Patents by Inventor Kirk CLENDINNING

Kirk CLENDINNING has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and light source for generating a tailored spectrum light output
    Patent number: 10920962
    Abstract: A method for generating uniform light with a tailored spectrum using one or more light sources, an integrating space, and one or more selected phosphors to build stable absolute irradiance calibration light sources for fiber and cosine correctors is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ocean Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk Clendinning
  • Method for controlling growth of a plant
    Patent number: 10674677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of a plant, the plant being of a predetermined type and arranged in a controlled environment subject to receiving illumination of a mixture of natural and artificial light. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for controlling the growth of a plant and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HELIOSPECTRA AB
    Inventors: Timo Pohjanvouri, Richard Rebhan, Staffan Hillberg, Kirk Clendinning
  • Reference light adjustment method for spectrometer based measurement or control systems
    Patent number: 10466101
    Abstract: A method to adjust the energy transmitted from a multiplicity of light sources to provide an adequate reference for spectral measurement or control using a multichannel feedback adjustment algorithm that compensates for the interactions between adjacent spectral ranges and sets reference light sources for optimal system performance using a normalized energy value for each spectral range is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: OCEAN OPTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirk Clendinning, Nelson Chandler
  • Method for controlling a growth cycle for growing plants using state oriented control
    Patent number: 10426099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling of a growth cycle for a plant being arranged in a controlled environment and subject to light emitted by at least one artificial lighting arrangement. The invention also relates to a corresponding system device and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HELIOSPECTRA AB
    Inventors: Kirk Clendinning, Tessa Pocock, Torsten Wik
  • Optical slit for a spectrometer that incorporates a wavelength calibration light source
    Patent number: 10302488
    Abstract: An optical slit device that combines microelectromechanical design techniques, semiconductor laser technology, and micro-optics to provide a spectrometer entrance slit on a semiconductor substrate with integrated calibration light sources, which integrated light enters the entrance slit and is transmitted down the same optical path as a light source under test and by which the spectrometer can be wavelength calibrated in situ is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ocean Optics, Inc.
    Inventor: Kirk Clendinning
  • Method for automatic positioning of lamps in a greenhouse environment
    Patent number: 10261493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining positions of a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged in a planar grid arrangement, each light-emitting device being individually controllable and having a unique network address. The invention also relates to a corresponding system and to a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HELIOSPECTRA AB
    Inventors: Staffan Hillberg, Kirk Clendinning, Anthony Gilley, Timo Pohjanvouri
  • REFERENCE LIGHT ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR SPECTROMETER BASED MEASUREMENT OR CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190003886
    Abstract: A method to adjust the energy transmitted from a multiplicity of light sources to provide an adequate reference for spectral measurement or control using a multichannel feedback adjustment algorithm that compensates for the interactions between adjacent spectral ranges and sets reference light sources for optimal system performance using a normalized energy value for each spectral range is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kirk Clendinning, Nelson Chandler
  • OPTICAL SLIT FOR A SPECTROMETER THAT INCORPORATES A WAVELENGTH CALIBRATION LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20180340824
    Abstract: An optical slit device that combines microelectromechanical design techniques, semiconductor laser technology, and micro-optics to provide a spectrometer entrance slit on a semiconductor substrate with integrated calibration light sources, which integrated light enters the entrance slit and is transmitted down the same optical path as a light source under test and by which the spectrometer can be wavelength calibrated in situ is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Kirk Clendinning
  • METHOD FOR GENERATING A TAILORED SPECTRUM LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20180274755
    Abstract: A method for generating uniform light with a tailored spectrum using one or more light sources, an integrating space, and one or more selected phosphors to build stable absolute irradiance calibration light sources for fiber and cosine correctors is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Kirk Clendinning
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF LAMPS IN A GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180173191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining positions of a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged in a planar grid arrangement, each light-emitting device being individually controllable and having a unique network address. The invention also relates to a corresponding system and to a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Heliospectra AB
    Inventors: Staffan HILLBERG, Kirk CLENDINNING, Anthony GILLEY, Timo POHJANVOURI
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH OF A PLANT
    Publication number: 20160366833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of a plant, the plant being of a predetermined type and arranged in a controlled environment subject to receiving illumination of a mixture of natural and artificial light. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for controlling the growth of a plant and to a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: HELIOSPECTRA AB
    Inventors: Timo POHJANVOURI, Richard REBHAN, Stafan HILLBERG, Kirk CLENDINNING
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GROWTH CYCLE FOR GROWING PLANTS USING STATE ORIENTED CONTROL
    Publication number: 20160278300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling of a growth cycle for a plant being arranged in a controlled environment and subject to light emitted by at least one artificial lighting arrangement. The invention also relates to a corresponding system device and to a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: HELIOSPECTRA AB
    Inventors: Kirk CLENDINNING, Tessa POCOCK, Torsten WIK