System and methods that enable wireless communication with an at least partly submerged cleaning platform such as an automated pool cleaning robot submerged underwater. The system includes a at least one communication bridge creates a wireless link to wireless communication devices and translates signals to properly penetrate water. The at least one communication bridge first transceiver receives conventional high radio frequencies from diverse wireless communication devices via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or other protocols. These signals connect to a frequency converter that shifts to optimized underwater megahertz frequencies less than 1 GHz. A second at least one communication bridge transceiver emits the low frequency signals which pass several meters through water. An at least partly submerged cleaning platform integrated with third transceiver wirelessly sends and receives the translated low frequency signals penetrating down from the surface at least one communication bridge.
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A robot skimmer that is has one or more proximity sensors below the water surface and/or one or more proximity sensors above the water line of a body of water that is configured to collect debris. A controller connected to the sensors adapted for: receiving sensory data captured by the sensors, anayzing the sensory data to detect one or more objects above and/or below water surface, and controlling movements and directs the robot skimmer to recognize fixed and nonfixed objects to avoid the fixed objects and the non-fixed objects that exceed the capacity for collection by the robot skimmer.
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A pool cleaning robot (PCR), which includes a housing; a fluid path that comprises an impeller, a filtering unit, a detachable fluid distributer (DFD), a base and one or more output fluid conduits. The filtering unit is configured to filter fluid that entered the fluid path to provide filtered fluid; and the impeller is configured to direct the filtered fluid towards the DFD. The DFD is detachably mechanically coupled to the base, via a connector that comprises a connector DFD portion and a connector base portion; wherein (a) a movement of the DFD in an engagement direction towards the base, and (b) a positioning of the connector DFD portion at a coupling position, lock the DFD to the base.
A modular controller for controlling one or more devices associated with a water facility (WF), the modular controller may include at least one connecting platform configured for removably connecting to one or more detachable units, wherein at least one of the one or more detachable units is a detachable controller configured at least for controlling operation of at least one device associated with the WF, wherein the at least one connecting platform enables a user to customize the modular controller at least by removing or selecting and installing therein one or more detachable units, and the at least one device may include a gasification unit or a chlorination unit.
A handheld fluid cleaning robot, that includes a handheld interface, a fluid manipulation unit configured to move fluid, a filter that is configured to filter the fluid to provide filtered fluid, a handheld fluid cleaning robot (HFCR) output that is configured to receive the fluid; and one or more angular control elements that are configured to adjust an angular relationship between a portion of the handheld interface and the HFCR output.
A pool cleaner for cleaning a pool, the pool cleaner may include a filtering element for filtering fluid; at least one sensor for sensing an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner; at least one steering element that is configured to move the pool cleaner along a cleaning path, during a cleaning process of segments of multiple sidewalls of the pool; wherein the cleaning path mostly includes substantially horizontal cleaning path segments that have a cleaning path segment yaw that is a substantially horizontal yaw; wherein the certain region is fully submerged; and a controller that is configured to control the at least one steering element, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner.
A method for interacting with a submerged robot, the method may include (i) receiving by a receiver of a submerged robot, unique signals aimed to the submerged robot; wherein the unique signals are sound signals having frequencies that differ from (a) frequencies of sounds generated by the submerged robot, and (b) frequencies of sounds generated by an environment of the pool; and (ii) responding, by the submerged robot, to the unique signals.
A system for navigating a dynamic pool equipment unit is disclosed. The system comprises a wireless unit physically connected to the dynamic pool equipment unit deployed in a water pool, allowing the wireless unit to move with the equipment while partially out of the water. The wireless unit includes a first interface for communicating with the equipment unit via a first communication channel, and a second interface for intercepting wireless signals from external stations via a wireless communication channel. A controller navigates the equipment unit towards the external station(s) by measuring the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of intercepted wireless signals, estimating the direction of the external station(s) based on RSSI analysis, and transmitting movement instructions to the equipment unit to advance in the estimated direction.
A pool related platform that includes a housing; and a fluid jet system that includes a first fluid jet portion that is configured to selectively output a first fluid jet from a first outlet located at rear part of the pool related platform at a first angle thereby lifting a front part of the housing; a second fluid jet portion that is configured to selectively output a second fluid jet from a second outlet located at the rear part of the pool related platform at a second angle thereby lifting a rear part of the housing; and a selection unit that is configured to receive an inner flow of fluid and to direct the inner flow to one of the first fluid jet portion or the second fluid jet portion.
An interfacing system for pool related platform (PRP) autonomous exit from a pool assistance, the interfacing system includes a pool surface interface that is positioned on an external surface; and a submerged interface that is mechanically coupled to the pool surface interface and is configured to interface with the PRP and convert a PRP rotation of a PRP interfacing element to a movement of a portion of the submerged interface from a lower position in which the portion of the submerged interface is inclined at a first angle to an upper position in which the portion of the submerged interface is inclined as a second angle that is smaller than the first angle.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating
platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an
autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines;
floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning
pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for
the foregoing goods. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools;
autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation
software; autonomous navigation application.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating
platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an
autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines;
floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning
pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for
the foregoing goods. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools;
autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation
software; autonomous navigation application.
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Detachable fluid distributor for robotic swimming pool cleaner
There is provided a method for estimating a status of a fluid filter of a cleaning device, the method includes performing, at one or more measurement iterations, one or more first fluid pressure measurements of fluid within the cleaning device while the cleaning device actively moves fluid within the cleaning device; performing, at the one or more measurement iterations, one or more second fluid pressure measurements of fluid within the cleaning device while the cleaning device does not actively move fluid within the cleaning device; predicting a future status of the fluid filter, based on the one or more first fluid pressure measurements and the one or more second fluid pressure measurements; and responding to the predicting.
