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Pool cleaning system and method to automatically clean surfaces of a pool using images from a camera

  • US 9,388,595 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2012
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pool cleaning system comprising:

  • a powered robotic surface cleaning vehicle to travel on and clean adjacent water containing surfaces of a pool while submerged within the pool;

    a camera configured to capture movement of the vehicle while the vehicle is submerged within the pool;

    a controller in electronic communication with the camera to generate control signals to steer the vehicle based on the signals from the camera; and

    sensors, in electronic communication with the controller and carried by the vehicle, to sense the water containing surfaces of the pool after the water containing surfaces of the pool have been cleaned by the vehicle during a pass of the vehicle under control of a pool coverage algorithm, wherein the control signals steer the vehicle so as to reclean the water containing surfaces having a cleanliness characteristic that is sensed by the sensors and fails to satisfy a predefined threshold.

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