allow for thermal expansion and contraction of the light tube, (ii) maintain the desired location of the light tube, (iii) simplify removal of the light tube, (iv) prevent accidental disengagement from the top mounting fixture while still allowing limited movement of the light tube, and (v) allow disengagement from the bottom mounting fixture when undue stress is applied to the light tube.

Hydroponic tower compatible light system

Embodiments include a telepresence system operative to carry out a teleconference, a lighting arrangement for a telepresence system operative to carry out a teleconference, and a planar panel having a reflective front surface that includes indentations having variable depth operative such that that when the reflective surface is illuminated by a light source, light is directed towards one or more participants in a telepresence system that is operative to carry out a teleconference.

Flattened light reflection for telepresence

Video unit with integrated features

Mounted video unit

Growing community of inventors

Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Juli A Satoh