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Patent No.:

US 11129248 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2020

Method and apparatus for an indoor horticultural facility

Applicant:

Illum Technology, Llc, Mesa, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Stephen P. Adams, Mesa, AZ (US);

Arthur A. Wilkes, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Illum Horticulture LLC, Mesa, AZ (US);

Attorney:

Michael T. Wallace

Primary Examiner:

Kurtis R Bahr

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); F21V 5/00 (2018.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 1/32 (2006.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/37 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21Y 113/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); A01G 7/045 (2013.01); F21V 5/007 (2013.01); G01J 1/32 (2013.01); G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 45/37 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); F21V 19/0015 (2013.01); F21Y 2113/13 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); Y02P 60/14 (2015.11);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for an indoor horticultural system that utilizes both a wireless and a wired network to control lighting. The wireless interface is used in a primary mode of operation to control all aspects of lighting including intensity, spectrum and color temperature. The wired interface is used in a secondary mode of operation, whereby an analog signal is used to control the intensity of all LED arrays in each lighting fixture and a digital signal is used to control the intensity of each individual LED array in each lighting fixture. Both the analog and digital signals utilize the same physical interface.

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