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NZ755462B2
NZ755462B2 NZ755462A NZ75546218A NZ755462B2 NZ 755462 B2 NZ755462 B2 NZ 755462B2 NZ 755462 A NZ755462 A NZ 755462A NZ 75546218 A NZ75546218 A NZ 75546218A NZ 755462 B2 NZ755462 B2 NZ 755462B2
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farming
plant
operative state
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farming system
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Suk Shien Chong
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Greenphyto Pte Ltd
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Priority claimed from PCT/SG2018/050033 external-priority patent/WO2018136008A1/en
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an indoor farming management system comprising at least one sensor; a central processing unit arranged in signal communication with the at least one sensor; a device adapted to operate between an operative state and a non-operative state; the central processing unit is operable to control at least one indoor environmental parameter of a farming system based on data received from the sensor; the central processing unit further operable to send a control signal to the device to operate the device between the operative state and the non-operative state.

Claims (12)

The claims defining the invention are as follows:
1. A farming system locatable within an indoor environment and having an indoor farming management system, the indoor farming management system comprising: a plurality of sensors distributed spatially within the indoor environment, the sensors forming a network allowing at least one variation related to at least one environmental parameter associated with the indoor environment to be monitored, the at least one indoor environmental parameter being at least one of temperature, light intensity, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels; a central processing unit arranged in signal communication with the sensors; wherein the central processing unit is operable to control the at least one indoor environmental parameter, based on data received from the sensors, at different regions within the indoor environment, the indoor environment comprising different regions separated based on different plant growth stages of an at least one plant variety being grown within said region; wherein in that the farming system comprises a plurality of farming modules, each farming module housing one or more farming trays adapted to grow at least one plant variety at a germination, seedling, or plant growth stage of the at least one plant variety, the or each farming tray being self-contained without the need of water circulation, the or each farming tray comprising a plant board having a plurality of holes defined thereon, the holes being spaced relatively apart depending on the germination, seedling or plant growth stage of the plant type, each hole carrying a foam growth medium that can be impregnated with water and/or a liquid nutrient associated with the plant type sufficient to supply the plant type being grown though the germination, seedling or growth stage thereof without the need for further water and/or liquid nutrient to be supplied, and each farming module being transportable to different said regions within the indoor environment at different growth stages of the at least one plant variety being grown, the central processing unit being operable for controlling the at least one said indoor environmental parameter within a said region to cater for the at least one plant variety and the germination, seedling or plant growth stage of the at least one plant variety being grown within said region.
2. The farming system of Claim 1, wherein the farming system is suitable for growing a plurality of plant varieties, and wherein the central processing unit is operable for controlling the at least one indoor environment parameter to cater to different plant varieties growing at said different regions of the indoor environment.
3. The farming system of Claim 1, the farming system further comprising: a device for carrying and transporting the farming modules when in an operative state and for otherwise being in a non-operative state based on a control signal communicated from the central processing unit; and a growth rack adapted to store the plurality of the farming modules, wherein the device, when in the operative state, is adapted to store at the growth rack or retrieve from the growth rack at least one said farming module.
4. The farming system of Claim 1, the farming system further comprising: a device for carrying and transporting the farming modules when in an operative state and for otherwise being in a non-operative state, wherein the central processing unit is further operable to send a control signal to the device, and wherein the device is configurable to switch between the operative state and the non- operative state based on the control signal, and wherein the control signal is indicative of the growth stage associated with a plant variety and the device is switched between the operative state and the non-operative state based on the growth stage associated with a plant variety.
5. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 4, being operable to process order information and verify with at least one inventory stored in a database and whether the inventory has sufficient quantity and/or lead time to complete the order.
6. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 5, being programmable to detect a deviation of a pre-determined condition and issue an alert to an operator when the deviation occurs.
7. The farming system of Claim 6, wherein the alert is transmitted to the operator via electronic mail and/or Short Message Service (SMS).
8. The farming system of Claim 6 or Claim 7, further comprising a corrective measurement capable of rectifying the deviation.
9. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 8, further comprising a user interface capable of allowing an operator to monitor the at least one indoor environmental parameter.
10. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 9 being operable to work with artificial intelligence for analysing data of historic plant demand and predicting future plant demand.
11. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 10 wherein the central processing unit is yet further operable to keep track of growth statuses of different plant varieties.
12. The farming system of any one of Claims 1 to 11, wherein the indoor environment is associable with a hall having a plurality of floors in which each floor is positioned adjacent to a growth area, and wherein each floor corresponds to a region within the hall, and wherein one floor corresponds to a region which is different from another region corresponding to another floor.
NZ755462A 2018-01-19 Farming management system NZ755462B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SG10201700512T 2017-01-20
PCT/SG2018/050033 WO2018136008A1 (en) 2017-01-20 2018-01-19 Farming management system

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NZ755462A NZ755462A (en) 2024-12-20
NZ755462B2 true NZ755462B2 (en) 2025-03-21

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