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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ryuji Nagadome, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Haji, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 9/26 (2006.01); A01G 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 7/00 (2013.01); A01G 9/00 (2013.01); A01G 9/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cultivation system moves containers between a growing area and a monitoring area. The containers hold cultivation beds for cultivating plants, and the cultivation system includes: a grow light emitting unit emitting grow light for growing the cultivated plants in the containers located in the growing area; an imaging unit capturing the cultivated plants in the containers located in the monitoring area; and a control unit causing the grow light emitting unit to stop emitting the grow light when the imaging unit captures the plants.