Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Naofumi Kodama

Takayoshi Tanizawa

Shingo Nagatomo

Kazufumi Oogi

Yoshifumi Kariatsumari

Shinya Hirota

Woo-Hyeun Jeong

Shin Matsugi

Tosiharu Suenaga

A water supply apparatus is arranged inside a house body and includes a watering apparatus that performs watering to a cluster of plants from above. The watering apparatus supplies water to the plants and controls an ambient temperature of the plants due to heat transfer utilizing vaporization heat by watering. A control apparatus acquires an environment information including the ambient temperature of the plants from an environment sensor, and performs the watering by driving the water supply apparatus in a watering period determined according to the environment information, and prohibits the watering by the water supply apparatus in an idle period that is set after the watering period so as to obtain a temperature and a humidity appropriate for growth of the plants.

Agricultural house

An installation evaluation apparatusfor a greenhouse includes an input device, an insolation evaluation unit, and a presentation device. The input deviceis configured to receive input of position information relating to a planned location for installing the greenhouse. The insolation evaluation unitis configured to determine variation, according to the date and time, in an insolation amount in the planned location by performing a computer simulation using the position information input into the input device. The presentation deviceis configured to visualize and present the variation in the insolation amount according to the date and time, determined by the insolation evaluation unit

Installation evaluation apparatus for greenhouse, insolation regulation apparatus for greenhouse, and program

A lighting system includes an EL unit having a light emitter, a holding frame that holds the EL unit, and a control unit that controls lighting of the EL unit, wherein the holding frame includes a rail-shaped conductive member, and power and communication signals are transmitted between the control unit and the EL unit through the conductive member. With this configuration, since the connection between the control unit and the EL unit is made by the conductive member provided on the holding frame, which holds the EL unit, space for wiring in a residential space can be reduced. Further, simply by placing the holding frame on a mounting surface and attaching the EL unit and the control unit to the holding frame, they are connected. Therefore, without special skills, a resident can install the lighting system as appropriate and can easily replace the EL unit.

Illumination system

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Shiga, Japan

Naofumi Kodama