A method of navigating a dynamic pool equipment unit in a water pool, comprising: receiving sensory data captured by a plurality of sensors of a dynamic pool equipment unit moving in a water pool, mapping, based on analysis of the sensory data, one or more geometrically distinguishable surfaces of the water pool which is geometrically distinguishable from any adjacent surface of the water pool, generating a map of the water pool based on the mapped one or more geometrically distinguishable surface, and outputting the water pool map for navigating one or more dynamic pool. Wherein the plurality of sensors employ a plurality of different sensing technologies.
A detachable filtering unit that includes (a) a filter bag; (b) at least one interior supporting element (ISE) that is configured to contact one or more interior regions of the filter bag and to support the filter bag; and (c) a filtering unit base that comprises an ISE interface, a fluid opening; wherein the at least one ISE is configured to be detachable coupled to the ISE interface
A pool related platform that includes a body, a detachable sensor unit (DSU) that comprises multiple sensors and is detachably coupled to the body; and at least one power supply element.
A pool cleaning robot having cleaning capabilities. The pool cleaning robot includes a housing that comprises a housing bottom, the housing bottom comprises a main fluid inlet in fluid communication with a filtering unit of the pool cleaning robot, and a housing bottom fluid jet outlet; a bottom fluid jet unit that comprises a fluid pump that is located within the housing, and a fluid conduit that fluidly couples the fluid pump with the bottom fluid jet outlet; and a controller the controls an output of a bottom fluid jet from the bottom jet outlet.
Disclosed herein is a method of detecting stalled state of a dynamic pool equipment unit, comprising receiving a plurality of movement features relating to a dynamic pool equipment unit deployed in a water pool which are captured during a predefined sampling window and comprise (1) motion features of the pool equipment unit, and (2) operational features of electric motor(s) of the pool equipment unit, determining a movement pattern of the pool equipment unit using one or more statistical models applied to the plurality of movement features which are trained to estimate a stalled state of the pool equipment unit in which the pool equipment unit is pitched up and unable to advance on a slopped obstacle in the water pool, and causing the pool equipment unit to stop attempted advance in a current direction responsive to determining that the pool equipment unit is in the stalled state.
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A method for charging a pool related platform (PRP), the method may include (i) positioning a first wireless charging element (WCE) of the PRP within a charging range of a second WCE of a charging unit that is movable and is located at a temporary PRP location that is outside an interior of a pool structural element; wherein the positioning comprises moving the first WCE towards the PRP location; and (ii) wirelessly charging, by the second WCE, the first WCE while maintaining the first WCE within the charging range of the second WCE.
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A detachable pool related platform that includes a housing, a sensing unit that comprises a location unit that is configured to locate a submerged robot that is submerged in a pool, a communication unit that is configured to communicate with the submerged robot, and a detachable interface that is configured to detachably mount the detachable system onto a surface of the pool.
A pool cleaning robot that includes a ballast tank for controlling a buoyancy of the submarine pool cleaner; at least one cleaning element for cleaning debris from an underwater surface of a pool while the pool cleaning robot hovers over the underwater surface; a propulsion module that is configured to propel the submersible pool cleaner, and a steering module that comprises a rudder and diving planes.
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(1) Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines; floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for the foregoing goods.
(2) Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
(1) Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines; floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for the foregoing goods.
(2) Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines; floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for the foregoing goods. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers; floating platforms for pool robotic cleaners; floats attached to an autonomous vessel, being parts of pool cleaning machines; floating robots that clean the pool; electrical cleaning pool robots; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for the foregoing goods. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
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PREDICTION OF WATER PARAMETERS BASED ON MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES ESTIMATION
A method of estimating a level of one or more water parameters using trained machine learning (ML) based regression trees, comprising receiving physical features and spectral features relating to one or more sample of waters, propagating the water sample(s) through a regression trees comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of branches propagating from a root node to a plurality of leaf nodes, each of the plurality of nodes is associated with an ML model trained to estimate a level of one or more water parameters in water samples, identifying a certain leaf node to which the water sample(s) propagated based on the plurality of physical features, estimating a level of one or more of the water parameters in the water sample(s) by applying the ML model associated with the certain leaf node to the spectral features, and initiating action(s) based on the water parameter(s) estimated level.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing; a power supply cable interface for interfacing with a power supply cable; wherein at least a part of the power supply cable is external to the housing; a power supply control unit, and a wireless charging interface. The power supply control unit may be configured to control (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to the wireless charging interface; and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot
A method for determining a temperature of a fluid of a pool, the method may include: measuring at least one pool cleaning robot (PCR) parameter in relation to a period of time and by one or more PCR sensors located within an interior of the PCR; calculating at least one period of time PCR parameter; determining at least one value of at least one PCR parameter weight based on at least one value of the at least one period of time PCR parameter; and determining the temperature of the fluid of the pool based on the at least one period of time PCR parameter and the at least one PCR parameter weight.
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11 - Environmental control apparatus
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Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers, pool related
floating platforms, pool covers, namely mechanical pool
covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except
for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land
vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses; pool vacuum
cleaners; parts and accessories. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools;
autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation
software; autonomous navigation application. Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water
purification installations; filters for swimming pools;
heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating
apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar
thermal collectors.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers, pool related
floating platforms, pool covers, namely mechanical pool
covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except
for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land
vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses; pool vacuum
cleaners; parts and accessories. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools;
autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation
software; autonomous navigation application. Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water
purification installations; filters for swimming pools;
heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating
apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar
thermal collectors.
