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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Signify North America Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Zdenko Grajcar, Orono, MN (US);
Assignee:
SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION, Somerset, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); A01G 7/045 (2013.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01); Y02P 60/149 (2015.11);
Abstract
A horticultural system having lighting elements pulsed with an off time proportional to the turnover time of the photosynthetic electron transport chain of a plant. The lighting elements emit light at a wavelength within 20 nanometers (nm) of a peak absorption of the pigment of the plant and are controlled to provide light at predetermined intervals as needed by the plant cause photosynthesis and reduce excess unproductive light.