CAMERA SYSTEM FOR AN INDOOR GARDENING APPLIANCE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module mounted within the grow chamber for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A motor rotates the grow module between a plurality of angular positions and a camera system captures images of the plants at the various...

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Main Authors Schroeder, Michael Goodman, Schork, Brian Michael, Hunter, Matthew
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.07.2021
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL
CONTROLLING
COUNTING
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
FISHING
FORESTRY
FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
REGULATING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module mounted within the grow chamber for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A motor rotates the grow module between a plurality of angular positions and a camera system captures images of the plants at the various positions. The plurality of images are used by the controller to estimate a total plant mass or a total plant volume, or the controller may stitch together the plurality of images to generate a 3D image that may be used to detect abnormal growth conditions or otherwise provide feedback to a user.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016744615