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US 11,994,391 B2Granted
Determining characteristics of liquid-containing vessels such as swimming pools and spas and using such characteristics in operation of the vessels
AssigneeZodiac Pool Systems LLC
InventorsHendrikus Johannes van der Meijden, E. Keith McQueen, Phillip Newman, Richard E. Mills
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Abstract
Augmented (virtual) reality techniques are described for assisting in determining characteristics of swimming pools and spas. Such pools and spas may, for example, be mapped at least as to their general sizes and shapes. The mapped and other information may be available for display and may be furnished to an automatic swimming pool cleaner (APC) to improve its operational efficiency in cleaning the pool.
Claims9
A method of cleaning a swimming pool comprising:
- a. receiving an input of a selection of a pool shape from a mobile device;
- b. receiving a plurality of images of the swimming pool from the mobile device, wherein a view of the swimming pool of at least one image of the plurality of images is different from a view of the swimming pool of another image of the plurality of images;
- c. modelling the swimming pool by determining a 3D model of the swimming pool based on the selection of the pool shape and the plurality of images from the mobile device;
- d. receiving, from an automatic swimming pool cleaner, cleaning cycle information about a cleaning cycle performed by the automatic swimming pool cleaner within the pool;
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- e. generating a modified cleaning cycle based on the 3D model and the cleaning cycle information from the automatic swimming pool cleaner, wherein generating the modified cleaning cycle comprises adjusting navigation of the automatic swimming pool cleaner within the swimming pool.
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A method of cleaning a swimming pool having a perimeter, the method comprising:
- a. determining a virtual representation of the swimming pool by:
- receiving an input of a selection of a pool shape from a mobile device;
- receiving a plurality of images of the swimming pool from the mobile device, wherein a view of the swimming pool of at least one image of the plurality of images of the swimming pool is different from a view of the swimming pool of another image of the plurality of images, and
- modelling the swimming pool by determining a 3D model of the swimming pool based on the pool shape and the plurality of images received from the mobile device;
- b. causing the mobile device to display the 3D model of the virtual representation of at least a part of the swimming pool;
- c. receiving, from an automatic swimming pool cleaner, information about a cleaning cycle performed within the pool;
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- d. generating a modified cleaning cycle for the automatic swimming pool cleaner in the swimming pool based on the virtual representation of the pool and the information about the cleaning cycle,
- wherein generating the modified cleaning cycle comprises adjusting navigation of the automatic swimming pool cleaner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.