Patent ID: 11930749
Assignee: TRELLA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 26:
27. A controller for an automated plant training system, the controller comprising:
a controller input adapted to receive at least one of: (i) a predetermined control signal, and (ii) a sensed control signal produced based on a sensed presence of a plant growing in the interior of a grow enclosure, the grow enclosure surrounding at least a portion of an interior of the grow enclosure other than a portion comprising a light opening of an apex opening; and
a controller output adapted to cause a drive mechanism to modify a direction of growth of the plant by producing relative motion between the apex opening and a base of the plant such that (i) light is transmitted through the light opening to an apex of the plant as the plant grows, and such that (ii) the direction of growth of the plant is controlled in a horizontal direction based on the relative motion between the apex opening and the base of the plant, wherein the drive mechanism is adapted to modify a direction of growth of the plant by controlling a position of the light opening under control of at least one of: (i) the predetermined control signal, and (ii) the sensed control signal.