Light source for plant cultivation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12364208-B2
Application number	US-202418615653-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2024
Priority date	Aug 24, 2018
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A light source can include at least one light emitter and is configured to emit a first light during a region of a light period and emit both the first light and a second light of a different wavelength during a remaining region of the light period. The emitter can include semiconductor layers and an active layer configured to emit light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer. A plant cultivation device can include the light source and a main body in which a plant can be grown. The light period can be configured to increase a content of an active ingredient in the plant. The first light can have a longer peak wavelength than a peak wavelength of the second light.

First claim

We claim:

1. A light source comprising:
at least one light emitter, the at least one light emitter comprising:
a first semiconductor layer,
a second semiconductor layer, and
an active layer, the active layer being disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit a light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer,
wherein a light period includes a first period comprising a region of the light period and a second period comprising a remaining region of the light period, the light source configured to be turned on, or turned off depending on the light period and a dark period, and
wherein the light source includes a first light source configured to emit a first light in the first period and a second light source configured to emit a second light having a different wavelength from the first light in the second period, and
wherein the first light includes a red light and a blue light and an amount of the blue light is different from an amount of the red light.

2. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the second light is provided in an on and off manner.

3. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the light source comprises:
a first light emitter configured to emit the first light; and
a second light emitter configured to emit the second light, and
one of the first light emitter or the second light emitters is turned on in the first period, the second period, or both.

4. The light source of claim 3 , wherein the first light comprises a light of a visible light wavelength band, and the second light comprises a light of an ultraviolet light wavelength band.

5. The light source of claim 4 , wherein the second light has a peak wavelength in an ultraviolet B wavelength band.

6. The light source of claim 5 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light over a predetermined number of light periods, and wherein a total cumulative energy amount of the second light irradiated during the predetermined number of light periods is equal to, or smaller than about 2.304 KJ/m 2 .

7. The light source of claim 5 , wherein the second light has a peak wavelength in a wavelength band from about 280 nm to about 315 nm.

8. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the first period and the second period, which are next to each other, form a repetition period.

9. The light source of claim 8 , wherein the second light provided in the second period of the repetition period is not provided in the first period.

10. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the second period corresponds to a light period for a predetermined number of days.

11. The light source of claim 1 , wherein the light period is configured to increase a content of an active ingredient in a plant.

12. A light device, comprising:
a main body;
a light source provided in the main body to irradiate a light; and
a controller connected to the light source by wire or wirelessly,
wherein the light source is configured to be turned on, or turned off depending on a light period and a dark period,
wherein the light source includes a first light source having a first light and a second light source having a second light,
wherein the light period includes a first period comprising a region of the light period and a second period comprising a remaining region of the light period, at least one of the first period and the second period being customized,
wherein the controller is configured to control the light source to emit the first light in the first period and emit the first light and the second light of a different wavelength from the first light in the second period, wherein the light comprises visible light, and
wherein the first light includes a red light and a blue light and an amount of the blue light is different from an amount of the red light.

13. The light device of claim 12 , wherein the light source comprises:
a first light emitter configured to emit the first light; and
a second light emitter configured to emit the second light, and
the controller is configured to turn on one of the first light emitter or the second light emitter in at least one period of the first and second periods.

14. The light device of claim 12 , wherein the controller is configured to control the light source to emit the second light in an on and off manner.

15. The light device of claim 12 , wherein the first light comprises a light of a visible light wavelength band, and the second light comprises a light of an ultraviolet light wavelength band.

16. The light device of claim 15 , wherein the second light has a peak wavelength in an ultraviolet B wavelength band.

17. The light device of claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to control the light source to emit light over a predetermined number of light periods, and wherein a total cumulative energy amount of the second light irradiated to the plant during the predetermined number of light periods is equal to, or smaller than about 2.304 KJ/m 2 .

18. A light source comprising:
at least one light emitter, the at least one light emitter comprising:
a first semiconductor layer,
a second semiconductor layer, and
an active layer, the active layer being disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit a light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer,
wherein a light period includes a first period comprising a region of the light period and a second period comprising a remaining region of the light period, the first period and the second period being customized,
wherein the light source includes a first light source configured to emit a first light in the first period and a second light configured to emit a second light of a different wavelength from the first light in the second period,
wherein the first light includes a red light and a blue light and an amount of the blue light is different from an amount of the red light, and
wherein the first light has a longer peak wavelength than a peak wavelength of the second light.

19. The light source of claim 18 , wherein the first period and the second period, which are next to each other, form one repetition period.

20. The light source of claim 19 , wherein the second light provided in the second period of the repetition period is not provided in the first period.

Assignees

• Seoul Viosys Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Se Ryung
• Ko Sang Min
• Kim Jin Won
• Song Hyun Su

Classifications

• F21Y2113/30

  of visible and non-visible spectrum · CPC title

• A01G9/20

  Forcing-frames; Lights {, i.e. glass panels covering the forcing-frames} · CPC title

• F21Y2113/13

  comprising an assembly of point-like light sources · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title