FORM 2
THE PATENT ACT, 1970
(39 OF 1970)
AND
THE PATENT RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (Section 10; rule 13)
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED FARMING

APPLICANT NATIONALITY ADDRESS
Sky Blix Agro
Science Private
Limited INDIAN C/401, Shubh Shanti Complex, M.G.Road, Dhanukar Wadi, Kandivali West, Mumbai – 400067
THE FOLLOWING COMPLETE SPECIFICATION PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE INVENTION AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS TO BE PERFORMED.

TITLE
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLED FARMING
FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention mainly discloses a system that involves controlled farming in a fully enclosed chamber that has no contact to the outside environmental factors for the growth of various plant species. All the factors that are required for the growth of the plants are provided inside the chamber by virtue of a system through which the growth and quality of the plant species is enhanced. The same is achieved by providing the factors for growth such as light means, air and temperature means, nutrient means and gaseous requirements. Further, the said parameters which will be monitored and diagnosed and detected through a chamber running on AI (artificial intelligence).
BACKGROUND & PRIOR ART:
Regular farming done on the land is mainly dependent on external factors and the quality of the crop is heavily dependent on the external conditions. These conditions may not be ideal at all levels. Moreover, crops can also get affected due to severe weather conditions or can be damaged due to pests or any other environmental factors. Controlled-environment agriculture is a technology-based approach toward food and plant production. The aim of this is to provide protection and maintain optimal growing conditions throughout the development of the crop. Such kind of food or plant production usually takes place within an enclosed growing structure such as a green house or a building. Plants are often grown by supplying proper amounts of water and nutrients. The main aspect of a controlled environment agriculture is to optimize the use of resources such as water, energy, space, capital and labour. There are different techniques which are available for growing food in controlled environment agriculture. Most of them involve human intervention and manual checks to see whether the plant/crop is effectively growing or not.
US10667469B2 mainly discloses a system for growing a plant in an at least partly conditioned environment which includes a cultivation base for receiving a culture substrate

with a root system of the plant therein. The said invention also provides Leaf heating elements and carbon dioxide assimilation management. However, the said invention comprises of a partly conditioned environment and does not comprise of an AI chamber to maintain the controlled environment of the growth of the plant. Also, the said invention makes use of artificial light (LEDs) for controlled farming whereas the present invention uses natural sun light which is disbursed in the chamber for farming purposes.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION:
It is the object of the present invention, to provide a fully controlled method for growing crops and plants by providing natural light means, temperature and humidity means and nutrient means.
It is also another object of the present invention, to monitor the growth process of the crops/plants by virtue of an AI chamber and control the requirement of any conditions without the need of any human intervention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
Figure 1 is a front view of the layout of the entire system with the following reference numerals for the corresponding component:
1. Central HVAC
2. Central Nutrient Water Solution inlet
3. Central Nutrient Water Solution outlet
4. Solar Light Collector
5. Lenses for Light collection
6. Thermal Insulation Layer
7. Fiber optic cable
8. Lenses for spreading light
9. Artificial Intelligence Module
10. Air Sensor
11. Nutrient Water Solution Sensor
12. Nutrient Water Solution
13. Roots of the plants

14. Plants
15. Inner walls of the chamber which are made of light reflective materials
16. Tracks for Artificial Intelligence module
17. Inlet from Central HVAC to each particular chamber
18. Inlet from Central Nutrient Water Solution to each particular chamber
19. Outlet from each chamber to Central Waste Nutrient Water Solution
20. Stand for Solar Light Collector which will allow it to rotate
21. Base on which will house the plants
22. Ceiling
23. Wheels for Artificial Intelligence Module
24. Motor for Artificial Intelligence Module
25. Cameras, LiDAR sensor, Thermal Sensor, InfraRed Camera
26. Flash Light- White color and other color
27. Other Sensors
28. Tracks for movement of Artificial Intelligence Module
29. Inter Connecting Tracks
Fig. 2 discloses the figure of the Artificial Intelligence Module.
Figure 3 is a top view of the interconnected tracks of the Artificial Intelligence Module.
Figure 4 is a consolidated view of multiple chambers being arranged together for controlled farming.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention is described herein by way of example using embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of the drawings described, and are not intended to represent the scale of various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated in certain figures, for ease of illustrations, and such omissions do not limit the embodiments outlined in any way. It should be understood that the drawings and the detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

