2509results about "Swimming pools" patented technology

The invention discloses a pool robot and a control method thereof, and a storage medium. The pool robot comprises a robot main body; the cleaning part is arranged on the robot main body; and the motion driving assembly is arranged on the robot body, the motion driving assembly is connected with the cleaning component and used for driving the cleaning component to do telescopic motion relative to the robot body, and the telescopic motion comprises at least one of stretching motion in the direction away from the robot body and contracting motion in the direction close to the robot body. According to the scheme, the cleaning efficiency can be improved.

A water surface cleaning robot is provided, which includes a robot body, a container, a cover plate, and a moving assembly. The robot body is configured to clean garbage on a water surface, the robot body is defined with a mounting cavity, and a top of the robot body being defined with an opening communicated with the mounting cavity. The container is detachably mounted in the mounting cavity of the robot body, and is configured to store garbage collected by the robot body. The cover plate is configured to open or cover the opening. The cover plate includes a cover plate body, a rotating connection structure, and a locking structure. The moving assembly is mounted on the robot body, and is configured to drive the robot body to move on the water surface.

The invention relates to the technical field of swimming pool cleaning equipment control, and provides a cleaning mode switching method and device for a multifunctional swimming pool cleaning robot. According to the method, water quality data corresponding to a swimming pool, stain distribution images of pool walls and pool bottoms, swimming pool structure size data and stain type data are collected in real time; dividing a cleaning area according to the swimming pool structure size data, generating a stain area marking result in the cleaning area in combination with the stain distribution image and the stain type data, and judging the pollution level of the whole swimming pool according to the water quality data so as to retrieve a corresponding cleaning mode from a preset cleaning mode library, the preset cleaning mode library comprises a global coverage mode, a key enhancement mode, a corner fitting mode and a water quality maintenance mode; and according to the called cleaning mode, a corresponding cleaning path plan and execution instruction is generated, and the driving module, the scrubbing module and the purification module are controlled to work cooperatively. According to the method, accurate analysis of the swimming pool environment is achieved, and blind cleaning of a traditional fixed mode is avoided.

Drowning remains the leading cause of death for kids under the age of four. Provided herein are software and hardware technologies that allow for monitoring of water that rivals the performance of a real lifeguard human that may be assigned in doing surveillance of a pool. By incorporating at least two cameras with different points of views, high-definition speakers to interact with the responsible parties in a natural way, and computing power to process all the visual information to flawlessly track all the patrons and recognize their gestures, the system may possibly exceed a human performance in guarding the pool.

An automatic pool cleaning device. The automatic pool cleaning device includes a traveling mechanism for driving the automatic pool cleaning device to travel, the traveling mechanism including a driving wheel; a cleaning component for cleaning the pool and / or the water in the pool, the cleaning component including a first cleaning component; a first transmission mechanism coupled with the traveling mechanism and the first cleaning component, the first transmission mechanism including a power transmission gear, the power transmission gear for transmitting a driving force to the driving wheel and the first cleaning component to drive the traveling mechanism to travel and drive the first cleaning component to rotate respectively.

A visual information application method and apparatus, and a pool cleaning robot. The method comprises: 201, acquiring visual information collected by a pool cleaning robot; 202, controlling the pool cleaning robot on the basis of the visual information; or 203, processing the visual information on the basis of a preset mode.

A swimming pool cleaning system includes: a pool cleaning robot (10) that is to at least clean a floor and pool walls of a swimming pool; and a surface cleaning device (20) that is to at least clean a pool surface of the swimming pool. The surface cleaning device (20) is wirelessly connectable to an external control device and has a connecting cable (21) that electrically connects the surface cleaning device (20) to the pool cleaning robot (10), so that the pool cleaning robot (10) communicates with the external control device via the surface cleaning device (20).

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a cleaning device and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a first distance sensor disposed at a bottom. The control method includes: in a process in which the cleaning device moves on a bottom of a pool, when the cleaning device approaches or collides with an obstacle, controlling the cleaning device to climb the obstacle; and in a process of climbing the obstacle, if the obstacle is determined as a step, controlling the cleaning device to move from a first surface of the step to a second surface of the step, where the step at least includes the approximately vertical first surface and the approximately horizontal second surface, where the obstacle is determined as the step at least based on a detection value of the first distance sensor.

