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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Zodiac Pool Systems Llc, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ethan Hanan, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 9/00 (2006.01); G01P 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/1654 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); G01C 9/00 (2013.01); G01P 3/00 (2013.01); C02F 2103/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of detecting when an automatic swimming pool cleaner (APC) has contacted a main drain cover or other object protruding from a surface of a swimming pool are described. An APC may include equipment for detecting a change in its pitch or yaw (or both its pitch and yaw). Changes in pitch and yaw may be determined as a function of time, identifying encounters of the APC with certain protruding objects.