US 12,291,890 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for communication with equipment such as automatic swimming pool cleaners
Arnaud Besnier, Montrabe (FR); Mehdi Chafik, Tournefeuille (FR); and Arnaud Lancry, Le Vernet d'Ariege (FR)
Assigned to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE, Belberaud (FR)
Filed by ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE, Belberaud (FR)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,584.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,898, filed on Aug. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042335 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 4/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 103/42 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01)
CPC E04H 4/1654 (2013.01) [C02F 1/001 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); C02F 2103/42 (2013.01); C02F 2209/008 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device for a pool system, the control device comprising:
a housing; and
a communication region on the housing, wherein the control device is configured to wirelessly communicate using the communication region with at least one piece of pool equipment of the pool system configured to perform a cleaning operation within a swimming pool or spa and submergible within water of the swimming pool or spa, and wherein the control device is a hand-held device and movable relative to the at least one piece of pool equipment, and wherein the control device is configured to wirelessly communicate using light-based signals with a communication region of the at least one piece of pool equipment submergible with the at least one piece of pool equipment and while the at least one piece of equipment is operating in water of the pool system.