Pool Cleaner Auto-Scheduling for Reliable Cleaning Cycles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) rely on user input for scheduling cleaning cycles, leading to potential quality issues if forgotten or improperly initiated, due to lack of understanding or forgetfulness.
Innovation Solution
APCs are equipped with a controller that analyzes pool system inputs to autonomously define and schedule future cleaning cycles, including triggers, dates, cycle durations, and patterns, based on factors like weather, pool conditions, and user feedback, without requiring a user order.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If APCs rely on user input for scheduling cleaning cycles, then the system is simpler to implement, but the reliability of cleaning cycles deteriorates due to forgetfulness or improper initiation by users
Solution Approach 1:
The APC is equipped with a controller that autonomously monitors pool conditions (such as debris accumulation, water quality parameters) and automatically initiates cleaning cycles without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by detecting when cleaning is needed and executing the cleaning cycle independently, thereby eliminating reliability issues associated with user forgetfulness while maintaining manageable system complexity through sensor-based decision making
Solution Approach 2:
The controller continuously monitors pool conditions in advance and proactively schedules cleaning cycles before the pool becomes excessively dirty. By performing preliminary monitoring and automatic scheduling based on predicted dirtiness levels or scheduled intervals, the system ensures cleaning cycles are initiated at optimal times without requiring reactive user input, thus improving reliability while using straightforward monitoring logic
2Adaptability or versatility
If APCs autonomously define future cleaning cycles based on multiple inputs, then the adaptability to pool conditions improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller adjusts cleaning cycle parameters (such as duration, frequency, intensity) based on detected pool condition parameters like water turbidity, debris load, or temperature. By dynamically changing operational parameters in response to measured conditions, the system achieves high adaptability to varying pool states while maintaining relatively simple controller logic that processes basic sensor inputs and adjusts output accordingly
Solution Approach 2:
The controller is designed to handle multiple functions including monitoring various pool parameters, storing cleaning history, scheduling future cycles, and adjusting cleaning operations based on aggregated data. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional controller, the system achieves high adaptability across different pool conditions and scenarios without proportionally increasing overall device complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Automatic swimming pool cleaners for swimming pools and spas may automatically schedule, defined, and/or plan a future cleaning cycle for the automatic swimming pool cleaner. The automatic swimming pool cleaner itself may plan the future cleaning cycle without receiving a cleaning order from a user and/or may allow for the pool system to keep the pool or spa clean by itself without relying on an order from the user as traditionally required.