A method of evaluating slipperiness of a floor surface of a water pool by inducing one or more rotation scans of a pool equipment unit by driving a power pulse to one or more electric motors configured to rotate the pool equipment unit deployed on a floor surface of a water pool and at least partially submerged in water of the water pool, accumulating power values of the power pulse while its level is above a motor operation threshold, accumulating values of angular velocity of the pool equipment unit measured starting after the power pulse drops below the threshold until the pool equipment unit stops rotating; computing work energy invested to rotate the pool equipment unit based on the power values and the angular velocity values; computing a slipperiness index of the floor surface based on the work energy; and initiating one or more actions according to the slipperiness index.
Systems, units and methods for monitoring water of at least one swimming pool (SP) by: obtaining non-manipulation data of the SP water or one or more samples thereof before/without applying any manipulation to water of the SP sample(s) thereof; applying at least one manipulation over the SP water or one or more samples thereof; obtaining manipulation data of the SP water indicative of responsivity of the SP water or one or more samples thereof to each manipulation applied thereto, using one or more sensors; and analyzing the non-manipulation and manipulation data to determine one or more characteristics of the SP water including for example concentration of one or more substances in the SP water. In some embodiments, at least one manipulation may include dechlorination of the SP water.
A method for navigating a movable pool related platform (PRP), the method includes moving the movable PRP along a home direction, wherein the movable PRP is associated with a gyroscope and with a magnetometer, wherein the moving is based on a gyroscope-based direction of movement estimate, wherein the gyroscope was aligned with the magnetometer. The magnetometer was calibrated during a calibration process that includes (i) determining, by a controller of the movable PRP, a mapping between magnetometer readings and a magnetometer-based direction of movement estimate; wherein the mapping is based, at least in part, on a first range of the first axis magnetometer readings and a second range of the second axis magnetometer readings; and (ii) performing an alignment iteration that comprises aligning, by the controller, between the magnetometer-based direction of movement estimate and the gyroscope-based direction of movement estimate.
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for estimating water turbidity using image data, comprising analyzing a plurality of images of one or more objects submerged in water captured under water from a plurality of distances, calculating a luma value for each of a plurality of pixels along one or more gradient lines across the object(s) in each of the plurality of images, calculating, for each image, a respective maximal intensity change between a lowest luma value and a highest luma value of the pixels along the gradient line(s) in the respective image, evaluating a turbidity of the water based on mapping of the respective maximal intensity change to each of the plurality of distances, and initiating one or more actions in case the turbidity exceeds a certain threshold.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
(1) Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers, pool related floating platforms, pool covers, namely mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories.
(2) Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
(3) Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water purification installations; filters for swimming pools; heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar thermal collectors.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
(1) Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; skimmers, pool related floating platforms, pool covers, namely mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses; pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories.
(2) Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools; autonomous navigation platform; autonomous navigation software; autonomous navigation application.
(3) Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water purification installations; filters for swimming pools; heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar thermal collectors.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners, namely, swimming pool vacuum cleaners, automatic swimming pool cleaners and parts therefor; household swimming pool cleaning robots; skimmers in the nature of swimming pool sweepers, pool related floating platforms in the nature of power-operated pool lifts, pool covers, namely, mechanical swimming pool covers primarily composed of machine wheels, drive chains other than for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses, namely, steam cleaners for household purposes, hand-held vacuum cleaners, vacuum cleaners, floor cleaning machines, swimming pool vacuum cleaners; swimming pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories, namely, water pumps for swimming pools, hoses for swimming vacuum cleaners Swimming pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines, namely, televisions, video cameras; swimming pool multimedia devices, namely, multimedia projectors, audio speakers, televisions, LCD projectors; electronic controls for swimming pools to monitor and control the functioning of electronic devices; autonomous navigation platform, namely, downloadable and recorded software platforms for use in navigation guidance; autonomous navigation guidance software, recorded and downloadable; autonomous navigation application, namely, downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for use in navigation guidance Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus, namely, pressure regulators for water installations; water purification installations; filters for swimming pools; heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar thermal collectors
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners, namely, swimming pool vacuum cleaners, automatic swimming pool cleaners and parts therefor; household swimming pool cleaning robots; skimmers in the nature of swimming pool sweepers, pool related floating platforms in the nature of power-operated pool lifts, pool covers, namely, mechanical swimming pool covers primarily composed of machine wheels, drive chains other than for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses, namely, steam cleaners for household purposes, hand-held vacuum cleaners, vacuum cleaners, floor cleaning machines, swimming pool vacuum cleaners; swimming pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories, namely, water pumps for swimming pools, hoses for swimming vacuum cleaners Swimming pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines, namely, televisions, video cameras; swimming pool multimedia devices, namely, multimedia projectors, audio speakers, televisions, LCD projectors; electronic controls for swimming pools to monitor and control the functioning of electronic devices; autonomous navigation platform, namely, downloadable and recorded software platforms for use in navigation guidance; autonomous navigation guidance software, recorded and downloadable; autonomous navigation application, namely, downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for use in navigation guidance Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus, namely, pressure regulators for water installations; water purification installations; filters for swimming pools; heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools; solar thermal collectors
A pool related platform that may include one or more power consuming elements; and a wireless power transfer interface module that comprises a ferromagnetic element that is located within a housing, the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, the second housing part is secured to the first housing part.
A pool related platform such as a pool cleaning robot that may include a body including an upper part that is rotatably coupled to a lower part, a detachable sensor unit that may include multiple sensors and is detachably coupled to the body, and at least one power supply element.
