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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Zdenko Grajcar, Crystal, MN (US);
Zdenko Grajcar, Crystal, MN (US);
ONCE Innovations, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
Differential illumination systems and methods selectively provide light having different spectrums in an aviary system for housing animals located within an enclosure, and in the enclosure. A first light source produces light with a first spectrum, and illuminates an internal volume of the aviary system. A second light source produces light with a second spectrum different from the first spectrum, and illuminates the enclosure outside of the aviary system. The first spectrum can have a higher red component than the second spectrum to encourage chicken to lay eggs inside of the aviary system, and the second spectrum can have a higher blue component than the first spectrum to discourage chicken from laying eggs outside of the aviary system.