A water surface cleaning apparatus, which includes: a housing including a front end located close to a traveling direction of the apparatus and a rear end far away from the traveling direction of the apparatus; a filtering unit detachably arranged in the housing and including a water inlet and a water outlet, for filtering water entering the filtering unit via the water inlet and discharging filtered water out of the filtering unit via the water outlet; a driving unit for driving the apparatus to travel on the water surface; waterflow channels are symmetrically arranged on both sides of a longitudinal axis between the front end and the rear end, and the driving unit can drive the apparatus to travel on the water surface by driving the waterflow passing through the waterflow channels; a direction of the waterflow path provided by the waterflow channel is inclined to the longitudinal axis.

An aquatic cleaning system includes a pool cleaner having a housing, a drive system for moving the housing, and a debris basket associated with the housing. The debris basket is designed to receive debris from the aquatic environment. The system includes a data capture system including an imaging device operably coupled to the cleaner. The system also includes a detection system having a storage medium storing a trained model, and a processor designed to receive data elements from the data capture system and input the data elements into the trained model to identify a detected object within the aquatic environment as being debris or non-debris. The system also includes a control system in communication with the detection system and the drive system to move the pool cleaner toward the detected object identified by the detection system when the detected object is identified by the detection system as being debris.

The present disclosure relates to a structure of pool cleaning robot, including a body, at least one driving unit arranged at one end of the body, a propeller arranged at the output end of the driving unit, and anti-vortex fins arranged on the propeller. The present disclosure uses propeller propulsion, and anti-vortex fins are arranged at the rear end of the propeller, which can eliminate the hub vortex cavitation generated by the propeller to reduce the pressure at the rear of the propeller and further reduce the induced resistance caused by the hub vortex cavitation, thereby improving the propulsion efficiency of the propeller.

The utility model discloses a wheel brush mounting structure of a pool cleaner. The wheel brush mounting structure comprises a wheel brush, a dismounting piece, a first mounting part and a second mounting part, wherein the first mounting part and the second mounting part are arranged on a cleaner body of the pool cleaner; the first mounting part and the second mounting part are oppositely arranged, a mounting hole channel is formed in the first mounting part, and a mounting notch is formed in the side wall of the mounting hole channel in the axial direction of the first mounting part; the dismounting and mounting part is movably mounted in the mounting hole channel and is in movable positioning fit with the first mounting part, the dismounting and mounting part is provided with a dismounting and mounting block in sliding connection with the mounting notch, the dismounting and mounting part is in insertion fit with the first end of the wheel brush, and the wheel brush can rotate relative to the dismounting and mounting part; and the second end of the wheel brush is inserted and matched with the second mounting part, and the wheel brush can rotate relative to the second mounting part. The wheel brush is convenient to disassemble and assemble, so that the wheel brush is convenient to replace.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of water body cleaning, and provides a swimming pool cleaning apparatus. At least one water inlet is provided on a machine body thereof, and the water inlet is in fluid communication with a filtering mechanism; a fluid pumping mechanism provides a suction force that allows a water flow to pass through the filtering mechanism after entering from the water inlet and then flow out of the machine body from a water spraying mechanism; the water inlet comprises a first water inlet and a second water inlet which are provided at the bottom and a side face of the machine body; when the apparatus is in a first cleaning state, the water flow is sucked from the first water inlet to the filtering mechanism; and when the apparatus is in a second cleaning state, the water flow is sucked from the second water inlet to the filtering mechanism and is sprayed out from the water spraying mechanism in a first direction and a second direction after passing through the filtering mechanism, the first direction and the second direction being respectively at an angle to and approximately parallel to the direction of travel of the swimming pool cleaning apparatus. The present disclosure pumps the water flow through the water inlets at different positions to perform filtration and discharges same, so as to generate an auxiliary force for the apparatus to clean at different positions, thereby not only optimizing a waterway structure of the apparatus, but also improving the movement performance of the apparatus.

A swimming pool cleaning robot is provided. The swimming pool cleaning robot includes a body, a water absorbing assembly, a walking assembly, a transmission assembly, and a front rolling brush. The walking assembly includes a front walking wheel and a driving assembly, the front walking wheel is disposed close to a front end of the body, and the front rolling brush includes a first state and a second state. In a pool wall cleaning mode of the robot, when the body moves to the pool wall, a water discharge of the water absorbing assembly is reduced or closed, until the driving assembly drives the front rolling brush to switch.