There is provided an add on unit that includes a first communication unit that is configured to communicate with a pool related platform; a second communication unit that is configured to communicate with a computerized system; one or more additional components; a housing; and one or more adaptors that are configured to connect the add on unit to at least one out of the pool related platform or a cable that is connected to the pool related platform.
A liquid measuring system (LMS) comprising: a light source; a multi-region optical filter (MROF); a sample cell configured to contain a liquid sample; an optical detection subsystem (ODS) having an optical detector for measuring optical properties of light emanating from the liquid sample. The MROF may include a spectral filter region such as a bandpass or a long-pass filter type region, and natural density (ND) type filter region, for enabling simultaneous optical measuring at least of turbidity level and algae concentration in a water sample contained by the sample cell, by having light passed through the water sample and the MROF before reaching the optical detector of the ODS. Embodiments of the MROFs may be also used, for example for selective spectral attenuation of light illuminating the liquid sample to achieve reduction in distortions due to stray light.
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An extraction unit that may includes a handle, a bendable intermediate element; and an extraction unit interfacing element that is configured to interface with a robot; wherein the bendable intermediate element is connected between the handle and the extraction unit interfacing element.
A method for interacting with a submerged robot, the method may include (i) receiving by a receiver of a submerged robot, unique signals aimed to the submerged robot; wherein the unique signals are sound signals having frequencies that differ from (a) frequencies of sounds generated by the submerged robot, and (b) frequencies of sounds generated by an environment of the pool; and (ii) responding, by the submerged robot, to the unique signals.
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A method for underwater communication, the method may include (i) receiving, by a first communication over power cable unit (COPCU), a modulated downstream signal that is a power signal that is modulated by downstream information; wherein the modulated downstream signal is conveyed over a power cable that is at least partially submerged in a pool; wherein the first COPCU is associated with a pool related platform (PRP), the PRP is located in the pool; (ii) extracting, by the first COPCU, the downstream information; and (iii) locally transmitting, by the first COPCU, the downstream information to a target unit that belongs to the PRP; wherein a distance between the target unit and the first COPCU is a fraction of a length of the power cable.
Methods, systems and apparatuses using: (i) a flow control unit including: piping inlets and outlets for connecting thereby to different parts located at different locations of a water facility (WF) and of the apparatuses themselves and multiple controllable valves, each being deployed at a different inlet or outlet of the multiple piping inlets and outlets; (ii) a detection unit including at least one sensor for sensing characteristics of the WF in various locations and/or states of the WF; and a controller, configured to control operation of the valves, for measuring one or more characteristics of a selected detection location or state of the WF or of water manipulated within the apparatuses. The methods, systems and apparatuses may further be configured to apply manipulations over a water sample, sampled from the WF and/or over water from the WF and measure responses to the applied manipulation(s).
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A method for charging a pool related platform (PRP), the method may include (i) positioning a first wireless charging element (WCE) of the PRP within a charging range of a second WCE of a charging unit that is movable and is located at a temporary PRP location that is outside an interior of a pool structural element; wherein the positioning comprises moving the first WCE towards the PRP location; and (ii) wirelessly charging, by the second WCE, the first WCE while maintaining the first WCE within the charging range of the second WCE.
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A pool related platform that may include (i) a drive mechanism for moving the pool related platform; (ii) a housing that has a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening; (iii) a filtering unit that comprises a filtering element; (iv) a fluid flow mechanism for inducing a flow of fluid through the filtering unit in a first direction during a filtering process, and for inducing a flow of the fluid through the filtering element at another direction during a backwash process; (v) an entrapment cell; and (vi) a flow control unit that comprises a flow control element and an inlet that is maintained open during the filtering process and the backwash process; wherein the flow control unit is configured to allow debris and fluid from the filtering unit to enter the entrapment cell, and is configured to substantially prevent a flow of fluid and debris from the entrapment cell to the filtering unit.
A pool cleaning robot that includes a ballast tank for controlling a buoyancy of the submarine pool cleaner; at least one cleaning element for cleaning debris from an underwater surface of a pool while the pool cleaning robot hovers over the underwater surface; a propulsion module that is configured to propel the submersible pool cleaner; and a steering module that comprises a rudder and diving planes.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing; a power supply cable interface for interfacing with a power supply cable; wherein at least a part of the power supply cable is external to the housing; a power supply control unit, and a wireless charging interface. The power supply control unit may be configured to control (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to the wireless charging interface; and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot
A method for determining a temperature of a fluid of a pool, the method may include: measuring at least one pool cleaning robot (PCR) parameter in relation to a period of time and by one or more PCR sensors located within an interior of the PCR; calculating at least one period of time PCR parameter; determining at least one value of at least one PCR parameter weight based on at least one value of the at least one period of time PCR parameter; and determining the temperature of the fluid of the pool based on the at least one period of time PCR parameter and the at least one PCR parameter weight.
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55.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING FLUID OF A FLUID FACILITY HAVING AN INSPECTION SUBSYSTEM FOR INSPECTION OF LIGHT SOURCES USED IN THE MONITORING SYSTEM
Systems and methods for monitoring and inspection of a fluid facility such as water from a swimming pool facility configured to: receive updated MLS data, indicative of optical characteristics associated with light emanating from a main light source (MLS); receive updated RLS data, indicative of optical characteristics associated with light emanating from a reference light source (RLS), the MLS and the RLS having similar optical characteristics; analyze the received updated MLS and RLS data to identify changes in optical characteristics of MLS data; determine whether detected changes in optical characteristics of the MLS data require performing at least one mitigation action; and perform at least one mitigation action when such is determined to be required.