The purpose, construction, features, functions, and advantages can be appreciated and understood more thoroughly through the following detailed description with reference to the attached drawings.
The present invention is explained with the accompanied drawings and discloses a fully enclosed chamber comprising of no contact to the outside environment or any external natural factors. All the factors that are required for the growth of the plants/crops are provided within the chamber.
As per figure 1, the present embodiment mainly comprises of an outer chamber and an inner chamber. The outer chamber is ideally the outer housing of the chamber. The outer housing mainly protects the inner chamber from the external environment and from any physical damage. It shall also be air tight in nature to prevent any microorganisms such as bacteria or virus to enter the inner chamber.
Inner Chamber is ideally the inner housing chamber of the chamber, which essentially comprises the main chamber wherein the plants or crops will be sown and grown. The inner chamber shall be air tight in nature and shall house the Air sensor (10) and the NWS Sensor (11). The inner surface (15) of the inner chamber shall comprise of a reflective surface for enhancement of the light dispersion within the chamber. The inner chamber shall also comprise of a Nutrient Water Solution Inlet (18) and a Nutrient Water Solution outlet (19).
Between the outer chamber and the inner chamber, shall be a thermal insulated layer (6) to insulate the inner chamber and maintain optimum temperature in the inner chamber at all occasions.
Within the inner chamber, the roots (13) of the plants (14) are generally embedded into a base 21, which comprises of multiple slots arranged in a systematic manner. The outer edges of the base will consist of hooks for attaching the base in a secured position in the inner chamber. The Base is bathed in Nutrient Water Solution (12) to provide optimum nutrition to the plants to grow. The Base can be replaced once the cycle of the plant or the crop is over. The replacement can be done through mechanical means. The means for adjustment of the Nutrient Water solution can be done from the individual inlet (18) and

outlet (19), which in turn will receive the Nutrient Water Solution (12) from the Central Nutrient Water Solution Inlet (2) and Central Nutrient Water Solution Outlet (3).
As shown in figure 2, The ceiling (22) of the inner chamber will act as a housing for lens (8) and the AI module (9). It shall also house a track system (16 and 28), which are mounted on the ceiling for movement of the AI module (9) across the chambers. These tracks shall be running across all chambers and shall be interconnected to each other (29).
A present embodiment of the invention, as disclosed in figure 1, comprises of a Solar Light Collector (4), which is located on the roof of the chamber, which will collect the sunlight and focus the light on the Fiber Optic Cable (7). The solar light collector (4) comprises of an outer housing, whose main function is to hold all the parts like the lens (5) and the fiber optic cable (7) in its position. The maintaining of the position of the lens (5) and optic cable (7) is of utmost importance as any minute change will not lead to effective dispersion of the sunlight within the chamber. Upon the sunlight hitting the lens (5), it shall concentrate the sunlight falling on its surface to a very small surface area (≤ 0.75mm). This concentrated sunlight shall be collected by the fiber optic cable (7) and carried to the other end of the cable, through which the sunlight reaches into each enclosed chamber. The Solar Light Collector is mounted on a stand (20). The Stand shall adjust the position of the Solar light collector so as to change and move according to the position of the sun within the day to collect the maximum amount of sunlight. Through the inner lens (8), the light is disbursed into the chamber. Moreover, the interior wall of the chamber also consists of a reflective surface (15) so as to reflect the light from such light disbursers upon the leaves of the crops/ plants. The same is to enhance and encourage minimal wastage of the light means.
As shown in Figure 1, each Chamber will receive its own inlet (17) from the Central HVAC channel. This will control the means of Air Temperature, Humidity and other Gaseous requirements that are required by the plants/crops. The Air Sensors (10) inside the chamber shall be constantly monitoring various parameters of the air quality flowing through the said channel. The Central HVAC System (1) can also control the thermal insulation of the chamber and can also control the geothermal parameters in addition to the above. Hence, the Central HVAC System will look effectively into the temperature balance of the chamber to maintain optimum temperature at all levels.