The invention discloses an extraction assembly, a pool robot, an extraction assembly control method and a related device, and the extraction assembly comprises a bearing part which is provided with a fixing part, and the fixing part is used for fixing the pool robot; the lifting structure is used for driving the bearing part to move in the direction close to or away from water in the water pool. The bearing part of the extraction assembly can drive the pool robot to move in the direction close to or away from water in the pool, and therefore the pool robot can automatically enter and leave the pool.

A modular inflatable structure can be formed using inflatable members that are interconnected together at respective joints. The inflatable member can have a connector integrated therewith or be coupled to a separate connector that interconnects adjacent inflatable members. The connector can have flexible and / or rigid components. The structure can have an assembled position in which the inflatable member is coupled with an adjacent inflatable member and flow is permitted therebetween. The structure can be inflated to form a support or framework that can be used in a variety of applications and industries.

A path planning method for a pool cleaning robot is provided. The method includes: controlling a pool cleaning robot to move to a first position on a pool wall of a pool, the first position being a position corresponding to a waterline of the pool; controlling the pool cleaning robot to turn a first angle, so as to adjust a moving direction of the pool cleaning robot to be a first direction; controlling the pool cleaning robot to move in the first direction on the pool wall; when the pool cleaning robot has moved a first distance in the first direction, controlling the pool cleaning robot to turn a second angle, so as to adjust the moving direction of the pool cleaning robot to be downward along the pool wall; and controlling the pool cleaning robot to move downwards along the pool wall.

The embodiment of the invention provides an automatic pool cleaning device, a control method and a computer storage medium. The control method comprises the steps that the automatic pool cleaning device is controlled to walk along the pool wall of a pool by at least one circle so as to obtain contour information of the pool; according to the contour information of the pool, the automatic pool cleaning device is controlled to move to the center area of the pool; controlling the automatic cleaning device for the water pool to move from the central area along the extension direction of the water pool; and when the automatic pool cleaning device reaches or is close to the edge of the pool, the automatic pool cleaning device is controlled to carry out cleaning operation according to a preset path.

The invention provides an automatic pool cleaning device and a pool cleaning method. The automatic cleaning device for the pool comprises a cleaning brush, a sensor, a controller and an adjusting mechanism, and the cleaning brush is used for cleaning the surface of the pool; the sensor is configured to obtain contour information of at least one part of the surface of the pool in the moving process of the automatic pool cleaning device; the adjusting mechanism is connected with the cleaning brush; the controller is configured to control the adjusting mechanism to adjust the cleaning state of the cleaning brush based on the obtained contour information so that the cleaning brush can be attached to the surface of the water pool; wherein the cleaning state of the cleaning brush comprises at least one of the following parameters: the cleaning angle, the cleaning pressure and the cleaning height of the cleaning brush. According to the automatic cleaning device for the pool, the cleaning brush can keep reasonable cleaning pressure, cleaning height and cleaning angle to clean the surface of the pool, damage of the cleaning brush to the surface of the pool is reduced, and the cleaning efficiency of the automatic cleaning device for the pool is improved.

A dispenser system for delivering various combinations of dispersants to a body of water with the various combinations of dispersants supplied to the body of water through the interchanging of dispensing cartridges which are attachable to a main dispensing cartridge where a condition for interchanging of dispensing cartridges may be triggered by an event and the dispersants are isolated from a floatation member in the dispenser system.

The utility model discloses a swimming pool cleaning device. The swimming pool cleaning device comprises a machine body, a floating assembly, a driving piece and a suspension assembly. A floating bin is arranged in the machine body and detachably connected with the machine body, and the floating bin is integrally formed and used for adjusting the overall weight of the machine body. The floating assembly is connected with the machine body and comprises a connecting line and a floating ball, an air pipe is arranged in the connecting line, an air port is formed in the floating ball, one end of the air pipe is communicated with the air port, and the other end of the air pipe is communicated with the floating bin under the condition that the connecting line is installed on the machine body. The driving part is used for applying air flow to the air pipe and evacuating air in the floating bin to enable the interior of the floating bin to be in a negative pressure state, or the driving part is used for applying air to the floating bin, and the suspension assembly is used for draining water to the lower portion of the machine body to convey upward thrust to the machine body, so that the machine body is suspended in the middle of the water pool. The swimming pool cleaning device has the function of cleaning the pool surface, the pool bottom and the pool middle, the cleaning efficiency of the swimming pool cleaning device is improved, and use of a user is facilitated.