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01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
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11 - Environmental control apparatus
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Filtering materials (chemicals and minerals); filtering
materials of chemical substances; filtering materials of
chemical substance for water treatment, filtration and
purification in swimming pools and spas; filtering materials
of chemical substances for the filtration of water in
swimming pools and spas; none of the aforesaid goods being
chemical products. Swimming pool cleaning apparatus; swimming pool cleaning
machines; mechanical filters for the treatment of water;
pumps for recycling water in swimming pools; swimming pool
pumps; parts, fittings and accessories for the aforegoing
goods. Devices for the separation of impurities from water
(purification); water purification apparatus; water
purification filters; water purification installations;
water purification machines; chlorinating units (water
purifying apparatus and machines); swimming pools
chlorinating units; filters for swimming pools; swimming
pool chlorinating apparatus; machines for water filtering;
water filtering machines; parts, fittings and accessories
for the aforegoing goods.
57.
Systems, subsystems and methods for measuring water characteristics in a water facility
Systems and Methods for monitoring characteristics of a water sample taken from a water facility (WF), by using a first light source emitting light at a first wavelength, and an additional light source, emitting light at an additional wavelength which is distinctly different from the first wavelength; for each light source, performing a measurement of the water sample, using an optical sensor outputting updated sensor data and a spectral detector, outputting updated detector data; and determining adjustment properties for adjustment of an analysis model, used for ongoing determination of water characteristics such as the water turbidity level, based on comparison between the measurements for each of the light sources.
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaning robots and parts therefor, powered or charged by embedded inductive apparatus and cable systems Electrical apparatus, namely, inductive charging apparatus for pool cleaning robots and electrical cables therefor
59.
System and a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools
The present invention provides a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools, said method implemented by one or more processors operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform: accumulating and monitoring data from elements including at least one of: sensors, actuators, and breakers in and around the vicinity of the swimming pools; accumulating non-sensory data from a plurality of sources at a local processing unit; propagating the data to an online remote server, applying machine learning or rule based algorithms at the online remote server configured to incorporate all the acquired data and obtain an optimal policy for pool maintenance by providing recommendations, control parameters, and providing an online interface to access said recommendation/control parameters for at least one of pool owners, pool servicemen, pool maintenance companies, pool vendors and pool retail dealers.
C02F 1/00 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
C02F 1/68 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water
C02F 3/34 - Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage characterised by the microorganisms used
C02F 103/42 - Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from bathing facilities, e.g. swimming pools
E04H 4/12 - Devices or arrangements for circulating water
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
A selective optical collection device (SOCD) and an optical system using a SOCD for optical enhancement of specific spatial areas and/or specific wavelengths. The SOCD including: a base structure with multiple optical pathways deployed over the base structure at different locations, wherein some of the optical pathways may have different characteristics such as different inclination angles and/or different dimensions and/or different optical properties, in respect to characteristics of other optical pathways. The differences in characteristics between the optical pathways, are designed for selective spatial collection of incoming light, such that more light passing through one or more optical pathways may be collected in respect to light passed through one or more other optical pathways. The system may also include an optical element configured for spectral diffraction and/or refraction of light before it is passed through the SOCD, for enabling selective spectral enhancement of light.
G02B 6/293 - Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
G01N 21/25 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
G01N 15/14 - Optical investigation techniques, e.g. flow cytometry
A liquid measuring system (LMS) comprising: a light source; a multi-region optical filter (MROF); a sample cell configured to contain a liquid sample; an optical detection subsystem (ODS) having an optical detector for measuring optical properties of light emanating from the liquid sample. The MROF may include a spectral filter region such as a bandpass or a long-pass filter type region, and natural density (ND) type filter region, for enabling simultaneous optical measuring at least of turbidity level and algae concentration in a water sample contained by the sample cell, by having light passed through the water sample and the MROF before reaching the optical detector of the ODS. Embodiments of the MROFs may be also used, for example for selective spectral attenuation of light illuminating the liquid sample to achieve reduction in distortions due to stray light.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a drive motor; an impeller; an impeller motor that is configured to rotate the impeller; wherein the impeller, once rotated at a first rotational direction, is configured to induce fluid to flow through the pool cleaning robot; a filter for filtering fluid that flows through the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the filter (a) is detachably coupled to one or more elements of the pool cleaning robot; and (b) is configured to exit the pool cleaning robot from a first side of the pool cleaning robot.
E04H 4/16 - Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
B60L 1/00 - Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of electrically-propelled vehicles
B60L 50/52 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells characterised by DC-motors
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Pool cleaning vacuum and sweeping robots; and component
parts thereof, namely, scanners being a component part of
pool cleaning vacuum and sweeping robots for controlling
cleaning. Electronic control system for pool cleaning robots.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Automatic swimming pool cleaners; pool cleaning vacuum robots; pool covers, namely, power-operated mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses, namely, electric pool cleaning machines; swimming pool vacuum cleaners; water pumps for swimming pools; parts and accessories for the above mentioned included in this class Pool motion sensor alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines, namely, photographic, video and computer controlled pool alarms; electronic controlled pool alarms; pool multimedia devices, namely, underwater camera and acoustic or motion sensor for navigation sold in combination, underwater optical dirt or turbidity sensor and proximity sensor sold in combination; electronic controllers for swimming pools; spectrograph apparatus to analyze chemical and biological water constituents; apparatus for monitoring and dispensing chemicals for swimming pools Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus, namely, water filtration apparatus, regulating devices for water supply, namely, metered valves, pressure regulators for water installations; water purification installations; water filters for swimming pools; water distribution installations, namely, water treatment units for aerating and circulating water; regulating devices for water and pipes, namely, metered valves; water purifying apparatus and machines; water sterilizers; water filtering apparatus; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; pool covers, namely
mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission
components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines,
except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses;
pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools. Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water
purification installations; filters for swimming pools;
heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating
apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing, a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle, a filtering system, a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the following is true—(a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections.
