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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Zodiac Pool Systems Llc, Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hendrikus Johannes van der Meijden, Midrand, ZA;
E. Keith McQueen, Vista, CA (US);
Phillip Newman, Howic, ZA;
Richard E. Mills, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H 4/16 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/005 (2013.01); E04H 4/1654 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
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.