The invention provides an automatic pool cleaning device and a control method thereof, the automatic pool cleaning device comprises at least one light emitter and at least one image acquisition assembly, and the control method comprises the following steps: controlling the light emitter to emit light to a target area; controlling the image acquisition assembly to receive incident light, wherein the incident light comprises visible light from the target area and the light reflected by the target area; and obtaining area information of the target area according to the incident light. The light emitter is controlled to emit the light to the target area, the image acquisition assembly is controlled to receive the incident light, the area information of the target area is acquired according to the incident light, and effective perception of the area information of the target area is realized.

A system and a method for automatically discovering one or more pool devices of a connected aquatic system. The one or more pool devices include one or more secondary panels and one or more pool components. A primary panel can broadcast a discovery message to identify the one or more secondary panels and / or the one or more pool components connected to the primary panel of the connected aquatic system. An identification response is generated and transmitted from the one or more secondary panels and / or the one or more pool components in response to the discovery message from the primary panel. The primary panel can receive and process the identification response and update a discovery status for each of the one or more secondary panels or the one or more pool components based on the identification response.

Procedure for controlling a counter-current system 3 for swimming pools comprising the following steps: a. Providing a swimming pool 1 with a counter-current system 3 for generating a flow 31 of a predetermined flow velocity v in the swimming pool 1, a sensor 4, 5; 6 for generating a control signal depending on the position of a person swimming in the pool 21, 22, 23 and a control unit 7 which, based on the control signal, sets the flow velocity v generated by the counter-current system 3; b. Determining the position of a person swimming in the pool 21, 22, 23; c. Comparison of the determined position with a predetermined position range 41, 51 to generate a control signal for the control unit 7 of the counter-current system 3; d. Increase or decrease the flow velocity v generated by the counter-current system (3) by means of the control unit 7 when the person 22, 23 swimming in the pool is in the predetermined position range 41, 51.

In an embodiment, a water egress system is disclosed that provides individuals or pets with ease of access to elevated areas from the water. The water egress system includes a buoyant base including a ramp. The water egress system further includes a bolster disposed proximate to a surface of the base and an attachment mechanism that is configured to secure the bolster to the base.

The invention relates to the field of robots, in particular to an off-water base station and a pool cleaning system.The off-water base station comprises a base station body and a dragging mechanism; the dragging mechanism is movably connected with the base station body, the dragging mechanism is used for dragging the pool cleaning robot ashore or sending the pool cleaning robot into a pool, and the dragging mechanism comprises a dragging body and a movable baffle. The dragging body comprises a bottom plate and two side plates arranged on the two sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the two side plates define a containing cavity used for containing the pool cleaning robot, and at least one end of the containing cavity is provided with an opening; the movable baffle is arranged at the opening and rotationally connected with the two side plates, when the movable baffle makes contact with the pool cleaning robot, the movable baffle can rotate under the action of the pool cleaning robot to open the opening, and the movable baffle can move towards the interior of the containing cavity under the action of the pool cleaning robot; the pool cleaning robot can complete pile returning more conveniently and automatically.

Filter assemblies are described which may be rolled for use and unrolled for cleaning. Rolling an assembly may form a spiral path for fluid to flow. Fluid also may flow through mesh panels of the assembly unless such panels are obstructed, as by debris.

A robotic pool cleaning vacuum, includes a chassis, a suction duct topping the frame and opening into a filter bag placed above, and an impeller placed inside the duct to suck up debris via a suction port and push it into the filter bag, the chassis including a motor axle drawing the robot, the axle includes two drive wheels driven by a single motor, and an axis connecting the drive wheels transversely to the movement of the robot, the motor being configured to invert its direction of rotation in contact with a wall, the robot further includes a third free wheel for greater stability and maneuverability.

A self-propelled pool cleaner may include a brush holder assembly which is removable from the self-propelled pool cleaner without requiring removal of one or more wheels of the self-propelled pool cleaner. The self-propelled pool cleaner may allow for easy removal of hairs and / or other debris accumulated on brush gears and / or brush bearings without requiring the disassembly of many parts of the self-propelled pool cleaner.