As disclosed in figure 1, the roots of the plants/crops will be submerged in the Nutrient Water Solution which will have various nutrients being provided in optimum amounts that will aid in the growth of plants/crops. Further, the pH level and the temperature of the Nutrient water Solution will be controlled by the Nutrient Water Sensor. Each chamber will have its own supply of Fresh Nutrient Water Solution through an inlet (18) and the Waste Nutrient Water solution will exit through the outlet present on the opposite end of the inlet (19). The nutrient water solution sensor (11) will be submerged in the Nutrient Water Solution and shall be constantly monitoring various aspects of the Nutrient Water Solution present in the chamber. It will be constantly collecting data of the quality of the Nutrient Water Solution that is present within the inner chamber and send it to the Cloud Central Server. The sensor will be connected via a wire.
The Artificial Intelligence Module as displayed in Figure 2, will be running through the roof on the track system (16 and 28) by virtue of wheels (23) present on the top of the module and shall have a motor (24) attached to it for movement. It will consist of different types of cameras such as a normal camera means, a LiDAR Camera means and an Infrared Camera means (25) supported with flash lights of white colour and other colour (26). It also comprises of sensors particularly being light sensors and waves sensors (27) for detection of various parameters which are required to scan and analyse the plant/crop health. As shown in Figure 3 and 4, The Artificial Intelligence Module shall be running on the tracks situated on the ceiling of the chamber. This single AI module will be running in many Chambers by means of the track systems (28) which are interconnected (29) through the various inner chambers. The Chambers can be arranged one above the other and/or they can be placed in an array of rows and columns that is best suited for a specific area.
All the data obtained from various sensors and the AI module will be sent to the cloud central server. The cloud central server is a neural network which will be capable of data analysis and shall be capable of diagnosis of such data collection. Upon such analysis of the data collected, the cloud central server will issue the necessary information to the

command centre to change or maintain various parameters to effect optimum growth of the plants/crops. The main system therefore comprises of a series of sub systems such as 1) Central HVAC system, 2) Geothermal System, 3) Water Purification System 4) Nutrient Injection System, 5) Nutrient Water Solution System Flow, 6) Waste Nutrient Water Solution Return Flow 7) Water and Gas Storage Tanks and 8) Cloud central Server. The Cloud Central Server shall analyse the inputs given by the images and the sensors and shall accordingly supply or remove the various components from the inner chamber to maintain optimum balance of the parameters for effective growth of the plants/crops. Each Main System can cater to approximately 10,000 chambers. The entire controlled farming within such chamber will be done through Artificial Intelligence without any human interference. The cloud central server can also be connected to an internet based computer application, wherein the checking and monitoring can be tracked. All the data collected from the AI module and the sensors will be stored on cloud.
The present invention mainly deals with the arrangement of chambers/chambers in a vertical fashion which are arranged in rows and columns that are interconnected to each other. Each column can comprise of 5 to 6 chambers arranged in a vertical manner and as depicted in the accompanying diagrams. The average space between two vertical chambers shall be around half a foot which can go upto 4 to 5 feet depending upon the plant which is grown.
The bases used for the chambers can be replaced, additional bases can be bought and replaced with the help of robotic arm.
The main advantage of the present invention is to provide an effective and controlled manner of farming, which shall not be dependent on the external parameters, which shall result in a superior crop which is grown in a time period which is 50% lesser than the average crop growth. The plants/crops can grow around the year, irrespective of season and the area as the said system is vertical in nature and hence utilises less area/space. This

results in cumulative output which is at least 6 times higher as compared to traditional farming. With use of HVAC 20-40% energy is saved as compared to normal HVAC systems. Since LED lights are not used to provide light to the plants, upto 80% energy is saved for the growth of plants/crops. Also, less than 95% water is consumed as compared to traditional farming and moreover it is 100% safe from bacteria and viruses and uses 0% use of pesticides or other harmful chemicals for growth.
This system for controlled farming is a carbon positive affair. The chambers will take in carbon dioxide and give out fresh oxygen. Further, it is a soil less technique of farming. This means that there will be no need of stubble burning which is a major cause of air pollution in India.