A method for charging a pool cleaning robot, the method may include positioning a first wireless charging element of a pool cleaning robot within a charging range of a second wireless charging element of a floating unit; wherein the floating unit is electrically and mechanically coupled to an external power source, wherein the positioning comprises moving at least one of the pool cleaning robot and the floating unit; and wirelessly charging, by the second wireless charging element, the first wireless charging element, wherein the charging occurs while maintaining the first wireless charging element within the charging range of the floating unit, despite movements of the floating unit.
A cuvette for treating and characterizing water via ultrasonic waves and optical measurements comprises at least one ultrasonic transducer for treating said water by introducing at least one ultrasonic pulse into the water. The at least one ultrasonic pulse either varies parameters of the water, and/or moves and repositions particles within the water. The cuvette further comprises a spectrometry device for measuring spectral components of light and at least one light source for irradiating the water with irradiation light. The at least one of the parameters of the water is determined via: (a) measuring the spectral components of light prior to treating the water with said at least one ultrasonic transducer, (b) treating the water with said at least one ultrasonic transducer, (c) remeasuring the spectral components of light to get the difference in said spectral components of light, and (d) determining the value of the at least one parameter of the water based on the difference in said spectral components of light.
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
C02F 1/36 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage with mechanical oscillations ultrasonic vibrations
E04H 4/12 - Devices or arrangements for circulating water
G01F 1/7082 - Measuring the time taken to traverse a fixed distance using acoustic detecting arrangements
G01N 21/53 - Scattering, i.e. diffuse reflection within a body or fluid within a flowing fluid, e.g. smoke
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
(1) Automatic swimming pool cleaners and parts therefor; pool cleaning robots; pool covers, namely mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; motors and engines namely pumps as parts of machines, motors and engines; pool vacuum cleaners.
(2) Pool alarms; multimedia projectors; multimedia projectors for use in swimming pools; electronic controls for swimming pools.
(3) Safety signs for pools and swimming pool alarms; filters for swimming pools; heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a hollow body, a fluid input, a fluid output, a propulsion unit for moving the pool cleaning robot within a pool, a filtering unit, and a sensing module that comprises a gas pressure sensor, a first space, a second space and a diaphragm; wherein the diaphragm seals the second space and separates the first space from the second space; wherein the diaphragm, via the first space, is fluidly coupled to the filtering unit; wherein the diaphragm is configured to define a gas pressure within the second space as a function of, at least, a fluid pressure within the first space; wherein the gas pressure sensor is located within the second space and is configured to measure the gas pressure within the second space.
E04H 4/16 - Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
G01L 9/00 - Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by electric or magnetic pressure-sensitive elementsTransmitting or indicating the displacement of mechanical pressure-sensitive elements, used to measure the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or fluent solid material, by electric or magnetic means
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
74.
Pool cleaning robot with removable filter and impeller
A pool cleaning robot that may include a drive motor; an impeller; an impeller motor that is configured to rotate the impeller; wherein the impeller, once rotated at a first rotational direction, is configured to induce fluid to flow through the pool cleaning robot; a filter for filtering fluid that flows through the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the filter and the impeller are detachably coupled to one or more elements of the pool cleaning robot; and are configured to concurrently exit the pool cleaning robot while the impeller motor remains coupled to the one or more elements of the pool cleaning robot.
E04H 4/16 - Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
C02F 1/00 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
H02J 50/00 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power
B60L 1/00 - Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of electrically-propelled vehicles
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
B60L 50/52 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells characterised by DC-motors
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Filtration media; filtration materials; filter aids for
water treatment, filtration and purification in swimming
pools and spas; substances for the filtration of water in
swimming pools and spas; none of the aforesaid goods being
chemical products. Machines for water filtering; water filtering machines;
swimming pool cleaning apparatus; swimming pool cleaning
machines; mechanical filters for the treatment of water;
pumps for recycling water in swimming pools; swimming pool
pumps; parts fittings and accessories for the aforegoing
goods. Devices for the separation of impurities from water
(purification); water purification apparatus; water
purification filters; water purification installations;
water purification machines; chlorinating units (water
purifying apparatus and machines); swimming pools
chlorinating units; filters for swimming pools; swimming
pool chlorinating apparatus; parts fittings and accessories
for the aforegoing goods.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Scientific, research, navigation, surveying, photographic,
cinematographic, audiovisual, optical, weighing, measuring,
signalling, detecting, testing, inspecting, life-saving and
teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and
instruments for conducting, switching, transforming,
accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or
use of electricity; apparatus and instruments for recording,
transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or
data; recorded and downloadable media, computer software,
blank digital or analogue recording and storage media;
mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus; cash registers,
calculating devices; computers and computer peripheral
devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers,
nose clips for divers and swimmers, gloves for divers,
breathing apparatus for underwater swimming;
fire-extinguishing apparatus. Apparatus and installations for lighting, heating, cooling,
steam generating, cooking, drying, ventilating, water supply
and sanitary purposes.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
(1) Swimming pool vacuum cleaners and swimming pool sweepers and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; automatic swimming pool vacuum cleaners and sweepers and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; water pumps for recycling water in swimming pools and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; swimming pool pumps and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor
(2) Water purifiers for the separation of impurities from water in swimming pools and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; water purification filters and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; water purification machines for domestic use and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; filters for swimming pools and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus and specially adapted component parts and fittings therefor
(3) Mineral substances and ceramic particles in the nature of filtering materials for use in connection with swimming pools, none of the aforesaid goods being chemical products
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
07 - Machines and machine tools
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Mineral substances and ceramic particles in the nature of filtering materials for use in connection with swimming pools; none of the aforesaid goods being chemical products Swimming pool vacuum cleaning and sweeping apparatus; automatic swimming pool cleaning and vacuum apparatus; water pumps for recycling water in swimming pools; component parts and fittings for the aforegoing goods Purification devices for the separation of impurities from water; water purification apparatus; water purification filters; water purification installations; water purification machines; swimming pools chlorinating units; swimming pool water cleaning and filtering units; swimming pool chlorinating apparatus; component parts and fittings for the aforegoing goods
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Pool cleaners; pool cleaning robots; pool covers, namely
mechanical pool covers; machine coupling and transmission
components, except for land vehicles, motors and engines,
except for land vehicles; electrical cleaning apparatuses;
pool vacuum cleaners; parts and accessories for the above
mentioned included in this class. Pool alarms; audiovisual apparatus and machines; pool
multimedia devices; electronic controls for swimming pools. Regulating and safety accessories for water apparatus; water
purification installations, filters for swimming pools;
heaters for swimming pools; swimming pool chlorinating
apparatus; underwater lights for swimming pools.
