Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plant cultivation device and feed-water control method
- Patent Title (中): 植物栽培装置和给水控制方法
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Application No.: US13512096Application Date: 2010-11-30
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Publication No.: US09027279B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Masaki Hashimoto , Makoto Nomachi
- Applicant: Masaki Hashimoto , Makoto Nomachi
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Current Assignee: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-272838 20091130
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/071323 WO 20101130
- International Announcement: WO2011/065557 WO 20110603
- Main IPC: A01G1/00
- IPC: A01G1/00 ; A01G27/02

Abstract:
A plant cultivation device and feed-water control method, in which a detected moisture amount to start watering and a water amount to be used per watering are easily determined, includes a plant cultivation container for pooling plant cultivation water; a water-absorbing plant cultivation bed material; a feed-water device for supplying the plant cultivation water to the plant cultivation container; a first moisture sensor for detecting moisture around an immersed part of the plant cultivation bed material; a second moisture sensor for detecting moisture around a growth part of the plant cultivation bed material where a root of a plant is received; and a controller for supplying water when values detected by both of the first and second moisture sensors are below respective reference values, and for stopping water supply when a value detected by either the first or second moisture sensor is above the corresponding reference value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120297675A1 PLANT CULTIVATION DEVICE AND FEED-WATER CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-11-29
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