I/we Claim:
1) A system for controlled farming in which crops/plants can be grown, comprising of a chamber, within which is housed, a light source, an air and temperature controlling means and a nutrient solution means, sensors to monitor the nutrient solution quality, air and temperature and an Artificial Intelligence module to monitor and diagnose the growth of the plants/crops, all of which is controlled through a Main Computer System.
2) A system for controlled farming as mentioned in claim 1, wherein the light source consists of a Solar Light Collector comprising of a lens that will capture the sunlight and send the sunlight through a Fiber Optic Cable into the inner lens which will disperse the sunlight upon the crops/plants within the chamber, and wherein the Solar light collector is mounted on a stand, that will change and move according to the position of the sun within the day to collect the maximum amount of sunlight.
3) A system for controlled farming as mentioned in claim 1, wherein the air and temperature means is provided from a Central HVAC Channel, which shall also control the thermal insulation of the chamber and can also control the geothermal parameters of the chamber, to effectively balance the temperature and air within the chamber.
4) A chamber for controlled farming as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer housing of the chamber is air tight in nature to prevent any microorganisms such as bacteria or virus to enter the inner chamber, the inner housing of the chamber is essentially the main chamber wherein the plants or crops will be grown, wherein the inner lining of the inner chamber shall be made of a reflective surface to further aid in dispersing the light coming from the inner lens, within the chamber and wherein between the outer housing and the inner housing of the chamber, a thermal insulated layer shall be present to insulate the inner chamber and maintain optimum temperature in the inner chamber.
5) A chamber for controlled farming as claimed in claim 1, wherein the nutrient water solution is provided to the base of the chamber, wherein the crops/plants are embedded and

grown, the nutrient water solution consisting of the essential nutrients for the growth of the plants/crops and the said Solution which will be provided through an inlet and the waster solution can be removed from an outlet.
6) An Artificial Intelligence Module as claimed in claim 1, which comprises of a
regular lens camera, a LiDAR Camera and an Infrared Camera, supported with flash lights
of white colour and any other colour, sensors particularly being light sensors and waves
sensors, all of which scan and analyse the parameters required for the growth of the
plant/crop and such data collected through the Artificial Intelligence module is sent to a
main system for analysis; the Artificial Intelligence Module shall be mounted on tracks
situated on the ceiling of the inner housing of the chamber and shall run on the tracks by
virtue of wheels and motor and wherein such one single Artificial intelligence Module can
run in many Chambers by means of the track systems being interconnected to each other.
7) A system for controlled farming as mentioned in claim 1, which comprises of Air Sensor to analyse the air quality to give feedback to the Central HVAC system as mentioned in claim 3 and a Nutrient Water Solution Sensor to detect the quality of the Nutrient Water Solution, wherein such feedback is given to the Main Computer System for analysis and to provide or remove the Nutrient Water Solution from the chamber.
8) A Main Computer system as claimed in claim 1 comprising of a series of sub systems such as 1) Central HVAC system, 2) Geothermal System, 3) Water Purification System 4) Nutrient Injection System, 5) Nutrient Water Solution System Flow, 6) Waste Nutrient Water Solution Return Flow 7) Water and Gas Storage Tanks and 8) Cloud central Server, wherein the Cloud Central Server shall analyse the inputs given by the Artificial Intelligence Module and the air sensor and Nutrient Water solution sensor and shall accordingly direct the sub systems to supply or remove any component from the inner chamber to maintain optimum balance of the parameters within the chamber for effective growth of the plants/crops.
9) A system for controlled farming as claimed in claim 1, in which multiple chambers are arranged in a vertical fashion in multiple rows, the said chambers all of which are interconnected to each other.

10) A system for controlled farming as claimed in claim 1, to provide an effective and controlled manner of farming, which shall not be dependent on the external parameters, which shall result in a superior crop which is grown in a time period which is 50 % lesser than the average crop growth, utilized less than 95% water consumption as compared to traditional farming, is 100% safe from bacteria and viruses and uses 0% use of pesticides or other harmful chemicals for growth.