Pool cleaners; machines for covering a pool or motorized
pool covers; transmission components, motors, engines;
electric cleaning apparatus; pool vacuum cleaners; pool
cleaning robots, parts and accessories.
A pool cleaning robot that includes a ballast tank for controlling a buoyancy of the submarine pool cleaner; at least one cleaning element for cleaning debris from an underwater surface of a pool while the pool cleaning robot hovers over the underwater surface; a propulsion module that is configured to propel the submersible pool cleaner; and a steering module that comprises a rudder and diving planes.
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
Water purifying chemicals; chemical preparations for use in
water treatment; water treatment preparations (chemical);
chemical preparations for aiding water quality; chemical
preparations for the treatment of water; chemicals for use
in swimming pools (other than disinfectants); chemical
products for the treatment of water; chemical products for
use in the treatment of water; chemicals for use in the
treatment of water. Mixtures of ozone and oxygen for medical use. Machines for water filtering; water filtering machines;
swimming pool cleaning apparatus; swimming pool cleaning
machines; mechanical filters for the treatment of water. Apparatus for producing ozone; ozone monitors, other than
for medical use; ionization apparatus for use in the surface
treatment of materials; devices for use in the
electrochemical treatment of liquids. Installations for water purifying; water purifying apparatus
and machines; water purifying installations; water purifying
machines; water purifying or treatment apparatus,
installations and machines, utilizing magnets; appliances
for water filtration (other than machines); electrostatic
filters for water filtration; installations for water
filtration; water filtration apparatus; water filtration
installations; installations for purifying water; machines
for processing (purifying) water; machines for purifying
water; machines for water filtering (purifying); water
filtering apparatus; water filtering apparatus for domestic
use; water filtering installations; ionisers for water
treatment; installations for the treatment (clarifying) of
water; installations for the treatment of water used in
swimming pools; water purification installations; waste
water treatment apparatus; water treatment apparatus for
water purification; water treatment filters; water treatment
units; ionizers for the treatment of water; ionization
apparatus for the treatment of air or water; ionization
instruments for the treatment of air or water; water
ionization apparatus; filters for swimming pools; filters
for use with swimming pools; water treatment apparatus;
installations for water filtering; installations for water
purification; installations for water treatment under
osmotic process; installations for the treatment of liquids;
electrolytic ozone generating apparatus. Treatment of water; treatment of liquids.
85.
Pool cleaning robot and a method for imaging a pool
A method for cleaning a region of a pool, the method may include moving a pool cleaning robot along a cleaning path that covers the region while acquiring, at first different points of time and by a sensing unit of the pool cleaning robot, first images of first scenes, at least one first scene at each first point of time; wherein the acquiring of the first images is executed while illuminating the first scenes by the pool cleaning robot; detecting, in at least one first image, illumination reflected or scattered as a result of the illuminating of the first scenes; removing from the at least one first image information about the illumination reflected or scattered; determining, based at least in part of on the first images, first locations of the pool cleaning robot; and wherein the moving is responsive to the first locations of the pool cleaning robot.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a filtering unit for filtering fluid; a housing that at least partially surrounds the filtering unit; an impeller configured to induce fluid to pass through the filtering unit when rotated at a first direction; a pump motor for rotating the impeller; a drive system; first interfacing elements that are configured to interface with the pool during at least a part of a cleaning process of the pool; and at least one second interfacing element that extends outside a bottom of the housing without reaching a virtual plane defined by bottoms of at least two of the first interfacing elements.
A pool cleaner for cleaning a pool, the pool cleaner may include a filtering element for filtering fluid; at least one sensor for sensing an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner; at least one steering element that is configured to move the pool cleaner along a cleaning path, during a cleaning process of segments of multiple sidewalls of the pool; wherein the cleaning path mostly includes substantially horizontal cleaning path segments that have a cleaning path segment yaw that is a substantially horizontal yaw; wherein the certain region is fully submerged; and a controller that is configured to control the at least one steering element, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner.
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing, a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle, a filtering system, a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable sensor that is detachably coupled to the housing and comprises inductive electrical and data transfer connections.
The present invention provides a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools, said method implemented by one or more processors operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform: —accumulating and monitoring data from elements including at least one of: sensors, actuators, and breakers in and around the vicinity of the swimming pools; —accumulating non-sensory data from a plurality of sources at a local processing unit; —propagating said data to an online remote server, —applying machine learning or rule based algorithms at the online remote server configured to incorporate all the acquired data and obtain an optimal policy for pool maintenance by providing recommendations, control parameters, and —providing an online interface to access said recommendation/control parameters for at least one of: pool owners, pool servicemen, pool maintenance companies, pool vendors and pool retail dealers.
C02F 1/00 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
C02F 1/68 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water
C02F 3/34 - Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage characterised by the microorganisms used
H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
E04H 4/12 - Devices or arrangements for circulating water
C02F 103/42 - Nature of the water, waste water, sewage or sludge to be treated from bathing facilities, e.g. swimming pools
H04L 67/02 - Protocols based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
01 - Chemical and biological materials for industrial, scientific and agricultural use
05 - Pharmaceutical, veterinary and sanitary products
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Treatment of water; treatment of pool and spa liquids Water purifying chemicals; chemical preparations for use in pool and spa water treatment; chemical preparations for aiding water quality; chemical preparations for the treatment of water; chemicals for use in swimming pools other than disinfectants; chemical products for the treatment of pool and spa water; chemical products for use in the municipal and industrial water treatment of pools and spas; chemicals for use in the treatment of water, namely, chemical pool and spa water conditioners Mixtures of ozone and oxygen for medical use Machines for water filtering, namely, water pumps filtering for pool and spa water filtering units; swimming pool cleaning apparatus, namely, swimming pool sweepers, swimming pool vacuum cleaners, automatic swimming pool sweepers and automatic swimming pool vacuum cleaners; swimming pool cleaning machines, namely, swimming pool sweepers, swimming pool vacuum cleaners, automatic swimming pool sweepers and automatic swimming pool vacuum cleaners; mechanical filters for the treatment of pool and spa water Apparatus for producing ozone, namely, ozonizers, electrolytic ozonizers, corona discharge generators; electrolytic ozone generating apparatus, namely, electrolytic ozonizers, corona discharge generators; ozone monitors, other than for medical use; devices for use in the electrochemical treatment of liquids, namely, ozonizers, electrolytic ozonizers, chlorinators, corona discharge generators Installations for water purifying; water purifying apparatus and machines; water purifying installations; water purifying machines; water purifying or treatment apparatus, installations and machines, utilizing magnets, namely, electrolytic sanitizers and ozone purifiers; appliances for water filtration, namely, sanitizers and purifiers for sanitizing and purifying water, other than machines; electrostatic filters for water filtration; installations for water filtration; water filtration apparatus; installations for purifying water; machines for processing water; machines for purifying water for use in pools and spas; water filtering machines for sanitizing and purifying pool and spa water; water filtering apparatus; water filtering apparatus for domestic and commercial purifying use; water filtering installations; installations for the treatment, namely clarification of water; Installations for the treatment of water used in swimming pools, namely, water cleaning, purifying and sanitizing units; water purification installations; waste water treatment apparatus, namely, microbubble generators; water treatment apparatus for water purification; water treatment filters; water treatment units for chlorinating; water treatment units for ozonating; filters for swimming pools
94.
A DEVICE AND SYSEM FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY OF WATER IN SWIMMING-POOLS
A cuvette for treating and characterizing water via ultrasonic waves and optical measurements comprises at least one ultrasonic transducer for treating said water by introducing at least one ultrasonic pulse into the water. The at least one ultrasonic pulse either varies parameters of the water, and/or moves and repositions particles within the water. The cuvette further comprises a spectrometry device for measuring spectral components of light and at least one light source for irradiating the water with irradiation light. The at least one of the parameters of the water is determined via: (a) measuring the spectral components of light prior to treating the water with said at least one ultrasonic transducer, (b) treating the water with said at least one ultrasonic transducer, (c) remeasuring the spectral components of light to get the difference in said spectral components of light, and (d) determining the value of the at least one parameter of the water based on the difference in said spectral components of light.
E04H 4/16 - Parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided for specially adapted for cleaning
B08B 3/12 - Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
G01N 21/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
C02F 1/36 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage with mechanical oscillations ultrasonic vibrations
A cleaning robot may be provided and may include a housing comprising at least one inlet and an outlet; a filtering unit for filtering fluid; a bypass mechanism for bypassing the filtering unit; and a fluid suction unit that is arranged to direct towards the outlet fluid that (a) passes through the at least one inlet and (b) passes through at least one out of the filtering unit and the bypass mechanism.
A method for charging a pool cleaning robot, the method may include positioning a first wireless charging element of a pool cleaning robot within a charging range of a second wireless charging element of a floating unit; wherein the floating unit is electrically and mechanically coupled to an external power source, wherein the positioning comprises moving at least one of the pool cleaning robot and the floating unit; and wirelessly charging, by the second wireless charging element, the first wireless charging element, wherein the charging occurs while maintaining the first wireless charging element within the charging range of the floating unit, despite movements of the floating unit.
G05D 1/02 - Control of position or course in two dimensions
H02J 7/02 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from AC mains by converters
100.
Pool cleaning robot and a method for sensing a cleanliness of a filtering unit
A pool cleaning robot that may include a filtering unit for filtering water that passes through the pool cleaning robot; and a sensor for sensing a cleanliness of the filtering unit while the pool cleaning robot is submerged in water; wherein the sensor is a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of fluid within the pool cleaning robot or an image sensor for imaging the filtering unit.
